The Shemwell Family

Roy Franklin PruittAge: 75 years19252001

Name
Roy Franklin Pruitt
Given names
Roy Franklin
Surname
Pruitt
Birth November 29, 1925 30 29
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 12, 1930 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNeoma Angeline “Oma” Beckham
April 22, 1930 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterWillodean Pruitt
July 13, 1933 (Age 7 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 24 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 Lester Pruitt
September 24, 1972 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 brotherNorbie Eugene Pruitt
June 1981 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterGladys Glen Pruitt
February 8, 1983 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherVelvia Lauretta Roberts
February 3, 1984 (Age 58 years)
Death July 7, 2001 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 29, 1912Boone, Arkansas, United States
11 months
elder brother
Norbie Eugene Pruitt
Birth: October 14, 1913 18 17Arkansas, United States
Death: June 1981Boone, Arkansas, United States
4 years
elder sister
Gladys Glen Pruitt
Birth: March 16, 1918 23 21Arkansas, United States
Death: February 8, 1983Arkansas, United States
4 years
elder sister
Mildred B Pruitt
Birth: June 12, 1922 27 25Hopewell, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 18, 2016Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
4 years
himself
Roy Franklin Pruitt
Birth: November 29, 1925 30 29Arkansas, United States
Death: July 7, 2001California, United States
8 years
younger sister
Willodean Pruitt
Birth: July 13, 1933 38 36Arkansas, United States
Death: April 21, 2011Arkansas, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Lester Pruitt - Household

ED 13 Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pruitt, LesterheadR10MW35M18NoYesARARARYesPainterHouseOYes
Pruitt, VelvawifeFW33M16NoYesARARARYesNoneNone
Pruitt, NorbysonMW16SYesYesARARARYesApprenticePrinting OfficeWYes
Pruitt, GladysdaughterFW12SYesYesARARARYesNoneNone
Pruitt, MildreddaughterFW7SYesYesARARARYesNoneNone
Pruitt, RoysonMW4 years 4 monthsSNoARARARYesNoneNone
Pruitt, AngelinamotherFW71WdNoYesARTNTNYesNoneNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Lester Pruitt - Household

Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Pruett, LesterxheadR72YesMW45MARCarpenterBuilderPW32384
Pruett, VelviewifeFW43MAR00
Pruett, NorbysonMW26SARFarmerFarmPW520
Pruett, GladisdaughterFW22SAR00
Pruett, MildreddaughterFW18SYesAR
Pruett, RoysonMW14SAR
Pruett, WillodeanadaughterFW6SYesAR