 Birth | February 7, 1937 31 25 |
 Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 3 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Ruth Carol Kemmer April 1, 1944 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eva Lesta Parham July 25, 1944 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 4 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 6, 1950 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Litton Kemmer Jr August 1, 1951 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 12 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 paternal grandfather | Robert E Kemmer December 17, 1954 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Litton Kemmer Jr October 31, 1968 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 8 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 mother | Mary Lou Bristow March 30, 1994 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a father | John Litton Kemmer Sr. December 20, 2004 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Carol Kemmer January 8, 2017 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a husband | Joe Paul Buchanan January 11, 2020 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lawrence Dale Kemmer March 28, 2020 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | April 12, 2022 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery |