Jo Ann ShemwellAge: 60 years1937–1998
- Name
- Jo Ann Shemwell
- Given names
- Jo Ann
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Jo Ann Best
- Married name
- Jo Ann Ray
 Birth | December 17, 1937 19 16 |
 Birth of a brother | Douglas Clay Shemwell June 28, 1940 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 3 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Brandon Shemwell August 23, 1947 (Age 9 years) |
 Census | April 5, 1950 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Donald Wayne Shemwell June 9, 1951 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 12 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 paternal grandfather | John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell August 1, 1956 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Leslie Best January 25, 1960 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Tony Ray Shemwell April 11, 1962 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a father | Bishop Brandon Shemwell June 7, 1971 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 8 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 brother | Tony Ray Shemwell September 29, 1979 (Age 41 years) Cause: Murdered |
| Death of a brother | Robert Brandon Shemwell July 13, 1990 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a brother | Douglas Clay Shemwell June 10, 1992 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a son | John Leslie Best July 13, 1998 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | September 16, 1998 (Age 60 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Bishop Brandon Shemwell Birth: December 21, 1917 33 28 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1971 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Elizabeth Teague Birth: July 2, 1921 — Mortons Gap, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: February 1, 2002 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: June 29, 1937 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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6 months herself |
Jo Ann Shemwell Birth: December 17, 1937 19 16 — Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: September 16, 1998 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Douglas Clay Shemwell Birth: June 28, 1940 22 18 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 1992 — Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Robert Brandon Shemwell Birth: August 23, 1947 29 26 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 13, 1990 — San Diego, California, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Donald Wayne Shemwell Birth: June 9, 1951 33 29 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 13, 2017 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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11 years younger brother |
Tony Ray Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1962 44 40 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: September 29, 1979 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Ruth Mae Duvall |
| father |
Bishop Brandon Shemwell Birth: December 21, 1917 33 28 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1971 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Ruth Mae Duvall Birth: February 9, 1921 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 27, 2003 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: June 27, 1936 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Private |
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| herself |
Jo Ann Shemwell Birth: December 17, 1937 19 16 — Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: September 16, 1998 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| daughter |
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John Leslie Best Birth: January 25, 1960 22 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 13, 1998 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Private |
| Family with Bertie Ray |
| husband |
Bertie Ray Birth: April 18, 1936 — Charleston, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States Death: May 16, 1999 — Richton, Perry, Mississippi, United States |
| herself |
Jo Ann Shemwell Birth: December 17, 1937 19 16 — Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: September 16, 1998 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| son |
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Jo Ann Shemwell has 30 first cousins recorded
Father's family (30)
Parents George Dewey Brown + Earline Louisa Shemwell
Parents Gillis Monty Brown + Bessie Ruth Shemwell
Parents Jessie Wilton Shemwell + Ida Florence Frith
Parents James Elam “Troy” Shemwell + Mary Kaye Arvin
Parents James Roy Marsh + Florence Elizabeth Shemwell
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Parents Clarence Martin Shemwell + Nannie Ruby Wallace
Parents Duncan Eve “Dunk” Shemwell + Mavis Ann Boren
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Parents Sidney Neal Shemwell + Bessie Pauline Fuller
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Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Bishop Brandon Shemwell - Household
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