The Shemwell Family

Joyce Lee MossAge: 88 years19342022

Name
Joyce Lee Moss
Given names
Joyce Lee
Surname
Moss
Married name
Joyce Lee Smith
Birth February 16, 1934 30 24
Death of a fatherNobel Simmons Moss
July 14, 1936 (Age 2 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 7 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
Birth of a half-sisterRegeina Kay Purcell
December 2, 1947 (Age 13 years)
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 15 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 maternal grandmotherKatie Thomas Moss
April 30, 1960 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMarvin Browden Shemwell
June 22, 1964 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 11 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 motherSenora Alberta Shemwell
December 19, 1995 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterGloria Eugene “Jean” Moss
October 28, 1998 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandRaymond Llyod Smith
August 11, 2011 (Age 77 years)
Death of a half-sisterRegeina Kay Purcell
November 4, 2020 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Winferd Moss
January 15, 2022 (Age 87 years)
Death October 15, 2022 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Missouri Veterans Cemetery
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father
Nobel Simmons Moss
Birth: December 24, 1903 43 33Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 14, 1936Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: calculated 1925
10 months
elder sister
Gloria Eugene “Jean” Moss
Birth: October 18, 1925 21 16Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1998South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
3 years
elder brother
Charles Winferd Moss
Birth: February 25, 1929 25 19Mosstown, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 15, 2022Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, United States
5 years
herself
Joyce Lee Moss
Birth: February 16, 1934 30 24Kentucky, United States
Death: October 15, 2022Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with Orval Glennard Purcell - View this family
step-father
Orval Glennard Purcell
Birth: August 10, 1908Kentucky, United States
Death: May 19, 1990Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
mother
half-brother
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half-sister
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half-sister
Regeina Kay Purcell
Birth: December 2, 1947 39 38Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 4, 2020Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Mother’s family with Private - View this family
step-father
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mother
Family with Raymond Llyod Smith - View this family
husband
Raymond Llyod Smith
Birth: May 18, 1926East Tawas, Iosco, Michigan, United States
Death: August 11, 2011Missouri, United States
herself
Joyce Lee Moss
Birth: February 16, 1934 30 24Kentucky, United States
Death: October 15, 2022Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
daughter
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son
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Joyce Lee Moss has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Catherine Shemwell - Household

Ballard, Kentucky Wickliffe Road

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWages
Mayers, CatherineheadFW29MKYRBallardKY
Russell, HermansonMW12SMIRBallardKY
Russell, Marvin TsonMW10SMIRBallardKY
Russell, Leonard DsonMW9SKYRBallardKY
Ozment, CharlessonMW3SKYRBallardKY
Brown, Albertaelder sisterFW30DKYRBallardKYSewingProject
Moss, Charles WnephewMW10SKYRBallardKY
Moss, Joyce LnieceFW6SKYRBallardKY