Wilma Estella EppsAge: 92 years1915–2008
- Name
- Wilma Estella Epps
- Given names
- Wilma Estella
- Surname
- Epps
 Birth | September 2, 1915 29 29 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a sister | Anna Epps 1917 (Age 15 months) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Susannah Charlotte Emerson September 22, 1918 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 months)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 2 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/ |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Marie Epps July 20, 1919 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a sister | Anna Epps 1919 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | January 27, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Grover Jackson Epps April 19, 1923 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Grover Jackson Epps May 12, 1923 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a father | Grover Eber Epps July 19, 1926 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 28, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hildred Lois Epps August 20, 1934 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 | Martha Elizabeth Jackson December 29, 1957 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 | Ruth Marie Epps May 4, 1995 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Muriel Ruby Epps May 3, 2002 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | May 6, 2008 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ortonville Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Grover Eber Epps Birth: November 8, 1885 46 35 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 19, 1926 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Martha Elizabeth Jackson Birth: June 2, 1886 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1957 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 25, 1906 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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8 months elder sister |
Elsie Epps Birth: December 8, 1906 21 20 — Missouri, United States Death: 1908 — Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Hildred Lois Epps Birth: December 18, 1908 23 22 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: August 20, 1934 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Gertrude A Epps Birth: about 1911 25 24 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Muriel Ruby Epps Birth: April 16, 1913 27 26 — Missouri, United States Death: May 3, 2002 — Oakland, Michigan, United States |
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2 years herself |
Wilma Estella Epps Birth: September 2, 1915 29 29 — Missouri, United States Death: May 6, 2008 — Goodrich, Genesee, Michigan, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Anna Epps Birth: 1917 31 30 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: 1919 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ruth Marie Epps Birth: July 20, 1919 33 33 — Missouri, United States Death: May 4, 1995 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Grover Jackson Epps Birth: April 19, 1923 37 36 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1923 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Grover Eber Epps - Household
ED 10 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Martha Elizabeth Jackson - Household
ED 6 Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
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