Sylvia Laurine ShemwellAge: 97 years1924–2021
- Name
- Sylvia Laurine Shemwell
- Given names
- Sylvia Laurine
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Sylvia Laurine Willis
- Married name
- Sylvia Laurine Segers
 Birth | August 11, 1924 31 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Margaret Evelyn Shemwell October 11, 1927 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Clark Washington Shemwell February 16, 1929 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 5 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 1, 1930 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Addie Lucy Clary 1936 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Helen Shemwell November 4, 1938 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 15 years) Address: Dist. 2 |
 Marriage | James Thomas Willis — View this family about 1944 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Fillis Ann Willis October 19, 1944 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 son #2 | Carl Thomas Willis February 20, 1948 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1950 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 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 husband | James Thomas Willis August 12, 1954 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Thomas “Bud” Shemwell February 13, 1958 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 sister | Margaret Evelyn Shemwell July 19, 1978 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a father | Herbert Shemwell June 9, 1983 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ermon Blake December 31, 1987 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | Jesse Edward “Ed” Segers July 13, 1998 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Dorothy Marie Shemwell August 24, 2004 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a son | Carl Thomas Willis October 27, 2006 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Helen Shemwell June 30, 2011 (Age 86 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clark Washington Shemwell July 19, 2021 (Age 96 years) |
 Death | August 24, 2021 (Age 97 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Herbert Shemwell Birth: March 25, 1893 20 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 9, 1983 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Ermon Blake Birth: January 11, 1902 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 31, 1987 — Claymour, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| elder sister |
Dorothy Marie Shemwell Birth: January 7, 1922 28 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 2004 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
|
3 years herself |
Sylvia Laurine Shemwell Birth: August 11, 1924 31 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 2021 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
|
3 years younger sister |
Margaret Evelyn Shemwell Birth: October 11, 1927 34 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 19, 1978 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
|
16 months younger brother |
Clark Washington Shemwell Birth: February 16, 1929 35 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 19, 2021 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| sister |
Private |
| brother |
Private |
| younger sister |
Martha Helen Shemwell Birth: November 4, 1938 45 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 30, 2011 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| sister |
Private |
| Family with Jesse Edward “Ed” Segers |
| husband |
Jesse Edward “Ed” Segers Birth: June 7, 1921 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 13, 1998 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Sylvia Laurine Shemwell Birth: August 11, 1924 31 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 2021 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Family with James Thomas Willis |
| husband |
James Thomas Willis Birth: May 7, 1925 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 12, 1954 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Sylvia Laurine Shemwell Birth: August 11, 1924 31 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 2021 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
|
Marriage: about 1944 — |
|
|
10 months daughter |
Fillis Ann Willis Birth: October 19, 1944 19 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 10, 2024 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
|
3 years son |
Carl Thomas Willis Birth: February 20, 1948 22 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 2006 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Willis - Household
Coal Bank Road Todd, Kentucky
|