The Shemwell Family

Wilma Jean FieldsAge: 68 years19291998

Name
Wilma Jean Fields
Given names
Wilma Jean
Surname
Fields
Married name
Wilma Jean Waddell
Birth February 2, 1929 21 19
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 months)

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 brotherKenneth Ray Fields
September 25, 1931 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Phillip Fields Sr
June 6, 1933 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLeslie Theodore Fields
March 17, 1935 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterBetty Ann “Toot” Fields
May 12, 1938 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJerry Wayne Fields
July 17, 1942 (Age 13 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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
Birth of a sisterGracie Ellen Fields
October 13, 1949 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 motherLillie May Fulkerson
March 6, 1989 (Age 60 years)
Death of a sisterGracie Ellen Fields
November 9, 1994 (Age 65 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Thomas Fields
November 15, 1994 (Age 65 years)
Death January 19, 1998 (Age 68 years)
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Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Nelson Creek Cemetery
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Wilma Jean Fields
Birth: February 2, 1929 21 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 19, 1998Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
9 years
younger sister
Betty Ann “Toot” Fields
Birth: May 12, 1938 31 28Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 7, 2006Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
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-9 years
younger brother
James Phillip Fields Sr
Birth: June 6, 1933 26 23Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 9, 2006Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
-20 months
younger brother
Kenneth Ray Fields
Birth: September 25, 1931 24 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 16, 1999
18 years
younger sister
Gracie Ellen Fields
Birth: October 13, 1949 42 39Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 9, 1994Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
-15 years
younger brother
Leslie Theodore Fields
Birth: March 17, 1935 27 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 2017Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States