Roy Newton WhitfieldAge: 78 years1914–1993
- Name
- Roy Newton Whitfield
- Given names
- Roy Newton
- Surname
- Whitfield
 Birth | September 22, 1914 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 months)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 2 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 3 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 15 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 |
 Marriage | Rita Jeanette Pearson — View this family July 7, 1935 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Annette Whitfield February 15, 1936 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Loretta Whitfield July 29, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Cynthia “Cindy” Whitfield September 26, 1952 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Joseph Lynn “Joey” Dixon May 8, 1957 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Holly Ann Grounds November 25, 1962 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 grandson | Joseph Lynn “Joey” Dixon October 17, 1991 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | September 4, 1993 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Whitfield Cemetery |
| Family with Rita Jeanette Pearson |
| himself |
Roy Newton Whitfield Birth: September 22, 1914 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: September 4, 1993 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Rita Jeanette Pearson Birth: December 8, 1917 24 23 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: June 24, 2008 — Mortons Gap, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 7, 1935 — |
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7 months daughter |
Annette Whitfield Birth: February 15, 1936 21 18 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: March 14, 2014 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Loretta Whitfield Birth: July 29, 1940 25 22 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: August 28, 2008 — Nortonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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12 years daughter |
Cynthia “Cindy” Whitfield Birth: September 26, 1952 38 34 — Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States Death: August 27, 2020 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |