The Shemwell Family

Melvin Eugene LyonsAge: 61 years19131974

Name
Melvin Eugene Lyons
Given names
Melvin Eugene
Surname
Lyons
Also known as
PFC
Birth May 12, 1913 44 31
MarriageLavera V KaedleView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Birth of a brotherHugh Charles Lyons
November 8, 1921 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a brotherErnest V Lyons
July 12, 1925 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Little Marion Lyons
May 8, 1928 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
Death of a fatherIsaac Henry Lyons
September 29, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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
Death of a brotherLloyd Edward Lyons
July 9, 1947 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 motherCora Mae Guinn
August 25, 1959 (Age 46 years)

Death of a wifeLavera V Kaedle
July 19, 1962 (Age 49 years)

Death of a brotherClyde Norman Lyons
February 26, 1974 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 October 13, 1974 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Home Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder sister
Jessie Bell Lyons
Birth: November 8, 1901 32 19Arkansas, United States
Death: January 2, 1982Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
7 years
elder brother
Clyde Norman Lyons
Birth: December 6, 1911 42 29Arkansas, United States
Death: February 26, 1974Oklahoma, United States
17 months
himself
Melvin Eugene Lyons
Birth: May 12, 1913 44 31Arkansas, United States
Death: October 13, 1974Oklahoma, United States
9 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Ernest V Lyons
Birth: July 12, 1925 56 43Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 29, 2007Oklahoma, United States
Family with Lavera V Kaedle - View this family
himself
Melvin Eugene Lyons
Birth: May 12, 1913 44 31Arkansas, United States
Death: October 13, 1974Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marriage:

Melvin Eugene Lyons has 7 first cousins recorded

Father's family (7)

Parents Andrew Thomas Lyons + Flora Epperson
1Densley E Lyons18981981
2Homer Lyons19001994
3Edgar T Lyons19021969
4Pearl Lyons19041906
5Mollie Lyons19062008
6Roscoe E Lyons19091976
7Myrtle Lyons19111998

Mother's family (0)