The Shemwell Family

Grace Lee CogginAge: 65 years19071972

Name
Grace Lee Coggin
Given names
Grace Lee
Surname
Coggin
Married name
Grace Lee Lackey
Birth May 6, 1907 24 20
Birth of a brotherJames Paul Coggin
August 20, 1909 (Age 2 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Pauline Coggin
November 11, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph B “Joe” Coggin
December 1914 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterLula Annie Coggin
April 5, 1916 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 brotherFoy Thomas Coggin
March 31, 1918 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 January 2, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Jeanette Coggin
September 14, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterOpal May Coggin
September 26, 1923 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterGeraldine Coggin
June 20, 1927 (Age 20 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph B “Joe” Coggin
October 17, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 maternal grandfatherThomas L Smith
March 6, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Census April 1, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Note: Name: Grace Coggins
Birth of a brotherCharles Curtis Coggin
August 21, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
MarriageWayne Robert LackeyView this family
about 1948 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Barbara Ann Lackey
November 29, 1948 (Age 41 years)
Census May 1950 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherJacob Claud Coggin
June 17, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Death of a fatherJacob Garfield Coggin
February 10, 1951 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherLula Mae Smith
May 5, 1957 (Age 49 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEmma Gennette “Nellie” Loftin
April 2, 1958 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandWayne Robert Lackey
November 25, 1970 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherJames Paul Coggin
February 13, 1971 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 August 17, 1972 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Philadelphia Moravian God's Acre
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 30, 1904Davidson, North Carolina, United States
14 months
elder brother
Jacob Claud Coggin
Birth: August 23, 1905 23 19Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 17, 1950Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
20 months
herself
Grace Lee Coggin
Birth: May 6, 1907 24 20North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 1972Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Paul Coggin
Birth: August 20, 1909 27 23Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 13, 1971Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
15 months
younger sister
Mary Pauline Coggin
Birth: November 11, 1910 28 24Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 17, 1999Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
Joseph B “Joe” Coggin
Birth: December 1914 32 28North Carolina, United States
Death: October 17, 1928Alleghany, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
16 months
younger sister
Lula Annie Coggin
Birth: April 5, 1916 33 29Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 3, 1997Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Foy Thomas Coggin
Birth: March 31, 1918 35 31Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 16, 1980Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States
3 years
younger sister
Catherine Jeanette Coggin
Birth: September 14, 1920 38 34Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 21, 2001Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Opal May Coggin
Birth: September 26, 1923 41 37Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 11, 2013Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Geraldine Coggin
Birth: June 20, 1927 45 40North Carolina, United States
Death: April 19, 1974Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Charles Curtis Coggin
Birth: August 21, 1930 48 44Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 13, 2001Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina, United States
Family with Wayne Robert Lackey - View this family
husband
Wayne Robert Lackey
Birth: April 24, 1906Yadkin, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 25, 1970Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
herself
Grace Lee Coggin
Birth: May 6, 1907 24 20North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 1972Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1948
11 months
daughter
Barbara Ann Lackey
Birth: November 29, 1948 42 41Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 27, 2020Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Garfield Coggin - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Coggin, JacobheadMW27M15NCNCNCCarpenterRail Road
Coggin, LulawifeFW23M1533NCNCNC
Coggin, ClarencesonMW5SNCNCNC
Coggin, GracedaughterFW2SNCNCNC
Coggin, JamessonMW8mSNCNCNC

Jacob Claud is Clarence -b

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Garfield Coggin - Household

Alleghany, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Coggin, JacobheadMW37MNCNCNCFarmer?? Farm
Coggin, LulawifeFW33MNCNCNC
Coggin, ClaudsonMW14SNCNCNC
Coggin, GracedaughterFW12SNCNCNC
Coggin, JamessonMW10SNCNCNC
Coggin, PaulinedaughterFW9SNCNCNC
Coggin, Joseph CsonMW5SNCNCNC
Coggin, AnniedaughterFW3-0mSNCNCNC
Coggin, FoysonMW1-9mSNCNCNC

Census
Name: Grace Coggins Birth Year: abt 1910 Gender: Female Race: White Age in 1930: 20 Birthplace: North Carolina Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Lodger Home in 1930: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA Map of Home: Winston-Salem,Forsyth,North Carolina Ward of City: Second ward House Number: 530 Dwelling Number: 59 Family Number: 93 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Stenographer Industry: Tobacco factory Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker Employment: Yes Charlie E Tuttle Household
Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Wayne Robert Lackey - Household

Burkwood? Dr. South Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Lackey, Wayne RheadMW44MarNCAsst. Plant Manager Tobacco
Lackey, Grace CwifeFW41MarNC
Lackey, Barbara AdaughterFW1NevNC