Lucille Kirtley Laney

LUCILLE KIRTLEY LANEY
Wife of Benjamin Travis Laney, 33rd Governor (1945-1949)

Born: March 10, 1906
Died:
Children: three sons
Original Home: Lewisville, Arkansas

Lucille Kirtley Laney attended the Arkansas State Teachers College at Conway, where she met Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr., who was a student at Hendrix College in the same town. The Laneys lived in Conway after their marriage, but as time passed they made their home in many towns around the state.

Family and community activities were very important to Mrs. Laney. She belonged to music clubs and the the Parent-Teacher Association, and was active with the Boy Scouts and the Red Cross. As First Lady of Arkansas, she attended many official functions.