Helen McCraryAge: 89 years1900–1989
- Name
- Helen McCrary
- Given names
- Helen
- Surname
- McCrary
- Married name
- Helen Arendell
 Birth | July 20, 1900 33 30 |
 Death of a mother | Etta Shemwell January 2, 1901 (Age 5 months) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Marriage of a parent | Theodore Earl McCrary — Ida Jordan Beeson — View this family June 11, 1908 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 15 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/ |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Julia Anne “Kitty” Arendell June 2, 1929 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 29 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 14, 1930 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1940 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | Theodore Earl McCrary June 16, 1940 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 | William Earl Hunter April 1, 1960 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a husband | Banks Holt Arendell March 1, 1974 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 | July 20, 1989 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Theodore Earl McCrary Birth: June 5, 1867 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 16, 1940 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Etta Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1870 40 32 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1901 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 25, 1894 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Theodore Earl “Teddy” McCrary Jr. Birth: estimated October 15, 1897 30 27 Death: April 15, 1899 |
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3 years herself |
Helen McCrary Birth: July 20, 1900 33 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 20, 1989 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with Ida Jordan Beeson |
| father |
Theodore Earl McCrary Birth: June 5, 1867 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 16, 1940 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Ida Jordan Beeson Birth: February 2, 1874 Death: December 19, 1942 |
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Marriage: June 11, 1908 — Morehead, Guilford, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Banks Holt Arendell |
| husband |
Banks Holt Arendell Birth: October 1, 1895 40 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 1, 1974 — Wake, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Helen McCrary Birth: July 20, 1900 33 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 20, 1989 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
| daughter |
Julia Anne “Kitty” Arendell Birth: June 2, 1929 33 28 — Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States Death: May 28, 2008 — Wake, North Carolina, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Banks Arendell - Household
1515 St. Marys St. Raleigh, Wake, NC
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