The Shemwell Family

Velma P DyerAge: 80 years19222003

Name
Velma P Dyer
Given names
Velma P
Surname
Dyer
Married name
Velma P Smith
Birth August 4, 1922
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
MarriageLloyd Thomas SmithView this family
April 27, 1940 (Age 17 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 husbandLloyd Thomas Smith
July 25, 1977 (Age 54 years)
Death April 7, 2003 (Age 80 years)
Family with Lloyd Thomas Smith - View this family
husband
Lloyd Thomas Smith
Birth: November 9, 1916 32 29Rogerson, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Death: July 25, 1977Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
herself
Velma P Dyer
Birth: August 4, 1922Napponee, Nebraska, United States
Death: April 7, 2003Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Marriage: April 27, 1940Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Lloyd Thomas Smith + Emma May McCollum - View this family
husband
Lloyd Thomas Smith
Birth: November 9, 1916 32 29Rogerson, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Death: July 25, 1977Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Emma May McCollum
Birth: April 26, 1914Franklin, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Death: November 27, 2000New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
step-son
Private
step-son
Michael Huntley Smith Sr.
Birth: August 28, 1945 28 31Hawthorne, Mineral, Nevada, United States
Death: February 12, 2023Clarksville, Clark, Indiana, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Wayne Calvin Smith
Birth: July 18, 1951 34 37New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Death: March 21, 1995Germany

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