The Shemwell Family

Fonnie Faine PruittAge: 85 years19131998

Name
Fonnie Faine Pruitt
Given names
Fonnie Faine
Surname
Pruitt
Birth February 16, 1913 31 29
Birth of a sisterMeda Esther Pruitt
May 18, 1915 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherFloyd Talmage Pruitt
September 30, 1917 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)

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 4 years)

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/
Census February 9, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherHomer Truman Pruitt
May 8, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterRuby Pearl Pruitt
September 12, 1922 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Denver Pruitt
December 17, 1924 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Argus Pruitt
April 27, 1927 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 paternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 fatherJames Franklin Pruitt
January 18, 1967 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Cooksey
June 27, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterMeda Esther Pruitt
March 25, 1973 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 brotherCorby Raymond Pruitt
August 13, 1976 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherFloyd Talmage Pruitt
May 30, 1980 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterGrace Ethel Pruitt
December 31, 1989 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherOtis Lee Pruitt
June 11, 1990 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterNora Alice Pruitt
October 18, 1991 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherHomer Truman Pruitt
January 5, 1993 (Age 79 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Denver Pruitt
May 7, 1994 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherJames Argus Pruitt
November 18, 1995 (Age 82 years)
Death April 30, 1998 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: April 8, 1900Newton, Arkansas, United States
16 months
elder sister
Angie Pruitt
Birth: August 8, 1901 20 17Arkansas, United States
Death: July 12, 1908Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Otis Lee Pruitt
Birth: January 12, 1904 22 20Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 11, 1990Idaho, United States
2 years
elder sister
Grace Ethel Pruitt
Birth: February 2, 1906 24 22Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 31, 1989Hiwasse, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Corby Raymond Pruitt
Birth: May 7, 1908 26 24Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 13, 1976Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Nora Alice Pruitt
Birth: October 6, 1910 29 26Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 18, 1991Arkansas, United States
2 years
herself
Fonnie Faine Pruitt
Birth: February 16, 1913 31 29Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 30, 1998Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Meda Esther Pruitt
Birth: May 18, 1915 33 31Jasper, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 25, 1973Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Floyd Talmage Pruitt
Birth: September 30, 1917 36 33Arkansas, United States
Death: May 30, 1980Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Homer Truman Pruitt
Birth: May 8, 1920 38 36Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 5, 1993Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ruby Pearl Pruitt
Birth: September 12, 1922 41 38Swain, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 14, 2013Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
William Denver Pruitt
Birth: December 17, 1924 43 41Swain, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 7, 1994Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Argus Pruitt
Birth: April 27, 1927 45 43Lamar, Johnson, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 18, 1995Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Franklin Pruitt - Household

ED 68 Pilot Rock, Johnson, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, James TheadRMW38MYesYesARARARYesFarmFarmingOA
Pruitt, SarrahwifeFW36MYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, OtisssonMW16SYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, GraciedaughterFW14SYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, CarlinsonMW12SYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, NoradaughterFW10SYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, TeonnadaughterFW8SYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, MediedaughterFW4SYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, TalmagesonMW2SYesYesARARARYesNone