Lula Conner, My Four Generations

I, Lula Connor, was born in Willis, Texas, the daughter of Oscar and Lizzie Johnson. At a very young age, my family moved to Baytowne, Texas where my father was the Funeral Director of the Collins-Johnson Funeral Home. My father is deceased, but my mother, Lizzie is still living. I lived most of my life in Texas - attended elementary and junior high and graduated from Carver High School in Baytowne, Texas. I went to Prairie View A&M College for two years.

In 1950, I married Alvin Connor and to this union was born two beautiful daughters, Beverly Connor Lewis and Alva Connor McIntyre. We moved to Champaign in 1968, where my husband, Alvin, was a Civil Service Employee at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois. Alvin died in 1965.

As my mother's health declined, I brought her here from Texas to be close by. She had always attended and served in many capacities in her church - the St. Luke C.M.E., for many years. She is now 100 years old and lives in the Heritage Center Nursing Home in Champaign, Illinois.

Both my daughters are graduates of Champaign Senior High School and were very active in school as well as church activities. After high school graduation, Alva attended and graduated from the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois. She taught at the Jefferson Middle School for 9 years, prior to moving to South Carolina where she now teaches. Beverly completed her Nurses Training at Parkland College and works as a Nurse at the Carle Arbours in Champaign.