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Life Timeline (1917-1929)

1917		Born Lula Carson Smith on February 19, in Columbus, Georgia, first child of Lamar and Marguerite Waters Smith.
1919		Brother Lamar Smith, Jr., born May 13.
1921		Begins kindergarten in September at Sixteenth Street School, Columbus, Georgia
1922		Sister Margarita Smith, born August 2.
1923		Enters first grade in February. Maternal grandmother and namesake, Lula Caroline Carson Waters, with whom the Smith family lives, dies on November 21.
1925		Lamar Smith, Sr. buys Whippet Coupe in summer and moves family to rented house at 2417 Wynnton Rd., Columbus, Georgia. Lula Carson transfers to third grade at Wynnton School in September. Joins First Baptist Church of Columbus on November 21.
1926		Begins piano lessons with Mrs. Kendrick Kierce.Smith family buys house at 1519 Starke Avenue in January. Baptized at First Baptist Church of Columbus on May 30.

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