The Shemwell Family

Gracie Ruth CoeAge: 59 years19241984

Name
Gracie Ruth Coe
Given names
Gracie Ruth
Surname
Coe
Married name
Gracie Ruth Knight
Birth February 5, 1924 26 17
Birth of a brotherEverett Royce Coe
December 25, 1925 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherWillie Monroe Coe
December 20, 1927 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherSylvester Luther Coe
August 14, 1929 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 28, 1930 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherAnnie Laura Underwood
January 31, 1935 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherQuincie Monroe Underwood
February 15, 1940 (Age 16 years)
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Paul Perkins Knight
October 27, 1942 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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
Census April 11, 1950 (Age 26 years)
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 maternal grandmotherMaggie Thomas Petty
February 1, 1962 (Age 37 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 fatherJohnny Everett Coe
March 28, 1977 (Age 53 years)
Death of a husbandGeneral Perkins Knight
July 28, 1979 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherWillie Monroe Coe
April 19, 1982 (Age 58 years)
Death January 11, 1984 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Terrace Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 7, 1922Henry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
Gracie Ruth Coe
Birth: February 5, 1924 26 17Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 11, 1984Troy, Obion, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
Everett Royce Coe
Birth: December 25, 1925 28 18Tennessee, United States
Death: December 19, 1993Cottage Grove, Henry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Willie Monroe Coe
Birth: December 20, 1927 30 20Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 19, 1982Atwood, Carroll, Tennessee, United States
20 months
younger brother
Sylvester Luther Coe
Birth: August 14, 1929 31 22Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 9, 2011Hohenwald, Lewis, Tennessee, United States
Family with General Perkins Knight - View this family
husband
General Perkins Knight
Birth: May 19, 1918 63 20Jackson, Alabama, United States
Death: July 28, 1979Troy, Obion, Tennessee, United States
herself
Gracie Ruth Coe
Birth: February 5, 1924 26 17Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 11, 1984Troy, Obion, Tennessee, United States
son
Paul Perkins Knight
Birth: October 27, 1942 24 18Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 2009Troy, Obion, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Johnny Everett Coe - Household

Austin Peay Highway Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Coe, EverettheadMW32M24TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Coe, AnniewifeFW23M14TNTNTN
Coe, RuthdaughterFW6STNKYTN
Coe, RoycesonMW4-3mSTNKYTN
Coe, WilliesonMW2-3mSTNKYTN
Coe, SylvestersonMW7mSTNKYTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Johnny Everett Coe - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Coe, EverettXheadMW42WdTNRHenryTNFarmerFarm
Coe, RuthdaughterFW16STNRHenryTN
Coe, RoycesonMW14STNRHenryTNFarm HandFarm
Coe, BilliesonMW12STNRHenryTN
Coe, SylvestersonMW10STNRHenryTN
Coe, ElizabethmotherFW63WdKYRHenryTN