The Shemwell Family

Laura Frances KingAge: 89 years19252014

Name
Laura Frances King
Given names
Laura Frances
Surname
King
Married name
Laura Frances Akers
Married name
Laura Frances Davis
Birth January 22, 1925 31 30
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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 7, 1930 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEmily Mae King
June 24, 1932 (Age 7 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLaura Wendeline Atkin
April 30, 1941 (Age 16 years)
Cause: Cancer
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 24 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
Birth of a son
#1
James Jones Akers III
March 29, 1955 (Age 30 years)
Death of a fatherMarvin Lanier “Jack” King
March 18, 1963 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherCarrie Mae Mangum
August 23, 1972 (Age 47 years)
Death of a sonJames Jones Akers III
May 22, 1975 (Age 50 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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
MarriageTom Moore DavisView this family
1985 (Age 59 years)

Death of a brotherSyredith Thomas “S T” King
July 31, 1990 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterEmily Mae King
January 5, 1991 (Age 65 years)
Death of a husbandJames Jones Akers Jr.
January 3, 1994 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sisterSusie Glendale King
September 9, 2005 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherWilburn Lanier King
September 2, 2012 (Age 87 years)
Death March 20, 2014 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
elder brother
Syredith Thomas “S T” King
Birth: May 22, 1914 20 19Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: July 31, 1990Anderson, South Carolina, United States
5 years
elder sister
Susie Glendale King
Birth: August 7, 1919 25 25Sandy Springs, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 9, 2005Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Wilburn Lanier King
Birth: February 21, 1922 28 27Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 2, 2012Anderson, South Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Laura Frances King
Birth: January 22, 1925 31 30Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: March 20, 2014Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
brother
Private
younger sister
Emily Mae King
Birth: June 24, 1932 38 38Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: January 5, 1991Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Family with James Jones Akers Jr. - View this family
husband
James Jones Akers Jr.
Birth: September 17, 1921Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 3, 1994Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
herself
Laura Frances King
Birth: January 22, 1925 31 30Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: March 20, 2014Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
son
James Jones Akers III
Birth: March 29, 1955 33 30North Carolina, United States
Death: May 22, 1975Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Tom Moore Davis - View this family
husband
Tom Moore Davis
Birth: November 15, 1922Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 2, 2016Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
herself
Laura Frances King
Birth: January 22, 1925 31 30Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: March 20, 2014Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: 1985