The Shemwell Family

Jesse Edward “Ed” SegersAge: 77 years19211998

Name
Jesse Edward “Ed” Segers
Given names
Jesse Edward
Surname
Segers
Nickname
Ed
Birth June 7, 1921
Occupation
Farmer/bus driver

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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 28 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 24 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 July 13, 1998 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
himself
Jesse Edward “Ed” Segers
Birth: June 7, 1921Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 13, 1998Kentucky, United States
Family with Sylvia Laurine Shemwell - View this family
himself
Jesse Edward “Ed” Segers
Birth: June 7, 1921Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 13, 1998Kentucky, United States
wife
daughter
Private
James Thomas Willis + Sylvia Laurine Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
James Thomas Willis
Birth: May 7, 1925Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 12, 1954Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1944
10 months
step-daughter
Fillis Ann Willis
Birth: October 19, 1944 19 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 10, 2024Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
3 years
step-son
Carl Thomas Willis
Birth: February 20, 1948 22 23Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 27, 2006Todd, Kentucky, United States