The Shemwell Family

Laura Belle WoodAge: 63 years19211984

Name
Laura Belle Wood
Given names
Laura Belle
Surname
Wood
Married name
Laura Belle Atwood
Birth May 15, 1921 32 40
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
Census April 6, 1930 (Age 8 years)
MarriageJewel Raymond AtwoodView this family
after 1940 (Age 18 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
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 motherMary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Vaughn
September 29, 1973 (Age 52 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Other Wood
December 21, 1973 (Age 52 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 half-brotherWalter Stilley Wood
November 11, 1981 (Age 60 years)
Death September 19, 1984 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
elder sister
Thelma Paris Wood
Birth: February 25, 1920 31 39Kentucky, United States
Death: February 2, 2002Kentucky, United States
15 months
herself
Laura Belle Wood
Birth: May 15, 1921 32 40Kentucky, United States
Death: September 19, 1984Kentucky, United States
sister
Private
Father’s family with Henrietta “Etta” Breezeel - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 22, 1907Henry, Tennessee, United States
7 months
half-brother
James Josiah Wood
Birth: July 22, 1908 20 17Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 26, 1991Marshall, Kentucky, United States
23 months
half-brother
Walter Stilley Wood
Birth: June 12, 1910 22 19Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1981Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-brother
George Barkley Wood
Birth: August 3, 1912 24 21Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 28, 1988Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with Jewel Raymond Atwood - View this family
husband
Jewel Raymond Atwood
Birth: February 15, 1920 30 30Kentucky, United States
Death: August 20, 1986Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Laura Belle Wood
Birth: May 15, 1921 32 40Kentucky, United States
Death: September 19, 1984Kentucky, United States
Marriage: after 1940

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