Lucy Drake Graham
Land Holder
Notes:
• Lists Mrs. Lucy Drake Graham as a member of the Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society. - HHR
• "The integration situation entered the hospital picture in 1965. The group pushing for a private hospital, on Drake Avenue with concurrence of property owner, Lucy Drake Graham, were negroes. The Community Service Committee, Incorporated, including Reverend Ezekiel Bell, John L. Cashin, Howard Barley, and S. W. Hereford, III, lost their fight." - Record 2
• Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, February 4, 1981.
Robert M. Shipman, Huntsville, for appellant.
Walter A. Record, III, Huntsville, for appellee.
Judge, Bradley
"This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered against an applicant for a use variance to a zoning ordinance.
Lucy Drake Graham is the owner of several acres of land abutting Drake Avenue in Huntsville, Alabama. This property lies in a district which has been zoned as "Residence A-1." Only single family dwellings, churches, public facilities, and farms are allowed in such a district.
Mrs. Graham applied to the City of Huntsville for a permit to allow her to locate a house trailer on this property. The purpose was to house a watchman who would protect her and her property. She stated that threats had been made on her life. The request for the permit was denied and Mrs. Graham appealed to the Board of Zoning Adjustment of the City of Huntsville."
Rehearing Denied March 18, 1981 - Leagle
• Woman kills self in Huntsville
HUNTSVILLE (AP)
"The last surviving member of a pioneer Huntsville family, Mrs. Lucy Drake Graham, killed herself on Sunday as police drove up to her home, officers said.
Officers said Mrs. Graham, who was in her 70s, called police and said she was going to commit suicide. A spokesman said she shot herself in the mouth in her rose garden as officers arrived.
Mrs. Graham ran for mayor of Huntsville last year. Drake Avenue is named for one of her ancestors." - Tuscaloosa News
• Miss Drake Has Role In Play
"The Huntsville friends of Miss Lucy Evelyn Drake will be interested in the announcement that she has been cast in the role of Louella in the Chattanooga Little Theatre play, 'Alias the Deacon.'
The play will be produced early in February." - Abstract
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The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• HHR
• Record 2
| Born: | April 30, 1907 |
| Died: | May 1981, Huntsville, Alabama |
Notes:
• Lists Mrs. Lucy Drake Graham as a member of the Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society. - HHR
• "The integration situation entered the hospital picture in 1965. The group pushing for a private hospital, on Drake Avenue with concurrence of property owner, Lucy Drake Graham, were negroes. The Community Service Committee, Incorporated, including Reverend Ezekiel Bell, John L. Cashin, Howard Barley, and S. W. Hereford, III, lost their fight." - Record 2
• Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, February 4, 1981.
Robert M. Shipman, Huntsville, for appellant.
Walter A. Record, III, Huntsville, for appellee.
Judge, Bradley
"This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered against an applicant for a use variance to a zoning ordinance.
Lucy Drake Graham is the owner of several acres of land abutting Drake Avenue in Huntsville, Alabama. This property lies in a district which has been zoned as "Residence A-1." Only single family dwellings, churches, public facilities, and farms are allowed in such a district.
Mrs. Graham applied to the City of Huntsville for a permit to allow her to locate a house trailer on this property. The purpose was to house a watchman who would protect her and her property. She stated that threats had been made on her life. The request for the permit was denied and Mrs. Graham appealed to the Board of Zoning Adjustment of the City of Huntsville."
Rehearing Denied March 18, 1981 - Leagle
• Woman kills self in Huntsville
HUNTSVILLE (AP)
"The last surviving member of a pioneer Huntsville family, Mrs. Lucy Drake Graham, killed herself on Sunday as police drove up to her home, officers said.
Officers said Mrs. Graham, who was in her 70s, called police and said she was going to commit suicide. A spokesman said she shot herself in the mouth in her rose garden as officers arrived.
Mrs. Graham ran for mayor of Huntsville last year. Drake Avenue is named for one of her ancestors." - Tuscaloosa News
• Miss Drake Has Role In Play
"The Huntsville friends of Miss Lucy Evelyn Drake will be interested in the announcement that she has been cast in the role of Louella in the Chattanooga Little Theatre play, 'Alias the Deacon.'
The play will be produced early in February." - Abstract
Related Links:
• Abstract - The Huntsville Daily Times, January 26, 1930 contributed by klstacy home.
• HHR - The Huntsville Historical Review, Volume 5, April-July 1975, page 35.
• Leagle - Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, February 4, 1981, Rehearing Denied March 18, 1981.
• Record 2 - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 759.
• Tuscaloosa News - May 25, 1981 Article titled "Woman kills self in Huntsville".
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• HHR
• Record 2