The Shemwell Family

Billie Ray GordonAge: 65 years19201986

Name
Billie Ray Gordon
Given names
Billie Ray
Surname
Gordon
Birth June 15, 1920
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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 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 June 6, 1986 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedarlawn Memorial Park
Family with Christine Holley - View this family
himself
Billie Ray Gordon
Birth: June 15, 1920Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas, United States
Death: June 6, 1986Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States
wife
Christine Holley
Birth: December 25, 1929 31 28Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: July 19, 2013Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
Charles Edward Bryan + Christine Holley - View this family
wife’s husband
Charles Edward Bryan
Birth: May 5, 1925Texas, United States
Death: June 29, 2001Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
wife
Christine Holley
Birth: December 25, 1929 31 28Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: July 19, 2013Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Marriage: May 19, 1990Grayson, Texas, United States

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