Gloria Robottom Cureau, pictured in 1939, was the principal of Hahnville Colored School and the daughter of Henry Robottom, whose family ran the first mortuary in St. Charles Parish. She was one of several people selected by J. B. Martin to assist in the development of a school system. She was a devout Catholic but attended schools in black Protestant churches until the school system provided buildings. In 1939 Gloria and her brother Harry Robottom headed Hahnville
Colored School.