Lurannah Ann “Lou” PulliamAge: 84 years1872–1956
- Name
- Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam
- Given names
- Lurannah Ann
- Surname
- Pulliam
- Nickname
- Lou
- Married name
- Lurannah Ann Pearce
 Birth | June 20, 1872 24 18 |
 Birth of a sister | Emily Birdie Pulliam August 30, 1874 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Belle Pulliam February 21, 1876 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ethel Miami Pulliam February 14, 1878 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Benjamin Marvin Pulliam May 23, 1880 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Elizabeth “Betty” Kittrell May 2, 1882 (Age 9 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Marriage of a parent | John William Pulliam — Zora Helen Towell — View this family 1888 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Jerry Newman Pearce — View this family April 4, 1894 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | John William Pulliam October 16, 1894 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Beulah Azalee Pearce February 11, 1895 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Clairborn Clay Pearce April 9, 1897 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 |
| Census | June 15, 1900 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Milburn Pearce July 28, 1900 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas B Pulliam February 28, 1902 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Starling Charles Pearce February 8, 1903 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Lurannah Lawrana Ponder May 30, 1903 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Dexter Pearce February 2, 1906 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a son | Milburn Pearce December 9, 1909 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Ann Gullett December 24, 1909 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Marion Mitchell — Beulah Azalee Pearce — View this family March 12, 1912 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Bertha Maxine Mitchell October 7, 1912 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Addie Christine Pearce April 5, 1914 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Helen Vetta Mitchell December 23, 1915 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 grandson #3 | Woodrow Wilson Pearce December 16, 1919 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | January 17, 1920 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Warren G Harding Mitchell November 15, 1921 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Marvin Pulliam May 21, 1922 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Jerelene Loretta “Jere” Mitchell September 8, 1924 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 57 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 |
| Census | April 2, 1930 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a husband | Jerry Newman Pearce October 3, 1930 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Starling Charles Pearce — Maude Lillian Comley — View this family after 1930 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Otis J “Buck” Pulliam — Addie Christine Pearce — View this family March 9, 1931 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Donald Ray Pulliam October 11, 1934 (Age 62 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1940 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a son | Dexter Pearce August 7, 1942 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Leslie R Price — Addie Christine Pearce — View this family December 31, 1946 (Age 74 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1950 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 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 73 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 | December 21, 1956 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Austin Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John William Pulliam Birth: September 24, 1847 27 16 — Union City, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: October 16, 1894 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Elizabeth “Betty” Kittrell Birth: September 10, 1853 48 25 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 2, 1882 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1868 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Thomas Lemuel Pulliam Birth: August 24, 1870 22 16 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: December 6, 1967 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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22 months herself |
Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam Birth: June 20, 1872 24 18 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: December 21, 1956 — Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Emily Birdie Pulliam Birth: August 30, 1874 26 20 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 28, 1973 — San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States |
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18 months younger sister |
Sarah Belle Pulliam Birth: February 21, 1876 28 22 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: August 24, 1962 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ethel Miami Pulliam Birth: February 14, 1878 30 24 — Missouri, United States Death: April 11, 1964 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Benjamin Marvin Pulliam Birth: May 23, 1880 32 26 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 21, 1922 — Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Zora Helen Towell |
| father |
John William Pulliam Birth: September 24, 1847 27 16 — Union City, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: October 16, 1894 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Zora Helen Towell Birth: October 18, 1864 — White, Illinois, United States Death: November 11, 1945 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: 1888 — |
| Family with Jerry Newman Pearce |
| husband |
Jerry Newman Pearce Birth: May 13, 1863 — Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States Death: October 3, 1930 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam Birth: June 20, 1872 24 18 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: December 21, 1956 — Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: April 4, 1894 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Beulah Azalee Pearce Birth: February 11, 1895 31 22 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: September 6, 1985 — Low Moor, Alleghany, Virginia, United States |
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2 years son |
Clairborn Clay Pearce Birth: April 9, 1897 33 24 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: January 7, 1977 — Hoxie, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years son |
Milburn Pearce Birth: July 28, 1900 37 28 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: December 9, 1909 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years son |
Starling Charles Pearce Birth: February 8, 1903 39 30 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: November 20, 1981 — Broward, Florida, United States |
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3 years son |
Dexter Pearce Birth: February 2, 1906 42 33 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: August 7, 1942 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Addie Christine Pearce Birth: April 5, 1914 50 41 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: July 22, 1999 — Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John William Pulliam - Household
Union, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Jerry Newman Pearce - Household
Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jerry Newman Pearce - Household
Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jerry Newman Pearce - Household
West 4th Street Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam - Household
Parker Ave St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam - Household
West Walnut Ridge-East of Village Oreek Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas
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