Biography;

Writer; university professor.  Born January 22, 1959, Birmingham.  Education:  studied at Emory University and the University of North Carolina.  J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at UNC.  Contributor to periodicals and anthologies.  Received the Johnston Award for Teaching Excellence, 2010.

Source;

Contemporary Authors online

Publications;

Big Fish:  A Novel of Mythic Proportions..  Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998; reprinted, 2013.

The Kings and Queens of Roam.  Touchstone, 2012.

Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician.  Doubleday, 2007.

O Grand Rosenfeld:  Une histoire avec des images. Paris:  Editions Entrement, 2006.

Joint_Publications;

The Largely Literary Legacy of the Late Leon Tolbert.  New York: Crown, 1995.

Off the Map.  Singapore:  Two Cranes Press, 2005.

Ray in Reverse.  Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2000.

Watermelon King.  Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

Biography:

Attorney;  45th governor of Alabama; presidential candidate. Born– August 25, 1919, in Clio, Ala. Parents– George C. and Mozell (Smith) Wallace. Married– Lurleen Burns, May 23, 1943. Children– Four. Married– Cornelia Ellis Snively, June 4, 1971. Married– Lisa Taylor, September, 1981. Education– University of Alabama, LL.B., 1942. Admitted to Alabama bar, 1942. U.S. Air Force, 1942-1945. Assistant Attorney General, Alabama, 1946-1947; member Alabama Legislature, 1947-1953; judge 3rd Judicial District of Alabama, 1953-1958; private practice, Clayton, 1958-1962; Governor, 1963-1967, 1971-1979, 1983-1987. Independent Party candidate for U.S. President, 1968. Shot while campaigning for presidential nomination, 1972. Died September 13,1998.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; Who’s Who in America.

Publication(s):

Hear Me Out. Anderson, S.C.; Droke House, 1968.

Stand Up for Alabama. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1976.

Papers;

Papers of George Wallace’s service as governor of Alabama are held at the State Archives in Montgomery.

Biography:

Lawyer, legislator. Born– December 12, 1874, in Center Star, Ala. Parents– John Henry and Mary Sue (Ingram) Wallace. Married– Ina Eleanor Winslette, June 1, 1911. Children– Two. Education– State Normal School, Florence, graduated in 1890 ; studied law in Florence and Huntsville. Admitted to Alabama Bar, May 10, 1896; practiced in Huntsville; member Alabama House of Representatives, 1898-1899, 1900-1901. Active in adoption of 1890 Alabama State Constitution.  State Game and Fish Commissioner, 1907-1920. Wrote for magazines and journals. Died January 17, 1922.

Source:

Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Alabama Pioneers database.

Publication(s):

The Senator from Alabama; a Romance Treating of the Disenfranchisement of the Negro and Including a Scathing Arraignment of the White House Social-equality Policy. Washington, D.C.; Neale Pub., 1894.

Biography:

Teacher, song writer. Born– August 25, 1890, in Columbiana, Ala. Parents– James Richmond and Willie Roberts White. Married– Wales Wellington Wallace. Children– Two. Collaborated with her sister, Clarice White Luck, writing songs and teaching music and dramatics in Shelby County high schools. Vocalist on radio programs. Editor, Shelby County Democrat. Died July 13, 1981.

Source:

Jacksonville State University

Publication(s):

I Want to Go Back to My Mammy. (Songs) In a Little Trailer With You.

Things Not Gone with the Wind.

Joint Publication(s):

Alone with Thee. Dayton, Ohio; Lorenz. (Songs) Black Belt Lullably. Boston Music Company.

Close of the Day. Boston; Boston Music Company.

Since Your Path Crossed Mine. Cincinnati, Ohio; Willis Music Co.

Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow. New York; Sam Fox Music Co.

Trust Only in His Love. Dayton, Ohio; Lorenz.

Unpublished songs;

Deep in My Heart.

Dream Baby of Mine.

Easter Dawn.

He Will Your Rest.

I Think of You.

Legacy.

When Day Says “Good Night”.

See:

Latner, Claudia Patrick Wallace.

Biography:

Lawyer, diplomat. Born– September 7, 1889, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents– George Platt and Susan Theresa (Jones) Waller. Education– University of Virginia, LL.B., 1912. Principal of high school, Chilhowie, Va., 1913. Vice consul or consul for U.S. Department of State, 1913-1950, serving in Nova Scotia; Austria; Greece; Kobe, Japan; Bizerte, Tunisia; La Ceiba, Honduras; Dresden, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; Luxemburg; Chihuahua, Mexico; Florence, Italy; Washington, D.C. Awarded honorary LL.B. from Jones Law School. President, Alabama Historical Association. Director, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Published poems in Lippincott’s magazine. Died February 26, 1962.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4; National Cyclopedia of American Biography.

Publication(s):

Commerce Industries of Greece. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1916.

Compiler:

Susie Jones Waller; Her Life and Verse. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1953.

Biography:

Editor; genealogist.. Born– September 10, 1917. Parents– Odie Clarke and Stella (Taylor) Walls. Education– University of Alabama, 1940. Chief clerk, Forestry Division, Gulf States Paper Co., Tuscaloosa, 1948-1954. Associate editor, News Bag Magazine, Tuscaloosa, 1954-1963; editor, 1963-. Editor, The Green Tree, Tuscaloosa, 1966-. Member UDC and DAR. Received award of excellence from Birmingham Association of Industrial Editors, 1966, 1968; Award of Achievement, Southern Council of Industrial Editors, 1966, 1967.  Died June 6, 1997.

Source:

Benjamin F. Porter’s Reminiscences…; Who’s Who of American Women.

Editor:

Benjamin F. Porter’s Reminiscences of Men and Things in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portal Press, 1983.

Biography:

Author; editor, set designer, puppeteer; international personality. Born– November 30, 1927, in Mobile, Ala. Parents– Eugene and Muriel (Sabina) Walter. Education– Spring Hill College; University of Alabama, Mobile Extension Division; Museum of Modern Art, New York City; New School for Social Research, New York University; Alliance Francaise; Institute Brittanique de la Sorbonne; Institute Dante Alighieri. U.S. Army Airways Communications Systems cryptographer, 1942-1946. Associate editor, Botteghe Oscure, 1950-1959; Paris Review, 1951-1960; Folder, 1951-1954; Whetstone, 1953-1958; Intro Bulletin, 1957-1958; contributing editor, Transatlantic Review, 1959-1977. Translated many screenplays.  Prize winning scenic designer of more than 60 stage productions. Toured his own marionette theater to schools and prisons in Gulf Coast Region. Played character parts in films, including those of the Italian director Frederico Fellini. Played recorder with Ancient Instruments Society. Founder and manager, Mobile Symphony Orchestra. Awarded Lippincott Fiction Prize in 1954 for The Untidy Pilgrim; Sewanee-Rockerfeller Fellowship in 1956 for Monkey Poems; O. Henry Citation in 1959 for I Love You Batty Sisters.  The subject of a documentary film, Eugene Walter; The Last of the Bohemians, Waterfront Pictures, 2008.  Died March 29, 1998.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

American Cooking; Southern Style. Alexandria, Va.; Time Life Books, 1971.

Byzantine Riddle and Other Stories. London; Methuen, 1985.

Delectable Dishes from Termite Hall; Rare and Unusual Recipes. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1988.

Hints and Pinches; a Concise Compendium of Herbs, Spices, and Aromatics, with Illustrative Recipes and Asides on Relishes, Chutneys, and Other Such Concerns. Atlanta; Longstreet Press, 1991.

Jennie the Watercress Girl. Rome; Willoughby Institute, 1947.

The Likes of Which. Washington, D.C.; Decatur House Press, 1980.

Lizard Fever; Poems lyric, satiric, sardonic, elegaic.  Livingston University Press, 1994/

Love You Good, See You Later. New York; Scribner, 1964.

Milking the Moon; A Southerner’s Story of Life on this Planet.  New York; Three Rivers Press, 2001.

Mobile Mardis Gras Annual, 1948. Mobile, Ala.; Haunted Book Shop, 1948.

Monkey Poems. New York; Noonday, 1954.

The Pack Rat and Other Antics, 1937-1987. Mobile, Ala.; Willoughby Institute, 1987.

The Pokeweed Alphabet; or, a Child’s Garden of Vices. Mobile, Ala.; Willoughby Institute, 1981.

Singerie-Songerie (Ballet-opera). Rome; Willoughby Institute, 1958.

Two Sonnets. Mobile, Ala.; s.n., 1990.

The Untidy Pilgrim. Philadelphia; Lipppincott, 1954.

Joint Publication(s):

Shapes of the River. London; Gaberbocchus Press, 1955.

Biography:

College professor; historian. Born– May 13, 1912, in Cordele, Ga. Education– Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1947. Taught at Vanderbilt, 1945-1947; Emory and Henry College, 1947-1956; University of Montevallo, 1956-1980; chairman, Dept. of Social Sciences, 1956-1980; acting dean of men, 1957-1959; dean, 1959-1979. Chairman, Board of Directors, Shelby Memorial Hospital, 1975-79. The John B. Walters Scholarship, named in his honor, is awarded to outstanding social science majors at the University of Montevallo. Died July 1979.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars; Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

Merchant of Terror; General Sherman and Total War. New York; Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

See:

Stoddard, Sandol.

See:

Ward, Robinson J., Jr.

Biography:

Author; teacher, editor. Born– December 9, 1911, in Scipioville, N.Y. Parents– Claude Mastin and Mae (Bishop) Ward. Married– Elizabeth Newton,  June 24, 1936. Children– Four. Education– Syracuse University, A.B., 1935, Ph.D., 1941; studied law, 1943-1945. Taught at State University of New York, Brockport, 1939-1945. Editor, Western Publishing Co., Racine, Wisc., and New York City, 1945-1955. Freelance editor and writer, 1955-58; Managing editor, New York State Dept. of Labor, 1958-1959; freelance editor and writer after 1959. Taught history and political science at Alabama State University, 1970. Also wrote under the name Powers Tracy.  Died February 21, 1984.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

Cowboys and Cattle Country. New York; American Heritage Publishing Co., 1961.

Dark of the Soul. New York; Tower Publications, 1970.

Gunsmoke; 10 Short Stories Based on the CBS-TV Program. New York; Ballantine Books, 1957.

Joint Publication(s):

Andre the Giant.  Creative Education, 1986.

Archery. New York; Athletic Institute, 1972.

Sturgeon’s West. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1973.

Compiler:

Index to the Collected Catalogues of Dr. A. S. W. Rosebach, 1904-1951. New York; Arno Press, 1968.

Joint Compiler:

Favorite Stories of Hypnotism. New York; Dodd, 1965.

Editor:

Bits of Silver; Vignettes of the Old West. New York; Heritage House, 1961.

Black Magic; Thirteen Chilling Tales. New York; Mayflower, 1967.

Branded West; Western Writers of America Anthology. Boston; Houghton, 1956.

Great Short Novels of the American West. New York; Collier Books, 1962.

Hoof Trails and Wagon Tracks. New York; Dodd, Mead, 1957.

Pioneers West; 14 Stories of the Old Frontier. New York; Dell Pub., 1966.

Wild Streets. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1958.

Biography:

Revenue agent; Teacher. Born– December 19, 1909, in Dadeville, Ala. Parents– Melton and Martha (Pitchford) Jenkins. Married– Vebron Ward on June 15, 1935. Children– Three. Education– Athens College for Young Women, A.B., 1931. Taught junior high school, 1931-1935. Agent, Alabama State Revenue Dept., 1951-1975. Member– Pen Women of America, Alabama Writers Conclave and Alabama Poetry Society. Awarded 10-year service certificate, Retired Senior Volunteers Program. Died July 10, 2001.

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service; Martha Lou Ward Emfinger, Montgomery, Ala..

Publication(s):

Little Hollow Corner. Birmingham, Ala.; Author-Poet Press, 1977.

Mood Paintings. Birmingham, Ala.; Thomas Hendrix, 1975.

The Sound of Music. McKenzie, Ala.; Ruth Hester, s.d.

Tableaux. Montgomery, Ala.; Williams Printing, s.d.

Biography:

Journalist. Born– Selma, Ala. Parents– Henry and Mary (Smitherman) Behrendsen. Married– Herbert J. Ward. Education– University of Alabama. Editor, Gammadion (literary magazine), 1925-1927; contributing editor, Yankee Humor, 1926-1927; associate editor, Poetry Forum, 1930-1931; feature writer, Birmingham News, 1932-1933; member, editorial staff, Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs Magazine, 1935-1936. Member– Alabama Writers Conclave, National League of American Pen Women, Poetry Society of Alabama and Birmingham Quill Club. Helped create the post of poet laureate of Alabama; named Poet Laureate of Alabama, 1954-1959, by governor Gordon Sessions.

Source:

Who’s Who of American Women.

Joint Publication(s):

Historic Homes of Alabama and Their Tradition. Birmingham, Ala; Birmingham Pub. Co., 1935.

Biography:

Historian; college professor.  Born– February 15, 1929, in Montevallo, Ala. Parents– James Skillman Ward and Lillian Kiber Ward.  Married– Jane Harless, August 19, 1950.  Children–four.  Education– Auburn University B.S., 1950, M.S., 1951; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1957. Taught at Georgia Southern College, 1955-19; head History Dept., 1969-1971. Member– Southern Historical Association, American Military Institute and Company of Military Historians.  Died April 6, 2005.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars.

Publication(s):

Lamar and Me. Statesboro, Ga.; Montevallo Press, 1983.

Joint Publication(s):

An Alabama Legacy; Images of a State.  Virginia Beach, Va.; Donning Co., 1995.

Alabama; The History of a Deep South State.  Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 1994.

Alabama’s Response to the Penitentiary Movement, 1829-1865.  Gainesville; University Press of Florida, 2003.

August Reckoning; Jack Turner and Racism in Post Civil War Alabama. Baton Rouge, La.; Louisiana State University Press, 1973.

Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1986.

Labor Revolt in Alabama; The Great Strike of 1894.  University of Alabama Press, 1965.

Joint editor;

Bibliography of the County Histories of Alabama.  Birmingham Public Library, 1991.

Biography:

Journalist; newspaper editor.  Born– July 29, 1934, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents–Robinson J. Ward Sr. and Margaret Ward.  Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1956.  Managing editor, Huntsville Times. One of three United States newspaper editors invited to People’s Republic of China for first formal exchange of journalists, 1980.

Source:

The Light Stuff.

Publication(s):

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon. Greeenwich, Conn.; Fawcett, 1969.

The Light Stuff. Huntsville, Ala.; Jester Books, 1982.

Mr. Space; the Humor and Humanity of Wernher von Braun. Huntsville, Ala.; R. J. Ward, Jr., 1990.

Compiler:

Wernher von Braun, Anekdotsch. Esslingen; Betchle, 1972.

Biography:

Engineer. Born– January 30, 1934, in Covington County, Ala. Parents– William Elias and Hattie May (Knowles) Ward. Married– Elaine Hair. Children– Four. Education– Auburn University, B.S., 1959. Textile worker in Andalusia, 1952-1953. Served in U.S. Army, 1953-1956. Analytical engineer, U.S. Space Program, 1959-; engineering supervisor, chief, analytical design branch, 1965-; made contributions to Apollo, Skylab, Spacelab, and Spacestation programs. Received one patent and outstanding achievement awards from NASA. Chairman, Madison County and vice-chairman, Alabama Republican Party organization. Presidential elector, State of Alabama, 1980 (supporting Reagan/Bush).

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service; Wyley D. Ward, Huntsville, Ala.

Publication(s):

Early History of Covington County, Ala., 1821-1871. Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 1976.

The Folks of Pea Ridge, in Covington and Conecuh Counties, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 1976.

Original Land Sales and Grant in Covington County, Alabama. Spartanburg, S.C.; Reprint Co., 1991.

Born April 28, 1828– Madisonville, Tenn. Parents– George and Matilda Harris. Married– Horace Ware, Sept. 1863. Moved from Tennessee to Alabama. Contributed poetry to periodicals. Died May 25, 1915.

Source:

Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors’ ancestry.com

Joint Publication(s):

Poems. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Pub. Co., 1911.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– November 10, 1938, in New Castle, Pa. Parents– Richard Wright and Emily Ruth (Curtis) Warner. Married– Lou Ann Woltner, May 28, 1966. Children– Three. Taught at Pennsburg, Pa.; Ashtabula, Ohio; Pennsylvania State University; Auburn University, 1972-1980, associate dean, 1977-1980; East Carolina University. Practiced psychology, 1972-1980. Editor, Alabama Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1975-1979.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest.

Joint Publication(s):

Counseling; Theory and Process. 3rd ed. Boston; Allyn and Bacon, 1972.

Group Counseling; a Book of Readings. Falls Church, Va.; American Personnel and Guidance Assoc., 1980.

A Study of Four Approaches to Drug Abuse Prevention. Washington, D.C.; U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Research, Region III, 1971.

Joint Editor:

Counselor Licensure; a Book of Readings. Falls Church, Va.; American Personnel and Guidance Association, 1980.

Biography:

Cooperative Extension Agent; Administrator; genealogist. Born– April 22, 1917, in Hackneyville, Ala. Parents– Thomas Jefferson and Sally Clyde (Barnett) Warren. Married– Allie Irene Blake, December 20, 1946. Children– Two. Married Alice M. Warren, 1997.  Education– Hackneyville High School; Auburn University, B.S., 1939; Cornell University, M.S., 1952; Ph.D., 1962.  Served in U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII.  County, district, and state specialist, Cooperative Extension Service Dept., Auburn University; retired as associate director, June 30, 1974.   Member of National Association of Federal Employees and other civic and charitable organizations.  Member Auburn City Council.  Awarded a certificate of commendation from the American Association of State and Local History for his columns on genealogy and local history.  Died February 28, 2009.

Source:

Tutwiler Collection, Birmingham Public Library; obituary, Dothan Eagle, March 1, 2009.

Publication(s):

The Barnett and Kindred Families. Auburn, Ala.; Warren Enterprises, 1977.

Chattahochee Trails … Abbeville, Ala; Henry County Historical Society, 1981.

Henry; the Mother County. Abbeville, Ala.; Henry County Historical Society, 1978.

Henry’s Heritage; a History of Henry County. Abbeville, Ala.; Henry County Historical Society, 1978.

The Making of Spy in the Sky … Abbeville, Ala.; Henry County Historical Society, 1982.

A Survey of Selected Materials Pertaining to the Administrative Organization of the Cooperative Extension Service in the United States. Auburn, Ala.; Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn University, 1963.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Biography:

Journalist; author; editor. Born– March 22, 1899, Clayton, AL. Parents– Benjamin Smart and Lee Ella (Underwood) Warren. Married– John Spanogle, June 1921. Children– One. Married Gerald Breckenridge, 1936. Married– Buel Whiting Patch, August, 1941. Education– Goucher College, 1918-1919; George Washington University, A.B., 1921. Editor, Commission on Child Health and Welfare, 1930; publicity, 1931, advertising, 1932. Statistician, Farm Housing Survey, 1934. Named Woman of the Year by the Women’s National Press Club; received the George Washington University Alumni Award for outstanding achievement in literature; named to the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame, 1987. Died March 3,1982.

Sources;

Contemporary Authors online; “Finding Aid” to the Lella Warren Collection at AUM; Clearing in the Thicket; Foundation Stone; Who’s Who of American Women.

Publication(s):

Family Fiction: Unpublished Narratives of Lella Warren.  Birmingham; Summa Publishers, 1989.

Foundation Stone. New York; Knopf, 1940.

A Touch of Earth. New York; Simon & Schuster, 1926.

Whetstone Walls. New York; Appleton Century, 1952.

Papers;

The papers of Lella Warren are held by the library at Auburn University in Montgomery.

Biography:

Teacher; college founder; advocate and spokesman for racial advancement. Born– 1859 near Hale’s Ford, Franklin County, Va. Married– Fannie N. Smith in 1882. Children– One. Married– Olivia A. Davidson in 1889. Children– Two. Married– Margaret James Murray, October 12, 1893. Education– Hampton Institute, 1875. Taught in West Virginia, then at Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.; and at Hampton Institute. Head, Tuskegee Institute, 1884-1915. Awarded Honorary A.M., Harvard University, 1896; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1901. Died November 14, 1915.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1, National Cyclopedia of American Biography online

Publication(s):

Black Belt Diamonds; Gems from the Speeches… New York; Fortune & Scott, 1969.

Character Building, Being Addresses Delivered on Sunday Evenings to the Students of Tuskegee Institute. New York; Haskel House, 1902.

Education of the Negro. Albany, N.Y.; J. B. Lyons Co., 1904.

Frederick Douglass. Philadelphia; G. W. Jacobs & Co., 1907.

The Future of the American Negro. Boston; Small, Maynard & Co., 1899.

The Man Farthest Down. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1912.

My Larger Education. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1911.

The Negro in Business. Boston; Hertel, Jenkins & Co., s.d.

The Negro in the South; His Economic Progress in Relation to His Moral and Religious Development. Philadelphia; G. W. Jacobs & Co., 1907.

A New Negro for a New Century; …. Chicago; American Pub. House, 1909.

Putting the Most into Life. New York; Crowell, 1906.

Selected Speeches…. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1932.

Sowing and Reaping. Boston; L.D. Page & Co., 1900.

The Story of My Life. Napierville, Ill.; J. L. Nichols & Co., 1900.

The Story of Slavery. Chicago; Hall and McCreary, 1913.

The Story of the Negro; Rise of the Race from Slavery. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1909.

Up from Slavery; an Autobiography. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1901.

Working with the Hands; …. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1904.

Biography:

Lawyer, teacher. Born– January 9, 1936, in New York City. Parents– Alfred Howard and Gertrude (Kopp) Wasserstrom. Married– Phyllis Ann Levin in 1957. Children– Four. Education– Amherst College, B.A. 1957; University of Michigan, M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1960; Stanford University, 1960. Taught philosophy at Stanford University, 1960-1962, and law, 1962-1963. Lawyer, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1963-1964. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Tuskegee University, 1964-.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R

Publication(s):

The Judicial Decision. Stanford; Stanford University Press, 1961.

Philosophy and Social Issues; Five Studies. Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 1980.

Joint Publication(s):

Syllabus on Moral and Legal Aspects of Civil Disobedience. Los Angeles, Dept. of Continuing Education of the Bar, University Extension, California University, 1966.

Editor:

Morality and the Law. Belmont, Calif.; Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1971.

Today’s Moral Problems. New York; Macmillan, 1975.

Biography:

Born– August 5, 1878, in Mobile, Ala. Parents– Thaddeus and Gertrude (Williams) Harrison. Married– John Barnett Waterman, November 15, 1905. Children– One. Education– Agnes Scott Institute, Atlanta; Miss Huger’s School, New York City. Established Boy’s Club of Mobile, and first juvenile court in Alabama and the South. Active in Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile Council of Church Women.

Source:

Mobile Public Library; Woman’s Who’s Who of America.

Publication(s):

Kid Bits. New York; Exposition Press. 1951.

Biography:

Teacher; historian. Born–October 18, 1910, Escambia County, Ala. Parents–Ben and Katie Godwin Crook. Married–Rev. Malard Grady Waters. Children– three. Education– Howard College; Troy State University. Charter member, Escambia County Historical Society. The History of Escambia County was designated the official history of the county by the Escambia County Commission in 1983.  Died October 5, 1985.

Source:

History of Escambia County, Ala.

Publication(s):

A Documentary History of Fort Crawford. East Brewton, Ala.; Escambia County Historical Quarterly, 1975.

History of Escambia County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1983.

Biography:

Teacher; academic administrator; college president. Born– January 15, 1911. Parents Adam and Sallie Emma (Darden) Watkins. Married– Lillian Bernice Vernado. Children– Six. Education– Tennessee State University, B.S., 1933; Northwestern University, M.S., 1940; Arkansas Baptist College, LL.D., 1958; Alabama State University, LL.D., 1974. Taught in Winchester, Tenn., 1933-1934; assistant superintendent, Hopkinsville, Ky.; assistant principal, Burt High School, Clarksville, Tenn., 1935-1940; assistant dean and supervising principal, Parson College’s Douglass School, 1953-1959; Alabama State University, visiting instructor, summer session 1945-1948; admissions, veteran’s officer and administrative assistant to the president, 1948-1953; business officer, 1959-1962; acting president, 1962; president, 1963. Vice president, Council of Presidents of Alabama Commission on Higher Education; president, Alabama Association of College Administrators; state director, American Association of State Colleges and Universities.  Died March 3, 1994.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; Who’s Who in Black America; Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Fighting Hard; the Alabama State Experience. Detroit; Harlo Press, 1987.

Report of the President, 1962-1981. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama State University, 1981.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– February 3, 1896, Georgiana, Ala. Parents– Peter W. and Lula K. Watson.  Education– University of Alabama, B.S. and M.A., 1949.  Taught at Georgiana High School; Geneva and Tuscaloosa Counties; West Palm Beach, Fla.; Brookley Air Force Base Adult and Veteran’s Division, Murphy High School, Mobile; University of Alabama Center, Mobile; Barton Academy, 1945-; head, English Dept. Member– Mobile, Alabama, and National Education Associations; Delta Kappa Gamma. Died January 29, 1992.

Source:

History of Barton Academy

Publication(s):

The History of Barton Academy. Mobile, Ala.; Haunted Book Shop, 1971.

Biography:

University Professor; literary scholar. Born– May 1, 1931, in Anderson, S.C. Married– Juanita Goodman, 1957. Children–two. Education– Duke University, A.B., 1953; Columbia University, M.A., 1958; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1966. Taught English at Georgia Institute of Technology, 1958-1961; University of Alabama, 1966-1997. Published articles in Louisiana History, Mississippi Quarterly and Southern Literary Journal.  Died January 28, 2007.

Source:

Director of American Scholars; Obituary, Tuscaloosa News, January 31, 2007.

Publication(s):

Antebellum Charleston Dramatists. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1976.

Biography: Librarian; clergyman. Born– May 10, 1930, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Elbert Leslie Watson Sr. and Edith Louise Watson. Married– Ramona Jo Bennett. Children– Two. Education– Bethany Nazarene College, A.B., 1952; University of Oklahoma, M.A., 1954; George Peabody College, M.A., 1966. Minister, Church of the Nazarene, Gadsden, 1954-1962. Director, Public Library, Anniston, 1966-1969; director, Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, 1969-1978. Executive Director, Indiana Library Association, 1978-. Member– Alabama, Southeastern and American Library Associations; Alabama Historical Association. Founding member of Etowah Historical Society.  Died September 13, 2015.

Source:

Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada; Alabama United States Senators; obituary.

Publication(s):

Alabama United States Senators. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1982.

Mary Harrison Lester; Memories of a Gracious Lady. Huntsville, Ala.; Watson, 1973.

Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans. New Orleans; Battle of New Orleans, 150th Anniversary Committee of Louisiana, 1965.

Joint Publication(s):

A History of Etowah County, Alabama. Gadsden, Ala.; Etowah County Centennial Committee, 1968.

Biography:

Sales Manager. journalist. Born– November 16, 1915, near Enterprise, Ala. Married– Irene Arnett. Children– One. Education– Coffee High School. Sales Manager, Radio Station WIRB, Enterprise, 8 years; Allied Products Co., Dothan, 12 years. Published feature stories in various newspapers; columnist, Enterprise Ledger, 3 yrs.; U.S. Air Corps, World War II, 3 yrs.; Member– Dale County and Alabama Historical Societies. Director, Wiregrass Historical Society. Died April 12, 1991.

Source:

Coffee Grounds, Hub of Wiregrass.

Publication(s):

The Back Forty. Dothan, Ala.; Moonlighters, 1968.

Call Back The Time, S.l.; s.n., 1954.

Coffee Grounds; a History of Coffee County, Alabama, 1841-1970. Anniston, Ala.; Higginbotham, 1970.

Forgotten Trails; a History of Dale County, Alabama, 1824-1966. Birmingham, Ala.; Banner Press, 1968.

From the Back Forty to Mortgage Hill. Dothan, Ala.; Hopkins Printing, 1987.

Hub of Wiregrass; a History of Houston County, Alabama, 1903-1972. Anniston, Ala.; Higginbotham, 1972.

Piney Wood Echoes; a History of Dale and Coffee Counties, Alabama. Elba, Ala.; Elba Clipper, 1949.

Winds of Sorrow. Dothan, Ala.; Hopkins Printing, 1986.

Biography:

Literary scholar; university professor. Born– April 6, 1934, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents– Harold Lerow and Lurline (Pierson) Weatherby. Education– Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1956; Yale University, M.A., 1957, Ph.D., 1962. Taught English at Vanderbilt, 1962-. Member– Phi Beta Kappa.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Cardinal Newman in His Age; His Place in English Theology and Literature. Nashville; Vanderbilt University Press, 1973.

The Keen Delight; the Christian Poet in the Modern World. Athens, Ga.; University of Georgia Press, 1975.

Mirrors of Celestial Grace: Patristic Theology in Spenser’s Allegory.  University of Toronto Press, 1994.

Biography:

Teacher. Born– November 3, 1942, in Scottsboro, Ala. Parents– Thomas Elias and Lucy Belle (Golson) Weatherly. Married– Carolyn Samuels. Children– Two. Education– Morehouse College, 1958-1961; Alabama A & M College, 1961, suspended. U.S. Marines, 1961. Taught art at Rutgers University, 1969-1970; creative writing Bishop College, Dallas, 1970; poet in residence, Morgan State College, 1970-1971; creative writing, St. Mark’s Church, 1971-.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 45

Publication(s):

Climate. Philadelphia; Middle Earth Books, 1972.

Maumau American Cantos. New York; Corinth Books, 1970.

Thumbprint. New York; Telegraph Books, 1971.

Joint Editor:

Natural Process; an Anthology of New Black Poetry. New York; Hill & Wang, 1971.

Biography:

Teacher, businessman. Born– March 25, 1921, in Alco, La. Parents– Obie Lee and Lilla (Givens) Weatherly. Education– Stetson University, 1946-1948; Florida State University, 1949; University of Alabama, 1950-1951. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Taught English in Crestview, Fla., 1949-1950. Secretary in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, 1951-1954; New York City, 1954-1964. Taught writing at New York University, 1964-1971; Lehigh County Community College, Pa., 1971; English at Cedar Crest College, Pa., 1972. Billing clerk, Allentown Brake and Wheel Co., 1972-1973. Advertising Dept., Journal of Commerce, Phillipsburg, N.J.., 1973-. Awarded Yaddo Fellowship, 1964.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 13R

Publication(s):

Adultress. Derby, Conn.; Monarch Books, 1962.

A Crowded Loneliness. New York; Pyramid Books, 1973.

The Long Desire. Rockville Center, N.Y.; Zenith Books, 1959.

The Mantis and the Moth. Boston; Houghton, 1964.

Biography:

Sculptor, illustrator. Born-May 2, 1905, Selma, Ala. Parents–William M. and Edith Vaughan Weaver. Married– Ralph Hubbard Norton. Lived on a plantation, drew pictures of local life, including dialect and customs of African-Americans. Died February 2, 1982.

Source:

Avondale Library.

Publication(s):

Boochy’s Wings. New York; Frederick A. Stokes, Company, 1931.

Frawg. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott, 1930.

Pappy King. New York; Frederick A. Stokes, 1932.

Biography:

University professor. Born– December 27, 1942, in Dudley, England. Parents– Harold and Alice Weaver. Married– Jan Smith. Children– Three. Education– University of Manchester, B.A., 1964; University of Florida, M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1972; Georgia Institute of Technology, M.A., 1980. Taught at University of Manchester, 1967-1968; University of Leicester, 1968-1969; West Georgia College, 1970-1977; University of Alabama, 1977-2006;department chair, 1987-2000. . Published articles in professional journals.  Member Association of American Geographers, Alabama Geographical Alliance, and other professional organizations. Died April 3, 2006.

Source:

David C. Weaver; obituary, Tuscaloosa News, April 5, 2006.

Publication(s):

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Study of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee System Corridor, Alabama; Vol. III, History, Settlement Patterns and Processes, 1500-1945. Mobile, Ala.; University of South Alabama, 1983.

Joint Publication(s):

Historic Settlement in the Upper Tombigbee Valley. University, Ala.; Center for the Study of Southern History and Culture, University of Alabama, 1981.

Historical Geography of the Upper Tombigbee Valley. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Center for the Study of Southern History and Culture, University of Alabama, 1982.

Land Use/Mineral Rights Ownership Component. University of Ala.; Dept. of Geology and Geography, University of Alabama, 1979.

The Map Abstract of Mortality Factors Affecting the Elderly; Alabama, 1979. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1979.

Tenn-Tom Country; Upper Tombigbee Valley. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1985.

Biography:

Historian; college professor. Born, July 28, 1905, in Brewton, Ala. Parents– Levi P. and Anna (Holladay) Weaver. Married– Blanche Henry Clark, March 5, 1944. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1926; Vanderbilt University, M.A., 1935, Ph.D., 1941. Taught in Alabama secondary schools, 1926-1935; Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern College), Statesboro, 1940-1942 and 1946-1949; professor of history at Vanderbilt University, 1949-; chairman, History Dept., 1962. U.S. Air Force, 1942-1946. Member– Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, Tennessee Historical Society, Kappa Phi Kappa; editorial board, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 1948-1952; Journal of Southern History, 1957-1959. Received the Thomas Jefferson Award for Distinguished Service by a Faculty Member at Vanderbilt, 1973. Awarded status of professor emeritus on his retirement.  Died February 5, 1985.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online

Publication(s):

Mississippi Farmers, 1850-1860. Nashville; Vanderbilt University Press, 1945.

Joint Editor:

Correspondence of James K. Polk. Nashville; Vanderbilt University Press, 1969.

Contributor:

History of the United States Air Force in World War II. Chicago; University of Chicago Press, 1948-1958.

Biography;
Writer. Born–Buenos Aires, Argentina. Moved to Marion, Alabama, 1961. Married–Paul Weaver. Education–B.A., University of Alabama.
Received the 2013 Druid Arts Award from the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa; Darkroom was named one of the Notable Books for a Global Society in 2013 by the International Reading Association.

Sources:

University of Alabama Press website.

Publications;
Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White. University of Alabama Press, 2012.

Biography:

College professor. Born– September 20, 1914, in Camden, Ala. Parents– Oliver C. Weaver Sr., and Edna Lazenby Weaver.  Married Laura Ross Moore, 1937. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1935; Garrett Bible Institute, B.D., 1939; Northwestern University, A.M., 1941, Ph.D., 1952.  Chaplain, U. S. Naval Reserve, WWII. Taught at Birmingham Southern College, 1936-1983; head, Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, 1946-1964; dean, 1964-1968. L. C. Branscomb Professor of Philosophy, 1968-83. Ford Faculty Fellowship, 1951-1952. Awarded status of professor emeritus upon his retirement.  Died February 21, 2012.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars.

Joint Publication(s):

Birmingham-Southern College, 1856-1956. Nashville; Parthenon Press, 1957.

Biography:

Historian; professor of history. Born– May 9, 1910, in Ashland, Or. Parents– Augustus and Nellie Weber.  Married– Alma B. Weber. Education– San Jose State College, A.B., 1931; University of California, A.M., 1932, Ph.D., 1936.  Air Force Military Intelligence, WWII. Taught history  at University of Alabama, 1941-1980.  Senior Fulbright Scholar, Royal University of Malta, 1956-1957. Wrote many articles in professional journals.  Member– American, Southern, and Alabama Catholic Historical Associations; American Society for Church History. Named a Knight of Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights Of Malta. Received the Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Alabama, 1976. Awarded status of professor emeritus on his retirement. Died January 21, 1996.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars.

Publication:

The Youth of Mary Queen of Scots.  Philadelphia:  Dorrance and Company. 1941.

Joint Publication(s):

The Historical Evolution of Modern France. Ames, Iowa; Littlefield, Adams, 1949.

Editor:

The Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to Francis the Dauphin of France. Greenock, Scotland; Griana-Aig Press, 1969.

Joint Editor:

Une Correspondence Familiale au Temps des Troubles de Saint-Domingue. Paris; Societe’ de l’Historie des Colonies Francaise, 1959.

Papers;

The personal papers of Bernerd Clarke Weber are held by the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.

Biography:

Poet; painter. Born– July 6, 1847, in Huntsville, Ala. Parents– William and Jane E. (Urquhart) Weeden.  Attended Huntsville Female Seminary and the Alabama Female Methodist College at Tuskegee (later Huntingdon College); private lessons with portrait painter William Frye.  Painted landscapes and Alabama wildflowers in watercolor; painted portraits, notably using African-American subjects.  Paintings were exhibited in Berlin (1895) and in Paris. Wrote several books of poetry in black dialect. Elected to the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame, 1998.  Died April 12, 1905.

Source:

Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 4; website of Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame.

Publication(s):

Bandanna Ballads. New York; Doubleday & McClure, 1899.

Old Voices. New York; Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904.

Shadows on the Wall. New York; Ayers Co., 1898.

Songs of the Old South; Verses and Drawings. New York; Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900.

Illustrator:

Songs and Stories from Tennessee. Philadelphia; H. T. Coates Co., 1902.

Biography:

College professor. Born– March 3, 1923, in Clanton, Ala. Parents– Samuel Jones and Grace (Hicks) Ezell. Married– Arthur A. Weeks, March 22, 1943. Children– Three. Married– Francisco Marquez, March 26, 1974. Education– Samford University, A.B., 1942; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1945; Inter-American University, Ph.D., 1964. Taught English at Samford Unversity, 1945-1947; English and Spanish, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., 1947-1951; Spanish, Belmont College, 1953-1954; Samford University, 1955-1970. Advisor, English program, Colegio Gonzalez Pena, Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1972. Member– American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Columbia, 1958.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

Manuel Maria Flores; El Artista y el Hombre. Mexico; B. Costa Amic, 1969.

Biography:

Born– November 4, 1873, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents– Maurice and Pauline (Mendelson) Kahn. Married– Sidney K. Weil, November 22, 1898. Children– Two. Education– Schools in Montgomery; Bartholomew’s Private School, Cincinnati. Member– Sidney Lanier School Improvement Association, Sewing Circle, Bridge Club, Sesame Club. Died June 5, 1962.

Source:

Woman’s Who’s Who of America.

Joint Publication(s):

Twentieth Century Cook Book. S.l.; s.n., s.d.

Biography:

Lutheran clergyman.  Born– January 13, 1933, in Clayton, Ill. Parents– Harry and Edna (Gamm) Weisheit. Married– Carolyn Pomerenke, August 15, 1954. Children– Three. Education– Concordia Theological Seminary, 1962.  Pastor, McComb, Mich., 1962-1965; Montgomery, Ala., 1965-1971. Associate editor, Lutheran Witness, 1971-1975; Roselle, Ill., 1976-77; Tucson, AZ, 1977-98.  Died January 20, 1998.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 29R.

Publication(s):

Abortion Resources for Pastoral Counseling. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1977.

Excuse Me, Sir. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1973.

God’s Promise for Children– Object Lessons on Old Testament Texts, Series C. Minneapolis; Augsburg House, 1982.

God’s Promise for Children– Visual Message on Old Testament Texts, Series A. Minneapolis; Augsburg House, 1980.

God’s Promise for Children– Visual Message on Testament Texts, Series B. Minneapolis; Augsburg House, 1981.

The Gospel for Kids, Series A. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1977.

The Gospel for Kids, Series B. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1978.

The Gospel for Kids, Series C. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1979.

The Gospel for Little Kids; 45 Chapel Talks for Children Ages 3-6. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1980.

How the Bible Came to Us. Minneapolis; Augsburg House, 1982.

Moving. St. Louis; Corcordia Publishing House, 1974.

The Preacher’s Yellow Pants. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1973.

A Sermon Is More Than Words. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1977.

Should I Have an Abortion? St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1976.

Sixty-one Gospel Talks for Children. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1969

Sixty-one Worship Talks for Children. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1971.

To the Kid in the Pew; 60 Chapel Talks. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1974.

The Zeal of His House. St. Louis; Concordia Publishing House, 1973.

Biography:

Professor of Physical Education. Born– December 4, 1922, in Selma, Ala. Parents– William Pressley and Lucile (Burt) Welch. Married– Edith Crockford, March 25, 1945. Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama, 1941-1943; University of North Carolina, B.A., 1944, M.A.; Springfield, M.Ed., 1947; Peabody, Ed.D., 1952. Physical director, YMCA, Vicksburg Miss.; Pensacola, Fla.; Atlanta, Ga. Taught at Emory University, 1956-1963; East Carolina University, 1963-1967; West Virginia Institute of Technology, 1967-. Member– AAHPER, American School Health Association, American College Sports Medicine Association, National College Physical Education Association for Men, Phi Delta Kappa. Died January 13, 2004.

Source:

Who’s Who in the East.

Publication(s):

Contributions of Solon B. Suddeth to Professional Preparation in Physical Education. Nashville; s.n., 1969.

Edward Hitchcock, M.D.; Founder of Physical Education in the College Curriculum. Greenville, N.C.; East Carolina College, 1962.

A Physical Education Reader; History and Foundations. Parson, W. Va.; McClain Printing Co., 1974.

Physical Education as a Way of Life; the Story of Nathan Taylor Dodson. Durham, N.C.; s.n., 1972.

Biography:

Library worker. Born– January 19, 1945, in Anniston, Ala. Parents– Paulie and Virginia Welch. Married. Children– One. Education–   Anniston High School. Victim of cerebral palsy. Worked at Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County, November, 1969-; with arms braced on books she wrote daily radio book reviews, weekly newspaper columns, church newsletter column; published monthly library newspaper.

Source:

Birmingham News, February 29, 1974; performance of the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, April 1971; Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County.

Publication(s):

Walking In Life’s Garden with God. Anniston, Ala., 1971.

Biography:

Writer, producer. Born– February 24, 1905, in Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Harry Statham and Nellie (Farrow) Weld. Married– Katherine McElroy Paul, February 12, 1937. Education– Auburn University, 1921-1922. Reporter, New York American, Paris Times, New York World, New York Herald (Paris). Scenario writer, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures. Freelance writer, 1935-1942. Editor, Consolidated News of Consolidated Aircraft Company, 1942-1944. Public relations director, Ford Motor Company’s West Coast Region, 1944-1949; automobile dealer, 1944-1957. Publisher, Laguna Beach (Calif.) Post, 1951-. Motion picture producer, 1960-; associate Vandenburg-Linkletter & Associates, 1976. Produced, “Freightboat around the World”; “Beirut to Baghdad”; “Ireland from a Gypsy Caravan”; “The Basque Sheepherder.”  Died June 14, 2003.

Source:

Who’s Who in the West; International Authors and Writers.

Publication(s):

Don’t Cry for Me. New York; Scribner, 1940.

Fly Away Home. Santa Barbara; Mission Pub., 1991.

Gun Girl. New York; McBride, 1930.

Mark Pfeiffer, M.D. New York; Scribner, 1943.

The Missionary; a Novel of the Early Southwest. Stafford, Va.; Northwoods Press, 1981.

The Partners. New York; Scribner, 1941.

Sabbath Has No End. New York; Scribner, 1942.

Stunt Man. New York; McBride, 1931.

Young Man in Paris. Chicago; Academy Chicago, 1985.

Biography:

College professor.. Born– June 26, 1924, in Clarksville, Tenn. Parents– George Thomas and Emma (Wickham) Welker. Education– Austin Peay State University; University of Connecticut, B.A., 1944; Peabody College, M.A., 1948; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1952. Taught at Vanderbilt, 1955-1956, 1957-1964; University of Alabama, Huntsville, 1964-1985; founder and first chair of UAH English Department. Member– American Association of University Professors, Huntsville Literary Association, Modern Language Association. Died December 4, 2008.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; Obituary, Huntsville Times, December 8, 2008. 

Editor:

Poem. Huntsville, Ala.; Huntsville Literary Association, 1978.

The Sense of Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1966.

Joint Editor:

Reality and Myth; Essays in American Literature in Memory of Richard Croom Beatty. Nashville; Vanderbilt University Press, 1964.

Biography:

Businessman. Born– August 12, 1908, in Dadeville, Ala. Parents– Louis E. and Blanche Dowling Wells. Married– Dorothy McGee, June 23, 1940. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, 1925-1927. Worked for Standard Oil Company, Jacksonville, Fla., 1933-1943; L. W. Wells Company, Ozark, 1943-1961; Parker-Wells Agency, Ozark, 1961-. Awarded Silver Beaver, Boy Scouts of America. Chairman, Official Board of First Methodist Church, Ozark; President, Ozark Kiwanis Club.  Died June 25, 1989.

Source:

Glen L. Wells, Ozark, Ala.

Publication(s):

History of the First Methodist Church of Ozark, Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1972.

Biography:

Businessman. Born– 1941, in Ozark, Ala. Parents– Glenn Lawrence and Dorothy (McGee) Wells. Married– Gayle Brook in 1964. Children– Two. Married– Dean Faulkner in 1972. Education– University of Alabama, B.A.,1964;  M.A., 1968; University of Mississippi, Ph.D., 1975. English instructor at Murray State University, 1966-70; at the University of Mississippi, 1970-75; Northwest Mississippi Junior College, 1975-79.  Director, Yoknapatawpha Press, Oxford, after 1979.

Source:

Lawrence Wells, Oxford, Miss.; Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

Let the Band Play Dixie. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1987.

Ole Miss Football. Oxford, Miss.; Sports Yearbook Co., 1980.

Rommel and the Rebel. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1986.

Editor:

History of the First Methodist Church of Ozark, Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1972.

William Faulkner; the Cofield Collection. Oxford, Miss.; Yoknapatawpha Press, 1978.

Editor_and_Publisher;

Legends in Crimson. Oxford, Miss.; Sports Yearbook Co., 1982.

Football Powers of the South. Oxford, Miss.; Sports Yearbook Co., 1983.

Biography;

Writer; teacher of writing. Born–Kansas City, Kansas, 1962.   Education– University of Kansas, B.A., B.S.; University of Montana, M.F.A.; University of Pittsburgh, M.F.A.; Western Michigan University, Ph. D. , 1999.  Director of the Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis; professor in the MFA in Writing program at the University of Alabama. Publishes short stories in many journals and anthologies. Member of the Advisory Board of the Tusculum Review.  Received the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, 2001; the Rona Jaffee Foundation Writers Award, 2002; the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award, 2002.

Sources;

Kellie Wells website; Contemporary Authors online

Publications;

Compression Scars. University of Georgia Press, 2002.

Fat Girl, Terrestrial.  University of Alabama Press, 2012

Skin. University of Nebraska Press, 2006.