Adria Locke Langley
Locke was born in Iowa, 1899, as the youngest of three children. When she was young her family moved to Stanton, Nebraska and that is where she grew up. Her father William Locke, was president of the Omaha livestock market and a Quaker. He had certain ideas of what a woman should be. Because of this Adria's grandfather, Thomas Glendenning, took over in teaching her what would later be a great social consciousness.
Donald Locke
Locke was an outgoing person, with a generous character.
He enjoyed entertaining people at dinners where he did all the cooking.
He loved to talk about art, and was an interesting and engaging speaker.
He has been called "a larger-than-life personality and a wonderful storyteller, as influential in his conversation as he was with his art."
Donald Locke died at home in Atlanta on 6 December 2010.
He was survived by three children from his marriage with the artist Leila Locke: Corinne, Jonathan and Hew.
Hew Locke, born in Edinburgh, is also a well-known artist.