The Shemwell Family

Willis Thomas HoustonAge: 71 years19342006

Name
Willis Thomas Houston
Given names
Willis Thomas
Surname
Houston
Birth December 17, 1934 32 30
Birth of a brotherCecil Johnson Houston
October 27, 1936 (Age 22 months)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherOlan Wayne Houston
January 1, 1943 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Annalene Houston
December 12, 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 April 12, 1950 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Thomas Selby
July 8, 1950 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 15 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
MarriageBetty Louise YandaView this family
February 25, 1956 (Age 21 years)

Death of a brotherEdgar White Houston
June 9, 1964 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherJames Samuel Houston
August 25, 1964 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Hoyt Houston
September 14, 1968 (Age 33 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherDeliah Jane Hall
June 3, 1970 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 11 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 sisterLetha Oma “Omie” Houston
September 22, 1986 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherCecil Johnson Houston
October 30, 1986 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherOlan Wayne Houston
March 1, 1990 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Annalene Houston
January 19, 1994 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sisterWillie Edith Houston
June 2, 1996 (Age 61 years)
Death of a motherIda Alice Selby
September 18, 1997 (Age 62 years)
Death June 9, 2006 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
elder brother
Edgar White Houston
Birth: January 6, 1923 20 18Cumberland, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 9, 1964Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
21 months
elder sister
Willie Edith Houston
Birth: October 19, 1924 22 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 2, 1996Streamwood, Cook, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder brother
Samuel Hoyt Houston
Birth: November 6, 1926 24 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 14, 1968Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Cora Ellen Houston
Birth: December 29, 1928 26 24Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 4, 2010Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
James Walter Houston
Birth: January 31, 1931 28 26Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 2012Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
Letha Oma “Omie” Houston
Birth: December 7, 1932 30 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 22, 1986Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
Willis Thomas Houston
Birth: December 17, 1934 32 30Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 9, 2006Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
Cecil Johnson Houston
Birth: October 27, 1936 34 32Tennessee, United States
Death: October 30, 1986Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
sister
Private
brother
Private
younger brother
Olan Wayne Houston
Birth: January 1, 1943 40 38Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 1, 1990Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger sister
Martha Annalene Houston
Birth: December 12, 1944 42 40Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 19, 1994Tennessee, United States
brother
Private
Family with Betty Louise Yanda - View this family
himself
Willis Thomas Houston
Birth: December 17, 1934 32 30Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 9, 2006Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
wife
Betty Louise Yanda
Birth: November 24, 1935Dillonvale, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
Death: May 21, 2013Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: February 25, 1956

Willis Thomas Houston has 12 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (12)

Parents James A Nail + Nellie Ann Selby
1Eula Mae Nail19162001
2Martha Jane Nail19192007
5Murtie Marie Nail19272016
6Dorothy Lee Nail19302008
7Betty Aileen Nail19332022
9Private
Parents William Lloyd Selby + Dailey Laticia Kerley
1Private
2Private
3Private