The Shemwell Family

Verlie HicksAge: 89 years1912–2001

Name
Verlie Hicks
Given names
Verlie
Surname
Hicks
Birth 1912 27 28

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Death of a motherMaggie Virginia McNutt
January 1, 1929 (Age 17 years)
Kentucky, United States

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas McCammon McNutt
September 17, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Graves, Kentucky, United States

Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Cromwell
November 21, 1933 (Age 21 years)
Graves, Kentucky, United States

Death of a fatherJ Zeb Hicks
1940 (Age 28 years)
Kentucky, United States

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 38 years)
South Korea

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 34 years)
Vietnam

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 sisterGladys V Hicks
August 30, 1991 (Age 79 years)

Death May 20, 2001 (Age 89 years)
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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father
J Zeb Hicks
Birth: December 25, 1884 — Kentucky, United States
Death: 1940 — Kentucky, United States
mother
Maggie Virginia McNutt
Birth: April 20, 1883 29 22 — Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1, 1929 — Kentucky, United States
sister
Private
sister
Private
elder sister
Gladys V Hicks
Birth: December 11, 1906 21 23
Death: August 30, 1991
3 years
elder brother
Willie Ivan Hicks
Birth: 1909 24 25
Death:
4 years
himself
Verlie Hicks
Birth: 1912 27 28
Death: May 20, 2001 — Frederick, Maryland, United States
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himself
Verlie Hicks
Birth: 1912 27 28
Death: May 20, 2001 — Frederick, Maryland, United States
wife
Private
son
Private

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