The Shemwell Family

Shirley Maynette AblesAge: 63 years19301994

Name
Shirley Maynette Ables
Given names
Shirley Maynette
Surname
Ables
Birth September 26, 1930 37 31
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha R “Mattie” Cherry
March 30, 1939 (Age 8 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
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
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 of a fatherRichard Delmar Ables
April 1983 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherLydia Lee Taylor
December 29, 1988 (Age 58 years)

Death June 1994 (Age 63 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
Richard Delmar Ables
Birth: December 19, 1892 29 22Tharp, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1983Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
mother
elder brother
Dello Lee Ables
Birth: October 25, 1924 31 25Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: November 6, 1929Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
brother
Private
herself
Shirley Maynette Ables
Birth: September 26, 1930 37 31Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: June 1994
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father
Richard Delmar Ables
Birth: December 19, 1892 29 22Tharp, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1983Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
step-mother
Lillie May Cherry
Birth: January 22, 1894Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1915Tharpe, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
half-sister
Private