The Shemwell Family

Bessie Erlene StackAge: 74 years19191993

Name
Bessie Erlene Stack
Given names
Bessie Erlene
Surname
Stack
Married name
Bessie Erlene Knight
Married name
Bessie Erlene Dennis
Birth March 27, 1919 38 27
MarriageDon C DennisView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherWilliam Newman Stack
October 8, 1921 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Ford Stack
January 27, 1924 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Irvin Stack
October 14, 1926 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterLillie Mae Stack
May 6, 1928 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
Death of a brotherLawrence Irvin Stack
January 17, 1931 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Mercurial Stomatitis
Burial of a brotherLawrence Irvin Stack
January 17, 1931 (Age 11 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bilbrey Cemetery
Birth of a sisterEvelyn Missouri Stack
December 29, 1931 (Age 12 years)
MarriageBarney Troy KnightView this family
March 9, 1942 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 30 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 fatherWilliam Foster Stack
December 13, 1958 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 motherCora Bell Bivens
January 11, 1976 (Age 56 years)
Death of a sisterEleanor Louise Stack
February 3, 1976 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandDon C Dennis
September 9, 1984 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Ford Stack
October 19, 1989 (Age 70 years)
Burial of a brotherHenry Ford Stack
October 22, 1989 (Age 70 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lake View Memorial Gardens
Death of a sisterEvelyn Missouri Stack
September 3, 1992 (Age 73 years)
Burial of a sisterEvelyn Missouri Stack
September 6, 1992 (Age 73 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Robinson Cemetery
Death August 2, 1993 (Age 74 years)
Burial August 5, 1993 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pugh Flat Cemetery
Religion: Baptist
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 15, 1909Alexander, Illinois, United States
4 years
elder sister
Eleanor Louise Stack
Birth: August 12, 1913 32 22Tennessee, United States
Death: February 3, 1976Calloway, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
herself
Bessie Erlene Stack
Birth: March 27, 1919 38 27Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 1993St. Clair, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Newman Stack
Birth: October 8, 1921 40 30Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1995Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Henry Ford Stack
Birth: January 27, 1924 42 32Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 19, 1989Highland, Madison, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger brother
Lawrence Irvin Stack
Birth: October 14, 1926 45 35Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 17, 1931Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
19 months
younger sister
Lillie Mae Stack
Birth: May 6, 1928 47 36Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 3, 2000Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Evelyn Missouri Stack
Birth: December 29, 1931 50 40Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1992Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Family with Barney Troy Knight - View this family
husband
Barney Troy Knight
Birth: March 16, 1922Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 27, 2015Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
herself
Bessie Erlene Stack
Birth: March 27, 1919 38 27Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 1993St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Marriage: March 9, 1942Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Don C Dennis - View this family
husband
Don C Dennis
Birth: December 4, 1914Missouri, United States
Death: September 9, 1984Cahokia, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
herself
Bessie Erlene Stack
Birth: March 27, 1919 38 27Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 1993St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Marriage:

Bessie Erlene Stack has 3 first cousins recorded