Shelia Lavon Ballew

Female19 November 1937–8 August 2015

Brief Life History of Shelia Lavon

When Shelia Lavon Ballew was born on 19 November 1937, in Georgia, United States, her father, William Howard Ballew, was 29 and her mother, Tennie Leota Nichols, was 21. She died on 8 August 2015, at the age of 77, and was buried in Morganton, Fannin, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Howard Ballew
1908–1987
Tennie Leota Nichols
1916–1999
Shelia Lavon Ballew
1937–2015

Sources (2)

  • Shelia Ballew in household of W Howard Ballew, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Sheila Lavon Ballew Thomas, "Find A Grave Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1941

Age 4

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1942 · Germans Sink Ships Near St. Simons Island

Age 5

Lights from homes along the coast of St. Simons Island provided a clear view of the SS Oklahoma for German U-boat Captain Reinhard Hardegen on April 8, 1942. A German torpedo was fired at the SS Oklahoma shortly after midnight. An hour later, a second torpedo was fired at the oil tanker Esso Baton Rouge. Both ships sunk and the attacks left 22 seamen dead. After the incident, residents of the Golden Isles panicked over concern of a German Invasion of the coast and were stringently observant of a nighttime blackout.  

1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space

Age 21

Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.

Name Meaning

Variant of Ballow 1, a surname of probable French origin (see Ballou 1 and 2). Compare Bellew 2.

English: variant of Ballow 2.

Possibly also an altered form of English, Irish, and Scottish Bellew 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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