The Shemwell Family

Ruth Hannah YeagerAge: 89 years19222011

Name
Ruth Hannah Yeager
Given names
Ruth Hannah
Surname
Yeager
Married name
Ruth Hannah Tilbury
Birth June 2, 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
MarriageHenry Loyal Tilbury SrView this family
May 10, 1941 (Age 18 years)
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
Death of a husbandHenry Loyal Tilbury Sr
January 18, 1991 (Age 68 years)
Death September 12, 2011 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McGehee Cemetery
Family with Henry Loyal Tilbury Sr - View this family
husband
herself
Ruth Hannah Yeager
Birth: June 2, 1922Boydell, Ashley, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 12, 2011Maumelle, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: May 10, 1941Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Henry Loyal Tilbury Sr + Willie Mae Smith - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Willie Mae Smith
Birth: March 25, 1928Ashley, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 10, 2003Bossier, Louisiana, United States
Marriage: December 20, 1946Chicot, Arkansas, United States