The Shemwell Family

Birth May 10, 1911 39 31
Birth of a sisterVenie Lou Atkin
May 10, 1911
Death of a sisterZelia Lillian Atkin
November 11, 1912 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherJollie Dan “J D” Atkin
August 29, 1914 (Age 3 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterVerena Ann Atkin
February 26, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherIda Verena Poore
March 4, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHoyal Albert Atkins
May 26, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClaude William Atkins
October 1, 1928 (Age 17 years)
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCalvin Milford Atkins
June 9, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDewey Leroy Atkins
January 3, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherAlbert Allen Atkin
June 18, 1933 (Age 22 years)
MarriageEdna Obident Sheriff — View this family
estimated 1939 (Age 27 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sisterBessie Dee Atkins
August 27, 1955 (Age 44 years)
Death of a brotherMall Anders Atkin
December 22, 1968 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherNewton Lamar Atkin
July 18, 1973 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterZora Bell Atkins
March 10, 1978 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherJollie Dan “J D” Atkin
May 24, 1984 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherClinton Vernon Atkin
November 22, 1986 (Age 75 years)
Death February 4, 1989 (Age 77 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
elder brother Family Helen Viola Virginia Page Melvin Andrew Atkin Earnest Rudolph Atkin Kenneth Leroy Atkin	Mall Anders Atkin 1908–1968
elder sister Family (none)	Zelia Lillian Atkin 1909–1912
himself Family Edna Obident Sheriff	Benal Allen Atkin 1911–1989
twin 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 Edna Obident Sheriff
himself Parents Albert Allen Atkin Ida Verena Poore	Benal Allen Atkin 1911–1989
wife Parents (unknown)	Edna Obident Sheriff 1912–1996