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Celestine Sibley (1914 - 1999)

"'Tine"

Celestine Sibley was a well-known reporter and columnist for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 until her death in 1999. Sibley, a renowned southern author, journalist, and syndicated columnist, report...

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5/22/2008
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Celestine Sibley (1914 - 1999)

"'Tine"

Celestine Sibley was a well-known reporter and columnist for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 until her death in 1999. Sibley, a renowned southern author, journalist, and syndicated columnist, report...

7/1/2021

John Kennedy Toole MP (1937 - 1969)

Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Aug 19 2018, 17:38:09 UTC Author. He was posthumously awarded a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for his uproarious picaresque novel "A Confederacy of Dunces". Its antihe...

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John Kennedy Toole MP (1937 - 1969)

Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Aug 19 2018, 17:38:09 UTC Author. He was posthumously awarded a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for his uproarious picaresque novel "A Confederacy of Dunces". Its antihe...

8/19/2018

Flannery O'Connor MP (1925 - 1964)

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, she wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She wa...

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3/30/2010
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Flannery O'Connor MP (1925 - 1964)

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, she wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She wa...

8/19/2018

Zora Neale Hurston MP (1891 - 1960)

Zora Neale Hurston was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is bes...

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1/7/2014
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Zora Neale Hurston MP (1891 - 1960)

Zora Neale Hurston was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is bes...

8/19/2018

William Alexander Percy MP (1885 - 1942)

William Alexander Percy (May 14, 1885 – January 21, 1942), was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His ...

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5/11/2010
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William Alexander Percy MP (1885 - 1942)

William Alexander Percy (May 14, 1885 – January 21, 1942), was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His ...

8/19/2018

Walker Percy MP (1916 - 1990)

Walker Percy (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was an American Southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is best known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Or...

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2/16/2008
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Walker Percy MP (1916 - 1990)

Walker Percy (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was an American Southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is best known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Or...

8/19/2018

William Faulkner MP (1897 - 1962)

William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation...

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8/27/2008
8/19/2018
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8/27/2008

William Faulkner MP (1897 - 1962)

William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation...

8/19/2018

Eugene Bondurant Sledge MP (1923 - 2001)

"Sledgehammer"

Biography== Eugene Sledge was born on November 4, 1923 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, United States. His parents were Dr. Edward Sledge and Mary Frank Sledge (Sturdivant) . He was a Corporal USMC, ...

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5/21/2010
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5/21/2010

Eugene Bondurant Sledge MP (1923 - 2001)

"Sledgehammer"

Biography== Eugene Sledge was born on November 4, 1923 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, United States. His parents were Dr. Edward Sledge and Mary Frank Sledge (Sturdivant) . He was a Corporal USMC, ...

7/31/2018

William March, Author MP (1893 - 1954)

"William March"

Pen name: William MarchAmerican author and decorated U.S. Marine. During World War I, he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre and the Army Distinguished Service Cross for valor. His most famous liter...

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William March, Author MP (1893 - 1954)

"William March"

Pen name: William MarchAmerican author and decorated U.S. Marine. During World War I, he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre and the Army Distinguished Service Cross for valor. His most famous liter...

7/30/2018

Amelie Louise Trubetskoy MP (1863 - 1945)

élie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945) was an American novelist and poet. Rives wrote at least twenty-four volumes of fiction, numerous uncollected poems, and Herod and Marianne (1889), a verse dram...

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Amelie Louise Trubetskoy MP (1863 - 1945)

élie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945) was an American novelist and poet. Rives wrote at least twenty-four volumes of fiction, numerous uncollected poems, and Herod and Marianne (1889), a verse dram...

7/29/2018

Peter Joseph Hamilton MP (1859 - 1927)

Joseph Hamilton was an Alabama lawyer and historian who also served as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico from 1913 to 1921.

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9/13/2014
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Peter Joseph Hamilton MP (1859 - 1927)

Joseph Hamilton was an Alabama lawyer and historian who also served as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico from 1913 to 1921.

7/28/2018

Augusta Evans Wilson MP (1835 - 1909)

UID: E2A7733303379348833918ED30B87F6AD6B9 Note: Augusta was the author of several successful novels. there is an interesting biography here: Author. One of the first writers to depict competen...

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7/23/2007
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Augusta Evans Wilson MP (1835 - 1909)

UID: E2A7733303379348833918ED30B87F6AD6B9 Note: Augusta was the author of several successful novels. there is an interesting biography here: Author. One of the first writers to depict competen...

7/15/2018

Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr MP (1921 - 1998)

Listed in 1930 census living at 1203 Old Shell Road with his maternal grandmother Martha Olsen and his mother Muriel Walter. Maternal Grandfather: ? Olsen/Olson, born in Normay Maternal Grandmother: Ma...

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Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr MP (1921 - 1998)

Listed in 1930 census living at 1203 Old Shell Road with his maternal grandmother Martha Olsen and his mother Muriel Walter. Maternal Grandfather: ? Olsen/Olson, born in Normay Maternal Grandmother: Ma...

7/9/2018

Dr Erwin Craighead MP (1852 - 1932)

Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Jul 8 2018, 21:00:48 UTC * Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Jul 8 2018, 21:01:25 UTC

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5/19/2013
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Dr Erwin Craighead MP (1852 - 1932)

Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Jul 8 2018, 21:00:48 UTC * Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Jul 8 2018, 21:01:25 UTC

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