Martha Ruth ShoafAge: 75 years1916–1991
- Name
- Martha Ruth Shoaf
- Given names
- Martha Ruth
- Surname
- Shoaf
- Married name
- Martha Ruth Swicegood
 Birth | October 2, 1916 29 23 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a brother | Paul Arthur Shoaf April 18, 1918 (Age 18 months) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 months)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 14 months)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Whitson Berry “WB” Yarbourgh March 17, 1925 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Martha Jeanette “Mattie” Arnold January 16, 1929 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Betty Anne Swicegood October 30, 1935 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lucy Ruth Swicegood January 18, 1941 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lucy Ruth Swicegood January 18, 1941 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 |
| Death of a mother | Marjorie Ruth Yarbourgh September 24, 1963 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | Wiley Lee Shoaf May 23, 1970 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 brother | Paul Arthur Shoaf July 16, 1986 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | December 30, 1991 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lighthouse Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Wiley Lee Shoaf Birth: March 28, 1887 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: May 23, 1970 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Marjorie Ruth Yarbourgh Birth: May 16, 1893 36 33 — North Carolina, United States Death: September 24, 1963 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
Wiley Franklin Shoaf Birth: April 15, 1915 28 21 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 2002 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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18 months herself |
Martha Ruth Shoaf Birth: October 2, 1916 29 23 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 30, 1991 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Paul Arthur Shoaf Birth: April 18, 1918 31 24 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 16, 1986 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Vilas McCoy Swicegood |
| husband |
Vilas McCoy Swicegood Birth: April 16, 1916 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 21, 1994 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Martha Ruth Shoaf Birth: October 2, 1916 29 23 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 30, 1991 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| daughter |
Betty Anne Swicegood Birth: October 30, 1935 19 19 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 20, 2013 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Lucy Ruth Swicegood Birth: January 18, 1941 24 24 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 18, 1941 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |