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Robert Lee LawrenceAge: 63 years19131976

Name
Robert Lee Lawrence
Given names
Robert Lee
Surname
Lawrence
Birth May 5, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 4 years)

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
Mary Virginia Lawrence
February 5, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Cathryn Sue Lawrence
September 23, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 granddaughter
#1
La Donna Jo Allen
February 13, 1951 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Janice Kay Allen
February 11, 1960 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Timothy Boyd “Tic Toc” Allen
1962 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 June 22, 1976 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Robertson Hite Cemetery
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Icie Drew Sholar
Birth: September 24, 1916 29 19Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 2000Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
daughter
6 years
daughter
Cathryn Sue Lawrence
Birth: September 23, 1940 27 23Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 4, 2006Trigg, Kentucky, United States
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