The Shemwell Family

Granvel Morris WebbAge: 80 years19171997

Name
Granvel Morris Webb
Given names
Granvel Morris
Surname
Webb
Birth June 15, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 6 months)

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 28 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 September 30, 1997 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Plainview Cemetery
Family with Vurla Jo Sharp - View this family
himself
Granvel Morris Webb
Birth: June 15, 1917Farmersville, Collin, Texas, United States
Death: September 30, 1997Texas, United States
wife
son
Private
daughter
Private
Oscar Carter + Vurla Jo Sharp - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: July 31, 1941Atoka, Oklahoma, United States
5 months
step-daughter
Lynda Lou Carter
Birth: December 25, 1941 21 18Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: July 29, 2019Lockney, Floyd, Texas, United States

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