Lillian Madeline Flowers was born Dec 10 1893 in Sherman, Grayson Co. TX and married James Dickson Carr Jul 9, 1918 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co. TX. Together they had three daughters. She was the oldest of six children - five girls and one boy. Her mother died when she was 16, so she helped with her younger siblings until she left home. She received a Teachers Permanent Certificate Jul 26, 1917, and taught the third grade for many years.
She belonged to the Church of Christ and was very devout; she sewed beautifully and made many quilts for relatives and friends. Because her husband, James Dickson Carr, was gone a great deal of the time, she had the responsibility of raising their three daughters. She was the dorm mother of a girl's dorm in Canyon so that her daughters could go to college. She died Oct 6 1967 of colon cancer.
She belonged to the Church of Christ and was very devout; she sewed beautifully and made many quilts for relatives and friends. Because her husband, James Dickson Carr, was gone a great deal of the time, she had the responsibility of raising their three daughters. She was the dorm mother of a girl's dorm in Canyon so that her daughters could go to college. She died Oct 6 1967 of colon cancer.
Lillian Madeline Flowers was born Dec 10 1893 in Sherman, Grayson Co. TX and married James Dickson Carr Jul 9, 1918 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co. TX. Together they had three daughters. She was the oldest of six children - five girls and one boy. Her mother died when she was 16, so she helped with her younger siblings until she left home. She received a Teachers Permanent Certificate Jul 26, 1917, and taught the third grade for many years.
She belonged to the Church of Christ and was very devout; she sewed beautifully and made many quilts for relatives and friends. Because her husband, James Dickson Carr, was gone a great deal of the time, she had the responsibility of raising their three daughters. She was the dorm mother of a girl's dorm in Canyon so that her daughters could go to college. She died Oct 6 1967 of colon cancer.
She belonged to the Church of Christ and was very devout; she sewed beautifully and made many quilts for relatives and friends. Because her husband, James Dickson Carr, was gone a great deal of the time, she had the responsibility of raising their three daughters. She was the dorm mother of a girl's dorm in Canyon so that her daughters could go to college. She died Oct 6 1967 of colon cancer.
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