Biography:

Businessman, journalist. Born– Mar. 7, 1911, in Coldwater, Ala. Parents– M.C. and Millie Lou (Heaton) Scott. Education– self-educated after 8th grade. Mailman; sign painter; cinema manager; variety store owner; watch repairer; columnist for Talladega Daily Home and for Western Publications. Member– Alabama Writers Conclave; chairman Talladega Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee; honored by Helping Hand Club of Anniston, the City of Talladega, Talladega Co. Commission, Lt. Gov. George McMillan, and Gov. Fob James; received Award of Merit and Distinguished Service Award by Alabama Historical Commission; honored by Alabama legislature in declaring “Vern Scott Day in Alabama” in 1981. Died August 22, 1995.

Source:

Vern Scott and Lucy R. Barnett, Talladega, Ala.

Publication(s):

Dr. Boswell Invents an Aeroplane. Talledega, Ala.; Talladega County Historical Association, 1986.

Rural Churches, Talladega County, Alabama. S.l.; s.n., 1980.

Joint_Publication(s):

Talladega Town Tour. Talladega, Ala.; Talladega Historical Association, 1974.