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Lela Yvonne WillinghamAge: 82 years19192001

Name
Lela Yvonne Willingham
Given names
Lela Yvonne
Surname
Willingham
Married name
Lela Yvonne Jarvis
Birth March 14, 1919 25 20
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 18, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Michael Dennis Jarvis
October 5, 1944 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 fatherPaul Adrian Willingham
July 23, 1960 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherVerda Robertson Crowell
January 14, 1975 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 August 24, 2001 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Paul Adrian Willingham
Birth: June 27, 1893Cunningham, Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 23, 1960Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
mother
Verda Robertson Crowell
Birth: October 15, 1898Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 14, 1975Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
herself
Lela Yvonne Willingham
Birth: March 14, 1919 25 20Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 24, 2001Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Family with Victor Jarvis - View this family
husband
Victor Jarvis
Birth: March 25, 1916 26 27Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 13, 2004Graves, Kentucky, United States
herself
Lela Yvonne Willingham
Birth: March 14, 1919 25 20Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 24, 2001Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Michael Dennis Jarvis
Birth: October 5, 1944 28 25Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 20, 2012McCracken, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Victor Jarvis - Household

Graves, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Jarvis, VictorheadMW24MKYRGravesKYCarpenterTVA construction
Jarvis, YvonneXwifeFW21MKYRGravesKY