The Shemwell Family

Name
Gladys Opal Woodring
Given names
Gladys Opal
Surname
Woodring
Married name
Gladys Opal Reed
Birth April 29, 1918 43 33
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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/
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Kelly Milton Reed
November 23, 1941 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 maternal grandmotherVirginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
November 26, 1947 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherEdward M Richardson
December 17, 1947 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Franklin “Charley” Woodring
October 27, 1950 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterJessie Belle Woodring
April 24, 1952 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 motherEva Lee Richardson
January 13, 1971 (Age 52 years)
Death of a husbandLester H Reed
March 29, 1975 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 brotherEwing Alford Woodring
October 9, 1983 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterLucille Hazel Woodring
September 7, 1989 (Age 71 years)
Death August 3, 1995 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
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