Carrie is my aunt, my mother's oldest sister. She was married to Coleman L. Folks for over 60 years when he passed over in 1973. My Aunt Carrie never had any children and was very close to her neices and nephews who she cared a lot about.
She worked at J.L.Hudson's in downtown Detroit, Michigan for over 50 years before they made her retire in 1982. She was one of the first African Americans who was hired by the J.L. Hudson company and she never missed a day or was ever late when she worked there. I believed that two or three years later after she retired they close that downtown store.
The Detroit Historical Museum in downtown Detroit has a display featured there for J.L. Hundson's Department Store and my Aunt Carrie was the only employee featured in the J.L. Hudson display.
Carrie is my aunt, my mother's oldest sister. She was married to Coleman L. Folks for over 60 years when he passed over in 1973. My Aunt Carrie never had any children and was very close to her neices and nephews who she cared a lot about.
She worked at J.L.Hudson's in downtown Detroit, Michigan for over 50 years before they made her retire in 1982. She was one of the first African Americans who was hired by the J.L. Hudson company and she never missed a day or was ever late when she worked there. I believed that two or three years later after she retired they close that downtown store.
The Detroit Historical Museum in downtown Detroit has a display featured there for J.L. Hundson's Department Store and my Aunt Carrie was the only employee featured in the J.L. Hudson display.
Family Members
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James Roy Smith
1905–1997
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Magnolia Ila Smith Paige
1908–1995
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Anna Laura Smith
1909–1911
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Marshall Lonnie Smith
1911–2000
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Francis Charles Smith
1912–1956
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John Wesley Smith
1914–1976
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Susie Mae Smith
1917–1979
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Robert Lee Smith
1920–1920
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Gladys Hodgson Smith Knighton
1923–1979
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Elizabeth Ruth Smith Floyd
1925–2001
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Virgil Edward Smith
1929–2009