Emily Woodson Barksdale was born in Vaiden, Mississippi, on November 13, 1902, to physician and surgeon John Woodson Barksdale and his wife, Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale. Much of her early life was spent in Vaiden, Winona, Greenwood, and Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from All Saints Episcopal School in Vicksburg, where she was Salutation of the senior class. Barksdale attended Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and later graduated from Mississippi State College for Women. She married William Guy Humphrey of Greenwood on August 6, 1925. They had two daughters, Alice Woodson Humphrey Wasser Kent and Emily Hawkins Humphrey Davis. William Guy died March 8 1957.
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Emily Woodson Barksdale was born in Vaiden, Mississippi, on November 13, 1902, to physician and surgeon John Woodson Barksdale and his wife, Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale. Much of her early life was spent in Vaiden, Winona, Greenwood, and Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from All Saints Episcopal School in Vicksburg, where she was Salutation of the senior class. Barksdale attended Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and later graduated from Mississippi State College for Women. She married William Guy Humphrey of Greenwood on August 6, 1925. They had two daughters, Alice Woodson Humphrey Wasser Kent and Emily Hawkins Humphrey Davis. William Guy died March 8 1957.
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