The Shemwell Family

Russell E MyersAge: 88 years19222011

Name
Russell E Myers
Given names
Russell E
Surname
Myers
Birth July 29, 1922
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 27 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 23 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
MarriageEva Lou WesterfieldView this family
July 14, 1986 (Age 63 years)
Death of a wifeEva Lou Westerfield
April 17, 1997 (Age 74 years)
Death June 8, 2011 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Marion Baptist Cemetery
Family with Eva Lou Westerfield - View this family
himself
Russell E Myers
Birth: July 29, 1922New Marion, Ripley, Indiana, United States
Death: June 8, 2011Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
wife
Eva Lou Westerfield
Birth: May 10, 1921 31 21Echols, Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 17, 1997Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Marriage: July 14, 1986Kentucky, United States
Millard Sherman Knight + Eva Lou Westerfield - View this family
wife’s husband
Millard Sherman Knight
Birth: April 27, 1916Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1987Montgomery, Kentucky, United States
wife
Eva Lou Westerfield
Birth: May 10, 1921 31 21Echols, Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 17, 1997Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
step-daughter
Barbara Lou Knight
Birth: March 5, 1940 23 18Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 30, 2009Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
step-son
Private
step-son
Private
step-son
Private
step-son
James Merrill Knight
Birth: June 25, 1948 32 27Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 20, 1972Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

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