Biography
A Representative from Alabama. Born in Townley, Walker County, Ala. , March 27, 1921. Graduated from Walker County High School, 1939. Graduated from University of Alabama School of Commerce and Business Administration, 1943. Graduated from University of Alabama School of Law in 1948. United States Army, World War II, 1943. Served in European theater of operations and participated in the Normandy invasion. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1958-1966. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1997). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress. Died on March 28, 2005, in Jasper, Ala. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.