(the below is added from research by "Barbara" (47457585))
NOTED SOUTHERN WRITER DIES
William A. Percy, widely known Southern author-lawyer-planter of Greenville, died at a Greenville hospital Wednesday following an illness of several months at the age of 56 years.
Mr. Percy was the author of several volumes of poetry and the recent autobiographical best seller, "Lanterns on the Levee." Mr. Percy was the son of former United States Senator Leroy Percy of Mississippi. He was a graduate of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., and the Harvard Law School. He served overseas in the first World War. Before entering the army in that war, he served with Hoover's Belgian relief expedition.
Funeral services are to be held in Greenville Friday.
The Weekly Democrat, Poplarville, Mississippi, January 22, 1942
(the below is added from research by "Barbara" (47457585))
NOTED SOUTHERN WRITER DIES
William A. Percy, widely known Southern author-lawyer-planter of Greenville, died at a Greenville hospital Wednesday following an illness of several months at the age of 56 years.
Mr. Percy was the author of several volumes of poetry and the recent autobiographical best seller, "Lanterns on the Levee." Mr. Percy was the son of former United States Senator Leroy Percy of Mississippi. He was a graduate of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., and the Harvard Law School. He served overseas in the first World War. Before entering the army in that war, he served with Hoover's Belgian relief expedition.
Funeral services are to be held in Greenville Friday.
The Weekly Democrat, Poplarville, Mississippi, January 22, 1942
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