The Shemwell Family

Velma Lucille WhitsonAge: 87 years19212008

Name
Velma Lucille Whitson
Given names
Velma Lucille
Surname
Whitson
Married name
Velma Lucille Brigance
Birth February 3, 1921
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
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 19 years)
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
Death of a husbandOtha Harold Brigance
March 25, 1963 (Age 42 years)
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 31, 2008 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
Family with Otha Harold Brigance - View this family
husband
Otha Harold Brigance
Birth: May 28, 1908 36 35Kentucky, United States
Death: March 25, 1963Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States
herself
Velma Lucille Whitson
Birth: February 3, 1921Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 31, 2008Logan, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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