BRASHER, NELL HUGHEY, 1912-1992

Biography:

Writer; homemaker; nurse. Born– December 1, 1912, Perry County. Parents– Monte Zuma and Dovie (Stone) Hughey. Married– Leonard Brasher, April 19, 1938. Children– Four. Education– Attended high school in Perry County and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Trained as a licensed practical nurse. Wrote a column in the Birmingham Post-Herald called “Page From a Diary,” 1966-1974; contributed to Teen With a Future and to Alabama Prize Short Stories, 1970. Member National League of American Penwomen and Quill Club of Birmingham.  Died January 1992.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

Angel Tracks in the Cabbage Patch. New York; William Frederick Press, 1972.

Daddy Poured the Coffee. Gretna, La.; Pelican, 1978.

Heart Streams. Birmingham, Ala.; Thomas Hendricks Associates, 1966.

Queenstown Chronicles: Autobiography.  N.Brasher, 1959.

You’ve Got to be Kidding! Trussville, Ala.; N. Brasher, 1981.