Vera Odessa YountsAge: 92 years1905–1997
- Name
- Vera Odessa Younts
- Given names
- Vera Odessa
- Surname
- Younts
- Married name
- Vera Odessa Meyers
 Birth | August 8, 1905 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 24 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 12, 1930 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 husband | Orlie Lafayette Meyers January 27, 1947 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 | September 27, 1997 (Age 92 years) |
| Family with Orlie Lafayette Meyers |
| husband |
Orlie Lafayette Meyers Birth: September 24, 1885 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 27, 1947 — Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Vera Odessa Younts Birth: August 8, 1905 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 27, 1997 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
Private |
| Orlie Lafayette Meyers + Ila Belle Eddinger |
| husband |
Orlie Lafayette Meyers Birth: September 24, 1885 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 27, 1947 — Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Ila Belle Eddinger Birth: June 13, 1886 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 21, 1924 — High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States |
| step-son |
Cletus Keiffer Meyers Birth: December 18, 1905 20 19 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 7, 1978 — Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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20 months step-daughter |
Ila Theopal Meyers Birth: August 13, 1907 21 21 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: May 21, 1990 — Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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7 years step-son |
Arlie Woodrow Meyers Birth: September 1, 1914 28 28 — Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 3, 1956 — Cocoa, Brevard, Florida, United States |
| step-son |
Private |