The Shemwell Family

Odie Darrell PruittAge: 80 years19222003

Name
Odie Darrell Pruitt
Given names
Odie Darrell
Surname
Pruitt
Birth May 23, 1922 38 39
Birth of a brotherWalter Dean Pruitt
October 2, 1923 (Age 16 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterGussie Helen Pruitt
February 28, 1925 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 7 years)
Birth of a sisterNorma Lee Pruitt
June 27, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Death of a half-sisterOlive Pruitt
October 17, 1933 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 14 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Death of a half-brotherAusborn W Pruitt
June 19, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 27 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 motherSusan Rebecca Roberson
September 29, 1977 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Robert Pruitt
October 8, 1982 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Dean Pruitt
January 3, 1985 (Age 62 years)
Death of a half-sisterVernie Opal Pruitt
May 31, 1995 (Age 73 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah Mae Pruitt
May 21, 2002 (Age 79 years)
Death January 19, 2003 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary and Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 1, 1920Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
himself
Odie Darrell Pruitt
Birth: May 23, 1922 38 39Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 19, 2003Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
16 months
younger brother
Walter Dean Pruitt
Birth: October 2, 1923 39 40Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1985Ten Sleep, Washakie, Wyoming, United States
17 months
younger sister
Gussie Helen Pruitt
Birth: February 28, 1925 41 42Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 24, 2020Shiatook, Osage, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger sister
Norma Lee Pruitt
Birth: June 27, 1930 46 47Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 5, 2021Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Father’s family with Julie Murray - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 31, 1905Newton, Arkansas, United States
11 months
half-sister
Olive Pruitt
Birth: December 15, 1906 23 16Arkansas, United States
Death: October 17, 1933Arkansas, United States
22 months
half-brother
Orville Pruitt
Birth: September 1908 24 18Arkansas, United States
Death: September 1918Arkansas, United States
2 years
half-sister
6 months
half-brother
Ausborn W Pruitt
Birth: March 30, 1911 27 20Arkansas, United States
Death: June 19, 1940Arkansas, United States
4 years
half-sister
Vernie Opal Pruitt
Birth: February 19, 1915 31 24Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 31, 1995Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
3 years
half-sister
Macie M Pruitt
Birth: 1917 33 26Arkansas, United States
Death: 1920Arkansas, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Pruitt - Household

ED 26 Union, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pruitt, John RheadO800YesMW46M22NoYesARARARYesFarmerGeneral FarmEYes
Pruitt, Susie RwifeFW47M36NoYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, Ausham WsonMW17SNoYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, Opal VdaughterFW15SYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, Darrell OsonMW7SYesNoARARARYesNone
Pruitt, Dean WsonMW6SNoNoARARARYesNone
Pruitt, Gussie HdaughterFW5SNoNoARARARYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Pruitt - Household

Brown, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Pruitt, John RheadR10YesMW56MNoARFarmerFarmOA400
Pruitt, Susie RxwifeFW57MNoAR00
Pruitt, Darrell OsonMW17SYesAR00
Pruitt, Dean WsonMW16SYesAR00
Pruitt, Gussie HdaughterFW15SYesAR00
Pruitt, Ausbon WsonMW27MNoARFarmerFarmOA400
Pruitt, Euseba Idaighter-in-lawFW30MNoAR00