The Shemwell Family

Omer Morilton PruittAge: 71 years19171988

Name
Omer Morilton Pruitt
Given names
Omer Morilton
Surname
Pruitt
Birth May 5, 1917 21 27
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 (Age 7 months)

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 sisterArgel Arvilene Pruitt
February 11, 1919 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherElmer Doyle Pruitt
May 2, 1926 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherElmer Doyle Pruitt
September 6, 1926 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCelia Beckham
August 23, 1928 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 11, 1930 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Auburn “Willie” Pruitt
April 8, 1938 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 motherMinnie May Thomason
October 29, 1966 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherElmer Dennis Pruitt
July 4, 1972 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 May 18, 1988 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Duffield Memorial Cemetery
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father
Elmer Dennis Pruitt
Birth: February 28, 1896 39 37Arkansas, United States
Death: July 4, 1972Farmington, San Joaquin, California, United States
mother
Marriage: July 2, 1916Boone, Arkansas, United States
10 months
himself
Omer Morilton Pruitt
Birth: May 5, 1917 21 27Prosperity, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 18, 1988Jay, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
21 months
younger sister
Argel Arvilene Pruitt
Birth: February 11, 1919 22 28Arkansas, United States
Death: July 8, 1995Jay, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
7 years
younger brother
Elmer Doyle Pruitt
Birth: May 2, 1926 30 36Arkansas, United States
Death: September 6, 1926Oklahoma, United States
Family with Marjory Earline Dunham - View this family
himself
Omer Morilton Pruitt
Birth: May 5, 1917 21 27Prosperity, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 18, 1988Jay, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marjory Earline Dunham
Birth: July 21, 1924Atchison, Kansas, United States
Death: May 30, 2017Louisiana, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Omer Morilton Pruitt has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Elmer Dennis Pruitt - Household

Big Creek, Marion, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pruitt, Elmer DheadOYesMW34M20ARARARYesFarmerGeneralOYesNo
Pruitt, MinniewifeYesFWM26ARGAARYesNone
Pruitt, OmarsonYesMWSARARARYesNone
Pruitt, ArzeldaughterYesFWSARARARYesNone
Pruitt, William AfatherYesMW73Wd20ARININYesNone