 Birth | January 17, 1910 43 27 |
 Birth of a brother | George Edward McElroy 1912 (Age 23 months) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Huts McElroy 1912 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Lela Lorene McElroy 1914 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Edgar Forest McElroy 1917 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 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 20 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles David McElroy 1942 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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 44 years) Cause: Accute Heart Attack |
| Death of a brother | George Edward McElroy 1961 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Fredrick Francis McElroy 1967 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a mother | Beuna Vista Waggoner March 30, 1967 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | Theodore Lee McElroy 1973 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John Earl McElroy May 20, 1974 (Age 64 years) Address: Trinity Hospital |
| Burial of a half-brother | John Earl McElroy May 22, 1974 (Age 64 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 68 years) |
| Death of a husband | Gilbert Vernon Nichols October 21, 1988 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Alice Elmine McElroy 1988 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lela Lorene McElroy 1996 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | 2009 (Age 98 years) |