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Alma Vay McGeheeAge: 90 years19102001

Name
Alma Vay McGehee
Given names
Alma Vay
Surname
McGehee
Birth April 29, 1910 50 44

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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
Death of a fatherJoseph Richard McGehee
1918 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 7 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 19 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 sisterMary Ann McGehee
March 1, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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
Death of a brotherJames Samuel McGehee
1955 (Age 44 years)

Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Jones
1963 (Age 52 years)

Death of a brotherJessie William McGehee
November 10, 1966 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Eugene McGehee
November 16, 1968 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sisterMargie Elizabeth McGehee
January 5, 1983 (Age 72 years)
Death of a sisterNettie Faye McGehee
February 21, 1988 (Age 77 years)
Death January 6, 2001 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Jarratt Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: 1882Texas, United States
19 months
elder brother
Jessie William McGehee
Birth: July 19, 1883 23 17Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: November 10, 1966Dallas, Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary Ann McGehee
Birth: October 30, 1885 26 19Texas, United States
Death: March 1, 1940Pone, Rusk, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Effie I McGehee
Birth: about February 1891 31 25Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
Joseph Eugene McGehee
Birth: November 28, 1893 34 27Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: November 16, 1968Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
5 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Nettie Faye McGehee
Birth: March 5, 1906 46 40
Death: February 21, 1988Henderson, Rusk, Texas, United States
4 years
herself
Alma Vay McGehee
Birth: April 29, 1910 50 44
Death: January 6, 2001Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States

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