The Shemwell Family

Roscoe E LyonsAge: 67 years19091976

Name
Roscoe E Lyons
Given names
Roscoe E
Surname
Lyons
Birth April 29, 1909 38 32
MarriageVernice FinkView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterMyrtle Lyons
June 29, 1911 (Age 2 years)
Death of a fatherAndrew Thomas Lyons
August 11, 1912 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 8 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Little Marion Lyons
May 8, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
George Burton Lyons Sr.
August 12, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Bobby E Lyons
November 25, 1942 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 motherFlora Epperson
May 6, 1956 (Age 47 years)

Death of a brotherEdgar T Lyons
October 12, 1969 (Age 60 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 August 4, 1976 (Age 67 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
9 years
himself
Roscoe E Lyons
Birth: April 29, 1909 38 32Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 4, 1976Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
-11 years
elder brother
9 years
elder sister
-23 months
elder sister
-18 months
elder brother
9 years
younger sister
Myrtle Lyons
Birth: June 29, 1911 40 34Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 13, 1998Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Family with Vernice Fink - View this family
himself
Roscoe E Lyons
Birth: April 29, 1909 38 32Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 4, 1976Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage:
son
Bobby E Lyons
Birth: November 25, 1942 33 27Cotton Town, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 6, 2021Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
-9 years
son
George Burton Lyons Sr.
Birth: August 12, 1933 24 18Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 3, 2010Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States

Roscoe E Lyons has 6 first cousins recorded

Father's family (6)

Parents Isaac Henry Lyons + Cora Mae Guinn
1Jessie Bell Lyons19011982
2Lloyd Edward Lyons19041947
3Clyde Norman Lyons19111974
5Hugh Charles Lyons19212012
6Ernest V Lyons19252007

Mother's family (0)