Velvia Lauretta RobertsAge: 87 years1896–1984
- Name
- Velvia Lauretta Roberts
- Given names
- Velvia Lauretta
- Surname
- Roberts
- Married name
- Velvia Lauretta Pruitt
 Birth | August 2, 1896 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 months)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | William Lester Pruitt — View this family October 29, 1912 (Age 16 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Norbie Eugene Pruitt October 14, 1913 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 years)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 daughter #2 | Gladys Glen Pruitt March 16, 1918 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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 23, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mildred B Pruitt June 12, 1922 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Roy Franklin Pruitt November 29, 1925 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 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 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Willodean Pruitt July 13, 1933 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 |
| Census | April 8, 1950 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 husband | William Lester Pruitt September 24, 1972 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 son | Norbie Eugene Pruitt June 1981 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Gladys Glen Pruitt February 8, 1983 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | February 3, 1984 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery |
| Family with William Lester Pruitt |
| husband |
William Lester Pruitt Birth: February 3, 1895 41 36 — Arkansas, United States Death: September 24, 1972 — Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Velvia Lauretta Roberts Birth: August 2, 1896 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 3, 1984 — Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 29, 1912 — Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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11 months son |
Norbie Eugene Pruitt Birth: October 14, 1913 18 17 — Arkansas, United States Death: June 1981 — Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Gladys Glen Pruitt Birth: March 16, 1918 23 21 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 8, 1983 — Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Mildred B Pruitt Birth: June 12, 1922 27 25 — Hopewell, Boone, Arkansas, United States Death: December 18, 2016 — Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years son |
Roy Franklin Pruitt Birth: November 29, 1925 30 29 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 7, 2001 — California, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Willodean Pruitt Birth: July 13, 1933 38 36 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 21, 2011 — Arkansas, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Lester Pruitt - Household
ED 48 Lee, Boone, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Lester Pruitt - Household
ED 13 Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Lester Pruitt - Household
Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - William Lester Pruitt - Household
Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
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