Biography:

Social Worker, educator; newspaper columnist. Born– April 25, 1904, Demopolis, Ala. Parents– William Sylvester and Lillian Vayne (Campbell) Prout. Married– Dr. John Reed Long, October 21, 1933. Children– Two. Education– Alabama College, A.B., 1926 with additional study, 1928. Employed by Department of Pensions and Securities, Marengo County, 1928-1930; child welfare supervisor, 1930-1934; taught school, Laurel, Miss., and Jackson and Perry Counties, Ala.; wrote a weekly column for the Demopolis Times, the Marion Times Standard, and the White Bluff Chronicle of Demopolis. Died January 18, 2004.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service; Ann Pridgen, Librarian, Monroe County Public Library, Monroeville, Ala; ancestry.com.

Publication(s):

The Early Rains. Elgin, Ill.; Brethren Press, 1961.

The House of Happiness Story. Selma, Ala.; Selma Printing Service, 1973.

Trinity Parish History, a Loving Fellowship. Tallahassee, Fla.; Rose Printing Co., c1983.

Contributor__Compiler:

Tales of Early Demopolis. Greensboro, Ala.; Greensboro Watchman, 1969.