Cora Lee TollettAge: 104 years1913–2018
- Name
- Cora Lee Tollett
- Given names
- Cora Lee
- Surname
- Tollett
- Married name
- Cora Lee Kerley
 Birth | August 14, 1913 26 24 |
 Birth of a sister | Lela Mildred Tollett October 6, 1916 (Age 3 years) |
 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 | John Harrison “Johnny” Tollett Jr August 24, 1918 (Age 5 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 19, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ida Mable Tollett May 17, 1921 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ida Mable Tollett May 17, 1921 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 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 8, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Thomas Tollett April 6, 1931 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Caroline Hall May 6, 1931 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Wendell Thomas Kerley August 5, 1937 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a mother | Gracie Belle Hale May 16, 1939 (Age 25 years) Cause: Metastatic Cancer |
| Census | April 29, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Loyd Hale January 14, 1941 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 paternal grandmother | Martha Ann Selby April 26, 1948 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1950 (Age 36 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Victoria Ann “Vickey” Kerley April 7, 1960 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Donna Grace Kerley March 22, 1963 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Donna Grace Kerley March 22, 1963 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Charla Leslie Kerley April 14, 1963 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | John Harrison Tollett Sr November 14, 1975 (Age 62 years) |
| 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 brother | Arthur Virgil Tollett Sr April 14, 1991 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a sister | Laura May Tollett September 25, 1992 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Clifford Kerley February 22, 1997 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Charla Leslie Kerley October 28, 2000 (Age 87 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Victoria Ann “Vickey” Kerley April 11, 2007 (Age 93 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Harrison “Johnny” Tollett Jr August 5, 2010 (Age 96 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lela Mildred Tollett November 7, 2012 (Age 99 years) |
| Death of a son | Wendell Thomas Kerley January 18, 2018 (Age 104 years) |
 Death | March 30, 2018 (Age 104 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Big Lick Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Harrison Tollett Sr Birth: November 6, 1886 26 18 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1975 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Gracie Belle Hale Birth: December 1, 1888 32 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 16, 1939 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 3, 1908 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Laura May Tollett Birth: November 10, 1909 23 20 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 25, 1992 — Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Arthur Virgil Tollett Sr Birth: October 5, 1911 24 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 14, 1991 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months herself |
Cora Lee Tollett Birth: August 14, 1913 26 24 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 30, 2018 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Lela Mildred Tollett Birth: October 6, 1916 29 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 7, 2012 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
John Harrison “Johnny” Tollett Jr Birth: August 24, 1918 31 29 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 5, 2010 — Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ida Mable Tollett Birth: May 17, 1921 34 32 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 17, 1921 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Thomas Clifford Kerley |
| husband |
Thomas Clifford Kerley Birth: July 2, 1915 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 22, 1997 — Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Cora Lee Tollett Birth: August 14, 1913 26 24 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 30, 2018 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Wendell Thomas Kerley Birth: August 5, 1937 22 23 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: January 18, 2018 |
| son |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Harrison Tollett Sr - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Gracie Belle Hale - Household
Highway 28 Cumberland, Tennessee
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