Lula Mae Churchman

Jack and Lula Mae Craddock

Nyle Lorene Morgan, Jack, Edith, Lula Mae, and Betty Craddock

Lula Mae Craddock, 1982

Lula Mae Craddock, 2000

Lula Mae Craddock, Jeffrey Huckins (grandson), and 7 great-grandchildren

• Sex: F
• Born: July 23, 1905 in Texas (Franklin or Red River Counties)
• Died: December 5, 2000 in Yuba City, California
• Buried:
• Notes: In school Lula Mae went through third grade and some of fourth. She was 15 when she married Dan Morgan. Dan died two years later of typhoid. Lula Mae gave birth to Nyle Lorene shortly after Dan's death. Three years later Lula Mae married Jack Craddock. Lula Mae, Jack, and their two daughters (Edith and Betty) moved from Bogata, Texas to California in 1935. Their daughter Nyle Lorene joined them in California after she graduated from high school in Bogata.

Father: John Blackburn Churchman, b. January 3, 1875 in Jefferson County, Tennessee

Mother: Vinnie Clevenger, b. May 8, 1881 in Morristown, Tennessee -- d. June 10, 1943 in Red River County, Texas -- buried in the Bogata Cemetery, Bogata, Texas -- daughter of George Henry Clevenger and Mahala D. Clark

Family 1: Dan Morgan, died before Nyle was born.

• Married: 1921

1. Nyle Lorene Morgan, b. April 18, 1922 in Winfield, Titus County, Texas

Family 2: Boone "Jack" Craddock, b. February 15, 1906 -- d. March 21, 1976 in Yuba City, California

• Married: July 18,1925 in Nevada, Texas

1. Edith Delois Craddock, b. July 23, 1927 in Bogata, Red River County, Texas
2. Betty Ruth Craddock, b. August 21, 1930 in Bogata, Red River County, Texas

Sources:

1. Interview with Ruby Churchman McClure
2. Interview with Betty Ruth Craddock Huckins
3. Interview with Nyle Lorence Morgan Randolph