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|name=Myrtle Sue Lyles Eakin
|name=Myrtle Sue Lyles Eakin
(Louisiana historian, professor, journalist;
(Louisiana historian, professor, journalist;
compiled ''Twelve Years a Slave'')
compiled<br> ''Twelve Years a Slave'')
| birth_date=December 7, 1918
| birth_date=December 7, 1918
| birth_place=Rapides Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Rapides Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date =September 17, 2009 (aged 90)
| death_date=September 17, 2009 (aged 90)
| death_place=Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish,
| death_place=Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish,
| spouse=Paul Mechlin Eakin, Sr. (married 1941-1995, his death)<br>
| spouse=Paul Mechlin Eakin, Sr. (married 1941-1995, his death)<br>
Eakin also worked as an archivist for the Louisiana State Archives and Records Service in Baton Rouge. With her sister, Manie L. Culbertson, Eakin published ''Louisiana: The Land and Its People,'' (1986), a textbook used in junior high classes of Louisiana history.<ref name=clamar/> Another of her works is ''Avoyelles Parish: Crossroads of Louisiana''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/sue-eakin|title=Sue Eakin: Barnes & Noble|publisher=Barnesandnoble.com|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}</ref> As an educator and a researcher, Eakin was responsible for conducting, or sending students into the field to conduct more than four hundred oral history interviews documenting various aspects of Louisiana history, culture and folklife. These recorded audio interivcews are now archived at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the [[University of Kentucky]] in Lexington,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org./collections/sue-eakin-louisiana-oral-history-collection|title=Sue Eakin Louisiana Oral History Collection|publisher=Kentuckyoralhistory.org|accessdate=October 26, 2009; material may be unavailable}}</ref> named for Louie Broady Nunn (1924-2004), the Kentucky [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] from 1967 to 1971.
Eakin also worked as an archivist for the Louisiana State Archives and Records Service in Baton Rouge. With her sister, Manie L. Culbertson, Eakin published ''Louisiana: The Land and Its People,'' (1986), a textbook used in junior high classes of Louisiana history.<ref name=clamar/> Another of her works is ''Avoyelles Parish: Crossroads of Louisiana''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/sue-eakin|title=Sue Eakin: Barnes & Noble|publisher=Barnesandnoble.com|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}</ref> As an educator and a researcher, Eakin was responsible for conducting, or sending students into the field to conduct more than four hundred oral history interviews documenting various aspects of Louisiana history, culture and folklife. These recorded audio interivcews are now archived at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the [[University of Kentucky]] in Lexington,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org./collections/sue-eakin-louisiana-oral-history-collection|title=Sue Eakin Louisiana Oral History Collection|publisher=Kentuckyoralhistory.org|accessdate=October 26, 2009; material may be unavailable}}</ref> named for Louie Broady Nunn (1924-2004), the Kentucky [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] from 1967 to 1971.
==Legacy and honors==
==Legacy and honors==
Eakin received numerous research grants, awards, and honors for her work, including the following:
Eakin received numerous research grants, awards, and honors for her work, including the following: