Manufactured by
Troy Sunshade Company, American, founded 1887
Used by
Michael W. Hawkes Funeral Home, American
Subject of
Lomax, Louise Virginia, American, 1920 - 2011
Date
2011
Medium
cotton (textile) and thread with plastic and metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 12 3/16 × 23 13/16 × 4 in. (31 × 60.5 × 10.2 cm)
Caption
Louise Lomax was born in January 1920 in Nottoway, Virginia, to James and Annie Shepperson Lomax. She graduated from the Saint Philip Hospital School of Nursing in September 1942 and joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in 1943 as a 2nd Lieutenant. During World War II, Lt. Lomax was stationed at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, home of the Tuskegee Airmen, where she was eventually promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
After the war, Lt. Lomax went on to serve at Lockbourne Army Air Base in Ohio; at Provident Hospital in Baltimore; at VA hospitals in Downey, Illinois, and Perry Point, Maryland; and finally at the Army’s Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan. Lt. Lomax retired from active duty in March 1949 and transferred to the Reserve Corps. She served in the reserves for four years before she was honorably discharged from the ANC in April 1953.
Lomax married John Winters, a Methodist minister, in November 1954. They had one daughter, Pia Winters Jordan. As a civilian, Lomax worked as a psychiatric nurse at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., before retiring in June 1973. She passed away in April 2011 and was buried at Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Crewe, Virginia.
Description
Ceremonial United States flag used in the burial of Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps.
The flag is folded into a triangle with the stars of the flag on top. The flag is inside a zippered, plastic bag. One side of the bag is clear, and the flag is visible. The other side of the bag is blue and has the Michael W. Hawkes Funeral Home logo and contact information printed in yellow in a repeating horizontal pattern.
Place used
Amelia, Amelia County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Textiles and Quilts
Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
Type
flags
Topic
Funeral customs and rites
Medicine
Military
Nursing
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pia Marie Winters Jordan in memory of her mother, First Lieutenant Louise Virginia Lomax Winters, Army Nurse Corps; and her uncle, Sgt. Henry James Lomax, U.S. Army
Object number
2022.42.8
Restrictions & Rights
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53f93bff1-d529-4701-94ea-cb934126d8c3

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