WARREN, HOYT MITCHELL, 1917-2009

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.