Biography of Ned Mallory, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Ned Mallory, son of the late I. W. and Elma (Raiford) Mallory, was born April 5,
1898. He is one of the county's best known residents with ancestry in St.
Francis County extending back to pioneer days. His grandfather, Ned Mallory,
moved here from Virginia and was of the first volunteers in the Southern Army
during the Civil War. His maternal grandfather was Phillip Raiford, who moved
here from Marshall County, Miss. Ned attended public schools in Forrest City and
later studied at Bingham School, Asheville, N. C. and Castle Heights, Lebanon,
Tenn. He volunteered for service in World War I Aug. 5, 1917, during which time
he got an appointment to Annapolis bur preferred the Army from which he was
honorably discharged Apr. 30. 1919. On July 20, 1935 he married Miss Elizabeth
Scott, daughter of W. W. and Eva (Finley) Scott, and to this union two
daughters. Known throughout the state for his activities in the American Legion,
Mr. Mallory has served as local Commander and District Commander, and at present
is Child Welfare Chairman of the American Legion Dept. of Arkansas. The Mallorys
are Methodists and live on the corner of Izard and Garland, where Mr. Mallory
was born and reared.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas