Vonner Randolph CherryAge: 97 years1916–2014
- Name
- Vonner Randolph Cherry
- Given names
- Vonner Randolph
- Surname
- Cherry
 Birth | November 6, 1916 31 33 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a brother | … Cherry March 23, 1918 (Age 16 months) |
| Death of a brother | … Cherry March 23, 1918 (Age 16 months) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 days)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 13 months)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/ |
 Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Betty Layne Cherry June 20, 1921 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 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 13 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Randolph Cherry September 3, 1932 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 father | Norman Franklin Cherry March 14, 1951 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 mother | Myrtle Eva Abbott December 13, 1958 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 sister | Betty Layne Cherry March 1, 2005 (Age 88 years) |
 Death | July 6, 2014 (Age 97 years) |
 Burial | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Norman Franklin Cherry Birth: January 28, 1885 43 39 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: March 14, 1951 — Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Myrtle Eva Abbott Birth: December 25, 1882 — Hood, Texas, United States Death: December 13, 1958 — Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States |
| himself |
Vonner Randolph Cherry Birth: November 6, 1916 31 33 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States Death: July 6, 2014 — Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, United States |
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16 months younger brother |
… Cherry Birth: March 23, 1918 33 35 — Lubbock, Texas, United States Death: March 23, 1918 — Lubbock, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Betty Layne Cherry Birth: June 20, 1921 36 38 — Slaton, Lubbock, Texas, United States Death: March 1, 2005 — Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States |
| sister |
Private |
| Family with Private |
| himself |
Vonner Randolph Cherry Birth: November 6, 1916 31 33 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States Death: July 6, 2014 — Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Norman Franklin Cherry - Household
Slaton, Lubbock, Texas
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