The Shemwell Family

Vestal Cordall SherrillAge: 71 years19352006

Name
Vestal Cordall Sherrill
Given names
Vestal Cordall
Surname
Sherrill
Birth February 10, 1935 28 18
Census May 28, 1940 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterVonalee L Sherrill
April 19, 1944 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 6 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 May 24, 1950 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames A Nail
August 27, 1950 (Age 15 years)
Death of a fatherAlbert Howard Sherrill
March 10, 1952 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 14 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
Marriage of a parentRobert OsbornEula Mae NailView this family
1955 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 10 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 maternal grandmotherNellie Ann Selby
July 24, 1987 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherEula Mae Nail
November 1, 2001 (Age 66 years)
Death April 29, 2006 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brookdale Cemetery
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father
Albert Howard Sherrill
Birth: July 17, 1906Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 10, 1952Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
mother
himself
Vestal Cordall Sherrill
Birth: February 10, 1935 28 18Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 2006Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
brother
Private
brother
Private
younger sister
Vonalee L Sherrill
Birth: April 19, 1944 37 27Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 18, 2017Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
brother
Private
sister
Private
Mother’s family with Robert Osborn - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: 1955