Background
Barbee, David Rankin was born on October 15, 1874 in Murfreesboro Tennessee. Son of Review James Dodson (Doctor of Divinity) and Margaret Roberson (Rankin) B.
Barbee, David Rankin was born on October 15, 1874 in Murfreesboro Tennessee. Son of Review James Dodson (Doctor of Divinity) and Margaret Roberson (Rankin) B.
Student Emory and Henry College, Doctor of Laws, 1935. Student Vanderbilt University.
Reporter for Nashville Banner, 1896-1899, Nashville American, 1901. Telegraph editor Memphis Commercial Appeal, 1901-1908, news editor, 1908-1910. Editor Chattanogga Star, 1908.
Managing editor Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser, 1910-1911, Mobile Alabama) Register, 1911-1918.
News editor New Orleans States, 1918-1926. Managing editor Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen, 1926-1928.
Feature writer Washington Post, 1928-1932. Assistant to secretary of commerce, 1933.
Special assistant to administrator Federal Alcohol Administration, 1933-1940.
With public relations department United States Treasury, 1940-1942.
Member of committee American History and Southern History Society, Kappa Sigma. Club: Nfional Press.
Married Elina Guzman, April. Children: Mary (Mistress Robert C. Maxwell), Susan Guzman (Mistress Hugh F. Smith).