Virgil Sylvester GreeneAge: 91 years1893–1985
- Name
- Virgil Sylvester Greene
- Given names
- Virgil Sylvester
- Surname
- Greene
 Birth | February 27, 1893 23 20 |
 Death of a brother | Greenville Maston Greene December 23, 1893 (Age 9 months) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Lella Elizabeth Greene February 26, 1899 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a brother | Orville Austin Greene February 1, 1907 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Finley Elihu Greene June 19, 1907 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Vonnie May Greene May 12, 1910 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Eara Martha Simmons — View this family December 24, 1912 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Agnes Belvina Greene March 5, 1914 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Inez Lucinda Greene September 15, 1914 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nona Mae Greene December 30, 1916 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Aubrey Ruth Greene February 17, 1918 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 24 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Doris California Greene April 12, 1920 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Telsie Iverson Greene May 4, 1923 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Elihu Greene July 3, 1926 (Age 33 years) Cause: Arteriosclerosis |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Lucinda Gragg November 11, 1931 (Age 38 years) Cause: No doctor - Old Age? |
| Death of a son | Telsie Iverson Greene December 4, 1931 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Clayton Sylvester Greene August 10, 1933 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Ray Landon Greene October 1, 1936 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Finley Patterson Trivett February 24, 1937 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | Roby Greene October 14, 1958 (Age 65 years) Cause: Acute Heart Failure |
| Death of a mother | Martha Irene Trivett August 26, 1965 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Nona Mae Greene September 2, 1974 (Age 81 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a sister | Inez Lucinda Greene July 27, 1976 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a wife | Eara Martha Simmons February 7, 1982 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a son | Ray Landon Greene May 9, 1983 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | February 18, 1985 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | February 23, 1985 (5 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blue Ridge Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Roby Greene Birth: May 7, 1869 22 27 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 14, 1958 — Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Martha Irene Trivett Birth: March 12, 1872 23 22 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: August 26, 1965 — Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: March 31, 1888 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
Greenville Maston Greene Birth: July 13, 1889 20 17 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 23, 1893 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
Orville Austin Greene Birth: April 8, 1891 21 19 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 1, 1907 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months himself |
Virgil Sylvester Greene Birth: February 27, 1893 23 20 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 18, 1985 — Gamewell, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Lella Elizabeth Greene Birth: February 26, 1899 29 26 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 19, 1987 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Finley Elihu Greene Birth: June 19, 1907 38 35 — Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 7, 1990 — Howell, Livingston, Michigan, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Vonnie May Greene Birth: May 12, 1910 41 38 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 8, 2000 — Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Inez Lucinda Greene Birth: September 15, 1914 45 42 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: July 27, 1976 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Eara Martha Simmons |
| himself |
Virgil Sylvester Greene Birth: February 27, 1893 23 20 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 18, 1985 — Gamewell, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Eara Martha Simmons Birth: October 27, 1895 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: February 7, 1982 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 24, 1912 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Agnes Belvina Greene Birth: March 5, 1914 21 18 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: March 3, 1998 — Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Nona Mae Greene Birth: December 30, 1916 23 21 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: September 2, 1974 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Aubrey Ruth Greene Birth: February 17, 1918 24 22 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: December 28, 1996 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Doris California Greene Birth: April 12, 1920 27 24 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: March 4, 2013 — Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years son |
Telsie Iverson Greene Birth: May 4, 1923 30 27 Death: December 4, 1931 |
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10 years son |
Clayton Sylvester Greene Birth: August 10, 1933 40 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 28, 1999 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years son |
Ray Landon Greene Birth: October 1, 1936 43 40 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: May 9, 1983 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |