Background
Speake, Harold Layman was born on May 2, 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Charles Washington and Ruth (Layman) Speake.
Banking Corporate general lawyer
Speake, Harold Layman was born on May 2, 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Charles Washington and Ruth (Layman) Speake.
Student, Florence State College, 1940—1943. Bachelor of Laws, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1947.
Bar: Alabama 1948. Special agent Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington,1948-1951. Manager administration Rust Engineering Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1951-1961. Director finance and administration Thiokol Chemical Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1961-1970.
Partner Speake & Speake, Moulton, Alabama, since 1970.
Board directors Alabama Attorney Insurance Mutual, 1989. Pilot United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1945.
Member Alabama State Bar (commissioner 1972, 75), Alabama Law Institute, Federal Bar Association (president chapter 1965-1966), Moulton-Lawrence County Chamber of C. (president, director 1983-1985).
Married Mary Lovell Speake, April 16, 1948 (divorced July 1952). Children: Scott Lovell, Ruth Louise. Married Mary Moon, July 15, 1955.
1 child Vikki Speake Reich.