The Shemwell Family

Mary Ita ToweryAge: 88 years19212010

Name
Mary Ita Towery
Given names
Mary Ita
Surname
Towery
Married name
Mary Ita Burke
Birth May 26, 1921
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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
Birth of a son
#1
Jerry Towery Burke
February 8, 1944 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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 28 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 sonJerry Towery Burke
November 15, 1973 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 May 18, 2010 (Age 88 years)
Burial May 22, 2010 (4 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
Family with John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke - View this family
husband
John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke
Birth: November 22, 1916 30 24Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 11, 2011Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Mary Ita Towery
Birth: May 26, 1921Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 2010Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Jerry Towery Burke
Birth: February 8, 1944 27 22Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 15, 1973Christian, Kentucky, United States