 Birth | February 27, 1906 34 25 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Emaline Shemwell January 31, 1908 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Mall Anders Atkin February 20, 1908 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Zelia Lillian Atkin October 9, 1909 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Benal Allen Atkin May 10, 1911 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Venie Lou Atkin May 10, 1911 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a sister | Zelia Lillian Atkin November 11, 1912 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jollie Dan “J D” Atkin August 29, 1914 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/ |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Verena Ann Atkin February 26, 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ida Verena Poore March 4, 1920 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Hoyal Albert Atkins May 26, 1925 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Claude William Atkins October 1, 1928 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 5, 1930 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Calvin Milford Atkins June 9, 1930 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Dewey Leroy Atkins January 3, 1932 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a father | Albert Allen Atkin June 18, 1933 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1940 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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 sister | Bessie Dee Atkins August 27, 1955 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | Mall Anders Atkin December 22, 1968 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Newton Lamar Atkin July 18, 1973 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 | Zora Bell Atkins March 10, 1978 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a wife | Vennie Jeanette Ellison January 24, 1984 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jollie Dan “J D” Atkin May 24, 1984 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | November 22, 1986 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Silver Brook Cemetery |