The Shemwell Family

Oda Lee Smith Jr.Age: 72 years1929–2002

Name
Oda Lee Smith Jr.
Given names
Oda Lee
Surname
Smith
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth May 3, 1929 39 36
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 months)

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 16, 1930 (Age 11 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Kittrell
September 5, 1939 (Age 10 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 20 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 fatherOda Lee Smith
January 1971 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 motherHettie Ellis
1980 (Age 50 years)

Death January 21, 2002 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Gardens Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 20, 1914 — Butler, Missouri, United States
14 years
elder sister
Laverna Smith
Birth: November 5, 1927 38 34 — Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 7, 2009 — Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
18 months
himself
Oda Lee Smith Jr.
Birth: May 3, 1929 39 36 — Missouri, United States
Death: January 21, 2002 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Oda Lee Smith Jr. has 3 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Oda Lee Smith - Household

County Road Poplar Bluff R 1 Epps, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Smith, Oddie LheadMW40M21MOPAMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Smith, HettiewifeFW37M21MOVAMO
Smith, LavernadaughterFW2-5mSMOMOMO
Smith, Oddie Jr.sonMW11mSMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Oda Lee Smith - Household

Oda Smith Road Epps, Butler, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Smith, Oda LeeXheadMW50MMOSame HouseFarmerFarming
Smith, Hettie JwifeFW47MMOSame House
Smith, LavernadaughterFW12SMOSame House
Smith, Oda Lee JrsonMW10SMOSame House