The Shemwell Family

Shirley Ann SimsAge: 74 years19312006

Name
Shirley Ann Sims
Given names
Shirley Ann
Surname
Sims
Married name
Shirley Ann Melton
Birth June 13, 1931 17 15
Birth of a brotherThomas Roger Sims
July 16, 1937 (Age 6 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Jefferson Sims
March 18, 1941 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 10 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
Death of a brotherThomas Roger Sims
January 16, 1951 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 18 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 14 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 paternal grandmotherRuth Valdenar Shemwell
December 13, 1976 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Jefferson Sims Jr.
May 24, 1982 (Age 50 years)
Death of a motherPatricia Louise Myers
June 6, 2004 (Age 72 years)

Death May 11, 2006 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memory Lane Cemetery
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father
Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr.
Birth: February 12, 1914 31 19Missouri, United States
Death: May 24, 1982McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
mother
herself
Shirley Ann Sims
Birth: June 13, 1931 17 15Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 11, 2006Oklahoma, United States
6 years
younger brother
Thomas Roger Sims
Birth: July 16, 1937 23 21Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1951
sister
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sister
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husband
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herself
Shirley Ann Sims
Birth: June 13, 1931 17 15Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 11, 2006Oklahoma, United States
son
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daughter
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daughter
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