Merle Shannon ShemwellAge: 90 years1920–2010
- Name
- Merle Shannon Shemwell
- Given names
- Merle Shannon
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | November 14, 1920 29 32 |
 Military | US Navy - World War II and the Korean War |
 Birth of a sister | Eileen Louise Shemwell December 22, 1924 (Age 4 years) |
 Clubs-Organizations | Masonic Lodge #449 |
 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 |
 Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha Matilda Donelson March 3, 1931 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1940 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Elza “Bill” Shemwell March 2, 1944 (Age 23 years) Note: Home of Son of Carl on Estes Lane in Paducah, KY. Pa lived with my grandparents, Carl and Maude - Lenore55 |
| 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | David Merle Shemwell November 21, 1955 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a mother | Maude Robert Reed June 26, 1964 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a father | Carl McCoy Shemwell July 27, 1966 (Age 45 years) |
| 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 of a brother | Roscoe Randall Shemwell October 11, 1983 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a son | David Merle Shemwell 1985 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Carlene Reed Shemwell February 23, 1999 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Louise Hill November 7, 2000 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Eileen Louise Shemwell March 24, 2004 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | December 7, 2010 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Carl McCoy Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1890 32 29 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1966 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Maude Robert Reed Birth: December 23, 1887 28 26 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 26, 1964 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: February 19, 1914 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Carlene Reed Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1915 25 27 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 23, 1999 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Roscoe Randall Shemwell Birth: January 1, 1919 28 31 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1983 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months himself |
Merle Shannon Shemwell Birth: November 14, 1920 29 32 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 2010 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Eileen Louise Shemwell Birth: December 22, 1924 34 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 24, 2004 — Oklahoma City, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Mary Louise Hill |
| himself |
Merle Shannon Shemwell Birth: November 14, 1920 29 32 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 2010 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Louise Hill Birth: May 15, 1925 — Michigan, United States Death: November 7, 2000 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
David Merle Shemwell Birth: November 21, 1955 35 30 — West Virginia, United States Death: 1985 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
Merle Shannon Shemwell has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (15)
Parents Henry Claude Shemwell + Alva Lou Wood
Parents Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell + Lallah Reeves
Parents Street Forrest Hall + Ruby Shemwell
Parents Rex Shemwell + Mattie Lura Prior
3Private–
Parents Clois Holmes + Jesse Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Carl McCoy Shemwell - Household
District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Carl McCoy Shemwell - Household
McCracken, Kentucky
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