The Shemwell Family

Minnie Mae GeeAge: 85 years19091995

Name
Minnie Mae Gee
Given names
Minnie Mae
Surname
Gee
Married name
Minnie Mae Kittrell
Birth October 27, 1909
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
MarriageLee Roy KittrellView this family
September 11, 1944 (Age 34 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 husbandLee Roy Kittrell
May 29, 1971 (Age 61 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 June 1, 1995 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Park
Family with Lee Roy Kittrell - View this family
husband
Lee Roy Kittrell
Birth: January 3, 1904 27 25Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 29, 1971Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
herself
Minnie Mae Gee
Birth: October 27, 1909Sunset, Montague, Texas, United States
Death: June 1, 1995Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 11, 1944Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
Lee Roy Kittrell + May E Sallars - View this family
husband
Lee Roy Kittrell
Birth: January 3, 1904 27 25Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 29, 1971Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 17, 1923Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

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