The Shemwell Family

Mary Belle SherronAge: 78 years19171995

Name
Mary Belle Sherron
Given names
Mary Belle
Surname
Sherron
Married name
Mary Belle Hester
Birth August 13, 1917
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 (Age 4 months)

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 12 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 son
#1
Billy Ardell Hester
January 25, 1935 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Betty Jean Hester
July 29, 1937 (Age 19 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Ural Brandon Hester
February 20, 1942 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sonUral Brandon Hester
May 21, 1944 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 husbandUral Edwin Hester
March 11, 1991 (Age 73 years)
Death September 10, 1995 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Family with Ural Edwin Hester - View this family
husband
Ural Edwin Hester
Birth: May 3, 1915 18 16Tennessee, United States
Death: March 11, 1991Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Mary Belle Sherron
Birth: August 13, 1917Tennessee, United States
Death: September 10, 1995Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
son
Billy Ardell Hester
Birth: January 25, 1935 19 17Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 2, 2017Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Betty Jean Hester
Birth: July 29, 1937 22 19Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 6, 2017Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
son
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son
Ural Brandon Hester
Birth: February 20, 1942 26 24Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 21, 1944Christian, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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daughter
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