The Shemwell Family

Dessie Pansy WatersAge: 67 years19211989

Name
Dessie Pansy Waters
Given names
Dessie Pansy
Surname
Waters
Married name
Dessie Pansy Long
Birth April 25, 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
MarriageSamuel Hugh “Sammy” LongView this family
September 10, 1934 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Harold Edwin Long
December 6, 1936 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Frances Elizabeth Long
November 15, 1938 (Age 17 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
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 of a husbandSamuel Hugh “Sammy” Long
September 10, 1976 (Age 55 years)
Death February 1, 1989 (Age 67 years)
Family with Samuel Hugh “Sammy” Long - View this family
husband
Samuel Hugh “Sammy” Long
Birth: April 20, 1909 41 35Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 10, 1976Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
herself
Marriage: September 10, 1934Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
2 years
son
Harold Edwin Long
Birth: December 6, 1936 27 15Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 20, 2001Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
23 months
daughter
Frances Elizabeth Long
Birth: November 15, 1938 29 17Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 13, 2009Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States