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Covia LoftinAge: 85 years19292014

Name
Covia Loftin
Given names
Covia
Surname
Loftin
Married name
Covia Jackson
Birth March 11, 1929 32 31
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 months)

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 13, 1930 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherCaraway Loftin
September 26, 1931 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterOmagene Loftin
July 18, 1933 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDr. William Robert Loftin Sr.
July 7, 1935 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterVina Loftin
December 28, 1935 (Age 6 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterGeorgia Mae Loftin
May 11, 1941 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 20 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 motherOma Street
June 17, 1968 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 fatherWilliam Robert Loftin Jr
March 21, 1980 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherCaraway Loftin
December 25, 1995 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterEvelyn Loftin
December 20, 1996 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Harold Loftin
March 18, 1999 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandAlbert Jackson
October 11, 1999 (Age 70 years)

Death of a sisterBeatrice Loftin
February 3, 2006 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterBeulena Loftin
July 28, 2012 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sisterGeorgia Mae Loftin
March 1, 2014 (Age 84 years)
Death October 23, 2014 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ballews Chapel Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 27, 1917Jackson, Arkansas, United States
9 months
elder sister
Beatrice Loftin
Birth: September 22, 1918 22 21Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 3, 2006Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
15 months
elder sister
Beulena Loftin
Birth: December 16, 1919 23 22Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 28, 2012Amagon, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Evelyn Loftin
Birth: September 8, 1922 26 25Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 20, 1996Weiner, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
Covia Loftin
Birth: March 11, 1929 32 31Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 23, 2014Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Caraway Loftin
Birth: September 26, 1931 35 34Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 25, 1995Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Vina Loftin
Birth: December 28, 1935 39 38Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 21, 2021Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
-2 years
younger sister
Omagene Loftin
Birth: July 18, 1933 36 36Poinsett, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 18, 2017Newport, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States
8 years
younger sister
Georgia Mae Loftin
Birth: May 11, 1941 44 43Etowah, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 1, 2014Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
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husband
Albert Jackson
Birth: March 29, 1925Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 11, 1999
herself
Covia Loftin
Birth: March 11, 1929 32 31Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 23, 2014Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Robert Loftin Jr - Household

Grubbs, Jackson, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Loftin, RobertheadMW32M21ARNCMDFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, OmawifeFW31M20TNTNTN
Loftin, BeatricedaughterFW11SARARTN
Loftin, BeulenadaughterFW10SARARTN
Loftin, EvelyndaughterFW7SARARTN
Loftin, HaroldsonMW4SARARTN
Loftin, CoviadaughterFW1SARARTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Robert Loftin Jr - Household

Little River, Mississippi, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Loftin, William RheadMW44MARRJacksonARFarmingSalary Cotton Farm
Loftin, OmaXwifeFW43MTNRJacksonAR
Loftin, EvelyndaughterFW17SARRJacksonAR
Loftin, HaroldsonMW14SARRJacksonAR
Loftin, CoviadaughterFW12SARRJacksonARSchool
Loftin, CarawaysonMW8SARRJacksonARSchool
Loftin, Omie GdaughterFW6SARRJacksonARSchool
Loftin, VinadaughterFW4SAR