The Shemwell Family

Lillie May BumgarnerAge: 84 years18891973

Name
Lillie May Bumgarner
Given names
Lillie May
Surname
Bumgarner
Married name
Lillie May Ragan
Birth January 18, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageJasper Greenlee RaganView this family
1906 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Ardith Ragan
February 12, 1908 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mabel Virginia Ragan
April 28, 1910 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#3
John Edward Ragan
January 5, 1914 (Age 24 years)
Death of a daughterMabel Virginia Ragan
January 14, 1915 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Dallas James Ragan
June 21, 1916 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 granddaughter
#1
Minnie Dare Greene
December 11, 1924 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Grady MacDonald Greene
May 3, 1928 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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
Birth of a son
#5
Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan
December 28, 1933 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 60 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 daughterArdith Ragan
January 28, 1965 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 January 27, 1973 (Age 84 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Skyland Cemetery
Family with Jasper Greenlee Ragan - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1906
2 years
daughter
Ardith Ragan
Birth: February 12, 1908 20 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 28, 1965Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
4 years
son
John Edward Ragan
Birth: January 5, 1914 26 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 12, 1991Yuma, Arizona, United States
3 years
son
Dallas James Ragan
Birth: June 21, 1916 28 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 7, 1997Virginia, United States
18 years
son
Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan
Birth: December 28, 1933 46 44Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 9, 2012