Minnie Pearl Milam

Brief Life History of Minnie Pearl

When Minnie Pearl Milam was born on 9 December 1921, in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, her father, Walter Milam, was 39 and her mother, Bessie Lincoln Murley, was 33. She married Lyman Kirkland White on 29 June 1946. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 5 East Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 14 May 2007, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lyman Kirkland White
1921–1979
Minnie Pearl Milam
1921–2007
Marriage: 29 June 1946
Betty White
1947–1947
Linda White
1948–1948
Shirley E White
1954–2011

Sources (15)

  • Pearl White, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Minnie Pearl Milam - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Minnie Pearl Milam
  • Pearl M White, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

English (southern): variant of Milham .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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