The Shemwell Family

Dora OvertonAge: 92 years19061999

Name
Dora Overton
Given names
Dora
Surname
Overton
Married name
Dora Nooe
Birth September 17, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 23 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Death of a husbandWalter Jay Nooe
February 6, 1951 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 39 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 July 19, 1999 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with Walter Jay Nooe - View this family
husband
herself
Dora Overton
Birth: September 17, 1906Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 19, 1999Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
son
Private
son
Private
Walter Jay Nooe + Roberta “Bertie” Callicutt - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: April 25, 1909Davidson, North Carolina, United States
10 months
step-son
Walter Clifford Nooe
Birth: March 4, 1910 18 16Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 22, 1999Baltimore, Maryland, United States
4 years
step-son
Guy G Nooe
Birth: January 3, 1914 22 20Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 26, 1964Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Mattie Bruce Nooe
Birth: March 16, 1916 24 22Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 7, 1989Durham, North Carolina, United States
18 months
step-daughter
Lottie Belle Nooe
Birth: September 4, 1917 25 24Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 9, 2007Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Zeola Bessie Nooe
Birth: April 5, 1920 28 26Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 21, 2003Snow Camp, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
8 years
step-son
Thomas Bennett Nooe
Birth: February 14, 1928 36 34North Carolina, United States
Death: October 25, 2008Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
2 years
step-son
3 years
step-son
Donnie Eugene Nooe
Birth: January 24, 1933 41 39Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 27, 2015Bartow, Polk, Florida, United States