The Shemwell Family

Mayme Elizabeth “Mamie” YountAge: 76 years19091985

Name
Mayme Elizabeth “Mamie” Yount
Given names
Mayme Elizabeth
Surname
Yount
Married name
Mayme Elizabeth McGehee
Married name
Mayme Elizabeth Montgomery
Nickname
Mamie
Married name
Mayme Elizabeth Denty
Birth July 1909
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
MarriageRex Maurice McGeheeView this family
July 1, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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
MarriageLeslie O DentyView this family
November 5, 1949 (Age 40 years)
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 36 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 husbandJames Burl Montgomery
March 12, 1977 (Age 67 years)
Obituary
Mamie Elizabeth Yount Obituary and Family Listing
August 24, 1985 (Age 76 years)
Death August 1985 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Westminster Memorial Park
Family with Rex Maurice McGehee - View this family
husband
Rex Maurice McGehee
Birth: May 31, 1911 22 17Arkansas, United States
Death: May 5, 1986Montebello, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Marriage: July 1, 1933Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Family with James Burl Montgomery - View this family
husband
James Burl Montgomery
Birth: February 17, 1908Combs, Madison, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 12, 1977Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
herself
daughter
Private
Family with Leslie O Denty - View this family
husband
Leslie O Denty
Birth: September 25, 1925Calcis, Shelby, Alabama, United States
Death: September 30, 1985Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
herself
Marriage: November 5, 1949Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Rex Maurice McGehee + Grace Schaumkell - View this family
husband
Rex Maurice McGehee
Birth: May 31, 1911 22 17Arkansas, United States
Death: May 5, 1986Montebello, Los Angeles, California, United States
husband’s wife
Grace Schaumkell
Birth: February 23, 1921Apia, Samoa
Death: August 9, 1997Montebello, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: December 4, 1948Los Angeles, California, United States

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Leslie O Denty - Household

Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Denty, Leslie O Sgt.headMW24MarALW40Sgt. US Air ForceG
Denty, Mamie EwifeFW40MarARW40Waitress, CafeP