The Shemwell Family

Birth January 13, 1925 42 30
Death of a maternal grandmotherPenelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham
November 3, 1925 (Age 9 months)
Birth of a sisterBetty Sue Sims
July 8, 1927 (Age 2 years)
Census April 11, 1930 (Age 5 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Jefferson Sims
March 18, 1941 (Age 16 years)
Marriage of a parentAlfred Denest Payne — Ruth Valdenar Shemwell — View this family
after 1950 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Standard Shemwell
March 29, 1953 (Age 28 years)
Death of a motherRuth Valdenar Shemwell
December 13, 1976 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Jefferson Sims Jr.
May 24, 1982 (Age 57 years)
Death January 5, 1993 (Age 67 years)
Burial January 9, 1993 (4 days after death)

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Thomas Jefferson Sims 1882–1941
mother Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
elder brother Family Patricia Louise Myers Shirley Ann Sims Thomas Roger Sims Private Private	Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. 1914–1982
herself Family Buddie Crow Private Private Private	Mary Francis Sims 1925–1993
younger sister Family Ralph Adolph Eyer Ralph Thomas Eyer	Betty Sue Sims 1927–2002
Mother’s family with Alfred Denest Payne
step-father Parents (unknown)	Alfred Denest Payne 1891–1972
mother Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
Mother’s family with Henry Cornelius Helfrich
step-father Parents (unknown)	Henry Cornelius Helfrich 1894–
mother Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
Family with Buddie Crow
husband Parents (unknown)	Buddie Crow 1912–1995
herself Parents Thomas Jefferson Sims Ruth Valdenar Shemwell	Mary Francis Sims 1925–1993
daughter Family (none)	Private
daughter Family (none)	Private
son Family (none)	Private