Izora Etta MercerAge: 84 years1912–1996
- Name
- Izora Etta Mercer
- Given names
- Izora Etta
- Surname
- Mercer
- Married name
- Izora Etta Ford
 Birth | May 16, 1912 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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/ |
| 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Martin Thomas Ford April 14, 1933 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a son | Martin Thomas Ford April 14, 1933 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jon Michael Ford about 1938 (Age 25 years) |
 Census | April 8, 1940 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 husband | Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford August 29, 1971 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 | July 11, 1996 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery |
| Family with Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford |
| husband |
Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford Birth: April 15, 1910 25 22 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1971 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Izora Etta Mercer Birth: May 16, 1912 — Rochester, Butler, Kentucky, United States Death: July 11, 1996 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Martin Thomas Ford Birth: April 14, 1933 22 20 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 14, 1933 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Jon Michael Ford Birth: about 1938 27 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 27, 2018 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States |