Biography:

Laborer, prison guard, service station owner, mail carrier. Born– Sept. 23, 1910, Cottondale, Ala. Parents– Alexander Washington and Linnie Ida (Green) Lambert. Married– Carrie Beale Boswell, February 8, 1936. Children– Three. Worked at a foundry at Holt; on a gas pipeline; as a state prison guard, 1934-1940; Tennessee Coal and Iron, 1940-1947; U.S. Post Office, Fairfield, Ala., 1945-1956; U.S. Post Office, Cottondale, Ala., 1956-1970; service station business, 11 years. Member– Sons of the American Revolution; co-founder, Tuscaloosa Preservation Society. Died December 13, 1986.

Source:

History of Tuscaloosa County, Vol. 1, pp. 62-77.

Publication(s):

Cemeteries of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. S.l.; s.n., 1978.

Cemetery Records of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; Survey. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1982.

Evregreen [sic] Cemetery. S.l; s.n., 1980.

Greenwood Cemetery in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; A. Lambert, 1980.

History of Tuscaloosa County. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1979.

Lambert/Lamberth Families in America. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1979.

Reminiscences of a Grandfather.  Centre, AL: Stewart Publishing Co., 1984

Tuscaloosa County Cemetery Records. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; A. Lambert, 1980.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Alton Lambert is held by the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.