Irma Belle Russell Cruse

Background

Cruse, Irma Belle Russell was born on May 3, 1911 in Hackneyville, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Charles Henry and Nellie Dunn (Ledbetter) Russell.

Education

Student, Birmingham Southern College, 1927-1928; correspondent student, University Chicago, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, intermittently 1958-1968; AB, U. Alabama, 1976; Master of Arts in English, Samford U., 1981; Master of Arts in History, Samford U., 1984.

Career

With, Southern Bell and successor South Center Bell, Birmingham, Alabama, 1928-1944, 54-76; public relations supervisor, Southern Bell and successor South Center Bell, Birmingham, Alabama, 1965-1968; rate supervisor, Southern Bell and successor South Center Bell, Birmingham, Alabama, 1968-1976; free lance writer, since 1956.

Achievements

• Irma Belle Russell Cruse has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Festival of Arts, Birmingham, 1970-1973, Birmingham Council Christian Education. Vice president Birmingham Council Clubs, 1973-1974. President Jefferson County Radio and television Council, 1971-1972.

Member Governor's Commission Employment of Handicapped. Chairman oral history program Alabama Baptist History Commission, 1985-1989. Clerk Mount Brook Baptist Church, 1986-1988.

Member American Association of University Women (chairman women's work/women's worth Birmingham chapter 1987-1989), Birmingham Business Communicators, Alabama Writers' Conclave (president 1973-1974), Metropolitan Business and Professional Women (president 1970-1971, woman of achievement 1970-1971), Women in Communications (president 1970-1971), Birmingham Business Communicators (president 1968-1969), Telephone Pioneers American (editor newsletter 1970-1974, president Birmingham South Life Member Club 1986-1987, historian Alabama chapter 1987-1990), Alabama State Poetry Society (program chairman 1972-1974, editor newsletter 1976-1978), Women's Committee of C. (Second vice president 1978-1979), Alabama Baptist History Commission, Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Birmingham Genealogical Society, Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary (chaplain 1988-1989), Women's Committee of C., National League American Pen Women (1st vice president programs Birmingham chapter 1990-1991, historian 1991-1992), Arlington History Association, Quota Club of Birmingham (president 1976-1977), Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta.

Connections

Married Jesse Clyde Cruse, December 22, 1931. Children: Allan Baird, Howard Russell.

Father:

Charles Henry Russell

Mother:

Nellie Dunn (Ledbetter) Russell

Spouse:

Jesse Clyde Cruse

child:

Howard Russell Cruse

child:

Allan Baird Cruse