Background

Rives, Albert Gordon was born on April 12, 1901 in Brimingham, Alabama, United States. Son of John R. T. and Mamie Lillian (Gordon) Rives.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, University Alabama, 1924.

Career

Assistant director athletics, U. Alabama, 1924;later practiced in, Birminghamsenior partner firm, Rives, Peterson, Pettus, Conway, Elliott and Small, 1936-1979;now of counsel, Rives, Peterson, Pettus, Conway, Elliott and Small.

Achievements

• Bar: Alabama 1925.

Membership

Messenger to Baptist World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, 1960. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II. Member American, Alabama, Birmingham bar associations, International Association Insurance Counsel, American Judicature Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Alabama History Society, Phi Alpha Delta, Sigma Chi.

Clubs: Bath and Tennis (Palm Beach, Florida). Mountain Brook; Vestavia Country, The Club (Birmingham). Lodges: Masons, Shriners.

Connections

Married Hester Maude Burchfield, May 22, 1926 (deceased August 4, 1963). Married Margaret Gordon Crawford Jackson, March 9, 1968.

father:

John R. T. Rives

mother:

Mamie Lillian (Gordon) Rives

spouse:

Hester Maude Burchfield

spouse:

Margaret Gordon Crawford Jackson