The Shemwell Family

Reece Kidwell AcuffAge: 73 years19201993

Name
Reece Kidwell Acuff
Given names
Reece Kidwell
Surname
Acuff
Birth March 19, 1920 32 28
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 paternal grandmotherMelvina Francis “Fannie” Kidwell
October 24, 1931 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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 motherBirdie Golden Reece
February 25, 1966 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Judson “Judd” Acuff
October 15, 1972 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 October 22, 1993 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lynnhurst Cemetery
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father
Thomas Judson “Judd” Acuff
Birth: January 22, 1888 32 39Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 15, 1972Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
himself
Reece Kidwell Acuff
Birth: March 19, 1920 32 28Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1993Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

Reece Kidwell Acuff has 13 first cousins recorded