Lula LeGrand was married twice. Her first husband was Cooter Young who she married in 1943. He was killed in a truck accident in 1948 after they had two children. She later married Doyle Richard (D.R.) Nichols also called "Nick" Nichols. He adopted her two children and they had another two children together.
Lula was an LVN and worked many years as a nurse in the Emergency Room for the hospital and then a private practice.
Lula Vastine LeGrand Nichol's name is misspelled on her FindAGrave Memorial as Vestine. The is correct, however, in her obituary that is posted on her memorial. She died 10 January 2014 at 90 years old. [3]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5WL-G3Z : accessed 12 September 2021), Lula Le Grande in household of Jim Le Grande, Precinct 4, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 5B, line 63, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2323; FHL microfilm 2,342,057.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43M-BW1 : 10 January 2021), Lula Legrand in household of Jim Legrand, Justice Precinct 3, Potter, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 188-38, sheet 5B, line 69, family 45, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4124.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123306068/lula-vestine-nichols : accessed 11 September 2021), memorial page for Lula Vestine LeGrand Nichols (26 Jul 1923–10 Jan 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 123306068, citing Palo Duro Wildorado, Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Edith Guynes Stanley (contributor 47114458) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lula by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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