Roy K SherrodAge: 71 years1911–1983
- Name
- Roy K Sherrod
- Given names
- Roy K
- Surname
- Sherrod
 Birth | November 21, 1911 26 25 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 brother | Coy Ray Sherrod July 16, 1918 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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/ |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Finis Washington Sherrod April 30, 1919 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell August 16, 1924 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 28, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Jo Ann Sherrod April 11, 1931 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Dona Kaye Sherrod September 15, 1939 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 3, 1950 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 | Horace Drake Sherrod February 13, 1960 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 mother | Cora Lee Foster March 25, 1976 (Age 64 years) |
 Death | January 18, 1983 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Horace Drake Sherrod Birth: September 5, 1885 42 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 13, 1960 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Cora Lee Foster Birth: June 27, 1886 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1976 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: June 28, 1903 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years himself |
Roy K Sherrod Birth: November 21, 1911 26 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 18, 1983 — Kentucky, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Coy Ray Sherrod Birth: July 16, 1918 32 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 18, 1992 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Zula Pearl Burklow |
| himself |
Roy K Sherrod Birth: November 21, 1911 26 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 18, 1983 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Zula Pearl Burklow Birth: September 17, 1908 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1984 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Jo Ann Sherrod Birth: April 11, 1931 19 22 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 2015 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Dona Kaye Sherrod Birth: September 15, 1939 27 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: April 21, 2006 — Florida, United States |
| daughter |
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Horace Drake Sherrod - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Horace Drake Sherrod - Household
Hopkinsville & Greensville Road Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Roy K Sherrod - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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