 Birth | July 5, 1926 33 36 |
 Birth of a brother | Doyle Emerson Oakes May 5, 1928 (Age 22 months) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 3 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 30, 1930 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dencil Myrl Oakes November 30, 1930 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Estel Edward Oakes October 1, 1934 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Johnson M Parham June 19, 1936 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | May 21, 1940 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 15 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 22, 1950 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 23 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 | Lucretia “Creshia” Parham March 26, 1966 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a brother | Doyle Emerson Oakes May 19, 1967 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a father | Earl Edward Oakes July 29, 1973 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 19 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 brother | Herman Lafayette Oakes February 1979 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a brother | Carl J Oakes March 31, 1982 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a brother | Coleman Earl Oakes August 1984 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Stitsell Major Oakes February 12, 1985 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Herchell Ralph Oakes June 2, 1987 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hazel Frances Oakes July 20, 1994 (Age 68 years) |
 Death | August 30, 1995 (Age 69 years) |