Clay County AlArchives News.....A. L. CRUMPTON Elected in Clay County 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net March 7, 2007, 12:35 am "The Cleburne News" 1938 Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 15, 1938 A.L. CRUMPTON Elected in Clay County Stocky, jovial, A.L. Crumpton of Ashland is Clay county's new representative in the lower house of the legislature. A vigorous, hard-hitting fighter, Mr. Crumpton whose office is in the Scarbrough building in Ashland, is rated one of the best lawyers in central Alabama. Not long after he received his law degree from the University of Alabama, Crumpton volunteered and served with distinction in the A.E.F. BIOGRAPHICAL Mr. Crumpton was born November 17, 1890 on a farm in Cleburne county where his family has resided for more than 75 years. His first wife was Miss Bernice Fordham. From this union two girls were born, Mary Leland and Evelyn. After the death of his wife he married Miss Lois Bonner of Lineville. He has served one term as Mayor of Ashland and one term (1927 - 31) as a member of the State democratic executive committee. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention in Chicago in 1932. He is Methodist, a Mason and member of the Eastern Star. The Montgomery Advertiser File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/newspapers/alcrumpt1383gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb