The Shemwell Family

Amanda Dorinda MyersAge: 48 years19121960

Name
Amanda Dorinda Myers
Given names
Amanda Dorinda
Surname
Myers
Married name
Amanda Dorinda Wright
Birth March 24, 1912 27 30
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 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
Birth of a son
#1Billy Neal Wright
June 19, 1939 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Betty Sue Wright
March 7, 1941 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonBilly Neal Wright
June 28, 1941 (Age 29 years)

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 37 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 fatherWilliam Neely Myers
April 29, 1954 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Armstrong
May 21, 1954 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 7, 1960 (Age 48 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Heflin Cemetery
Last change September 30, 201709:31:48

by: Barry Shemwell
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father
William Neely Myers
Birth: February 24, 1885Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 29, 1954Stewart, Tennessee, United States
mother
Sarah Elizabeth Armstrong
Birth: November 14, 1881Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 21, 1954Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
herself
Amanda Dorinda Myers
Birth: March 24, 1912 27 30Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 7, 1960Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
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husband
Shemwell family Bumpus Mills Dover libraryWilliam Amos “Willie” Wright
Birth: March 21, 1913 45 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 4, 1989Stewart, Tennessee, United States
herself
Amanda Dorinda Myers
Birth: March 24, 1912 27 30Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 7, 1960Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
daughter
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son
Billy Neal Wright
Birth: June 19, 1939 26 27Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1941Stewart, Tennessee, United States
21 months
daughter
Betty Sue Wright
Birth: March 7, 1941 27 28Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
Death: December 19, 2007Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
son
Private

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