The Shemwell Family

Carrie Lee ColemanAge: 90 years19132003

Name
Carrie Lee Coleman
Given names
Carrie Lee
Surname
Coleman
Married name
Carrie Lee Reeves
Birth February 10, 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
Historical Event
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
Historical Event
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 son
#1
Robert Clyde Reeves
January 13, 1931 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Joyce Dell Reeves
December 31, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Death of a daughterJoyce Dell Reeves
March 31, 1937 (Age 24 years)
Cause: Badly Burned
Note: Left alone in house - Caught in fire - Accident
Census April 26, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Loretta Faye Reeves
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 grandson
#1
John Edward Patrick Reeves
February 20, 1950 (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
Death of a husbandVernon Clyde Reeves
January 23, 1975 (Age 61 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 of a sonRobert Clyde Reeves
August 19, 1985 (Age 72 years)
Death of a daughterLoretta Faye Reeves
March 10, 1996 (Age 83 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn Edward Patrick Reeves
February 2, 1997 (Age 83 years)
Death November 3, 2003 (Age 90 years)

Family with Vernon Clyde Reeves - View this family
husband
Vernon Clyde Reeves
Birth: February 10, 1912 24 29Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 1975Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States
herself
son
Robert Clyde Reeves
Birth: January 13, 1931 18 17Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 19, 1985Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Private
daughter
Joyce Dell Reeves
Birth: December 31, 1934 22 21Dunmor, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 31, 1937Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
daughter
Loretta Faye Reeves
Birth: September 23, 1940 28 27Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 10, 1996Spring, Harris, Texas, United States
daughter
Private
Vernon Clyde Reeves + Private - View this family
husband
Vernon Clyde Reeves
Birth: February 10, 1912 24 29Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 1975Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Private