My Nana loved her parents. It was hard for her to leave them in Louisiana and move to Alaska with my Grandad after World War 2. However, she and Grandad got some time off every year so they would drive (IMAGINE THAT) from Alaska to Louisiana. My mom went with them a few times.
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| Frances and Kate Irene |
Nana's mom was Frances Emma Walker. She was born on July 19, 1887, her father, Andrew, was 36 and her mother,
Caroline, was 31. She had five brothers and two sisters named Kate Irene and Olla. She was very close with her sisters and she loved to cook.
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| Frances at age 18. |
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| The Walker Sisters. Top Row: Kate Irene, Frances, Olla. 2nd Row, Carroe. Elsie and LD. |
Luther D Young was born on March 29, 1882, in Sugartown, Louisiana, his
father, Julian, was 32 and his mother, Catherine, was 31. He had 10 siblings. His Mom died when he was a young man and his father remarried. Luther left home not long after and didn't have much contact with them afterwards. Luther was a railroad man and moved his family all around Louisiana. They had three children, one son and two daughters. The son was named after her husband so everyone called him "LD." He was a rail man and a newspaper editor. Her two daughters were named Elsie and Esther. Esther is my Nana.
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| Luther |
Frances died on March 25, 1957, in Opelousas,
Louisiana, at the age of 69. My mom said that she had a type of diabetes. Luther remarried and passed away on January 2, 1972 at the age of 89 in
Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States. They are both buried in Opelousas, Louisiana where my Nana and Grandad are buried. Frances is one of the few times where the husband outlived the wife on my Mom's side.
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| Luther and Frances |
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| Esther at Graduation |
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| LD and Elsie |
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| LD as a baby |
Nana's mom was Frances Emma Walker. She was born on July 19, 1887, her father, Andrew, was 36 and her mother,
Caroline, was 31. She had five brothers and two sisters named Kate Irene and Olla. She was very close with her sisters and she loved to cook. 
Luther D Young was born on March 29, 1882, in Sugartown, Louisiana, his
father, Julian, was 32 and his mother, Catherine, was 31. He had 10 siblings. His Mom died when he was a young man and his father remarried. Luther left home not long after and didn't have much contact with them afterwards. Luther was a railroad man and moved his family all around Louisiana. They had three children, one son and two daughters. The son was named after her husband so everyone called him "LD." He was a rail man and a newspaper editor. Her two daughters were named Elsie and Esther. Esther is my Nana. 
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