The Shemwell Family

Birth February 21, 1899 36 24
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a sisterErmine Esther Groves
February 28, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherUlysses Simpson Groves
November 22, 1906 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherPenelope Phillips Lyon
April 6, 1907 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterVernie L Groves
1908 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sisterVernie L Groves
1908 (Age 8 years)
Death of a half-sisterIda E Groves
March 25, 1908 (Age 9 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterOna Marie Groves
May 2, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterOra Pearl Groves
June 19, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterNina Groves
September 12, 1912 (Age 13 years)
MarriageHouston Robert Rager — View this family
April 19, 1915 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Emmie Lou Rager
October 31, 1915 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Ima Jean Rager
October 20, 1917 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Bernice Ellen Rager
January 7, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#4Robert Thomas “Bob” Rager
February 18, 1922 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Dorothy V Rager
January 28, 1924 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Ruby Doris Rager
February 4, 1926 (Age 26 years)
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1Gerald Ray Willis
November 29, 1938 (Age 39 years)
Census May 4, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Linda June Willis
May 26, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherJacob Alexander “Jake” Groves
July 12, 1942 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterIma Jean Rager
December 8, 1947 (Age 48 years)
Death of a husbandHouston Robert Rager
February 28, 1948 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherMartha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal
July 16, 1961 (Age 62 years)
Death of a half-sisterAda Groves
February 24, 1963 (Age 64 years)
Death of a sisterNina Groves
July 22, 1977 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherUlysses Simpson Groves
August 6, 1979 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Clayton “Charlie” Groves
May 7, 1981 (Age 82 years)
Death February 12, 1989 (Age 89 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves 1862–1942
mother Parents Richard M Carneal Penelope Phillips Lyon	Martha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal 1875–1961
elder sister Family (none)	Vadie Groves 1891–1892
elder sister Family (none)	Ora Pearl Groves 1894–1910
elder brother Family Eva Lee Turner Private Maulta Louise Groves Nona Marie Groves Charline Groves	Charles Clayton “Charlie” Groves 1896–1981
herself Family Private Houston Robert Rager Emmie Lou Rager Ima Jean Rager Bernice Ellen Rager Robert Thomas “Bob” Rager Dorothy V Rager Ruby Doris Rager	Elva Gertrude “Elvie” Groves 1899–1989
younger sister Family John Robert Crawley Private Mary Evelyn Crawley John Robert Crawley Jr Anita Crawley	Ermine Esther Groves 1902–1994
younger brother Family Dona Lee Hall	Ulysses Simpson Groves 1906–1979
younger sister Family (none)	Vernie L Groves 1908–1908
younger sister Family Earman Hershel Brown William Thomas Sullivan Kenneth Clayton Sullivan Deward Ray Sullivan	Ona Marie Groves 1910–1990
younger sister Family Otho Raymond Davis Warren Jacob Davis Virgil Lee Davis Floeva Ellen Davis Earl Miller Davis Sr. Private Private	Nina Groves 1912–1977
Father’s family with Angemima J Blake
father Parents (unknown)	Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves 1862–1942
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Angemima J Blake –1889
half-sister Family (none)	Ida E Groves 1883–1908
half-sister Family (none)	Ada Groves 1885–1963
Family with Private
husband Parents (unknown)	Private
herself Parents Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves Martha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal	Elva Gertrude “Elvie” Groves 1899–1989
Family with Houston Robert Rager
husband Parents (unknown)	Houston Robert Rager 1894–1948
herself Parents Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves Martha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal	Elva Gertrude “Elvie” Groves 1899–1989
daughter Family (none)	Emmie Lou Rager 1915–2003
daughter Family Alvie Clem Willis Private Gerald Ray Willis Linda June Willis Private Private Private	Ima Jean Rager 1917–1947
daughter Family (none)	Bernice Ellen Rager 1920–2002
son Family Kathryn Elizabeth Foose Private Private Private Private	Robert Thomas “Bob” Rager 1922–2000
daughter Family Norvel E Baggett Private	Dorothy V Rager 1924–2020
daughter Family Gordon Franklin Grace Private	Ruby Doris Rager 1926–2016