 Birth | June 6, 1925 27 23 |
 Birth of a brother | Dean Doyle Bratcher June 15, 1927 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 4 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 brother | Jack Delane Bratcher December 28, 1929 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | April 2, 1930 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jimmy Milton Bratcher September 17, 1932 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Gerald Wayne “Jerry” Bratcher July 30, 1934 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | J T “Teek” Bratcher March 28, 1936 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Gordon Ray Bratcher March 7, 1938 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Derrell Gene Bratcher April 3, 1940 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a brother | Gordon Ray Bratcher June 18, 1945 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 maternal grandfather | James Lulard “Linnie” Ginn April 4, 1953 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 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 brother | Gerald Wayne “Jerry” Bratcher November 24, 1963 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a father | Elijah Wesley “Lige” Bratcher January 27, 1969 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 brother | Jimmy Milton Bratcher May 1976 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Florence Ida Ginn November 13, 1996 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jack Delane Bratcher December 22, 1997 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Dean Doyle Bratcher March 28, 2005 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | Derrell Gene Bratcher January 10, 2007 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a brother | J T “Teek” Bratcher March 29, 2007 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | July 3, 2014 (Age 89 years) |