The Shemwell Family

Melba PanterAge: 94 years19252019

Name
Melba Panter
Given names
Melba
Surname
Panter
Married name
Melba Johnson
Birth about 1925 23 23
Birth of a sisterMary Eva Panter
December 23, 1928 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterMary Eva Panter
February 8, 1929 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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 15, 1930 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterWanda Joan Panter
June 16, 1933 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLillie Pearl Agee
March 26, 1937 (Age 12 years)
Note: Lilly death informant W M Parham, husband Jake
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 25 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 fatherWillard Samuel Panter
January 18, 1962 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherNellie Ruth Parham
1969 (Age 44 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Curtis Parham
July 26, 1973 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 brotherJames Panter
June 11, 1995 (Age 70 years)
Death before 2019 (Age 94 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
Willard Samuel Panter
Birth: March 9, 1901Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 18, 1962Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
mother
elder brother
James Panter
Birth: July 27, 1922 21 20Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 11, 1995Neptune Beach, Duval, Florida, United States
3 years
herself
4 years
younger sister
Mary Eva Panter
Birth: December 23, 1928 27 26Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 8, 1929
sister
Private
younger sister
Wanda Joan Panter
Birth: June 16, 1933 32 31Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 26, 2019Hixson, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
brother
Private
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Willard Samuel Panter - Household

407 Harper Street Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Panter, WillardheadMW29M19TNTNTNConstructionBuilding Construction
Parham, NelliewifeFW27M18TNTNTN
Panter, JamessonMW7STNTNTN
Panter, MelbadaughterFW5STNTNTN