Hood County Texas Genealogical Society
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Little Lula Mullins was born
into the home of Thomas P. and Nannie E. Mullins, November 5th, 1871, shortly
after they had moved to Granbury, Texas.
She was welcomed as the first girl in the family. On November 21, 1874 a second baby girl was
born, Nannie Elizabeth (Bessie) Mullins. Lula helped to care for little sister
Bessie, but when on July 12, 1878 a third baby girl was born, Lula, then about
six years of age, thought she was her special care. She fondly called her “her little Sweetie.”
One day as Lula and some of
the other children were playing under some big oaks trees, in a little wooded
section known today as City Park, at the edge of the present Highway 377, Lula
sat down on a large log. She and the
other children did not notice that the log had a smoldering fire on the back
side, caught from a camp fire left by
some campers. As she sat down her skirt
draped over the back side of the log where the fire was located and soon her
clothing was on fire. Screaming with
pain from the burning clothing she began to run, which soon fanned the clothes
into a blaze. When the other children
caught her she was so badly burned her flesh sloughed off as they touched
it. Lula died from the severe
burns. This happened on November 9,
1878, about four months after dear little “Sweetie” was born. As the baby had not yet been named, Tom and
Nannie Mullins would not consider any other name than that given her by
Lula. So they named her Sweetie
Mullins.
This sad accident took place
just to the west of the Mullins home at 1030 West Pearl Street where the
Mullins home is located.
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