 Birth | February 27, 1925 28 26 |
 Birth of a sister | Emilou Hester June 28, 1929 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 4 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 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Bobbie Ray Hester August 26, 1936 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bonnie Faye Hester August 26, 1936 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a brother | Bobbie Ray Hester August 29, 1936 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a sister | Bonnie Faye Hester August 29, 1936 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart February 26, 1942 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Henry Isaac Shamwell July 3, 1943 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 24 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 | Ellis Reed Hester April 2, 1972 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emilou Hester December 20, 1974 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 brother | Leon E Hester October 8, 1977 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Lilly Shamwell November 26, 1982 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | Russell Brandon Hester November 23, 1986 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ural Edwin Hester March 11, 1991 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lelton Glen Hester April 7, 2001 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | November 9, 2004 (Age 79 years) |