Oral history with Ms. Margaret Lumpkin Martin

              Oral history with Ms. Margaret Lumpkin Martin
F341.5 . M57 vol. 746, pt. 1
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Biography
Ms. Margaret Lumpkin Martin was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on February 16, 1910. In 1928 she was graduated from Tupelo High School and began a forty- six year career at Citizens State Bank in Tupelo. In 1932, Ms. Martin was working at the bank when Machine Gun Kelly and his gang of outlaws robbed Citizens State Bank in Tupelo. Later, Ms. Martin was working in the bank when President Roosevelt declared a banking holiday, and banks closed for a week.
Ms. Martin is a member of the Pilot Club and the Mississippi Group National Association Bankers Women, Inc.
Table of Contents
I. Banking awards
II. Machine Gun Kelly
III. President Roosevelt's bank holiday
Transcript
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program at The University of Southern Mississippi. The interview is with Ms. Margaret Lumpkin Martin and is being conducted on November 11, 1999. The interviewer is Kathryn Stephens.
( A portion of the interview relating to adjusting the microphone has been omitted from this transcript.)
Margaret Martin: My name is Margaret Martin, and I live in Tupelo, Mississippi. mus- coh. martinm. doc Page 1 of 14