James Buford Boone Sr. (1909-1983) - Find a Grave Memorial

James Buford Boone Sr.

Birth

8 Jan 1909

Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, USA

Death

7 Feb 1983 (aged 74)

Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA

Burial

Tuscaloosa Memorial Park

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Buford was a longtime publisher of the Tuscaloosa News and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957.

Husband of Frances Herin; father of Buford Jr. and Janette Boone; grandfather of William E. Younkin, Laura F. Younkin, Kenneth S. Boone, James III, and Martha F. Boone.
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1957 Award of the Pulitzer Prize - Editorial Writing
Buford Boone of Tuscaloosa (AL) News
For his fearless and reasoned editorials in a community inflamed by a segregation issue, an outstanding example of his work being the editorial entitled, "What a Price for Peace," published on February 7, 1956.

Contributor: RockHunter (49978770)

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BUFORD BOONE
JANUARY 8, 1909
FEBRUARY 7, 1983

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Frances Herin Boone

1909–1987 (m. 1929)

Children

Janette Boone Younkin

1930–2017

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James Edwin Boone

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Janette Boone Younkin

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