Vergie Velda FarmerAge: 104 years1909–2013
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- Vergie Velda Farmer
- Given names
- Vergie Velda
- Surname
- Farmer
- Married name
- Vergie Velda Shemwell
 Birth | February 2, 1909 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 6 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 8 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 20 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 |
 Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 14, 1950 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 |
 Birth of a grandson#1 | Randall Jay “Randy” Shipman July 6, 1960 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 grandson | Randall Jay “Randy” Shipman September 10, 1991 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Albin Shemwell February 7, 1996 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | August 20, 2013 (Age 104 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery |
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Anna Lena Pryor Death: |
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Vergie Velda Farmer Birth: February 2, 1909 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 2013 — Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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Thomas Albin Shemwell Birth: July 9, 1906 44 37 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1996 — Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Vergie Velda Farmer Birth: February 2, 1909 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 2013 — Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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