Biography:

Artist, cartoonist. Born–November 4, 1908,  Lineville. Parents–Oscar Arnold and Cora Strother Bonner. Education– Woodlawn and Minor High Schools in Birmingham; studied journalism and commercial art  by correspondence. Owner and president of Southeastern Decal and Nameplate Corporation; Gulf States Art School. Created and drew a comic strip, “They Died With Their Boots On”; created three other series; “A Carol is Born,” “Famous Words of Famous People,” and “Alabama Oddities.” Painted the portraits of Chauncy Sparks and James E. Folsom. Died August 22, 1966.

Source:

Files at Birmingham Public Library and A Hymn is Born.

Publication(s):

How they got there.  Birmingham, 1933.

A Hymn is Born. Nashville; Broadman, 1959.

Joint_Publication(s):

Home is the Sailor. Birmingham, Ala.; Vulcan Press, 1955.