Lela Lorene McElroyAge: 82 years1914–1996
- Name
- Lela Lorene McElroy
- Given names
- Lela Lorene
- Surname
- McElroy
- Married name
- Lela Lorene Boone
 Birth | 1914 47 31 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a brother | Charles David McElroy 1917 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Edgar Forest McElroy 1917 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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/ |
 Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 17, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles David McElroy 1942 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 36 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 father | John Forest McElroy February 12, 1954 (Age 40 years) Cause: Accute Heart Attack |
| Death of a brother | George Edward McElroy 1961 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Fredrick Francis McElroy 1967 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Beuna Vista Waggoner March 30, 1967 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | Theodore Lee McElroy 1973 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John Earl McElroy May 20, 1974 (Age 60 years) Address: Trinity Hospital |
| Burial of a half-brother | John Earl McElroy May 22, 1974 (Age 60 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 half-sister | Grace Thomas McElroy October 1978 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Alice Elmine McElroy 1988 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | 1996 (Age 82 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Forest McElroy Birth: May 27, 1866 40 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 12, 1954 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Beuna Vista Waggoner Birth: April 8, 1882 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 30, 1967 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| elder brother |
Theodore Lee McElroy Birth: 1906 39 23 Death: 1973 |
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4 years elder sister |
Lucille Ruth McElroy Birth: January 17, 1910 43 27 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: 2009 |
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3 years elder brother |
George Edward McElroy Birth: 1912 45 29 Death: 1961 |
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3 years herself |
Lela Lorene McElroy Birth: 1914 47 31 Death: 1996 |
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4 years younger brother |
Charles David McElroy Birth: 1917 50 34 Death: 1942 |
| sister |
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| brother |
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| sister |
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| Father’s family with Willie Ann Bramlett |
| father |
John Forest McElroy Birth: May 27, 1866 40 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 12, 1954 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Willie Ann Bramlett Birth: May 13, 1873 32 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 15, 1904 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: before 1889 — |
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14 years half-sister |
Grace Thomas McElroy Birth: January 19, 1903 36 29 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 1978 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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-13 years half-brother |
Edgar Forest McElroy Birth: 1889 22 15 Death: 1917 |
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3 years half-brother |
John Earl McElroy Birth: June 22, 1891 25 18 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 20, 1974 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years half-brother |
Fredrick Francis McElroy Birth: 1896 29 22 Death: 1967 |
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5 years half-sister |
Alice Elmine McElroy Birth: 1900 33 26 Death: 1988 |
| Family with Private |
| husband |
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| herself |
Lela Lorene McElroy Birth: 1914 47 31 Death: 1996 |