The Shemwell Family

Birth November 3, 1901 34 21
Birth of a brotherThomas Allen “Tom” Parham
August 7, 1904 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherAllen Parham
November 23, 1905 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEva Christina Parham
December 31, 1905 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Ernest Parham
September 22, 1907 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam S Parham
November 17, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth M Douglass
July 31, 1909 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentHumboldt Marrell — Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Hill — View this family
April 7, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 8 years)
MarriageMelvin Elam — View this family
September 28, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1William Eugene “Bill” Elam
February 18, 1929 (Age 27 years)
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Margie Louise “Margie Lou” Elam
August 27, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Doris Evelyn Elam
December 25, 1931 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Eula Belle Elam
March 31, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#5Dean Melvin Elam
December 27, 1934 (Age 33 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Census May 5, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Eugene “Bill” Elam — Dolora Jean Reed — View this family
October 29, 1951 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth “Betty” Hill
March 26, 1957 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherClinton Everett Parham
January 30, 1958 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1Jeffrey Elam
April 30, 1963 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Ernest Parham
January 18, 1970 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sisterLaura Stella Parham
December 13, 1975 (Age 74 years)
Death of a husbandMelvin Elam
January 5, 1976 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Allen “Tom” Parham
June 1978 (Age 76 years)
Death of a grandsonCurtis Elam
1984 (Age 82 years)
Death December 24, 1984 (Age 83 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents Allen Parham Elizabeth M Douglass	William S Parham 1867–1908
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Hill 1880–1957
elder brother Family (none)	Clinton Everett Parham 1897–1958
elder sister Family (none)	Artie L Parham 1898–
elder sister Family Edgar Core Thelma Effa Core Violet June Core Phyllis Lorraine Core Betty Lou Core Wylladene Irma “Willie” Core Donald Edgar Core Franklin Lee Core Jackie Dean Core	Laura Stella Parham 1899–1975
herself Family Melvin Elam William Eugene “Bill” Elam Margie Louise “Margie Lou” Elam Doris Evelyn Elam Eula Belle Elam Dean Melvin Elam	Annie Belle Parham 1901–1984
younger brother Family (none)	Thomas Allen “Tom” Parham 1904–1978
younger sister Family Howard Anthony Lillard Harold Norman Lillard Private Ernie Edwin Lillard Private	Eva Christina Parham 1905–1990
younger brother Family (none)	George Ernest Parham 1907–1970
Mother’s family with Humboldt Marrell
step-father Parents (unknown)	Humboldt Marrell 1868–1941
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Hill 1880–1957
Family with Melvin Elam
husband Parents (unknown)	Melvin Elam 1904–1976
herself Parents William S Parham Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Hill	Annie Belle Parham 1901–1984
son Family Dolora Jean Reed	William Eugene “Bill” Elam 1929–2015
daughter Family Private Private Private	Margie Louise “Margie Lou” Elam 1930–2013
daughter Family Private	Doris Evelyn Elam 1931–2005
daughter Family Jack Richard Harbin	Eula Belle Elam 1933–1999
son Family Patricia Joanne Dawson Jeffrey Elam Private Private Curtis Elam	Dean Melvin Elam 1934–2021