The Shemwell Family

Billie Faye EdwardsAge: 33 years19301963

Name
Billie Faye Edwards
Given names
Billie Faye
Surname
Edwards
Married name
Billie Faye Austin
Married name
Billie Faye Kirkwood
Birth March 14, 1930 27 19
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 22 days)
Birth of a sisterEloise “Weezie” Edwards
July 3, 1932 (Age 2 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 11 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
MarriageThomas Elbert Austin Jr.View this family
August 9, 1947 (Age 17 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 19 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 maternal grandmotherEtha Ola Missouri Tate
April 24, 1956 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 15 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 28, 1963 (Age 33 years)
Cause of death: Auto Accident
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Gretchen Lineve “Peck” Johnson
Birth: October 15, 1910 28 28White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 11, 1989Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: estimated 1929
14 months
herself
Billie Faye Edwards
Birth: March 14, 1930 27 19Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1963Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Eloise “Weezie” Edwards
Birth: July 3, 1932 29 21Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 5, 2008Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Family with Thomas Elbert Austin Jr. - View this family
husband
Thomas Elbert Austin Jr.
Birth: September 11, 1917Kentucky, United States
Death: May 24, 1992Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
herself
Billie Faye Edwards
Birth: March 14, 1930 27 19Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1963Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: August 9, 1947
Family with Sidney Howard Kirkwood - View this family
husband
Sidney Howard Kirkwood
Birth: April 29, 1925Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 1998Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
herself
Billie Faye Edwards
Birth: March 14, 1930 27 19Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1963Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Orvin Wickliffe “Edd” Edwards - Household

89 Mill Street White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Edwards, OrvinheadMW29M26KYKYKYCivil EngineerState Highway
Edwards, GretchenwifeFW19M18KYKYKY
Edwards, Billie FdaughterFW1mSKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Orvin Wickliffe “Edd” Edwards - Household

State Street Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Edwards, OrvinheadMW37MKYMadisonvilleHopkinsKYCivil EngineerState Highway Dept
Edwards, GretchenwifeFW29MKYMadisonvilleHopkinsKY
Edwards, Billie FoyedaughterFW10SKY
Edwards, EloisedaughterFW7SKY