The Shemwell Family

Name
Lawrence Tomerlin Westerfield
Given names
Lawrence Tomerlin
Surname
Westerfield
Birth January 8, 1923 33 23
Birth of a sisterFrances Lee Westerfield
September 19, 1924 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brotherEdward Eugene “Eddie” Westerfield
March 29, 1927 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterTheda Marie Westerfield
June 1, 1928 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterWilma Bell Westerfield
August 11, 1929 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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
Census April 9, 1930 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Ann Westerfield
September 10, 1936 (Age 13 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterLinda Jo Westerfield
December 22, 1941 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Herbert Tomerlin
January 24, 1942 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 26 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 maternal grandmotherLou Ann Fulkerson
January 20, 1961 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherMargaret Dayton Tomerlin
October 15, 1975 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 of a fatherLawrence Blaine “Larry” Westerfield
April 17, 1978 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Ann Westerfield
February 18, 1989 (Age 66 years)
Death January 24, 1994 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pond Run Cemetery
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