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.