Biography:

Civic leader; volunteer. Born– October 7, 1903. Parents– R. DuPont and Maude (Massey) Thompson. Education– Agnes Scott College. Married– John M. Akin, Sr. Children– Three. Worked as Parent Education Chairman of the Birmingham PTA Council; taught English to internationals at Southside Baptist Church in Birmingham. Member of the Alabama Writers Conclave and of the Methodist Church. Died February 15, 1996.

Source:

Bull Frog Bend.

Publication(s):

Bull Frog Bend; Echoes from Turkey Creek in Jefferson County, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Jefferson County Historical Society, 1978.