Biography:

Teacher, educational administrator. Born–May 18, 1982, Cumberland City, Stewart County,  Tennessee. Parents– Joseph and Sarah Arrevia Bedwell Bayer.  Married– Jeanie Huldah Gould, February 12, 1920.  Children–three. Education– University of Tennessee, B.A., 1916. Moved to Boligee, Greene County, Ala. in 1919. Farmed for two years; taught school at Boligee and at Eutaw. Served as county superintendent of education for Greene County, 1932-1957. Veteran of  U S Army,World War I.   Mason, and a Shriner. Candidate for Alabama State Senate.  Died January 1, 1985.

Source:

Birmingham News, February 3, 1980;  files at Alabama Department of Archives and History; ancestry.com.

Publication(s):

Moonlight Lake and Other Short Stories. New York; Vantage, 1976.

Old Mose Tells His Grandchildren About God and the Bible. New York; Vantage, 1978.