The Shemwell Family

Virginia Geraldine EpleyAge: 92 years19172009

Name
Virginia Geraldine Epley
Given names
Virginia Geraldine
Surname
Epley
Married name
Virginia Geraldine Selby
Birth January 26, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 months)

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 12 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
MarriageBeecher Ray SelbyView this family
about 1940 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 28 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 husbandBeecher Ray Selby
February 12, 1991 (Age 74 years)
Death December 6, 2009 (Age 92 years)
Family with Beecher Ray Selby - View this family
husband
Beecher Ray Selby
Birth: August 30, 1913 30 20Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, United States
Death: February 12, 1991Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Virginia Geraldine Epley
Birth: January 26, 1917Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 6, 2009Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1940

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