Lula Grace Evans
Daughter of Lonnie Lee Evans & Tennessee Lee McCullough
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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