Biography:

Journalist; teacher. Born– October 23, 1904, Vaiden, Miss. Parents– Thomas Alston and Mattie (Wright) McKinstry. Married– Jess A. Duncan, March 11, 1925. Children– one. Education– Jacksonville State University;  University of Alabama.  Taught school in Marshall County, 1921-1925; worked for the Advertiser-Gleam  as columnist and  social editor, 1945-1963; after postgraduate study at the University of Alabama, a special education teacher at Grassy Junior High School, 1964-. Died October 3, 1991.

Source:

Book jacket of The History of Marshall County

Publication(s):

History of the First Baptist Church (Guntersville), 1907-1957. Guntersville, Ala.; Advertiser-Gleam, 1957.

Joint_Publication(s):

The History of Marshall County, Alabama. Albertville, Ala.; Thompson Printing Co., 1969.