Mary Eunice WardAge: 65 years1913–1978
- Name
- Mary Eunice Ward
- Given names
- Mary Eunice
- Surname
- Ward
- Married name
- Mary Eunice Combs
 Birth | July 9, 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 |
 Marriage | William Roy Combs — View this family August 14, 1934 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | William Joe Combs December 22, 1936 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 26 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 |
| 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 husband | William Roy Combs December 1969 (Age 56 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 | October 1978 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochran Cemetery |
| Family with William Roy Combs |
| husband |
William Roy Combs Birth: February 12, 1905 43 32 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: December 1969 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Mary Eunice Ward Birth: July 9, 1913 — Naylor, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: October 1978 — Naylor, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: August 14, 1934 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
William Joe Combs Birth: December 22, 1936 31 23 — Hunter, Carter, Missouri, United States Death: January 30, 2007 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Roy Combs Jr. - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
Next door to Mother. -b |