Rebecca Lorena “Rena” BreezeelAge: 90 years1902–1993
- Name
- Rebecca Lorena “Rena” Breezeel
- Given names
- Rebecca Lorena
- Surname
- Breezeel
- Nickname
- Rena
- Married name
- Rebecca Lorena Thompson
 Birth | October 24, 1902 34 23 |
 Birth of a brother | Willis Breezeel October 6, 1904 (Age 23 months) |
| Death of a brother | Willis Breezeel June 20, 1906 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Paul Howard Breezeel July 22, 1906 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ida May Howard May 7, 1913 (Age 10 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 15 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/ |
| Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a brother | Paul Howard Breezeel June 17, 1922 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Clarence Thompson — View this family calculated 1923 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ina Jo Thompson August 21, 1924 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Billy Ray Thompson February 25, 1930 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ina Jo Thompson May 14, 1939 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Ethel Breezeel December 12, 1943 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 |
| Death of a father | Henry Lee Breezeel February 3, 1952 (Age 49 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 husband | Clarence Thompson July 27, 1982 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a son | Billy Ray Thompson June 8, 1989 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | August 4, 1993 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ford Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Lee Breezeel Birth: June 23, 1868 45 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 3, 1952 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Ida May Howard Birth: September 5, 1879 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1913 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1896 — |
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22 months elder sister |
Nancy Ethel Breezeel Birth: October 27, 1897 29 18 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 12, 1943 — Kentucky, United States |
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5 years herself |
Rebecca Lorena “Rena” Breezeel Birth: October 24, 1902 34 23 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 4, 1993 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Willis Breezeel Birth: October 6, 1904 36 25 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1906 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Paul Howard Breezeel Birth: July 22, 1906 38 26 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 17, 1922 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Clarence Thompson |
| husband |
Clarence Thompson Birth: January 30, 1900 19 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1982 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Rebecca Lorena “Rena” Breezeel Birth: October 24, 1902 34 23 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 4, 1993 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1923 — |
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20 months daughter |
Ina Jo Thompson Birth: August 21, 1924 24 21 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1939 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
Billy Ray Thompson Birth: February 25, 1930 30 27 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 8, 1989 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry Lee Breezeel - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Henry Lee Breezeel - Household
North Benton Marshall Ky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Thompson - Household
Dist. 4 Marshall, Kentucky
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