 Birth | May 21, 1918 24 20 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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 16, 1920 (Age 19 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Chesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn May 11, 1921 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 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 7, 1930 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Oscar Gayle Wilburn June 17, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Birva Elmer Webb — View this family December 21, 1935 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Oscar Grant Gillmore March 18, 1937 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Washington Wilburn June 5, 1941 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 31 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 maternal grandmother | Carrie Eugenea Connor July 19, 1958 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 | Thelma Grace Gillmore October 11, 1978 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | Chesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn November 15, 1987 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a husband | Birva Elmer Webb October 18, 1988 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Oscar Gayle Wilburn May 16, 1993 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | November 11, 2004 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Horton Cemetery |