Date Original
1892-2005
Description
This collection is comprised of photographic materials, scrapbooks, and documents pertaining to the Hefley, Kirk, Tanner, and Correthers families as well as a few other related families in Arkansas.
Biographical/Historical Note
Mary Lucille Rogers Hefley, who went by Lucille, was born in Little Rock on August 20, 1910 to William Sanford and Jennie Rogers. She was the senior class president of the first graduating class from Little Rock High School built in 1927, now the historic Little Rock Central High School. Lucille Rogers married Reverend John Belle Hefley in 1933. The union did not produce any children. Over the course of their marriage, the couple resided in various locations in central Arkansas, including Little Rock and Pine Bluff. John Hefley passed at the age of 66 on January 6, 1967. He is buried in Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum located in Alexander, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Lucille Rogers Hefley did not remarry after John’s death. She continued to reside in central Arkansas with her last residence in Little Rock. Mary Lucille Rogers Hefley passed on September 24, 2005 in Little Rock and was buried alongside her husband John. Many of the photographic materials in this collection were passed to Lucille Rogers Hefley from her cousin Kate Correthers Nelson, whose image is among the materials along with the Correthers family.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000804
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Lucille Rogers Hefley family papers, MS.000804
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Lucille Rogers Hefley family papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
