The Shemwell Family

Hazel E GodwinAge: 86 years19212007

Name
Hazel E Godwin
Given names
Hazel E
Surname
Godwin
Married name
Hazel E Shemwell
Birth April 5, 1921 34 18
Birth of a brotherCharles B Godwin Jr.
February 11, 1924 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Addie Godwin
November 28, 1926 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 sisterBetty Lorraine Godwin
November 24, 1929 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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
Birth of a son
#1
Ronald Wynn Shemwell
July 10, 1947 (Age 26 years)
Death of a sonRonald Wynn Shemwell
July 10, 1947 (Age 26 years)
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 fatherCharles Basil Godwin
November 14, 1954 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherMary Jones
July 8, 1958 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 husbandLeonard Homer Shemwell Sr.
November 29, 1993 (Age 72 years)
Death of a sisterBetty Lorraine Godwin
February 1, 2000 (Age 78 years)

Death September 2, 2007 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown
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father
Charles Basil Godwin
Birth: September 3, 1886Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 14, 1954Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
herself
Hazel E Godwin
Birth: April 5, 1921 34 18Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: September 2, 2007Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Mary Addie Godwin
Birth: November 28, 1926 40 23Prichard, Tunica, Mississippi, United States
Death: April 19, 2019Germantown, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Betty Lorraine Godwin
Birth: November 24, 1929 43 26Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1, 2000
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husband
herself
Hazel E Godwin
Birth: April 5, 1921 34 18Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: September 2, 2007Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
son
Ronald Wynn Shemwell
Birth: July 10, 1947 40 26Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 10, 1947Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
Leonard Homer Shemwell Sr. + Elsie Mae Williams - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 21, 1929Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
1 year
step-son
Leonard Homer Shemwell Jr.
Birth: September 15, 1930 23 19Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 2009Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States
16 months
step-son
23 months
step-son
Thomas Gilbert “Tommy” Shemwell
Birth: December 18, 1933 26 22Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 5, 2009Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
6 years
step-daughter
Francis Virginia “Ginger” Shemwell
Birth: December 4, 1939 32 28Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1, 2016Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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