COMER, JAMES McDONALD, 1877-1963

Biography:

Textile executive. Born– October 14, 1877, Comer. Parents– former governor of Alabama Braxton Bragg Comer and Eva Jane (Harris) Comer. Married– Gertrude Miller, 1904. Children– Four. Education– Graduated from Bingham Military Academy, Asheville, N.C. in 1897. Became associated with Avondale Mills in 1907 and became chairman of the executive board of that company in 1935. Awarded the LL.D. degree by Birmingham Southern College. Died May 31, 1963.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4 and Library of Alabama Lives.

Publication(s):

Braxton Bragg Comer, 1848-1927. New York; Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, 1947.