The Shemwell Family

Vontilla Marie BuckAge: 88 years19282016

Name
Vontilla Marie Buck
Given names
Vontilla Marie
Surname
Buck
Married name
Vontilla Marie Watson
Birth January 9, 1928 27 21
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 15, 1930 (Age 2 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas L “Tom” Buck
March 12, 1943 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 13 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherLucy McKinsey Cherry
November 10, 1948 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Stomach cancer
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 21 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 motherEmma Leona Jones
June 10, 1966 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 17 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 fatherWilliam Lee Buck
February 16, 1986 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandGrover Albert Watson
July 15, 2015 (Age 87 years)
Death March 3, 2016 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park
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father
William Lee Buck
Birth: June 3, 1900 35 29Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 16, 1986Tarrant, Texas, United States
mother
Emma Leona Jones
Birth: January 19, 1906Elm Grove, Erath, Texas, United States
Death: June 10, 1966Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
herself
Vontilla Marie Buck
Birth: January 9, 1928 27 21Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 3, 2016Southlake, Tarrant, Texas, United States
sister
Private
Family with Grover Albert Watson - View this family
husband
Grover Albert Watson
Birth: June 2, 1924Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: July 15, 2015Southlake, Tarrant, Texas, United States
herself
Vontilla Marie Buck
Birth: January 9, 1928 27 21Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 3, 2016Southlake, Tarrant, Texas, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Lee Buck - Household

2614b Cyril Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Buck, William LheadMW29MTXARTNLaborerStreet Depament
Buck, Emma LwifeFW24MTXARTX
Buck, Vontilla SdaughterFW2-2mSTXTXTX