WOODRUFF, LORENZO FERGUSON, 1884-1929

Biography:

Journalist. Born– May 27, 1884, in Montgomery, Ala. Education– University of Alabama. Wrote for Montgomery Advertiser, 1907; Birmingham News; Birmingham Age Herald; New Orleans State; Mobile Register; Chicago Examiner; Chicago Inter-Ocean; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta Georgian; Atlanta Journal, editorial staff, -1929. Wrote column “A Boy in Old Montgomery”, Montgomery Advertiser. U.S. Army, World War I; gassed, died from resulting injuries.

Source:

Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

A History of Southern Football, 1890-1928. Atlanta; Walter W. Brown, 1928.

Joint Editor:

Men of Georgia; a Ready and Accurate Reference Book for Newspapers and Librarians. Atlanta; PL Press Reference Association, 1927.