Homer Worth CherryAge: 67 years1916–1983
- Name
- Homer Worth Cherry
- Given names
- Homer Worth
- Surname
- Cherry
 Birth | July 10, 1916 39 28 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: 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 18 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry October 26, 1918 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 months)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 17 months)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 | February 21, 1920 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Ruth Cherry January 12, 1921 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ruth Cherry January 17, 1921 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry March 1, 1927 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry February 7, 1928 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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 19, 1930 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lillian Earle “Rena” Bennett May 25, 1931 (Age 14 years) Cause: Malignant Carcinoma - Stomach |
 Marriage | Minnie Pauline Cherry — View this family after 1940 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 40 years) |
| Death of a brother | Howard Gale Cherry November 25, 1964 (Age 48 years) Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia |
| Death of a half-sister | Vanoy Cherry May 20, 1972 (Age 55 years) Cause: Carcinoma of the tongue |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 | October 15, 1983 (Age 67 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Parish Cherry Birth: October 4, 1876 25 33 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 18, 1957 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Lillian Earle “Rena” Bennett Birth: November 20, 1887 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 25, 1931 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: 1909 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Joe Quanah “Slim” Cherry Birth: May 21, 1910 33 22 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: March 22, 1986 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Howard Gale Cherry Birth: July 21, 1912 35 24 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: November 25, 1964 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Dewdrop Cherry Birth: November 4, 1914 38 26 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 27, 1996 — Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
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20 months himself |
Homer Worth Cherry Birth: July 10, 1916 39 28 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: October 15, 1983 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Annie Ethel “Jill” Cherry Birth: October 26, 1918 42 30 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: October 17, 1986 — Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Ruth Cherry Birth: January 12, 1921 44 33 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: January 17, 1921 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Roy Winfield “Teddy” Cherry Birth: March 1, 1927 50 39 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: April 7, 2000 — Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Father’s family with Oma Parks |
| father |
Joseph Parish Cherry Birth: October 4, 1876 25 33 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 18, 1957 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| step-mother |
Oma Parks Birth: September 6, 1881 44 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 23, 1906 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: August 2, 1903 — Hood, Texas, United States |
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11 months half-sister |
Vanoy Cherry Birth: June 18, 1904 27 22 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: May 20, 1972 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Glaydes Cherry Birth: August 8, 1906 29 24 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: 1906 — Hood, Texas, United States |
| Family with Minnie Pauline Cherry |
| himself |
Homer Worth Cherry Birth: July 10, 1916 39 28 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: October 15, 1983 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Minnie Pauline Cherry Birth: April 5, 1909 34 27 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: September 25, 1997 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: after 1940 — |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Parish Cherry - Household
Tolar, Hood, Texas
Jill is Violet? Children MBP all TX? -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Parish Cherry - Household
Lillian's parents now born in IL & MS? -b |