The Shemwell Family

Sydna LaVelle DoddAge: 26 years19201946

Name
Sydna LaVelle Dodd
Given names
Sydna LaVelle
Surname
Dodd
Married name
Sydna LaVelle Long
Birth December 8, 1920
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 son
#1
Verner James “Jimmy” Long Jr.
February 12, 1941 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 December 21, 1946 (Age 26 years)
Cause of death: Auto Accident
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Myrtle Cemetery
Family with Verner James Long - View this family
husband
herself
Sydna LaVelle Dodd
Birth: December 8, 1920Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States
Death: December 21, 1946Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States
son
Verner James “Jimmy” Long Jr.
Birth: February 12, 1941 29 20Texas, United States
Death: June 29, 2007
son
Private
daughter
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Verner James Long + Charlene Chapman - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Charlene Chapman
Birth: December 9, 1919Wells, Cherokee, Texas, United States
Death: October 10, 1989Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, United States
step-daughter
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step-daughter
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