The Shemwell Family

Merle Sammie ChanceAge: 83 years19192002

Name
Merle Sammie Chance
Given names
Merle Sammie
Surname
Chance
Birth February 27, 1919

MarriageVirginia Lea ByrdView this family
unknown

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 22 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 son
#1
Donald L Chance
January 4, 1949 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Sammie Lee Chance Sr.
March 10, 1951 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 26 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 sonDonald L Chance
December 2, 1998 (Age 79 years)

Death of a wifeVirginia Lea Byrd
August 11, 2000 (Age 81 years)
Death October 29, 2002 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
Family with Virginia Lea Byrd - View this family
himself
wife
Virginia Lea Byrd
Birth: May 31, 1922 20 18Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 2000Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
son
2 years
son
Sammie Lee Chance Sr.
Birth: March 10, 1951 32 28Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 24, 2019Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

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