The Shemwell Family

Wilma Irene SwaffordAge: 79 years19262006

Name
Wilma Irene Swafford
Given names
Wilma Irene
Surname
Swafford
Married name
Wilma Irene Coogler
Birth November 9, 1926 20 24
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 2 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 7, 1930 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter Lether Swafford
July 20, 1935 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Walter Loyd Swafford
January 15, 1936 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWalter Nichols “Big Walter” Swafford
August 7, 1939 (Age 12 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 15 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 23 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 paternal grandmotherMalinda Jemima Selby
November 25, 1960 (Age 34 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherWillette Estelle McReynolds
February 22, 1963 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherLeether Franklin Skillern
April 11, 1963 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 19 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 motherLeta Mae Skillern
October 26, 1976 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Lether Swafford
August 23, 1989 (Age 62 years)
Death of a husbandJoseph Franklin Coogler Jr
August 14, 1992 (Age 65 years)
Death March 2, 2006 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
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father
Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford
Birth: August 5, 1906 29 28Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 15, 1936Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
mother
Leta Mae Skillern
Birth: February 2, 1902 27 23Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 26, 1976Cantonment, Escambia, Florida, United States
herself
Wilma Irene Swafford
Birth: November 9, 1926 20 24Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 2006Stockbridge, Henry, Georgia, United States
sister
Private
younger brother
Walter Lether Swafford
Birth: July 20, 1935 28 33Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 23, 1989Tennessee, United States
Family with Joseph Franklin Coogler Jr - View this family
husband
Joseph Franklin Coogler Jr
Birth: March 6, 1920Georgia, United States
Death: August 14, 1992Georgia, United States
herself
Wilma Irene Swafford
Birth: November 9, 1926 20 24Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 2006Stockbridge, Henry, Georgia, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Wilma Irene Swafford has 17 first cousins recorded

Father's family (17)

Parents Martin Willie Burgess + Eliza Elizabeth Swafford
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8Leta Sue Burgess19461991
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Parents Elbert Perry “Elb” Swafford + Fannie Margaret Neal
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2Elsie Swafford19432013
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Mother's family (0)

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Loyd Swafford - Household

East Valley Road Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Swafford, Samuel LheadMW25MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Skillern, Leta MwifeFW28MTNTNTN
Swafford, Wilma JdaughterFW3-5mSTNTNTN