The Shemwell Family

Doris Rudine FlournoyAge: 71 years19191990

Name
Doris Rudine Flournoy
Given names
Doris Rudine
Surname
Flournoy
Married name
Doris Rudine Powers
Birth February 27, 1919
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 son
#1
James Robert “Jim” Powers
January 20, 1941 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Gayla Lynn Powers
June 13, 1943 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 26 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 April 22, 1990 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Little Cemetery
Family with James Albert “Jimmie” Powers - View this family
husband
James Albert “Jimmie” Powers
Birth: March 19, 1914 27 21Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: November 24, 1997Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Doris Rudine Flournoy
Birth: February 27, 1919Pickton, Hopkins, Texas, United States
Death: April 22, 1990Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
son
James Robert “Jim” Powers
Birth: January 20, 1941 26 21Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 5, 2006Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
daughter
Gayla Lynn Powers
Birth: June 13, 1943 29 24Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 25, 2011Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
son
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