The Shemwell Family

Floyd Irvin HesterAge: 79 years19252004

Name
Floyd Irvin Hester
Given names
Floyd Irvin
Surname
Hester
Birth February 27, 1925 28 26
Birth of a sisterEmilou Hester
June 28, 1929 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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 5 years)
Birth of a brotherBobbie Ray Hester
August 26, 1936 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterBonnie Faye Hester
August 26, 1936 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherBobbie Ray Hester
August 29, 1936 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterBonnie Faye Hester
August 29, 1936 (Age 11 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart
February 26, 1942 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Isaac Shamwell
July 3, 1943 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 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 fatherEllis Reed Hester
April 2, 1972 (Age 47 years)
Death of a sisterEmilou Hester
December 20, 1974 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 brotherLeon E Hester
October 8, 1977 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherEva Lilly Shamwell
November 26, 1982 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherRussell Brandon Hester
November 23, 1986 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherUral Edwin Hester
March 11, 1991 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherLelton Glen Hester
April 7, 2001 (Age 76 years)
Death November 9, 2004 (Age 79 years)
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father
mother
elder brother
Ural Edwin Hester
Birth: May 3, 1915 18 16Tennessee, United States
Death: March 11, 1991Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder brother
Leon E Hester
Birth: December 21, 1916 20 18Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 8, 1977Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
22 months
elder brother
Russell Brandon Hester
Birth: October 24, 1918 22 20Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 1986Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Lelton Glen Hester
Birth: December 8, 1921 25 23Tennessee, United States
Death: April 7, 2001Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
brother
Private
himself
Floyd Irvin Hester
Birth: February 27, 1925 28 26Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 9, 2004Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger sister
Emilou Hester
Birth: June 28, 1929 33 31Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 1974Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
7 years
younger brother
Bobbie Ray Hester
Birth: August 26, 1936 40 38Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 29, 1936Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
younger sister
Bonnie Faye Hester
Birth: August 26, 1936 40 38Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 29, 1936Montgomery, Tennessee, United States