Glayds Lavonia WoodAge: 69 years1916–1985
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- Glayds Lavonia Wood
- Given names
- Glayds Lavonia
- Surname
- Wood
- Married name
- Glayds Lavonia Selby
 Birth | May 3, 1916 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: 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 7 months)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 19 months)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 13 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 daughter#1 | Patricia Ann Selby July 13, 1939 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nina Selby June 21, 1942 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 | James Leonard Selby January 5, 1957 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 | September 3, 1985 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Big Lick Cemetery |
| Family with James Leonard Selby |
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James Leonard Selby Birth: December 12, 1914 24 26 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: January 5, 1957 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Glayds Lavonia Wood Birth: May 3, 1916 — Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States Death: September 3, 1985 — Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States |
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Patricia Ann Selby Birth: July 13, 1939 24 23 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 21, 2018 — Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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Nina Selby Birth: June 21, 1942 27 26 Death: August 31, 2013 |
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