Biography:

Clergyman, educator, writer. Born– June 14, 1907 in Marion Co. Parents– Lee R. and Sarah J. (Logan) Thompson. Married– Letha I. Jones, Dec. 12, 1929. Children– Two. Education– Southwestern State College, B.A.; Oklahoma University, M.A.; attended Freed Hardeman College, University of Alabama, and Abilene Christian College. A minister in the Church of Christ for four decades;  served pastorates in Weatherford and Lexington, Okla.; Double Springs, Sandusky, Winfield, Sylacauga, Berry, Vernon, and Greensboro, Ala.; taught in Alabama public schools, at Southwestern State College, Mississippi State College for Women, John Calhoun State Jr. College, and Brewer State Jr. College. Member– Alabama Writers Conclave, Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, and Alabama and Hale Co. Historical Associations.  Died September 9, 1978.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. III; obituary

Publication(s):

The Free State of Winston. Winfield, Ala.; Pareil Press, 1968.

Royal Gypsies. Vernon, Ala.; Pareil Press, 1960.

So Turns the Tide. Greensboro, Ala.; Pareil Press, 1965.

Studies in the Revelation. Nashville; 20th Century Christian, 1972.

Tories of the Hills. Boston; Christopher Pub. House, 1953.