Van Buford GrizzardAge: 87 years1918–2006
- Name
- Van Buford Grizzard
- Given names
- Van Buford
- Surname
- Grizzard
 Birth | February 21, 1918 28 23 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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 brother | Jackson Meade Grizzard January 21, 1926 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 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 2, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a mother | Willie May Clardy February 10, 1932 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Morton Clardy November 22, 1937 (Age 19 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 |
| Death of a father | William Cleveland Grizzard November 19, 1945 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 | February 3, 2006 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hermitage Memorial Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Cleveland Grizzard Birth: June 9, 1889 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: November 19, 1945 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Willie May Clardy Birth: July 15, 1894 35 33 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 10, 1932 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 29, 1916 — Cheatham, Tennessee, United States |
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-3 years elder sister |
Virginia Grizzard Birth: about 1912 22 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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6 years himself |
Van Buford Grizzard Birth: February 21, 1918 28 23 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: February 3, 2006 — Bethpage, Sumner, Tennessee, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Jackson Meade Grizzard Birth: January 21, 1926 36 31 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: June 5, 2020 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Georgie Edith OBrien |
| himself |
Van Buford Grizzard Birth: February 21, 1918 28 23 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: February 3, 2006 — Bethpage, Sumner, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Georgie Edith OBrien Birth: May 30, 1920 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 31, 2006 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
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| daughter |
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| son |
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Van Buford Grizzard has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (9)
Parents William M “Will” Fluty + Bessie Geneva Clardy
Parents … … + Bessie Geneva Clardy
Parents Joseph Samuel “Joe” Clardy + Mayme Louise Hicks
Parents Joseph Notley Davidson + Esther Alice Clardy
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Cleveland Grizzard - Household
3811 Minnesota Ave Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
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