The Shemwell Family

William Austin HagerAge: 90 years19292019

Name
William Austin Hager
Given names
William Austin
Surname
Hager
Birth April 12, 1929 37 21
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 months)

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 5, 1930 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert Gene “Bobby” Hager
calculated 1932 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Maxine Hager
March 20, 1933 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherAlethea “Letha” Brite
June 7, 1939 (Age 10 years)
Cause: Septicemia Abortion - Induced
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Max Hager
August 2, 1949 (Age 20 years)
Census April 6, 1950 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 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 paternal grandmotherLuella “Ella” Shemwell
May 23, 1964 (Age 35 years)
Cause: Terminal Pneumonia
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 sisterMary Maxine Hager
January 4, 2012 (Age 82 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Gene “Bobby” Hager
August 27, 2015 (Age 86 years)

Death of a wifeNorma Jean Gilliland
May 3, 2016 (Age 87 years)
Death August 19, 2019 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens
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father
William Max Hager
Birth: March 3, 1892 21Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 1949Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
mother
himself
William Austin Hager
Birth: April 12, 1929 37 21Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 2019Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
4 years
younger brother
Robert Gene “Bobby” Hager
Birth: calculated 1932 39 24Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 2015
15 months
younger sister
Mary Maxine Hager
Birth: March 20, 1933 41 25Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 4, 2012Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
brother
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himself
William Austin Hager
Birth: April 12, 1929 37 21Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 2019Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
wife
Norma Jean Gilliland
Birth: June 27, 1933Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Death: May 3, 2016Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
son
Private
daughter
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