The Shemwell Family

Birth February 20, 1908 36 27
Birth of a sisterZelia Lillian Atkin
October 9, 1909 (Age 19 months)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherBenal Allen Atkin
May 10, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterVenie Lou Atkin
May 10, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterZelia Lillian Atkin
November 11, 1912 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJollie Dan “J D” Atkin
August 29, 1914 (Age 6 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterVerena Ann Atkin
February 26, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherIda Verena Poore
March 4, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHoyal Albert Atkins
May 26, 1925 (Age 17 years)
MarriageHelen Viola Virginia Page — View this family
July 19, 1927 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClaude William Atkins
October 1, 1928 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCalvin Milford Atkins
June 9, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1Melvin Andrew Atkin
September 28, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2Earnest Rudolph Atkin
November 17, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDewey Leroy Atkins
January 3, 1932 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherAlbert Allen Atkin
June 18, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3Kenneth Leroy Atkin
July 6, 1934 (Age 26 years)
Census 1935 (Age 26 years)
Military October 16, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Census 1945 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sisterBessie Dee Atkins
August 27, 1955 (Age 47 years)
Death of a sonKenneth Leroy Atkin
July 30, 1956 (Age 48 years)
Death of a wifeHelen Viola Virginia Page
February 21, 1964 (Age 56 years)
Death December 22, 1968 (Age 60 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents William Benjamin Franklin Atkin Nancy Emaline Shemwell	Albert Allen Atkin 1871–1933
mother Parents (unknown)	Ida Verena Poore 1880–1920
elder sister Family George W Mason	Clara Lee Atkins 1897–1998
elder sister Family Herbert Bradley Vaughn	Bessie Dee Atkins 1898–1955
elder sister Family Paul Kay Gambrell Rev. Ansel Kay Gambrell Margie Lee Gambrell Ellen Pauline Gambrell Herbert Bradley Gambrell George Allen Gambrell Ernest Olin Gambrell Alma Gambrell Sara Belle Gambrell	Zora Bell Atkins 1900–1978
elder brother Family Julia Lee Wallace Private Carolyn Elizabeth Atkin	Newton Lamar Atkin 1902–1973
elder brother Family Carrie Ethel McCoy Allen Pressley Atkin Jerry Walter Atkin Robert Lee Atkin James William “Billy” Atkin Private	Robert Allen “R A” Atkin 1904–1995
elder brother Family Vennie Jeanette Ellison Private Private Private	Clinton Vernon Atkin 1906–1986
himself Family Helen Viola Virginia Page Melvin Andrew Atkin Earnest Rudolph Atkin Kenneth Leroy Atkin	Mall Anders Atkin 1908–1968
younger sister Family (none)	Zelia Lillian Atkin 1909–1912
younger brother Family Edna Obident Sheriff	Benal Allen Atkin 1911–1989
younger sister Family Ralph William Mullinax Derry Ralph Mullinax Private Private	Venie Lou Atkin 1911–1994
younger brother Family Margaret Elizabeth Donehue Private	Jollie Dan “J D” Atkin 1914–1984
younger sister Family James Arthur Few John Douglas “Johnny” Few Private Private John Arthur Few	Verena Ann Atkin 1920–1996
Father’s family with Nettie Janie McCoy
father Parents William Benjamin Franklin Atkin Nancy Emaline Shemwell	Albert Allen Atkin 1871–1933
step-mother Parents John Williams McCoy Harriet Gunnels	Nettie Janie McCoy 1901–1985
half-brother Family Corrine Oliver Doris Emmajean Atkins	Hoyal Albert Atkins 1925–2004
half-brother Family Private Private Private Private	Claude William Atkins 1928–2007
half-brother Family (none)	Calvin Milford Atkins 1930–1995
half-brother Family Private Private Private	Dewey Leroy Atkins 1932–2019
half-brother Family (none)	Private
Family with Helen Viola Virginia Page
himself Parents Albert Allen Atkin Ida Verena Poore	Mall Anders Atkin 1908–1968
wife Parents (unknown)	Helen Viola Virginia Page 1905–1964
son Family (none)	Melvin Andrew Atkin 1930–1990
son Family Private Private	Earnest Rudolph Atkin 1931–1993
son Family (none)	Kenneth Leroy Atkin 1934–1956