Senior Portrait of Lula Yvonne Black

Senior Portrait of Lula Yvonne Black

Senior Portrait of Lula Yvonne Black

Sanford (Fla.)

Students--Florida

Graduation (School)

Lula Yvonne Black (1942-), the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), who got married in 1937. Yvonne is also the sister of Vivian Louise Black (1940-); Charles Samuel Black (1945-), Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca.1947-); and Patricia Ann Black (1956-); as well as the half-sister of David Harry Black (1929-2012). Yvonne graduated from Crooms High School around 1960. After high school, she attended college briefly, married Willie Lee Hooks, and moved to Rochester, New York. Lula and her husband had four children together: twins Willie Lee Hooks, Jr. and Wilbur Lee Hooks; Ronald Lee Hooks; and Lavonia Kaye Hooks. Like her sister, Vivian, Yvonne also worked in a factory for many years.

Original black and white photograph: Crooms High School, Sanford, Florida: Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black.

ca. 1960

Black, Patricia Ann

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph: Crooms High School, Sanford, Florida.

Patricia Black Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Crooms High School, Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida

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History Teacher

Originally created by Crooms High Schooll and owned by Pilgrim Black.

Inherited by Patricia Black in 2002.

Copyright to the resource is held by Patricia Black and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

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