Background
Cannon, Helen Loura Harrelson was born on October 26, 1912 in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Frederick Floyd and Pearl St. Clair (Crippen) Harrelson.
Cannon, Helen Loura Harrelson was born on October 26, 1912 in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Frederick Floyd and Pearl St. Clair (Crippen) Harrelson.
Student, Ouachita College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 1929—1930. Student, State Teacher's College, Conway, Arkansas, 1930—1932.
Secretary Law Office, St. Louis, 1931—1932. Legal secretary F.F. Harrelson, 1933. Substitute teacher High School Forrest City, 1933—1965.
Executive secretary Federal Land Bank, St. Louis, 1934—1938, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, St. Louis, 1948—1951. Owner, manager St. Francis County Abstract Company, Forrest City, 1945-1975. Owner, manager rental properties, from 1975.
State representative Defense Advisory Communications On Women In The Armed Services, Washington, 1968-1970.
President Cosmos Club, Forrest City, 1948-1950. President Arkansas Federation Women's Clubs, 1960-1962. Chairman Forrest City Centennial, 1970, Arkansas Sesquicentennial chairman for St. Francis County, 1986.
Member Womens' Missionary Union, Museum Coterie. President and organizer St. Francis County History Society. Member Wayside Garden Club.
Married Carroll Conway, November 2, 1940 (deceased January 1975). Children: Judge, Cathy, Margy.
