MELLOWN, BENNIE CATHERINE, 1906-1997
Biography:
Teacher. Born– September 25, 1906, Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Luther Smith and Sudie (Crumly) Mellown. Education– Florence State Teachers College; B.S., Howard College; M.A., University of Alabama. Employed as teacher, Hillview, 1928-1935; Crumly, 1935-1939; Sayre, 1939-1944; Sandusky, 1944. Member– Jefferson County Classroom Teachers Association, Jefferson County Elementary Teachers, N.E.A., A.E.A., Alpha Delta Kappa. Honors– Freedom Foundation Teachers Medal, 1962-1964. Died September 20, 1997.
Source:
Who’s Who of American Women, 1970; obituary, Birmingham News, September 23, 1997.
Publication(s):
Memoirs of a Pre-Civil War Community. Birmingham, Ala.; s.n., 1950.