Family History of Rebecca Polk
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Family History of Rebecca Polk
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GENERATION TWO A1a. Charlotte Ann Graham (1960-2017) A1b. Kevin Lee Polk (1959 - ) Charlotte Ann Graham (1960-2017) was born on October 3, 1960, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Gloria Jean Crotwell (1936-2020) and Joseph Louie Graham (1934-1994). She had one younger sister, Sonja Lynn Gra- ham (1964- ). After Charlotte was born, her parents returned to their home in Walker, Louisiana, where Charlotte would spend the first three years of her life. 18 18 Sonja Graham (maternal aunt of author), interview with Rebecca Polk, April 3, 2022. 18 When Charlotte was born in 1960, Walker, Louisiana, had a popula- tion of 912 people. 19 Since Charlotte’s parents were born and raised in Walker, Charlotte spent a significant amount of time with extended family. 20 At the age of three, Charlotte’s parents moved to Baton Rouge for two years, which was roughly twenty miles from Walker. Charlotte’s family would move a few times throughout Louisiana over the next few years based on her father’s job as an IBM operator. 21 In 1967, her fa- ther got a job as a government contractor on a NASA contract, and the family moved to Houston, Texas, for the next four years. 22 Texas was an adjustment for the family as there were over 1,200,000 people living there according to the 1970 census, compared to less than 1,000 in Walker, Louisiana, where they moved from. 23 As a child, Charlotte and her sister spent a lot of time playing with Barbies, paper dolls, and learning to cross-stitch. Charlotte and her sister also enjoyed reading Peanuts comics and reading in general, which would carry over into their adult years. At some point before the age of 10, Charlotte began taking piano and organ lessons, and later in life would play piano and organ at the churches she at- tended. 24 19 Wikipedia, “Walker, Louisiana,” accessed February 20, 2022, https://en.wikipe- dia.org/wiki/Walker,_Louisiana. 20 Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 21 Graham, interview, April 3, 2022. 22 Sonja Graham (maternal aunt of author), interview with Rebecca Polk, February 19, 2022. 23 Wikipedia, “Houston, Texas,” accessed April 19, 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston. 24 Wikipedia, “Houston, Texas.” 19 In 1971, Charlotte’s family moved again, this time because of a job Joseph got through a friend at Western Union in Middletown, Vir- ginia. 25 They moved into an apartment in the nearby city of Winchester, which was roughly twenty miles north of Middletown. Winchester was a large town with a population of 14,643 people according to the 1970 census. 26 When Charlotte’s family moved to Winchester in 1971, it pro- vided numerous shopping and entertainment amenities including a bookstore, Sears, and two-story JCPenney on the downtown mall near their home, as well as restaurants, a movie theater, a craft store named McCormick’s, and a Montgomery Ward, which was a large department store that was in operation from 1876-2001. 27 The JCPenney and Sears would be relocated to the Apple Blossom mall following its construc- tion in 1982, providing additional shopping options to Charlotte and her family. 28 Additionally, the apartment Charlotte’s parents rented was relatively close to a 7-Eleven, and Charlotte and her sister would often walk to it for snacks. 29 The early 1970s brought significant racial tension to Winchester, including Handley High School where Charlotte attended, and several race riots occurred in the years following the Civil Rights movement. 30 Due to fears over the increased crime rate, Charlotte’s parents de- 25 Graham, interview, February 19, 2022. 26 Download 0.91 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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