Vada AcuffAge: 82 years1902–1984
- Name
- Vada Acuff
- Given names
- Vada
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | 1902 24 21 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 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 16 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/ |
 Marriage | Thomas Floyd Acuff — View this family October 14, 1920 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Floyd Sherman Acuff August 29, 1922 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Glen Charles Acuff March 21, 1929 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 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 |
| Birth of a son #3 | John Williams Acuff August 11, 1930 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Carter Herbert Acuff June 4, 1932 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel L Acuff December 17, 1932 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | John Rankin Acuff February 5, 1937 (Age 35 years) Cause: Gun shot wounds Note: Death certificate says mother was Mary Gordon. -b |
| Birth of a son #5 | Rankin Wesley Acuff December 11, 1937 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a son | Floyd Sherman Acuff July 27, 1938 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Julia E McGinnis February 5, 1943 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 48 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 | Thomas Floyd Acuff August 3, 1972 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 | Bessie Acuff September 15, 1983 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | December 1984 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clear Springs Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Rankin Acuff Birth: January 30, 1877 27 22 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1937 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Julia E McGinnis Birth: May 13, 1880 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1943 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 2, 1896 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Bessie Acuff Birth: August 29, 1897 20 17 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1983 — Corryton, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Ada Acuff Birth: 1901 23 20 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years herself |
Vada Acuff Birth: 1902 24 21 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1984 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Thomas Floyd Acuff |
| husband |
Thomas Floyd Acuff Birth: October 31, 1899 46 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 3, 1972 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Vada Acuff Birth: 1902 24 21 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1984 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 14, 1920 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months son |
Floyd Sherman Acuff Birth: August 29, 1922 22 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 27, 1938 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years son |
Glen Charles Acuff Birth: March 21, 1929 29 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 23, 1993 — Heiskell, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months son |
John Williams Acuff Birth: August 11, 1930 30 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 15, 2007 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months son |
Carter Herbert Acuff Birth: June 4, 1932 32 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 3, 2017 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years son |
Rankin Wesley Acuff Birth: December 11, 1937 38 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 16, 2008 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |