Vella Lucille SouthAge: 69 years1908–1977
- Name
- Vella Lucille South
- Given names
- Vella Lucille
- Surname
- South
- Married name
- Vella Lucille Boykin
- Married name
- Vella Lucille Hankins
 Birth | October 11, 1908 28 19 |
 Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 18 months) |
 Birth of a brother | James Clifton South March 21, 1911 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Beulah R South May 12, 1913 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 sister | Margaret Frances South September 3, 1917 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 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 9 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 9, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | Curtis Ezra Boykin — View this family estimated 1925 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Jean Carmen Boykin July 27, 1927 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Riley Bridges April 20, 1929 (Age 20 years) Cause: Homicide - Shot by negro through the heart |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 20 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 4, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | May 8, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage | Robert Lee Hankins — View this family after 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Beulah Virginia Wells August 10, 1943 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 | John Clifton South December 19, 1951 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 sister | Beulah R South April 12, 1963 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ola Lee Bridges December 26, 1964 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 | Robert Lee Hankins 1975 (Age 66 years) |
 Death | December 1977 (Age 69 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Clifton South Birth: August 16, 1880 — Coldwater, Tate, Mississippi, United States Death: December 19, 1951 — Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Ola Lee Bridges Birth: August 4, 1889 22 21 — Mississippi, United States Death: December 26, 1964 — Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States |
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Marriage: August 18, 1907 — |
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14 months herself |
Vella Lucille South Birth: October 11, 1908 28 19 — Mississippi, United States Death: December 1977 — Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
James Clifton South Birth: March 21, 1911 30 21 — Coldwater, Tate, Mississippi, United States Death: August 18, 1983 — Mississippi, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Beulah R South Birth: May 12, 1913 32 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1963 |
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4 years younger sister |
Margaret Frances South Birth: September 3, 1917 37 28 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: February 23, 1989 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| Family with Curtis Ezra Boykin |
| husband |
Curtis Ezra Boykin Birth: August 6, 1905 — Mississippi, United States Death: July 1987 — Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, United States |
| herself |
Vella Lucille South Birth: October 11, 1908 28 19 — Mississippi, United States Death: December 1977 — Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1925 — |
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3 years daughter |
Jean Carmen Boykin Birth: July 27, 1927 21 18 — Mississippi, United States Death: February 26, 2009 — Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Robert Lee Hankins |
| husband |
Robert Lee Hankins Birth: 1906 Death: 1975 |
| herself |
Vella Lucille South Birth: October 11, 1908 28 19 — Mississippi, United States Death: December 1977 — Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: after 1940 — |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Clifton South - Household
605 Vollentine Avenue Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Clifton South - Household
1021 Jefferson Ave Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Curtis E Boykin - Household
149 Valley Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
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