Category: T – V

Literary scholar; university professor of language and literature.  Born–Marengo County, May 17, 1931.  Parents–William Newman Foxhall and Adelle Yates Foxhall.  Married–William Howard Tucker.  Children–two.  Education–University of Montevallo, B.A.; University of West Alabama, M.A.; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1970.  Teacher at Linden High School; reporter, Birmingham Post-Herald.  Professor of English at the University of West Alabama;…

Biography; Professor of education.  Education–  University of London, B.A., 1977, M.A., 1979; University of Florida, M.A., 1986, Ph. D., 1991.Employed at the College of Education at the University of Alabama beginning in 1991; currently Professor of Social Foundations of Education and Director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in nursing. Source; College of Education website  …

Biography: Historian; College professor. Born– Mar. 27, 1935 in Butler, Ga. Parents– Mack Thompson and Jessie (Jones) Turner. Education– Huntingdon College, B.A.; Auburn University, M.A., Ph.D.; University of Maryland and University of Edinburgh. Taught at Auburn University, 1957-1958; Columbus Center, University of Georgia, 1958; Montgomery College, Tacoma Park, Md., 1961-1962; Upper Iowa College, 1962-1963; Auburn…

Biography: Historian; professor of history; photography archives curator. Born– June 20, 1942, in W. Palm Beach, Fla. Education– University of the South, B.A., M.A.; Duke University, Ph.D. After 1978 taught at University of South Alabama and was director of its photographic archives. Had photographic exhibits in Mobile, 1977 and 1980; Birmingham, 1981. Source: Who’s Who…

Biography: Educator, writer. Born– Oct. 13, 1914 in Opelika, Ala. Parents– Leonard M. and Sarah Trawick. Married– Florence L. Treadgillon Aug. 14, 1943. Children– Two. Education– Emory University, A.B.; Harvard University, A.M., Ph.D. Taught English at Clemson University, 1937-1938; University of Mississippi, 1938-1940; Temple University, 1946; University of Alabama, 1946-1975; U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-1946.…

Biography: Historian; professor of history. Born– Oct. 27, 1943,  Montgomery. Parents– Jonathan Mills, Jr. and Priscilla (Marks) Thornton. Married–Brenda Booth, January 5, 1985. Education– Princeton University, B.A., 1966; Yale University, Ph.M. 1969, Ph.D., 1974.Taught University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1971-1974; University of Michigan, 1974-2010; contributor to Southern literary journals. Danforth fellow 1966-1974; Jules F.…

Biography: Educator, clergyman. Born– Feb. 13, 1912, in Corner, Ala. Parents– Elijah Jesse and Mary Ellen Odessa (Fikes) Turner. Married– Opal Shipp, December 24, 1931. Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama, 1929-1930; Jacksonville State University, 1933-1934; Samford University, A.B., 1936; M.S., 1946; Auburn University, Ed.D., 1952. Principal, Tarrant, Blount County, Ala., 1935-1936. Ordained Church of…

Biography: Educator, publisher. Born– July 16, 1900 in Tuscumbia, Ala. Parents– George Washington and Ellen Brown Trenholm. Married– Portia Lee.  Children– Three. Education– Morehouse College, A.B.; University of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D.  Acting president State Normal School (Alabama State University), 1925-1926; president, 1926-1963; president of Associated Publishers, affiliate of Association for Study of Negro Life and…

Biography: Educator, writer. Born– May 11, 1892, Troy, Ala. Parents– John George and Sarah E. (Carroll) Key. Married– Ara W. Thompson, Nov. 14, 1920. Children– Three. Education– attended Troy State College. Taught art at Troy State College, 1912-1914. Member National League of Pen Women, Alabama Writers Conclave, and Pike County Historical Society. Reveived Alabama Writers…

Biography; Local historian; genealogist; employee of U. S. House of Representatives. Born–Decatur, Alabama. Parents– George and Myrtle Allen. Married– Edward Towns. Children–one. Education–John C. Calhoun Community College; Alabama A and M; degree in religious studies. Employed by the U.S.House of Representatives for 20 years. Conducts genealogical research and presents workshops on genealogy. Active in historical…

Biography: Engineer, businessman. Born– Mar. 29, 1931 in Walker Co. Ala. Parents– Jim and Minnie Lee (Alexander) Tubbs. Married– Sue Clark. Children– Five. Worked in engineering 5 years in Florida and 3 years in California; president of Smith Lake Automation Co. in Jasper, Ala.. Source: Book on Daniel Tubbs and descendants. Publications; Daniel Tubbs, 1794-1881,…

Biography: Public school teacher.. Born– Furman, Ala. Parents– Herbert Curtis and Emma Farrior McCondichie.  Married– William Ward Thompson. Children– One foster child. Education– received degrees from Huntingdon and Howard Colleges; further study at University of Alabama, Birmingham Southern College, and Peabody College. Taught in public schools of Alabama for 50 years. Awarded honorary D.H.L. degree…

Biography: Businessman. Born– January 5, 1920, in Allsboro, Ala. (Colbert County). Parents– Clarence Hudson and Lydia (Blackburn) Twitty. Married– Gaila Northing, 1941. Children– Four. Married– Edith Bolling, July 1951. Children– Two. Education– University of North Alabama, 1939-1941; University of Alabama, 1941-1943; University of North Carolina, A.B., 1944. Recipient, Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to University of Alabama,…

Biography; Journalist; educator.  Born–February 4, 1949, Aliceville.  Parents– William and Attie Bell Thomson.  Married Kristi Garrison. Children–one.  University of Alabama, B.A.,. 1972; M.A., 1974; Ph. D., 1995.  Reporter for several newspapers:  Tuscaloosa News, Huntsville Times, Shreveport (LA) Times, Orlando Sentinel, 1974-1992; associate editor, Mobile Press-Register, 1992-95.  Professor of Journalism, University of Alabama, 1996-2003.  Advocate of…

Biography: Clergyman; teacher. Born– December 29, 1869, near Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Richard Lawson and Mary Ann (Patton) Tyler. Married– Beulah Cook Edmondson, December 24, 1895. Children– Four. Education– Old Pleasant Hill Academy; Southern University, Ph.D., 1893. Taught at Wylam, Jefferson County, Ala. Joined the North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1898. Pastor…

Biography: Businessman; author.  Born– January 28, 1927, Oxford, Ala. Parents– Eugene Lauderdale and Frances (Coleman) Turner. Married– Caroline Dale Carter, March 14, 1953. Children– Three. Education– Princeton University, B.A., 1949; Auburn University, graduate school, 1949-1950. Employed by the U.S. Government as information and editorial supervisor unclassified material, 1951-1952. Lab technician, Turner Dairies, Oxford and Anniston,…

Biography: Journalist, humorist,  legislator. Born– July 25, 1904 in Thomasville, Ala. Parents– Austico Busbee and Lula Mae (Hall) Tucker. Education– attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Managing editor Thomasville Echo, later called Thomasville Times, 1926-1959. Wrote a column, “Rambling Roses and Flying Bricks,” that was published in some 40 newspapers and magazines, 1934-1964. Alabama state legislator, 1930-34,…

Biography: Clerk. Born– Dec. 6, 1904 in Greensburg, La. Parents–William Hutchinson and Carrie Inez Roberts Tillery. Married–Ruby Wilson.  Children–two. Education– Mississippi State College, B.S., 1928; studied under Hudson Strode at University of Alabama for three years. In years before World War II worked as a statistical clerk in agricultural economics and agronomy; a timekeeper on a…

Biography: Clergyman, educator. Born– July 31, 1901 in Field Corner, Ohio. Parents– Nelson Eugene and Edith G. (Gage) Tingley. Married– Elva Eunice Allen, September 10, 1921. Children– Six. Education– attended Los Angeles Seminary and Los Angeles Pacific College; Mt. Vernon University, A.B., Th.B.; ordained in 1926 to ministry of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Pastor…

Biography: Extension worker. Born– Apr. 29, 1914, in Collirene, Ala. Parents– Francis Gordon and Carrie Manola (Middleton) Lyon. Married– John Bryant Traylor. Children– Two. Education– attended University of Montevallo. Worked with Lowndes Co. Extension Service. Officer in Lowndes Co. Historical Society; active in local history and genealogical research.  Died January 5, 2001. Source: From book,…

Biography: Musician, writer. Born– Sept. 2, 1877 in Greenville, Ala. Parents– Edward and Sarah Edith (Brittain) Crenshaw. Married– George Hamlet Tatum, Feb. 21, 1900. Children– One. Education– studied in homes of her father and her aunt; studied voice and piano under William Battenhausen; did further study with German master, Ignaz Maschles.  Died February 13, 1955.…

Biography: Educator; elected official. Born– July 2, 1829 in Talladega. Parents– Mai and Ann Johnston (McCartney) Taylor. Married– Lockey Thompson Douglass, December 10, 1850. Children–six.  Commissioned as a captain in Company K, 9th Alabama Infantry, CSA. Captured at Port Hudson, Mississippi, 1863; held as a prisoner of War at Johnson’s Island, Ohio. Madison County surveyor, 1858-62 and…

Biography; Professor of classics; college administrator. Born– Aug. 12, 1886 in Auburn, Ala. Parents– William Dana and Mary Forte (Ross) Taylor. Education– University of Wisconsin, A.B., 1906; studied at American Academy of Rome; Bryn Mawr, Ph.D., 1912 (Bryn Mawr had one of the first independent departments of archaelogy and was one of the first colleges to award…

Biography: Variously employed. Born– in 1900 in Pratt City, Ala. Parents– Belton O’Neil and Minnie Allen Taylor. Married–Violet Lawjeck, May 19, 1926.  At age of 12 worked as miner, later as soda jerk, garage mechanic, singer and actor on Broadway, in vaudeville, and on radio; actor in musical comedy in California in 1930; worked with U.S.…

Biography: Teacher; writer. Born– 1925 in Buffalo, N.Y. Parents Charles and ____ Cunningham. Married– Oliver M. Harper. Education– Alabama State University, B.A., 1949.  Reared in the West Indies. Taught at Camden Academy, Camden, Ala.; in Sylacauga and Montgomery, Ala.; and in Chicago and New York. Music and art coordinator for the New York City Board…

Biography: Engineer, Born– March 23, 1912, in Wirsitz, Germany. Parents– Baron Magnus and Emmy (Von Quistorp) Von Braun. Married– Maria Von Quistorp, March 1, 1947. Children– Three. Education– Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1930; Institute of Technology, Berlin, B.S., 1932; University of Berlin, Ph.D., 1934. Assistant to Professor Oberth while experimenting with small liquid fuel rocket…

Biography: Teacher, theatrical director. Born– August 1, 1953, in Dayton, Ohio Parents– John Louis and Betty Jean (Lauber) Volz. Married– Evelyn Carol Case, May 22, 1982. Children– two.  Education– Wright State University, B.A., 1971; Bowling Green State University, M.A., 1976; University of Colorado, Ph.D., 1984; also New York University, Fund Raising School. Taught at Bowling…

Biography: Journalist; food writer. Born– November 20, 1920, in Collinsville, Ala. Parents– James Lamar and Marie (Sewell) Appleton. Married– Luther Manship Voltz, July 31, 1943. Children– Two. Married Frank Barnett McKnight, August 6, 1988. Education– University of Montevallo, A.B., 1942; Academie Cordon Bleu, 1960; University of California, Los Angeles, 1970. Correspondent, Birmingham News, 1940-1942; Mobile Press…

Biography: Dentist, teacher; university administrator. Born– March 9, 1913, in Elizabeth, N.J. Parents–Frank and Rose Volker.  Married– Juanita Berry on February 6, 1937. Children– Three. Education– Indiana University, D.D.S., 1936; University of Rochester, A.B., 1938; M.S., 1939, Ph.D., 1941; Dental residency at Mountainside Hospital, N.J., 1936-1937. Taught at School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of…

Biography: Baptist Clergyman; denominational leader.   Born– September 22, 1937, in Carrollton, Ga. Parents– Clarence and Ruby  Vines.  Married– Janet Denney, December, 17, 1961. Children– Four. Education– Mercer University, B.A.; New Orleans Seminary, B.D.; Luther Rice Seminary, Th.D. Pastor, West Rome Baptist Church, Rome, Ga; Dauphin Way Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala.; First Baptist Church (3rd largest…

Biography: Baptist clergyman. Born– December 18, 1867, in Jonesboro, Tenn. Parents– William Lafayette and Nancy (Carr) Vines. Married– Rubie Painter, January 29, 1896; married  Ivy Henderson, April 30, 1902. Education– Central Normal College, Danville, Ind., 1893; Louisville Theological Seminary, 1894-1895; University of Chicago, 1898-1899. Ordained in the Baptist Church 1893. Pastor in Johnson City, Tenn.;…

Biography: Author; college professor. Born– November 22, 1899, in Short Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. Parents– Lawrence James and Mary Frances Vines. Married– Alma Huey. Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, A.B.; Harvard, A.M. Taught English at Rice Institute (1925-27), University of Richmond (1928-29) and Shorter College (1931-32).  After 1932 lived in Hueytown and later in Montgomery and…

Biography: Clergyman; Methodist bishop; founder of the modern Sunday School movement and the Chatauqua institution.. Born– February 23, 1832, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; moved to Pennsylvania with his family at the age of six.  Parents– John Himrod and Mary (Raser) Vincent. Married–  Sarah Elizabeth Dusenbury, November 10, 1858. Children– One. Education– Lewisburg, Academy;  Wesleyan Institute, Newark, N.J., and…

Biography: College professor; historian. Born– May 15, 1902, in Wetumpka, Ala. Parents– William E. and Susan Roberta (Allen) Venable. Married– Nell Smith. Education– University of Alabama, B.A. and M.A.; Vanderbilt, Ph.D.; also studied at University of Chicago. Teaching fellow, University of Alabama, 1928. Taught history at Vanderbilt University, 1935-1937; University of Arkansas, 1937-1945; Winthrop College,…

Biography: College professor; psychologist; advocate of women’s rights. Born– March 5, 1898, in Dahlonega, Ga. Parents– Elias Benton and Etta (McMillan) Vickery. Education– North Georgia College, A.B., 1918; George Peabody College, A.M., 1919; Ph.D., 1929. Taught English and Latin in Millington, Tenn, 1919-1922; psychology at Alabama College (University of Montevallo), 1922-1948; Chairperson, Dept. of Psychology,…

Biography: Historian; Teacher. Born September 15, 1861,  Florence, Ala. Parents– Samuel and Elizabeth (Woods) Kirkman. Married– David Vaughan, December 6, 1892. Children– One. Education– O’Bryan School, Nashville, Tenn; Florence Synodical Female College; University of Chicago, Ph.D.; Peabody Normal College. Taught at Florence Synodical College; in public schools; taught history at Florence State Normal School, 1898-. …

Biography: Clergyman, editor. Born– September 23, 1891, near Roswell, Ga. Parents– Anderson and Julia (Lindsey) Vaughan. Married– Katie Stephenson, 1928. Children– Seven. Education– grade school at Snead College School and Colfax School; Burleson College School, 1919-1922; graduated, 1924; later attended East Texas Teachers College. Moved with family to Albertville and Whiton, Ala.; then to Texas.…

Biography: Teacher of languages. . Born– September 16, 1921, in Przemysl, Poland. Education– J. Slowacki College, B.A., 1939; State Teachers College, Poland, B.S., 1940; University of Lvov, M.A., 1941, Ph.D., 1944; City College of New York, B.A., 1956. Taught junior colleges in Poland, 1939-1943; visiting Professor for the United Nations Relief Agency at the University…

Biography: Lawyer, state legislator, U.S. Senator. Born– May 6, 1862, in Louisville, Ky. Parents– Eugene and Frederica Virginia Underwood. Married– Eugenia Morris, October 8, 1896 (D. 1900).. Children– Two. Married– Bertha Woodward, 1904. Education– Rugby School, Louisville, Ky. (graduated 1879); University of Virginia. Admitted to the bar 1884; began the practice of law in Birmingham.  Chairman,…

Biography: Music teacher. Born– January 19, 1907, in Terre Haute, Ind. Parents– Shirley and Hallie (Walker) Van Cleave. Married– Eleanor Ruth Parker, June 13, 1931. Children– One. Education– DePaul University, B.S., 1929; Indiana State University, M.A., 1937. Taught music at Southern Illinois University, 1939-1945; head, Music Department, Livingston State University, 1946-1950; music consultant, Alabama State…

Biography: Writer, translator, teacher, librarian. Born– August 12, 1909, in Selma, Ala. Parents– Chester Earle and Ruby Jeannette (West) Johnson. Married–James Oliver Tolbert, 1929 (divorced 1934); married  John Grier Varner, April 29, 1939. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1930, M.A., 1931; University of Virginia, Ph.D., 1938; postdoctoral study at the Universidad Nacional de Mexico, 1947.…

Biography: College professor; literary scholar. Born– October 25, 1937, in Montgomery, Ala. Parents– George Peter and Lois (Everett) Van Egmond. Married– Dorothy McKinnie, August 17, 1958. Children– Two. Education– Mississippi College, B.A., 1959; University of Mississippi, M.A., 1961; University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1966. Taught at Davidson College, 1964-1966; University of Maryland, 1966-; Vanderbilt University,…

Biography: Educator. Born– May 1, 1925 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Education– Wagner College, B.A.; Columbia University, M.A.; University of Florida, Ed.D. Taught music in Florida public schools, 1951-1960; University of Florida, 1962-1963; Indiana State University, 1963-1967; University of South Alabama after 1967. Member– Association of Educational Communication and Technology and the Alabama Instructional Media Association.…

Biography: Librarian. Born– May 7, 1909 in Birmingham. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B.; Emory University, A.B. (Lib. Sci.); studied summers at Columbia University, 1936-1940. Assistant or head librarian at Ensley Public Library; Walker Co. Library; Ensley High School; Birmingham Army Air Base; Robbins Field (Georgia), Howard College; Joint Universities Library; Randolph-Macon Womans College, and Ferrum…

Biography: Historian; college professor. Born– Dec. 6, 1904 in Wetumpka, Ala. Parents– Walther Elihu and Lucy (McCoy) Thomas. Married– Margaret McWhinney, May 28, 1939. Children– One. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1925,  M.A., 1929; postgraduate work at University of Chicago; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1934.   Taught history in public and private schools in Alabama,…