Biography;

Teacher; genealogist; author.  Born–June 17, 1916, Eufaula, Alabama.  Parents–William Preston James and Beatrice Price James.  Married– Heustis Moore Cook, May 9, 1945.  Children–two.  Education–Alabama College for Women (Montevallo), B. A., 1938; M.A., Birmingham-Southern College. Taught at Pell City High School, 1938-41;  at Camden High School, 1941-46.  Published family histories, regional histories, and magazine articles on Alabama poets.  Named an Outstanding Secondary Educator of America;  named  Alabama Club Woman of the Year by the Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs. Died September 10, 2009.

Source;

I See Muddy’s House.  Mobile; T. C. DeLeon Press, 1991.

Obituary, Eufaula Tribune, September 11, 2009.

Publications;

The Book of Cooks; Some Descendants of Daniel and Ruth Moultrie Cook…  Camden, Ala., 1978.

I See Muddy’s House.  Mobile; T. C.DeLeon Press, 1991.

Editor_and_Joint-Author;

The History of the Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1896-1981.  3 vols.  Montgomery: Alabama Printers, 1982.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biography;

Teacher; author.  Born June 17, 1916, Eufaula, Al.  Parents–William Preston James and Beatrice Price James.  Married–Heustis Moore Cook, May 9, 1945.  Education–Alabama College for Women (Montevallo), B. A., 1938.  Taught English and modern Languages at Pell City High School, 1938-41; at Camden High School, 1941-46.  Published family histories, regional histories, and magazine articles.  Named an Outstanding Secondary Educator of America and Alabama Club Woman of the Year by the Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs.

Source;

I See Muddy’s House.  Mobile:  T. C. DeLeon Press, 1991.

Publications;

I See Muddy’s House.  Mobile: T. C. DeLeon Press, 1991.