Sunday, September 25, 2011

Lula Grace Evans (1902-1973)

Lula Grace Evans

Lula Grace Evans was born March 25, 1902 in Pope County, Arkansas.  She was the fourth of eight children born to Lonnie Lee Evans and Tennessee Lee McCullough.  She was raised in Pope County, Arkansas.

In 1920, Lula’s family was living in a rented home on Ridge Road in Wilson, Pope County, Arkansas.  Lula was employed as a teacher at a public school at that time. 

Lula married Benjamin Hugh Tucker on April 27, 1922 in Conway County, Arkansas.  She was 20 years old and he was 30 years.  Ben was born on December 16, 1892 in Conway County, the son of Thomas Samuel Tucker and Mary Etta Adams.  Ben registered for the draft for the First World War on June 5, 1917.  He was described as a short man with medium build, grayish eyes and light hair.

After their marriage, the couple rented a home on North Florida Street in Marianna, Lee County, Arkansas, where Ben owned a Feed Store.  Ben and Lula had at least two children:

            Ben Hugh, Jr.              born 1923
            Gwendy Irean             born 1925

Benjamin Hugh Tucker died in October 1963 in Arkansas, just two months shy of his 71st birthday.  Lula died one decade later. 

Lula Grace Evans Tucker died in November 1973 in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas.  She was 71 years old at her death.


Notes for Lula Grace Evans
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.  Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Number: 431-56-3215; Issue State: Arkansas; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Wilson, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T625_77; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 537.


Notes for Ben Hugh Tucker
Birth, Residence & Physical Description in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Conway County, Arkansas; Roll: 1522837; Draft Board: 0.
Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Marianna, Lee, Arkansas; Roll: 81; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 203.0.
Death:  Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.  Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Number: 431-56-3216; Issue State: Arkansas; Issue Date: Before 1951.


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