Biography:

Accountant. Born– 1903 in Hackneyville, Ala. Lived in Columbiana; during World War II worked for gold mining company in Philippines when Japanese occupied them; prisoner of war 3 years in Manila; wrote Alma Mater anthem for Valley Grove School, Tallapoosa Co.; accountant for U.S. Internal Revenue and for Alabama Highway Dept.; retired 1970. Died June 18, 1993.

Source:

Shelby County Reporter, June 29, 1978.

Publication(s):

A Ringside Seat to War. New York; Vantage Press, 1965.