Background
Eakin, Myrtle Sue Lyles was born on December 7, 1918 in Loyd Bridge, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Samuel Pickels and Mary Myrtle (Guy) Lyles.
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Eakin, Myrtle Sue Lyles was born on December 7, 1918 in Loyd Bridge, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Samuel Pickels and Mary Myrtle (Guy) Lyles.
Bachelor of Arts in Rural Sociology/English, Louisiana State University, 1940. Master of Arts in History, Louisiana State University, 1964. Master of Arts in Journalism, Louisiana State University, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Southwestern Louisiana, 1980.
Freelance writer, Louisiana newspapers, 1944-1950;
feature writer, rural editor, Opelousas (Louisiana) Daily World, 1950's;
feature writer, rural editor, Alexandria (Louisiana) Daily Town Talk, 1955-1956;
columnist, Alexandria (Louisiana) Daily Town Talk, 1975-1977;
editor, writer, C. Morgan Public Rels., Alexandria, 1956;
owner, editor, Bunkie (Louisiana) Record, 1956-1958;
professor of history/sociology, Louisiana State University, Alexandria, 1964-1987;
free lance magazine writer, book editor, magazine editor, columnist, Bunkie, since 1960. President Belmont Townsend Junior Memorial Foundation, Inc., Preservation Edwin Epps House, Bunkie, Louisiana, since 1976. Board member Arna Bontemps House, Alexandria, since 1983, Louisiana History Association, Lafayette, 1980-1983, Smith's Landing, Lecompte, Louisiana, since 1993.
Director, founder World Plantation Confs., Baton Rouge, since 1984.
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President Community Civic, Bunkie, 1945-1947. Board member Le Commission des Avoyelles, Marksville, Louisiana, 1970-1990, Avoyelles Arts & Humanities, Marksville, 1985, Le Theatre des Avoyelles, Bunkie, 1982-1985.
Married Paul Mechlin Eakin, Senior, January 31, 1941. Children: Paul Mechlin Junior, Russell Lyles, Sara Eakin Kuhn, Samuel Fred, Frank William.