The Shemwell Family

Grady MacDonald GreeneAge: 75 years19282003

Name
Grady MacDonald Greene
Given names
Grady MacDonald
Surname
Greene
Birth May 3, 1928 29 20
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 months)

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 13 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 21 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 motherArdith Ragan
January 28, 1965 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLillie May Bumgarner
January 27, 1973 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 17 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 maternal grandfatherJasper Greenlee Ragan
April 13, 1978 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherGrady Lee Greene
December 27, 1980 (Age 52 years)
Death June 12, 2003 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens
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father
Grady Lee Greene
Birth: October 24, 1898Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 27, 1980Watauga, North Carolina, United States
mother
Ardith Ragan
Birth: February 12, 1908 20 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 28, 1965Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:
elder sister
Minnie Dare Greene
Birth: December 11, 1924 26 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 25, 2010Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
Grady MacDonald Greene
Birth: May 3, 1928 29 20Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 12, 2003Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States