The Shemwell Family

Della Lee HaleAge: 75 years19051980

Name
Della Lee Hale
Given names
Della Lee
Surname
Hale
Married name
Della Lee Akins
Birth June 13, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 daughter
#1
Jerusha Iris “Rushie” Akins
November 28, 1925 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Billie Richard Akins
December 12, 1927 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Ruth Akins
October 16, 1929 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 17, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Donald Ray Akins
July 23, 1934 (Age 29 years)
Census May 22, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#5
James Robert Akins
January 29, 1944 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 daughterMary Ruth Akins
March 3, 1960 (Age 54 years)
Death of a husbandArthur Eugene Akins
March 17, 1962 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 November 28, 1980 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Akins Cemetery
Family with Arthur Eugene Akins - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Jerusha Iris “Rushie” Akins
Birth: November 28, 1925 22 20De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 25, 2002Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Billie Richard Akins
Birth: December 12, 1927 24 22Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 17, 1996Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
daughter
Mary Ruth Akins
Birth: October 16, 1929 26 24Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Death: March 3, 1960Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
5 years
son
Donald Ray Akins
Birth: July 23, 1934 30 29Tennessee, United States
Death: August 26, 2014Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private
son
James Robert Akins
Birth: January 29, 1944 40 38Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 17, 2020Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Eugene Akins - Household

Mauriceville Orange, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Akins, ArthurheadMW27M21TNTNTNPumperRailroad
Akins, DellawifeFW24M18TNTNTN
Akins, Lavetta DollydaughterFW4SARTNTN
Akins, Billie RichardsonMW2SOKTNTN

Lavetta Dolly(sister) - Jerusha Iris “Rushie” Akins ?? -b