 Birth | June 18, 1904 27 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Glaydes Cherry August 8, 1906 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Glaydes Cherry 1906 (Age 18 months) |
| Death of a mother | Oma Parks October 23, 1906 (Age 2 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Joseph Parish Cherry — Lillian Earle “Rena” Bennett — View this family 1909 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Joe Quanah “Slim” Cherry May 21, 1910 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Howard Gale Cherry July 21, 1912 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Dewdrop Cherry November 4, 1914 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Homer Worth Cherry July 10, 1916 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin F Parks December 23, 1916 (Age 12 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish February 3, 1918 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry October 26, 1918 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 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 13 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 21, 1920 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary Ruth Cherry January 12, 1921 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Mary Ruth Cherry January 17, 1921 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Oma Belle Yeats September 23, 1923 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry March 1, 1927 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ellsworth Yeats March 13, 1927 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry February 7, 1928 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 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 5, 1930 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Billie Joe Yeats November 3, 1933 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Virginia Jane Wilson December 14, 1934 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 | Joseph Parish Cherry March 18, 1957 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | David Randall Yeats January 16, 1959 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Howard Gale Cherry November 25, 1964 (Age 60 years) Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 | May 20, 1972 (Age 67 years) Cause of death: Carcinoma of the tongue |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East Greenwood Cemetery |