The Shemwell Family

Name
Vuiel Louise Poteete
Given names
Vuiel Louise
Surname
Poteete
Birth April 9, 1923 40 31
Death of a motherVera Durham
April 17, 1923 (Age 8 days)
Associate: Arthur Daniel Poteete
Associate: Tennessee McGehee
Associate: William L Durham
Note: The death information was provided by Vera's husband, Arthur Daniel Poteete.
Note: Death Certificate documents that her father was William L Durham and mother was Tennessee McGee (aka, McGehee).
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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 1930 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 26 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 fatherArthur Daniel Poteete
August 19, 1954 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 sisterMary Elizabeth Poteete
February 1, 1982 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherHerman Daniel Poteete
July 16, 1994 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sisterRuby Fay Poteete
May 19, 2000 (Age 77 years)
Death January 16, 2007 (Age 83 years)
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