 Birth | August 5, 1919 25 20 |
 Birth of a brother | Austin William Nail June 3, 1922 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Lou “Anna” Nail January 5, 1925 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Murtie Marie Nail August 31, 1927 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 10 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 sister | Dorothy Lee Nail March 30, 1930 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | April 12, 1930 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Betty Aileen Nail January 12, 1933 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Ben Thomas Nail Sr. September 14, 1935 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Shirley Sue Halliman January 31, 1948 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1950 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Thomas Selby July 8, 1950 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | James A Nail August 27, 1950 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 maternal grandmother | Deliah Jane Hall June 3, 1970 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 | Nellie Ann Selby July 24, 1987 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Annie Lou “Anna” Nail August 19, 1996 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Austin William Nail February 24, 1997 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thurman Edward Halliman July 31, 1999 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Eula Mae Nail November 1, 2001 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | November 13, 2007 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery |