Biography:

University professor. Born– August 17, 1939, Greenville. Parents– Ealon Roy and Wynette (Wilson) Pickens. Married– Patricia Henderson, August 20, 1957.  Children–two.  Education– Troy State University, 1957-1959; Auburn University, B.A., 1961; M.S., 1962; University of Mississippi, Ph.D., 1965; U.S. Public Health Service postgraduate fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1965-1966. Taught at the University of Minnesota, 1973-1985; National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1985-  .. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Behavioral Pharmacology Society, and the American Psychological Association. Awarded a PHS Special Recognition Award, 1989, and a Presidential Meritorious Award, 1992.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Children of Alcoholics. Center City, Minn.; Hazeldon, 1984.

Joint_Publication(s):

Alcoholic Family Disorders. Center City, Minn.; Hazeldon, 1985.

Depression and Alcoholism. Center City, Minn.; Hazeldon, 1980.

Vulnerability to Drug Abuse. Washington, D.C.; American Psychological Assoc., 1992

Joint_Editor:

Psychiatric Factors in Drug Abuse. New York; Grune, 1979.

Readings in Behavioral Pharmacology. New York; Appleton, 1970.

Stimulus Properties of Drugs. New York; Appleton, 1971.

Biography:

Sports publicist and promoter; legendary Alabama football fan. Born– Sumter County, 1876. Education– University of Alabama. Christened the University’s band, “The Million Dollar Band”. Founded the Blue-Gray Game held annually in Montgomery; donated and named the Pickens Trophy awarded to SEC football champions.

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service files,

Publication(s):

A Rebel in Sports. New York; A. E. Barnes, 1956.

Biography;

Planter, historian.  Born– Anson City, N.C., August 13, 1810. (Moved to Alabama at the age of eight).  Parents–William Raiford and Frances Dickson Pickett.  Married– Sarah Smith Harris.  Children– nine.  Education– attended Stafford County Academy in Virginia and Harvard College;  read law with his brother William Dickson Pickett but never practiced.  Operated a plantation in Autauga County; wrote on historical and agricultural subjects for newspapers and journals; did extensive research for his history of Alabama and for a history of the Southwest which he was writing at the time of his death.  Military aide to Governor Clement C. Clay. Died October 28, 1858.

Source;

Alabama Pioneers website; NCpedia.

Publications;

History of Alabama and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the Earliest Period.  Charleston, S.C., 1851. (with various reprints).

Letters from Pensacola, Descriptive and Historical.  University of West Florida Library Publication, 1985.

Papers;

Papers of Albert James Pickett are held by the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery.

Biography:

University professor, businessman. Born– January 16, 1929, Ennis, Tex. Parents– Oren M. and Bessie Mae (Beard) Pickle. Married– Anna Lucile Towpal, June 27, 1953. Children– Four. Education– North Texas State University, B.A., 1959; M.B.A., 1960; University of Arkansas, Ph.D., 1964. Taught at Southwest Texas State University, 1962-1969; Auburn University, 1969-1973; St. Edward’s University, 1975-. President of Auburn Business Consultants, Inc., 1972; president, Hal B. Pickle Research and Consulting Firm, Austin, Tex., 1973-1975. Received the Outstanding Educator of America Award, 1971 and 1972.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol, 6NR.

Publication(s):

Personality and Success; an Evaluation of Personal Characteristics of Successful Small Business Managers. Washington, D.C.; Small Business Administration, 1964.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Economic Benefits of Abating Water Pollution in the Steel, Textile, and Paper Industries in Alabama. Auburn, Ala.; Water Resources Research Institute, Auburn University, 1973.

The Impact of Water Pollution Abatement on Competition and Pricing in the Alabama Steel Industry. Auburn, Ala.; Water Resources Research Institute, Auburn University, 1973.

Alabama Textile Industry. Auburn, Ala.; Water Resources Research Institute, Auburn University, 1973.

Introduction to Business. Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Goodyear Pub. Co. 1974.

Introduction to Business; Instructor’s Manual. Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Goodyear Pub. Co., 1974.

Introduction to Business; Readings. Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Goodyear Pub. Co., 1972.

Introduction to Business; Study Guide. Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Goodyear Pub. Co., 1974.

Introduction to Business; Text and Cases. Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Goodyear Pub. Co., 1972.

Small Business Management. New York; Wiley, 1976.

Biography:

Writer, university professor, administrator. Born– November 30, 1890, Brundidge. Parents– William Whatley and Minto (Anglin) Pierson. Married– Henrietta Elizabeth Brase, 1916. Married– Mary Bynum Holmes. Education– Troy State Normal School, Ph.B., 1908; University of Alabama, A.B., 1910; A.M., 1911; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1916; Boston University, honorary Litt.D., 1948; Washington and Lee University and Women’s College of the University of North Carolina, honorary LL.D.’s, 1949 and 1963. Traveled and studied in Spain, Portugal, and thirteen Latin American countries. Taught at the University of North Carolina, serving as head of the Department of Political Science, 1935-1942, dean of the Graduate School 1930-1956, and Chancellor of Women’s College of U.N.C., 1956-1957 and 1960-1961. Member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Source:

Who Was Whom Among North American Authors and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1951.

Publication(s):

Hispanic American History, 1826-1920. New York; The Institute of International Studies, 1921.

Studies in Hispanic American History. Chapel Hill, N.C.; University of North Carolina Press, 1927.

A Study of South America. Chapel Hill, N.C.; University of North Carolina Press, 1929.

A Syllabus of Latin American History. Chapel Hill, N.C.; University of North Carolina, 1916.

Texas Versus White; a Study in Legal History. Durham, N.C.; Seeman Press, 1916.

Joint_Publication(s):

American Ideals. Boston; Houghton, 1917.

Governments of Latin America. New York; McGraw Hill, 1957.

Editor:

Hispanic American History; a Syllabus. Chapel Hill, N.C.; University of North Carolina, 1926.

Whipt’em Everytime; the Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone. Jackson, Tenn.; McCowat-Mercer Press, 1960.

Biography;

Chemist; college professor and administrator.  Born– March 5, 1910, Chicago, Illinois.  Parents– James Ward and Olga (Chapple) Pigman.  Married (1)–Alice Elizabeth Wolfe, June 6, 1933.  Children–three.  Married (2)– Gladys Lorraine Hargreaves, October 26, 1973.  Education–  B.S., 1932;  M.S., 1933, George Washington University; Ph. D. (chemistry), University of Maryland, 1936. Lalor Fellow at the University of Leipzig, 1938-41.  Chemist, National Bureau of Standards, 1930-44; Corn Products Refining Company, 1944-46; Institute of Paper Chemistry, 1946-49. Associate professor of biochemistry at the University of Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, 1949-60; Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry, New York University Medical School, 1960-77.  Published articles in many research journals; editor of Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, 1945-49. Member of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (Fellow and councilor) and other professional organizations.  Awarded the C.S. Hudson Award of the American Chemical Society, 1959; Medal of the French Biochemical Society, 1962; the University of Milan Medal, 1964. Named Distinguished Professor by the New York Medical College. Died October 26, 1973.

Sources;

Marquis Who’s Who online; Obituary, New York Times, October 1, 1977.

Joint Publications;

Carbohydrates, chemistry, biochemistry, physiology.  New York:  Academic Press, 1957.

Chemistry of the Carbohydrates.  New York; Academic Press, 1948.

Evaluation of Agents used in the Prevention of Oral Disease.  New York Academy of Science, 1968.

Mucous secretions.  New York Academy of Science, 1963.

Joint editor;

The Carbohydrates:  Chemistry, and Biochemistry.  New York; Academic Press, 1970.

The Glycoconjugates. Vol. 1-2. New York: Academic Press, 1977-78.

Biography:

Civic and community leader.  Born– June 17, 1893, Tallapoosa County. Parents– Henry Harrison and Eliza (Phillips) Milner. Married– Ether J. Pike, 1911. Children– Five. Army Mothers Club, charter member and state chaplain;  Women’s Chamber of Commerce, board member; organized several civic and church organizations.  Named Alabama Woman of the Year, 1959, by United Press International Radio and Television; twice nominated for Birmingham Woman of the Year. Received a Certificate of Honor from the USA for her work during World War II.  Served on the WPA advisory board and chairman of Books for Soldiers in the South Pacific. Died March 2, 1990.

Source:

Alabama’s Distinguished, 1973-1974.  Biographical note in Memories through the Years.

Publication(s):

Memories Through the Years. Birmingham, Ala.; Author, ca. 1981.

Biography:

Writer, clergyman. Born– December 4, 1896, Marksville, La. Parents– Felix Mendelssohn and Winifred Pearl (Joffrion) Pilcher. Married–Miriam Fournier, 1920; children–four. Married– Sara Macdue Nettles, March 1, 1930. Children– Two. Education– Tulane University, 1921-1923; University of California at Berkeley, 1932-1933; Pacific Unitarian School, B.D., 1934. Employed as a newspaper writer, construction engineer, social worker, government worker, and clergyman. Served in World War I. Received the Medaille de Verdun (France) and the Military Cross of Honor. Cited by General Spaatz for World War II work. Member Louisiana Historical Society and Alabama Writers conclave. Died September 13, 1979.

Source:

Library of Alabama Lives; Joan Higgins Fauvre (granddaughter).

Publication(s):

Above the Bugle Notes. Montgomery, Ala.; s.n., 1956.

Man in Search of God. Brewton, Ala.; Brewton Standard, 1936.

Parish Visitor Poems. New York; The Parish Visitor, 1945.

Regimental History of the 65th Regiment, C.A.C., 32nd Brigate, First Army Corps, 1917-1919. Portland, Or.; s.n., 1923.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Joseph Mitchell Pilcher is held by the Special Collections Department of the library at Tulane University.

War and Peace. Montgomery. Ala.; Paragon Press, 1945.

Wings of the Spirit. Montgomery, Ala.; Author, 1942.

Biography:

Political scientist; University professor. Born– Morgantown, W. Va. Parents– Joseph C. and Emma Thompson Pilegge. Married– Betty Clifton, June 6, 1959. Education– West Virginia University, B.S., 1955; Marshall University, M.A., 1961; University of Maryland, Ph.D., 1966. Served in the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War; discharged with rank of captain.Taught at the University of Alabama, 1966-1992.  Awarded the rank of professor emeritus on his retirement.  Died October 4, 2013.

Source:

Joseph C. Pilegge, Jr., Tuscaloosa, Ala.; obituary, Tuscaloosa News, October 6, 2013.

Publication(s):

Alabama Municipalities. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Alabama League of Municipalities, 1972.

Taxing and Spending; Alabama’s Budget in Transition. Tuscaloosa, Ala; University of Alabama Press, 1978.

Biography:

Cartoonist. Born– December 1, 1885, Freeport, Pa. Parents– Ira Lester and Mary Ella Dougherty Pim. Married– Lenna Hales. Education– graduated from Cabot Institute; studied photo-engraving, Bissell College; John Huntington Polytechnic Institute. Employed as cartoonist for Birmingham News, established the W. Paul Pims Advertising Art Studio. Taught commercial art at Birmingham-Southern College, 1922-1931. Drew the syndicated features, Baby Mine and Telling Tommy. Died July 26, 1950.

Source:

Clipping file at Birmingham Public Library.

Publication(s):

Telling Tommy About Days We Celebrate. New York; Cupples and Leon, 1941.

Telling Tommy About Famous Inventors. New York; Cupples and Leon, 1942.

Telling Tommy About Famous People in Their Youth. New York; Cupples and Leon, 1940.

Telling Tommy About Mother Nature; Curious Children. New York; Cupples amd Leon, 1939

Telling Tommy About Our Good Neighbors. New York; Cupples and Leon, 1943

Telling Tommy About Pilgrims Progress. New York; Cupples and Leon, 1957.

Telling Tommy About Things We Use. New York; Cupples and Leon, 1946.

Biography;

Physician; professor of medicine.  Born April 12, 1927, Orlando, Florida.  Married–Constance Ming-Chung Shen.  Children–two. Education–B.S., Davidson College; M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1952. Came to UAB as  resident in 1956;  Chief Resident, 1957-58; joined the UAB faculty in 1959; Dean of the School of Medicine, UAB, 1973-1992.  Member of many professional organizations and boards.  Published articles in professional journals. Named a distinguished professor at UAB, and a distinguished alumnus by the Alabama Medical Alumni Association. Awarded an honorary Doctor of Science by Davidson College in 1980 and by UAB in 1982. Elected to Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame and Alabama Academy of Honor.  The Pittman Scholars program, supporting the research efforts of junior faculty, was created in his honor. Died January 12, 2014.

Source;

Bhamwiki; Alabama Academy of Honor website

Publications;

Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Diseases.  F. A. Davis, 1964.

Tinsley Harrison, M.D., Teacher of Medicine.  New South Books, 2013.

Biography:

Librarian. Born– June 16, 1939, Parents– Lee Wesley and Emma Frances (Robson) Blitch. Married– William Brannan Bailey, 1963; William Grosvenor Pollard, III, 1977. Children– One. Education– Emory University, B.A., 1961; M.L.S., 1970; post-graduate study, University of North Carolina, 1961-1963. Employed by the University of Georgia Libraries, 1965-1967; Emory University, 1967-1970; University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1970-. Member of the Music, Alabama and the Southeastern Library Associations.  Died February 18, 2006.

Source:

Elizabeth Pollard, Huntsville.

Publication(s):

Visual Arts Research; a Handbook. Westport, Conn.; Greenwood Press, 1986.

Biography:

Genealogist. Born– September 18, 1942, Cullman County. Parents– Odis Freeman and Ima Irene (Marlow) Little. Married– William R. Ponder, October 14, 1960. Children– Three. Education– Wallace Community College in Hanceville. Employed by Cullman Lingerie, 1965-1966; Porter Mills, 1966-1967; Cullman County Public Library, 1974-1976; Gregath Publishing Company.

Source:

Odalene Ponder, Falkville, Ala.

Publication(s):

The Marlow Family. Cullman, Ala.; The Gregath Pub. Co., 1985.

The Ponders of Europe and America. Cullman, Ala.; The Gregath Pub. Co., 1982.

Compiler:

1818-1823 Lawrence County, Alabama Early Marriages. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath Pub. Co., 1983.

1825-1854 Lawrence County, Alabama Early Marriages. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath Pub. Co., 1983.

1820 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath Pub. Co.

1830 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath Pub. Co.

1840 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath Pub. Co.

1850 Census, Lawrence County, Alabama. Cullman, Ala.; Gregath Pub. Co.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– August 26, 1934, Fruithurst. Parents– Chester P. and Margaret (Branham) Voss. Married– Robert Russell Pope, Jr., December 21, 1957. Children– Three. Education– Jacksonville State University, B.A., 1955; M.S., 1972; University of Grenoble, 1956. Taught school in Heflin. Member and active in the Wesleyan Guild, Mothers March of Dimes, P.T.A., Cleburne County Arts and Crafts League, and Delta Kappa Gamma. Selected as Cleburne County Woman of the Year, 1966; Outstanding Young Woman of Heflin, 1971.

Source:

Who’s Who of American Women, 1977.

Publication(s):

Fruithurst; Alabama’s Vineyard Village. Albertville, Ala.; Thompson Printing Co., 1971.

Biography:

University professor. Born– December 29, 1944, Tallahassee, Fla. Parents– Douglas and Jean (Lance) Porch. Grew up in Anniston. Married– Francoise Lamoureux, July 27, 1978. Children– One. Education– University of the South, B.A., 1967; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Ph.D., 1971; Ecole Normale Superieure, 1971-1972. Served in the U.S. Army Reserve, 1967-1974. Taught at University College of Wales in Aberystwyth; the Citadel in South Carolina, Mark Clark Professor of History.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 107, and the jacket to the Conquest of the Sahara.

Publication(s):

Army and Revolution; France, 1815-1848. London; Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.

The Conquest of Morocco. New York; Knopf, 1983.

The Conquest of the Sahara. New York; Knopf, 1984.

The French Foreign Legion; a Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force. New York; Harper/Collins, 1991.

The March to the Marne; the French Army, 1871-1914. New York; Cambridge University Press, 1981.

The Portuguese Armed Forces and the Revolution. Stanford, Calif.; Hoover Institution Press, 1977.

Biography:

College professor, Baptist minister. Born– October 9, 1919, North Alabama. Married– Lee Lewis. Children– Two. Education– Degrees from Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Southern Seminary, and the University of Alabama. Taught at Judson College. Served churches in Coffeeville, Gordo, Selma, Bessemer, and Tuscaloosa.

Source:

Library at Judson College.

Publication(s):

The History of the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; s.n., 1968.

Biography:

Historian; college professor. Born– October 22, 1900, Smyrna, Tenn. Parents– Wilson Yandell and Myrtle (Omohundro) Posey. Married– Margaret Grisham, September 1, 1926. Children– One. Education– University of Chicago, Ph.B., 1923; M.A., 1930; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1933. Taught at Cumberland University, 1923-1925; Birmingham-Southern College, 1925-1943; head of History Department at BSC, 1932-1943; head of History Department, Agnes Scott College, 1943-1970. Exchange professor at the University of Hawaii, and Shrivenham American University in England. Organized the Organization of American Historians; member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Southern Historical Association, and American Historical Association.. Awarded the honorary L.H. D. by Birmingham-Southern, 1955. Died October 22, 1990.

Source:

Contemporary authors online

Publication(s):

The Baptist Church in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1776-1845. Lexington, Ky.; University of Kentucky Press, 1957.

The Development of Methodism in the Old Southwest, 1783-1824. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Weatherford Printing Co., 1933.

Frontier Mission; a History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861. Lexington, Ky.; University of Kentucky Press, 1966.

LaGrange, Alabama’s Earliest College. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Southern College, 1933.

The Presbyterian Church in the Old Southwest, 1778-1838. Richmond, Va.; John Knox Press, 1952.

Religious Strife on the Southern Frontier. Baton Rouge, La.; Louisiana State University Press, 1965.

Editor:

Alabama in the 1830s as Recorded by British Travellers. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Southern College, 1938.

Biography:

Textile executive, writer. Born– August 13, 1916, Goldville. Parents– George W. and Cora B. (McDaniel) Powell. Married– Minnie Lee Harris. Children– One. Education– Universal School in Dallas and National Institute in St. Louis. Employed by Russell Mills, Inc., Alexander City. Awarded a Gold Plaque for best poet in Alabama, 1966. Founded the Thurston Powell Poetry Award. Member of the Elks, Alexander City Historical Association, and the National Writers Club. Died May 30, 2000.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. II.

Publication(s):

The Wailing Wind. Dexter, Mo.; Candor Press, 1958.

Biography:

Insurance representative; political candidate.  Born– October 3, 1921, Louisville. Parents– John Patterson and Rosa (Pickett) Price. Married– Delores Bigham, June 3, 1960. Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama School of Law. Employed as representative for United American Insurance Company. Served in the U.S. Army, 1942-1946, receiving the Purple Heart, four campaign stars and presidential unit citation. Ran unsuccessfully for political  office several times; Candidate for Alabama governor, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978. . Member of the V.F.W., American Legion, and the President’s Club of the United American Insurance Company of Dallas. Known for his colorful dress and behavior and his support for University of Alabama football.  Died November 1, 1980.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. III.

Publication(s):

Alabama Politics; Tell It Like It Is. New York; Vantage Press, 1973.

Biography;

Teacher; writer.  Born: Ittabena Plantation, Perry County, July 10, 1850.  Parents; Richard and Elizabeth Bates  Carson Clarke.  Married– John Parnell, 1880 (used a variant spelling of the name as a pseudonym).  Education; Hamner Hall (girls’ school in Montgomery); Ann Randall Diehl’s College of Education and Delsarte Academy, both in New York. Worked as a governess and tutor throughout her life;  Taught elocution at Greensboro Female Academy; presented public readings from her works; travelled with the English actress Mary Scott Siddons to give readings.  Died August 21, 1907.

Sources;

Hoole, William Stanley, and Hoole, Addie Shirley.  Louise Clarke Pyrnelle: A Biography.  University, Alabama:  Confederate Publishing Co., 1982.

wikipedia

Publications;

Aunt Flora’s Courtship and Marriage, 1906.

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot, 1882.

Miss L’il Tweety, 1917.

Biography:

Librarian. Born– Anniston. Parents– Amory Havilan and Eldridge Quinn. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1968; Florida State University, M.S.L.S., 1972. Employed by the public library in Starkville, Miss.; librarian at Talladega Public Library, 1986.

Source:

Lucinda Quinn, Talladega, Ala..

Joint_Publication(s):

Easy Plays for Preschoolers to Third Grades. Brandon, Miss.; Quail Ridge Press, 1985.

Biography;

Clergyman.  Born September 14, 1910, in Montgomery, AL.  Parents-William Jackson and Olga Parker Ray.  Married– Ruth Vaughan Dawson, 1938.  Children–two.  Howard College, B. A., 1936;  Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B. D., 1941; graduate work, Berkeley Divinity School, 1951-52.  Baptist minister in Georgia and Florida, 1941-51.  Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church, 1951; served as canon in the Cathedral of St. Luke, Orlando, Florida, 1952-53; vicar of Holy Trinity Parish, Spruce Pine, N.C., 1953-55; canon, Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, Az, 1956-64; rector of Christ Church of the Ascension, Phoenix, Arizona, 1964– .  Board member of Family Services, Tuberculosis Association, American Red Cross, Arizona Foundation for the Blind, United Way; Chaplain of Arizona State Senate; Member of Parole and Pardons Board, Governor’s Commission on Marriage and Divorce, and Governor’s Commission on Traffic Safety.  Member of Planned Parenthood Federation, Kiwanis International, Rotary Club, Screen Actors Guild, Masons.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online.

Publications;

Lenten Book.  Forward Movement Publications, 1960.

Tall in his Presence; A manual of Christian Stewardship. Greenwich, CT: Seabury Press, 1961. 

Updated 2011-8-30.

Poet.  Born Butler County, May 17, 1890.  Parents– Thaddeus Henry and Anne Hadden Crenshaw.  Married– Benjamin F. Ray, January 23, 1918.  Education– Methodist Women’s College (now Huntingdon), 1908; B.A., University of Alabama.  Member Alabama League of Pen Women.  Selected first Outstanding Alumna of Huntingdon College, 1929.  Died October 23, 1918.

Source;

ancestry.com

Publications;

Autumn Token. Emory University:  Banner Press, 1957.

Color of Steel.  Chapel Hill:  University of North Carolina Press, 1932.

Secret Shoes.  New York: Dial Press, 1939.

Strangers on the Stairs. Dallas: Kaleidograph Press,  1964.

Editor;

Alabama Poetry by Members of the Poetry Society of Alabama.  Dallas: Kaleidograph Press, 1945.

See

KING, CASSANDRA

Biography; 

Sculptor; folk singer; author; journalist.  Born April 7, 1908, Mobile.  Parents– William Douglas and Julia Ogletree Rayford.  Education– graduated Ensley-Howard High School, Birmingham, 1926; attended Duke University for a year;  studied art and sculpture with Gutzon Borglum, 1928-30. Worked as an artist in several media and continued to study with various artists, 1930–1941.  Served briefly in the US Army (received a medical discharge) and afterwards did several kinds of war work: designed recruiting posters and camouflage materials; entertained soldiers with a singing-storytelling act.   Settled in Mobile, 1945; worked as a reporter and columnist for the Mobile Register and a book reviewer for Amateur Book Collector; worked as a painter and sculptor and a collector and performer of folk songs and stories. Published poems, articles, and stories in periodicals and anthologies.  Active in the Mobile Mardi Gras tradition; founded the Joe Cain Marching Society, which parades on Shrove Tuesday each year. Died August 3, 1980.

Sources;

Benjamin B. Williams, Introduction, Cottonmouth, Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 1991.

The Alabama Librarian, vol. 3.

Publications;

Ancient Doorways.  Teufelsdrek Press, 1932.

Child of the Snapping Turtle:  Mike Fink.  Abelard Press, 1951.

Cottonmouth.  Scribners, 1941; Rpt. Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 1991.

The First Christmas Dinner.  Rapier House, 1947.

Chasin’ the Devil Round a Stump.  1962.

Compiler;

Whistlin’ Woman and Crowin’ Hen; The True Legend of Dauphin Island and the Atlantic Coast..  Mobile; Rankin Press, 1957.

Contributor;

American People’s Encyclopedia. Chicago:  Spencer Press, 1948. [Contributed entries on American folk heroes.]

Papers;

Collections of Julian Lee Rayford’s papers are held by the Mobile Public Library and the Museum of the City of Mobile.

Biography;

Author; college instructor; television and radio producer-director.  Three children.  Education– University of Alabama at Birmingham, B.A. (1991), M.A. (1999); University of Alabama, Ph. D., 2010.  Instructor, Jefferson State Community College, 1999-2006; UAB, 1996-1999, University of Alabama, 2003-present. Wrote, produced, and directed public television programming for the University of Alabama Center For Public Television and Radio, 1999-2011.  Author of short stories and essays in journals and periodicals, as well  as books.  Awarded two Emmys and the Lincoln Unity Award for television productions.

Sources;

Website; Biographical information in Climbing Mt.Cheaha: Emerging Alabama Writers. Livingston Press, 2004.

Publications;

277 Things Every Arthritis Sufferer Should Know.  Live Oak Publishers, 1998.

An Accidental Memoir; How I Killed Someone and Other Stories.  New South Press, 2012.

Good Measure.  Tuscaloosa; Kapp and Braun House, 2005.

Editor;

Circling Faith; Southern Women on Spirituality.  Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 2012.

Joint-editor;

All out of Faith; Southern Women on Spirituality.  Fire Ant Books, 2007.

Sportswriter. Sports editor of the Tuscaloosa News. Writer in Residence at the Paul Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa.

Publications;

All of Us Fought the War.  Distributed for the Paul W. Bryant Museum by the University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant:  What Made Him a Winner.

When Winning Was Everything:  Alabama Football Players in World War II.  Distributed for the Paul W. Bryant Museum by the University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Biography:

Literary scholar; University professor. Born– September 11, 1940, Birmingham. Parents– John and Nell (Marshall) Reid. Married– George Broughton;  Children– One; married John Irwin Fischer, Nov. 29, 1976; children–one. Education– Randolph Macon College, 1958-1959; University of Alabama, B.A., 1962, M.A., 1963; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1971. Taught English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1967-1975; taught English at Louisiana State University. 1975-2000. Published many articles in scholarly journals. Member Phi Beta Kappa and professional organizations. Professor emerita, 2001.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Art and Affection; A Life of Virginia Woolf.  Oxford University Press, 1996.

The Art of Walker Percy. Baton Rouge, La.; Louisiana State University Press, 1979.

Guide to Teaching Literature. Glenview, Ill.; Scott, Foresman, 1979.

Tillie Olsen; One Woman, Many Riddles.  Rutgers University Press, 2010.

William Faulkner; the Abstract and the Actual. Baton Rouge, La.; Louisiana State University Press, 1974.

Editor and contributor;

Conversations with Ellen Douglas.  University Press of Mississippi, 2000.

Attorney; journalist.  Born 1911, South Carolina.  Never married.  Education–graduated from Captain Alden Patridge’s Military School in New England; from Yale or Trinity College; read law and was admitted to the bar in South Carolina.  Moved to Mobile as a young man; wrote for the Mobile Tribune, including a regular column, “Mobile in Slices,” and his columns form the basis for his book Sketches of Mobile..  Served in the Confederate Army; captured at Fort Gaines and held as a prisoner of war at Ship Island.  Active in Mobile Theatre; wrote a play, “Raphael or the Ambitious Painter,” produced in Mobile about 1850.  Died June 1, 1878.

Source:

Benjamin B. Williams, “Introduction” to Sketches of Mobile.

Publications:

Sketches of Mobile, from 1814 to the Present Time.  Mobile:  B.H.Richardson, 1868; reprinted Tipton Printing and Publishing Co., 1971.

Biography;

University Professor.  Born 1921, Montgomery.  Parents– Raymond G. and Eelje (Scriven) Ridgely.  Married– Janetta Somerset, 1956.  Children–one.  Education;  University of Florida, B. A., 1942, M.A., 1946;  Johns Hopkins University, Ph. D., 1956.  Military service; U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45.  Instructor, Johns Hopkins, 1946-58; Columbia University, 1958-   .  Frequent contributor to professional journals;  book reviewer for the Baltimore Sun. Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors.  Awarded status of professor emeritus at Columbia on his retirement.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online.

Publications;

John Pendleton Kennedy.  Twayne, 1966.

Nineteenth-Century Southern Literature.  University Press of Kentucky, 1980.

William Gilmore Simms.  Twayne, 1962.

William Gilmore Simms;  The Novelist as Southerner.  Dissertation, Johns Hopkins, 1956.

Editor;

Writings in the Southern Literary Messenger: Nonfictional Prose.  Gordian Press, 1997.

William Gilmore Simms.  The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina.  Twayne, 1964.

Updated 09/01/2011

Biography:

Baptist minister, college president, university professor. Born– July 16, 1849, Pineville. Parents– Enoch and Sophronia (Autry) Riley. Married– Emma Shaw, June 21, 1876. Children– Eight. Education– Erskine College, A.B., 1871; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Crozier Theological Seminary. Ordained to the Baptist Church, 1872 and served churches in Carlowville, Snow Hill, Livingston, Opelika, Ala., and Albany, Ga.  President of Howard College, 1888-1898; taught at the University of Georgia, 1893-1900; pastored a church in Houston, Tex., 1900-1906; Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Texas, 1907-1909.

Source:

Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VIII and Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.

Publication(s):

Alabama As It Is. Atlanta, Ga.; W.C. Holt, 1887.

The Baptists in the Building of the Nation. Louisville, Ky.; Baptist Book Concern, 1922.

History of Conecuh County, Alabama. S.l.; s.n., 1881.

History of the Baptists in the Southern States East of the Mississippi. Philadelphia; American Baptist Publishing Society, 1898.

History of the Baptists of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Roberts & Sons 1895.

History of the Baptists of Texas. Dallas, Tex.; Author, 1907.

Index to History of the Baptists in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; William R. Snell, 1962.

The Life and Times of Booker T. Washington. New York; Fleming H. Revel Co., 1916.

Makers and Romance of Alabama History. Birmingham, Ala.; B. F. Riley, 1915.

Map of the River System of Alabama and its Basin. Montgomery, Ala.; W. C. Holt, 1887.

A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama. Philadelphia; Judson Press, 1923.

The White Man’s Burden. Birmingham, Ala.; B. F. Riley, 1910.

Biography:

Writer; socialite. Born– August 23, 1863, Richmond, Va. Parents– Alfred Landon and Sarah (Macmurdo) Rives. Goddaughter of Robert E. Lee. Moved to Mobile in 1870. Married– John Armstrong Chanler, June 14, 1888; divorced, 1895. Married– Prince Pierre Troubetzoy, February 18, 1896. Pursued a scandalous lifestyle that is reflected in her very successful novels. Suffered from rheumatic fever and treatment caused drug addiction; recovered from the addiction and used the experience for the basis of one book. One of the first American authors influenced by advances in psychiatry. Died June 15, 1945.

Source:

Notable American Women, Women’s Who’s Who in America, 1914-1915; and Current Biography, 1945.

Publication(s):

According to St. John. New York; J.W. Lovell Co., 1891.

As the Wind Blew. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1920.

Athelwold. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1893.

Augustine the Man. New York; John Lane, 1906.

Barbara Dering. Philadelphia; J.B. Lippincott, 1893.

A Brother to Dragons. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1888.

Damsel Errant. Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1898.

The Elusive Lady. London; Hurst & Blackett, 1918.

Firedamp. New York; F.A. Stokes, 1930.

Ghost Garden.  Toronto:  S.B.Gundy, 1918.

The Golden Rose. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1908.

Herod and Marianne. Philadelphia; J. B. Lipppincott, 1888.

Hidden House. Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1912.

Meriel.  London:  Chatto and Windas, 1898.

Pan’s Mountain. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1910.

The Queerness of Celia. New York; F. A. Stokes, 1926.

The Quick or the Dead? Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1888.

The Sea Woman’s Clock, and November Eve. Cincinnati; Stewart Kidd Co. 1923.

Sele’ne. New York:  Harper and Brothers, 1905.

Shadows of Flames. New York; F. A. Stokes, 1915.

Tanis, the Sang Digger. New York; Town Topic Pub. Co., 1893.

Trix and Over-the-Moon. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1909.

Virginia of Virginia. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1888.

Witness of the Sun.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888.

World’s End. New York; F. A. Stokes, 1914.

Song Lyrics;

My Laddie. New York; G. Schirmer, 1906.

Papers;

The papers of Amelie Louise Rives Troubetskoy are held by the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.

Biography:

Railroad conductor, union official; elected official, Born– Shelbyville, Tenn., June 13, 1875. Parents– James Monroe and Martha J. Parker Rives. Married– Mamie L. Gordon, June 19, 1985. Children– two.   Worked for the L & N Railroad, 1890-1916. Elected mayor of Inglenook, 1915; Coroner of Jefferson County, 1917-21; Represented Jefferson County in the Alabama State Legislature, 1923-27; deputy president and financial agent for  the Order of Railway Conductors of America, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1932-54. Led movement for an eight-hour workday for railway employees. Assistant Sergeant-at-arms, Democratic National Convention, 1912, 1916, 1936, 1940, 1944.  Editor of The Railway Conductor, official publication of the Order of Railway Conductors. Fortieth Commander-in-Chief, Sons of Confederate Veterans.  Member Masons, Odd Fellows, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Died March 16, 1970.

Source:

Owen’s Story of Alabama, Vol. 5; ancestry.com; findagrave website

Publication(s):

Green Rives of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and Lincoln County, Tennessee, and his descendants. Birmingham, Ala.; A. H. Cather Publishing Co. 1958.

Biography:

Brick mason. Born– March 14, 1923, Midway. Parents– Isaac Henry, Jr. and Lillie G. (Walker) Robbins. Married– Nettie Nobles Robbins, August 24, 1948. Children– Four. Education– Merritt High School; Tuskegee Institute, diploma in brick masonry, 1948. Served in the U.S. Army, receiving two Bronze Stars. Employed by several construction companies.

Source:

Isaac Robbins, Midway.

Publication(s):

Glimpse of Providence; a Black Boy’s Experience on Foreign Land. New York; Vantage Press, 1976.

Biography:

Teacher, song writer. Born– February 7, 1859, Mobile. Parents– William Thomas and Julia Ann (Crooker) Ayers. Married– Paul Jones Robert, November 24, 1879. Education– Cathedral Parish in Mobile; Springfield, Massachusetts, Home Correspondence School, 1919. Taught at Mrs. C. Mullekin School, 1892. Member, later president, of the Mobile Branch of the League American Penwomen and the St. Joseph’s Ladies Mutual Benevolent Association. Founder and supervisor of the St. Joseph’s Junior Benevolent Association; Mobile Poetry Group. Songs include Lemme see yer laugh, America First, and Dear Land of Tallapoosa. Early poems published in booklets–A School Time Souvenir, Mary’s First Kiss, The Wheat of Bethlehem, and The Porter’s Trip.  Died March 21, 1941.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography and Anthology of Alabama Poetry, 1928.

Publication(s):

Sun-kissed Yesterdays. Mobile, Ala.; s.n., 1923.

Biography:

University professor. Born– December 19, 1916, Gainesville. Parents– Richard H. and Mary (Watson) Roberts. Education– Livingston State Teacher’s College, B.S., 1937; University of Alabama, M.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1956 (first woman to receive a Ph.D. in history from UA)  Vanderbilt University, 1949-1950. Taught in the Huntsville public schools, 1937-1952; a founding faculty member at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1953-1980; chairman of the History Department and Director of Academic Advisement Center. Received the Livingston University Alumni Award, Alabama Historic Commission Award, North Alabama Bar Association Liberty Bell Award, Life Sharer’s Award, Kiwanis Service Award, University of Alabama in Huntsville Award of Merit, and the Alumni Appreciation Award. Roberts Hall on the UAH campus is named in her honor.  Elected to Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame, 2013. Died November 5, 2000.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1982-1983.

Publication(s):

Highlights of Huntsville History. Huntsville, Ala.; Huntsville Historical Society and Huntsville Public Library, 1962.

Joint_Publication(s):

Civics for Alabama Schools. Birmingham, Ala.; Colonial Press, 1960.

Shadows on the Wall; the Life and Works of Howard Weeden. Northport, Ala.; Colonial Press, 1962.

Papers;

The papers of Frances Cabaniss Roberts are held by the library at the University of Alabama Huntsville.

Biography:

Air force officer, university professor, dean. Born– February 13, 1918, Yazoo City, Miss. Parents– Joseph Boxley and Sheila (Hill) Roberts. Married– Rose Nell Dixon, 1939 (divorced, 1944). Children–one. Married–Enyd Turner, November 19, 1945. Children– one. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1950; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1954; University of Denver, Ph.D., 1959. Served as enlisted man, U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-1943; officer in U.S. Air Force, 1951-1968; retired with rank of lieutenant colonel. Taught at U.S. Military Academy, 1953-1956; U.S. Air Force Academy, 1956-1963; director of the information office for aerospace research in Washington, 1963-1966; chief of operations of the psychological operations directorate in Vietnam, 1966-1967. Taught at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1950; Troy State University, 1968-81. At Troy, department chairman and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Wrote weekly newspaper column, “It Seems to Me,” 1973-1979. Member Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English, and other professional organizations.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1980-1981; Marquis who’s who online

Publication(s):

Airway to India. New York; Central African Division, Air Transport Command, 1945.

Beginner’s Handbook of Gold and Tropical Fish. Washington, D.C.; Denlinger, 1947.

Faint Voice Calling. New York; Hippogryph Press, 1945.

Of Time and Love.  Troy State University Press, 1980.

The Pet Shop Manual. Fond du Lac, Wis.; All-Pet Books, 1953.

Web of Life. Boston; Bruce Humphries, 1957.

Joint_Publication(s):

On Poetry and the Poetic Process. Troy, Ala.; Troy State University Press, 1971.

On Poetry and the Poetic Process. Troy, Ala.; Troy State University Press. 1980.

Joint_Editor:

The Sound of Wings; Readings for the Air Age. New York; Holt, 1957.

Biography:

Teacher, tutor, Methodist minister. Born– October 1, 1870, Jefferson County. Parents– Thomas Parkus and Nancy Caroline (Morris) Roberts. Married– Sue Euphemia Stone, December 6, 1899. Education– Southern University, A.B.; M.A., 1894; Vanderbilt University. Employed as a tutor at Southern University for two years; principal of Columbia Fitting School. Licensed to preach, 1895; supply minister in 1895; pastor of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in Montgomery, 1896. Served the Columbiana Circuit–Glenn Addie, Alexandria, Oxford, Coleanor. Fountain Church in Birmingham, and Collinsville. Retired in 1911.  Died September 10,1957.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Shut In But Not Excused. Montgomery, Ala.; A. Roemer, State Printer, 1901.

Biography:

Lawyer, school superintendent. Born– November 18, 1838, Jackson County. Education– University of Virginia; Richmond Hill Law School in North Carolina. Practiced law in Charlotte; superintendent of the county schools in Jefferson County, Ala. Served in the Civil War Cavalry under Generals Wheeler and Forrest. Best known poem, “A School Room Fifty Years Ago,” portrayed a typical antebellum school day.

Source:

Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors.

Publication(s):

Dora; or, On the Border, and Other Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Roberts & Son, 1894.

Gulf Songs. Birmingham, Ala.; Roberts & Son, 1908.

Biography:

Army officer, Church of Christ minister. Born– September 15, 1920, Steppville (Hanceville). Parents– Henry Monroe and Mamie Low (Thompson) Robinson. Married– Lucretia Mary Ricucci, April 13, 1942. Children– Two. Education– G.E.D. through U.S.A.F.I. test; Erlangen University, University of Hawaii, University of Maryland, Industrial College of the Armed Forces; Northwestern College of Allied Sciences, B.S., 1981; Western Illinois University, 1985. Employed by Western Union in Decatur, 1937-1939; enlisted in U.S. Army, 1939, rising to the rank of major; resigned from active military service and joined the Army Reserve; continued with the National Security Agency after leaving active duty; retired from both military and civil service, 1970. Served as an assistant manager of a golf course in Virginia, 1971-1973; guest speaker-minister of various Churches of Christ in Virginia and Alabama, 1970-1976, minister at Sayre, 1976-1978; Dora, 1979-.

Source:

Causton Robinson, Decatur.

Publication(s):

Robinson Families, 1358 to 1975. Decatur, Ala.; Author, 1975.

Joint_Publication(s):

Pryde E. Hinton, Servant of Jesus Christ. Cullman, Ala.; Author, 1977.

Biography:

Literary scholar; university professor. Born– September 23, 1930, Birmingham. Parents– Emmett Colson and Hope (Bennett) Robinson. Married– Helen Caroline Wild, June 1959. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., 1952; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1953; Ph.D, 1960. Served in the U.S. Army, 1954-1956. Taught at Samford University, 1960-1965; Cornell University, 1965-1967; Yale University, 1971-2000 (Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English, 1983-2000). Received a Guggenheim Fellowship, 1975-1976; American Association of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, 1976-1977. Served on the editorial board of Anglo-Saxon England Journal, Journal of English Linguistics, and Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and and the Medieval Academy of America.  Awarded the William Clyde DeVane Medal in undergraduate teaching at Yale.  Honorary doctorate from UNC, 2010. The foremost American scholar of the earliest period of English language and literature.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Beowulf and the Appositive Style. Knoxville, Tenn.; University of Tennessee Press, 1985.

A Bibliography of Publications on Old English Literature, to the End of 1972 …. Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1980.

A Guide to Old English. Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1982.

Old English Literature; a Select Bibliography. Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1970.

Joint_Editor:

Modes of Interpretation in Old English Literature; Essays in Honour of Stanley B. Greenfield. Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1986.

Associate_Editor:

Old English Verse Texts From Many Sources; a Comprehensive Collection. Copenhagen; Roserkilde and Bagger, 1991.

Biography:

Housing inspector, civil rights activist. Born– January 4 or 5, 1929, Decatur. Parents– Rufus and Lillian L. Robinson. Moved to Cleveland, Ohio, 1944. Married– 1951. Divorced. Married– Beth Wolland, January 10, 1954. Children– Two. Education– Calvin Coolidge College in Boston, LL.B., 1947-1951; Western Reserve University; John Marshall (Cleveland) Law School. Employed by the Internal Revenue Service, 1957; construction worker, 1958-1959; housing inspector in Cleveland.

Source:

The Making of a Man.

Publication(s):

The Making of a Man; an Autobiography. Cleveland, Ohio; Green & Sons, 1970.

Biography:

Editor, author. teacher.  Born– December 26, 1942, Kansas City, Kan. Parents– Thomas B. and Rebecca (Hurt) Sawyer. Married– Patrick Leland Robinson, March 26, 1973. Children– Two. Education– Grinnell College, B.A., 1965; Northern Arizona University, 1969-1970; University of New Mexico, M.A., 1973. Served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer teacher in Togo, 1965-1967; assistant editor for Scott, Foresman Company, 1967-1969; teacher at Rough Rock Demonstration [Navajo] School, Ariz., 1970-1972; Instructor, Institute of Children’s Literature, 1986-88; Senior Editor, Highlights for Children magazine, 1988-2009. Member of the Alabama Writers Conclave and the Creative Writers of Montgomery.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, vol. 101; web profile.

Joint Publication(s):

Mr. Goat’s Bad Good Idea. New York; Crowell, 1979.

Biography:

Artist, writer, farmer. Born– March 26, 1878, Mobile. Parents– Thomas T. and Annie Laura (Jane) Roche. Education– Graduated from the Convent of Visitation, 1895; Art Students League in New York City. Wrote Habits of Native Birds and Diseases of Trees. Historic Oakleigh Plantation Museum held an exhibit on the life and work of Emma Langdon Roche, August, 2015. Died April 5, 1945.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Historic Sketches of the South. New York; Knickerbocker Press, 1914.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– March 27, 1916, Camp Hill. Parents– George Robert and Bessie (Garlington) Rodgers. Married– Thomas Jackson McLain, 1960. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, M.S., 1941; University of Alabama. Taught school in Talladega and Camp Hill. Published short story in the Birmingham News-Age Herald, 1937.               Died July 13, 2004.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service, Alabama Department of Archives and History, and Catherine McLain, Camp Hill, Ala..

Publication(s):

The Towers Inheritance. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1958.

See:

Perkins, R. Gene

Biography:

Historian; University professor of history. Born– August 18, 1929, Sandy Ridge. Married– Miriam Arnold, 1951. Children– Four. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1950; M.S., 1951; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1959. Professor of history at Florida State University, 1961-96. Served as director of FSU’s off campus program at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, 1959-1961. Published articles in historical journals; served on several editorial boards. Member of the Southern Historical Association and Agricultural History Society. Awarded emeritus status at FSU on his retirement, 1996. Honorary doctorate, University of West Alabama, 2008.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1982.; Contemporary Authors online;  Marquis Who’s Who online

Publication(s):

Antebellum Thomas County, 1825-1861. Tallahassee, Fla.; Florida State University, 1963.

A Bibliography for Tallahassee and Leon County, Florida. S.l.; s.n., 1981.

The One-Gallused Rebellion; Agrarianism in Alabama, 1865-1896. Baton Rouge, La.; Louisiana State University Press, 1970. (2nd ed., University of Alabama Press, 2001).

Outposts on the Gulf, Saint George Island and Apalachicola. Pensacola, Fla.; University Presses of Florida, 1986.

Pebble Hill; the Story of a Plantation. Tallahassee, Fla.; Sentry Press, 1972.

Thomas County During the Civil War. Tallahassee, Fla.; Florida State University Press, 1964.

Thomas County, 1865-1900. Tallahassee, Fla; Florida State University Press, 1973.

Joint_Publication(s):

Alabama:  The History of a Deep South State.  University of Alabama Press, 1994.

An Alabama Legacy:  Images of a State.  Donning, 1993.

At the Water’s Edge:  A Pictorial and Narrative History of Apalachicola and Franklin County.  Donning, 1997.

August Reckoning:  Jack Turner and Racism in Post-Civil War Alabama.  LSU Press, 1973.

Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1986.

The Croom Family and Goodwood Plantation:  Land, Litigation, and Southern Lives.  University of Georgia Press, 1999.

Favored Land, Tallahassee– a History of Tallahassee and Leon County. Norfolk, Va.; Donning, 1988.

Labor Revolt in Alabama:  The Great Strike of 1894.  University of Alabama Press, 1970.

Stephen S. Renfroe:  Alabama’s Outlaw Sheriff.  Sentry Press, 1972.

Tallahassee, Leon County:A History and Bibliography.  Historic Tallahassee Preservation Board, 1986.

Joint_Editor:

A Bibliography of the County Histories of Alabama.  Birmingham Public Library Press, 1991.

Biography:

Novelist, poet, songwriter.  Born– July 7, 1853, Logan County, Ky. Parents– John M. and Margaret (Hughes) Cash. Married– _____ Roland. Children– Three. Education– Governess; public schools of Logan County; private girls school in Russell, Ky. Died February 15, 1915.

Source:

Biographical Directory of Southern Authors, and Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Latter-day Sinners. New York; The Neale Publishing Co., 1906.

Rosalind Morton; or, The Mystery of Ivy Crown, a Kentucky Story. Louisville, Ky.; C. T. Dearing, 1898.

Take Me Back to Old Kentucky [lyrics and music by Cash].  Thomasville, Ga.:  C.C.Cocroft, 1909.

Biography:

Author; journalist. Born– Piedmont. Married. Education– Jacksonville State University, 1969-1971; University of Alabama, B.A., 1973. Worked part time for Piedmont Journal, while still in high school; college intern reporter for the Anniston Star, staff writer for Associated Press; feature writer for a newspaper in Bavaria, Germany; editor of the Palm Bay Sun, police and court reporter for Anniston Star, 1985.

Source:

Advertisement for his book and the Anniston Star, December 22, 1985.

Publication(s):

The Angel Library.  2010.

The Angels of Cokeville, and Other True Stories of Heavenly Intervention.  Murfreesboro, TN., 1995.

Do You Have a Guardian Angel? Indialantic, Fla.; Mamre Press, Inc., 1985.

Know Your Angels:  The Angel Almanac, with Biographies of 100 Prominent Angels in Legend and Folklore. Mamre Press.

Prophecies surrounding the Titanic. Mamre Press

Seeing your future:  A modern look at prophecy and prediction.  Mamre Press, 1990.

Synchronicity:  The Mystery of Meaningful Coincidences.  Mamre Press, 2011.

Seeing your Future; a Modern Look at Prophecy and Prediction. Oxford, Ala.; Mamre Press, 1990.

Twilight of the Gods. Mamre Press, 2012.