Lula Dobbs McEachern

Lula Dobbs McEachern (May 16, 1874 April 24, 1949) was an American teacher and religious leader.

Biography Lula Cordelia Dobbs was born in Cherokee County on May16, 1874 to farmers Rason and Vesta (née DuPree) Dobbs. As a child, McEachern was a member of the McBeth Literary Society, and she attended Young Harris College.

McEachern was a teacher in the Oregon area of Cobb County in her early 20s. They lived in the West End and had three children: Elizabeth Florine (Jul.22, 1897), John Newton Jr. (Feb.20, 1899), and Lula Christine (Jan.30, 1901).

She was the president of the Atlanta Women's Club in 1916 and 1917. She served as the president of Ebenezer's missionary society and later was elected to the board of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church's Women's Missionary Society, where she established a summer camp for children. McEachern was the first woman to be vice-president of the International Council of Religious Education.

After John McEachern died on December6, 1928, the church decided to construct a new building in his honor the John N. McEachern Memorial Methodist Church, which was dedicated on June5, 1932.

McEachern also became the chairman of the board of the Life Insurance Company of Georgia, from second vice-president since 1924, after John McEachern's death. She served in the role until 1948 with a hiatus in 1933.

McEachern died on April24, 1949 aged 74. She established in her will the McEachern Trust Fund at McEachern Memorial, giving the church $4,000 per year.

In 2002, McEachern was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement.