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Eula Gladys Summers (1909-1991) was the mother of Rebecca’s ma-
ternal grandmother, Gloria. She was born in Walker, Louisiana, on Oc-
tober 13, 1909, to
Alvin Norris Summers (1875-1957) and
Mamie E. Mil-
ler (1887-1972). She was the oldest of three siblings which included a
sister,
Clariette “Aunt Rhett” Wilmer Summers (1916-1961), and a
brother,
Gordon Dalton Summers (1911-1991).
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Eula lived in Walker, Louisiana, her entire life, although all
but one of Eula’s children would leave Walker in adulthood. Walker was
located within Livingston Parish. According to the census in 1910, a
year after Eula was born, the population of Walker was 592 people, and
the population grew to 3,727 by 1990, a year before Eula’s death.
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Walker was declared a city in 2011, following the 2010 census popula-
tion count of 6,138.
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Walker was considered a rural area during
Eula’s lifetime, though it offered many important amenities for its
citizens including schools, a post office, grocery stores and restau-
rants.
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Walker was roughly twenty miles east of the capitol of Loui-
siana, Baton Rouge, meaning that Eula and other family members in
Walker were not far from amenities not offered in Walker.
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Like her children, Eula attended and graduated Walker High
School.
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At some point before 1940, Eula met and married
Herman Ellis
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