Background
Brinson, Alvan Carroll was born on October 13, 1913 in Monticello, Mississippi, United States. Son of Alonzo Crook and Hazel Louise (Cannon) Brinson.
Brinson, Alvan Carroll was born on October 13, 1913 in Monticello, Mississippi, United States. Son of Alonzo Crook and Hazel Louise (Cannon) Brinson.
Bachelor in English, DePauw University, 1935.
Engineering draftsman Mississippi State Highway Department, Jackson, 1935-1941, United States Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, 1941-1942. Advertising account executive Gordon Marks & Company, Jackson, Mississippi, 1946-1974. Freelance writer, from 1974.
Board directors American Red Cross, Jackson. Former chairman board directors Mississippi Opera, Jackson. Member Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Mu Alpha.
Lodges: Rotary (board directors Jackson).
Married Barbara Jane Henry, October 11, 1941. Children: Thomas Carroll, Barbara Marie, Catherine Jane, Margaret Hazel, Elizabeth Annual.