The Shemwell Family

Cecil Ray BordersAge: 82 years19051987

Name
Cecil Ray Borders
Given names
Cecil Ray
Surname
Borders
Birth June 2, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 12 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 24 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 40 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
MarriageAnnie Catherine ChristianView this family
November 17, 1980 (Age 75 years)
Death November 7, 1987 (Age 82 years)
Family with Annie Catherine Christian - View this family
himself
Cecil Ray Borders
Birth: June 2, 1905Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 7, 1987Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: November 17, 1980Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Louie L Crowder + Annie Catherine Christian - View this family
wife’s husband
Louie L Crowder
Birth: March 13, 1909 37 36Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 12, 1973Todd, Kentucky, United States
wife
step-daughter
Private
step-daughter
Hixie May Crowder
Birth: March 3, 1947 37 34Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 11, 1993Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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