 Birth | February 7, 1933 23 23 |
 Birth of a sister | Rosalie Minyard July 19, 1933 (Age 5 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Homer Edward Minyard Jr October 15, 1938 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | May 10, 1940 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 8 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 16 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 father | Homer Edward Minyard May 8, 1957 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Martha Louise Hall April 10, 1969 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 12 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 | Dorothy Jean Minyard April 16, 1979 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a brother | Homer Edward Minyard Jr November 18, 1991 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a mother | Dolly Juanita Thurman July 20, 1996 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | February 17, 1999 (Age 66 years) |