Thomas, Lula May

Lula May Thomas

Lula May Thomas birth certificate

Lula’s birth certificate

Lula May Thomas was born on October 11, 1882, in Gordonsville, Virginia, her father, Napolean, was 38, and her mother, Julia Wallace Thomas , was 32.

 

Lula with sons Carlos and Wallace

Lula with sons Carlos and Wallace

 

She married Carlos James Craft on October 11, 1900, in the District of Columbia. They had four children; Edna Elizabeth, Carl James, Wallace Hamilton and William ‘Beans’ Thomas.

After her husband, Carlos, died in an automobile accident in 1914, she ran a boarding house to support herself and her four children. When he returned from WWI her brother John Thomas moved and and helped.

Lula May Thomas Craft by the front steps of her house.

                Lula May Thomas Craft