The Shemwell Family

Billy Ray ThompsonAge: 59 years19301989

Name
Billy Ray Thompson
Given names
Billy Ray
Surname
Thompson
Birth February 25, 1930 30 27
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 50 days)
Death of a sisterIna Jo Thompson
May 14, 1939 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 11 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a paternal grandfatherVan Turner Thompson
April 19, 1950 (Age 20 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Lee Breezeel
February 3, 1952 (Age 21 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 19 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 15 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a paternal grandmotherMinnie Evelyn Darnell
August 9, 1981 (Age 51 years)

Death of a fatherClarence Thompson
July 27, 1982 (Age 52 years)
Death June 8, 1989 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Marshall County Memory Gardens Cemetery
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mother
Rebecca Lorena “Rena” Breezeel
Birth: October 24, 1902 34 23Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 4, 1993Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: calculated 1923
20 months
elder sister
Ina Jo Thompson
Birth: August 21, 1924 24 21Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 14, 1939Marshall, Kentucky, United States
6 years
himself
Billy Ray Thompson
Birth: February 25, 1930 30 27Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 8, 1989Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
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Billy Ray Thompson
Birth: February 25, 1930 30 27Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 8, 1989Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
wife
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Billy Ray Thompson has 2 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Thompson - Household

Dist. 4 Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Clarence ThompsonheadMW30M23KYKYKYFarmerFarm
Lorena ThompsonwifeFW27M20KYKYKY
Ina J ThompsondaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Billy R ThompsonsonMW0SKYKYKY