Lula Cleveland Lee, daughter Of Joseph David Lawson and Ruth Louise (Florida) Lee was born in Tennessee along with her other two sisters and three brothers. The family moved to Texas by train when she was about seven. The family finally settled in Lampasas County near Copperas Cove, Texas. She met John Erwin Newton when he came to work for her father and although she was only sixteen they married on November 11, 1900. They continued to live in Texas until they moved to New Mexico in 1912. All of Lula's family remained in Texas and she was the only family member not close at a time when there were not telephones, trains, or cars in the area. Lula and Erwin helped each other. Erwin helped her fix breakfast each morning for their large family and she, in turn, helped in the fields or outside when needed. They were a family who had books mailed into the family so they could read and they all gathered around the organ, playing their different instruments or singing with the use of shaped notes. After the children left home and they moved into Springer, Lula was involved in several groups, visiting friends in the hospital, and always taking care of her beautiful flower garden. She remained well aware of her surroundings and the world news until she passed away in her 100th year.
Lula Cleveland Lee, daughter Of Joseph David Lawson and Ruth Louise (Florida) Lee was born in Tennessee along with her other two sisters and three brothers. The family moved to Texas by train when she was about seven. The family finally settled in Lampasas County near Copperas Cove, Texas. She met John Erwin Newton when he came to work for her father and although she was only sixteen they married on November 11, 1900. They continued to live in Texas until they moved to New Mexico in 1912. All of Lula's family remained in Texas and she was the only family member not close at a time when there were not telephones, trains, or cars in the area. Lula and Erwin helped each other. Erwin helped her fix breakfast each morning for their large family and she, in turn, helped in the fields or outside when needed. They were a family who had books mailed into the family so they could read and they all gathered around the organ, playing their different instruments or singing with the use of shaped notes. After the children left home and they moved into Springer, Lula was involved in several groups, visiting friends in the hospital, and always taking care of her beautiful flower garden. She remained well aware of her surroundings and the world news until she passed away in her 100th year.
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