The Shemwell Family

Norma Bernice PollardAge: 82 years19212004

Name
Norma Bernice Pollard
Given names
Norma Bernice
Surname
Pollard
Married name
Norma Bernice Wright
Birth September 13, 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
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
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 of a husbandWilliam Thomas “Bill” Wright
June 11, 1984 (Age 62 years)
Death September 7, 2004 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
Family with William Thomas “Bill” Wright - View this family
husband
William Thomas “Bill” Wright
Birth: February 22, 1901 32 35Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: June 11, 1984Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
herself
Norma Bernice Pollard
Birth: September 13, 1921Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
Death: September 7, 2004Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
son
Private
William Thomas “Bill” Wright + Velma Gourley - View this family
husband
William Thomas “Bill” Wright
Birth: February 22, 1901 32 35Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: June 11, 1984Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
husband’s wife
Velma Gourley
Birth: March 8, 1905Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 15, 1925St. Louis, Missouri, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Edward Donald “Ed” Wright
Birth: August 4, 1925 24 20Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: February 21, 1979Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States