The Shemwell Family

Alva Neil DavisAge: 78 years19252004

Name
Alva Neil Davis
Given names
Alva Neil
Surname
Davis
Birth April 20, 1925
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 24 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 wifeLillie Geneva Driver
August 28, 1963 (Age 38 years)
Cause: Stomach Cancer
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 February 4, 2004 (Age 78 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Acres Memorial Gardens
Family with Lillie Geneva Driver - View this family
himself
wife
Lillie Geneva Driver
Birth: June 23, 1927 31 40Lantana, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 28, 1963Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
daughter
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daughter
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Family with Shirley Louise Neely - View this family
himself
wife
Shirley Louise Neely
Birth: April 27, 1936Claiborne, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 25, 2018Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
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