The Shemwell Family

Lella Elizabeth GreeneAge: 88 years18991987

Name
Lella Elizabeth Greene
Given names
Lella Elizabeth
Surname
Greene
Married name
Lella Elizabeth Golds
Birth February 26, 1899 29 26
Death of a brotherOrville Austin Greene
February 1, 1907 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherFinley Elihu Greene
June 19, 1907 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherVonnie May Greene
May 12, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterInez Lucinda Greene
September 15, 1914 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1
Alonzo Eli Golds
July 2, 1917 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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
#2
Martha Hettie Lucinda Golds
February 24, 1919 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElihu Greene
July 3, 1926 (Age 27 years)
Cause: Arteriosclerosis
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 daughter
#3
Savilla Faye Golds
September 15, 1931 (Age 32 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 32 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Death of a maternal grandfatherFinley Patterson Trivett
February 24, 1937 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 fatherRoby Greene
October 14, 1958 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Acute Heart Failure
Death of a husbandElbert Andrew Golds
December 11, 1963 (Age 64 years)
Death of a motherMartha Irene Trivett
August 26, 1965 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 sisterInez Lucinda Greene
July 27, 1976 (Age 77 years)
Death of a brotherVirgil Sylvester Greene
February 18, 1985 (Age 85 years)
Burial of a brotherVirgil Sylvester Greene
February 23, 1985 (Age 85 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blue Ridge Memorial Park
Death October 19, 1987 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Baptist Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 31, 1888Watauga, North Carolina, United States
15 months
elder brother
Greenville Maston Greene
Birth: July 13, 1889 20 17Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 23, 1893Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
elder brother
Orville Austin Greene
Birth: April 8, 1891 21 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1907Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder brother
6 years
herself
Lella Elizabeth Greene
Birth: February 26, 1899 29 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 19, 1987Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
8 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Vonnie May Greene
Birth: May 12, 1910 41 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 8, 2000Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Inez Lucinda Greene
Birth: September 15, 1914 45 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 27, 1976Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Family with Elbert Andrew Golds - View this family
husband
Elbert Andrew Golds
Birth: September 16, 1893 34 30Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 11, 1963Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
herself
Lella Elizabeth Greene
Birth: February 26, 1899 29 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 19, 1987Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
son
Alonzo Eli Golds
Birth: July 2, 1917 23 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 8, 2001Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
20 months
daughter
Martha Hettie Lucinda Golds
Birth: February 24, 1919 25 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 16, 1991Watauga, North Carolina, United States
13 years
daughter
Savilla Faye Golds
Birth: September 15, 1931 37 32Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 4, 1995Watauga, North Carolina, United States
son
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