Lola Saunders

Falls Church native and long-time K–3rd grade teacher at the Falls Church Colored School on Annadale Road.

During this period of segregated schools, Black students had to leave the city after 7th grade.

Eighth-grade teachers noted that students who completed the Falls Church Colored School were better prepared due to the quality of education they received at the school.

Served with the Urbanites and the House of Ruth, a self-help group that provided social and financial support for the African American community and helped them to get life insurance, disability, or sick leave benefits that were unavailable to them anywhere else.

Served as a deaconess at the Second Baptist Church.