The Shemwell Family

Beatrice LoftinAge: 87 years19182006

Name
Beatrice Loftin
Given names
Beatrice
Surname
Loftin
Married name
Beatrice Fields
Birth September 22, 1918 22 21
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 sisterBeulena Loftin
December 16, 1919 (Age 14 months)
Birth of a sisterEvelyn Loftin
September 8, 1922 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Harold Loftin
March 2, 1926 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterCovia Loftin
March 11, 1929 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 13, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherCaraway Loftin
September 26, 1931 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterOmagene Loftin
July 18, 1933 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDr. William Robert Loftin Sr.
July 7, 1935 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterVina Loftin
December 28, 1935 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterGeorgia Mae Loftin
May 11, 1941 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 28, 1950 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 motherOma Street
June 17, 1968 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 fatherWilliam Robert Loftin Jr
March 21, 1980 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherCaraway Loftin
December 25, 1995 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterEvelyn Loftin
December 20, 1996 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Harold Loftin
March 18, 1999 (Age 80 years)
Death of a husbandHerbert Owen Fields
June 16, 2002 (Age 83 years)
Death February 3, 2006 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ballews Chapel Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 27, 1917Jackson, Arkansas, United States
9 months
herself
Beatrice Loftin
Birth: September 22, 1918 22 21Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 3, 2006Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
15 months
younger sister
Beulena Loftin
Birth: December 16, 1919 23 22Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 28, 2012Amagon, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Evelyn Loftin
Birth: September 8, 1922 26 25Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 20, 1996Weiner, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Covia Loftin
Birth: March 11, 1929 32 31Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 23, 2014Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Caraway Loftin
Birth: September 26, 1931 35 34Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 25, 1995Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Vina Loftin
Birth: December 28, 1935 39 38Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 21, 2021Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
-2 years
younger sister
Omagene Loftin
Birth: July 18, 1933 36 36Poinsett, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 18, 2017Newport, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States
8 years
younger sister
Georgia Mae Loftin
Birth: May 11, 1941 44 43Etowah, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 1, 2014Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Family with Herbert Owen Fields - View this family
husband
Herbert Owen Fields
Birth: April 18, 1915Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 16, 2002Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
herself
Beatrice Loftin
Birth: September 22, 1918 22 21Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 3, 2006Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
son
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Robert Loftin Jr - Household

Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Loftin, RobertheadMW32M21ARNCMDFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, OmawifeFW31M20TNTNTN
Loftin, BeatricedaughterFW11SARARTN
Loftin, BeulenadaughterFW10SARARTN
Loftin, EvelyndaughterFW7SARARTN
Loftin, HaroldsonMW4SARARTN
Loftin, CoviadaughterFW1SARARTN