 Birth | January 4, 1920 41 43 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 9 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 10, 1930 (Age 10 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Hyder January 31, 1934 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Hollis Dwain Kerley November 10, 1939 (Age 19 years) |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Beatrice Smith — View this family June 8, 1940 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 mother | Arva Zena Selby June 23, 1946 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a brother | Oscar Clyde Kerley January 27, 1951 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 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 | William Emmett Kerley September 30, 1961 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a sister | Tina Kerley before 1970 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a sister | Pinah Kerley May 29, 1970 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ida Kerley March 12, 1971 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 | April 26, 1982 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Butternut Ridge Cemetery |