Biography:

Business Executive. Born– May 6, 1918, Fort Payne. Parents– Stephen Elisha and Jessie (Duncan) Baxter. Married– Viola Nancy Ellis, March 11, 1947. Children– Two. Education– Public schools. US Navy, WWII. Employed as a clerk for the Southern Railway Company, 1936-1954; worked for Kingsberry Homes Corporation as traffic manager, 1954-1956, purchasing agent and traffic manager until 1964, vice president for purchasing and traffic, 1964. After 1967, director of purchasing and traffic for the Kingsberry Homes Division of the Boise Cascade Corporation. Member of the Fort Payne City Council, 1948-1952; member of the DeKalb County Democratic Executive Committee, 1950-1963. Died May 18, 2001.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1978.

Publication(s):

Annals of Fort Payne Baptist Church. S.l.; s.n., 1964.

A History of the Baxter Family of DeKalb County, Alabama. S.l.; s.n., 1957.