Background
Cabaniss, Jelks Henry was born on March 7, 1887 in Union Springs, Alabama, United States. Son of Edward H. and Martha F. (Jelks) Cabaniss.
Cabaniss, Jelks Henry was born on March 7, 1887 in Union Springs, Alabama, United States. Son of Edward H. and Martha F. (Jelks) Cabaniss.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Alabama, 1906, A.M., 1907, Bachelor of Laws, 1908.
Admitted to Alabama bar, 1908, since practiced in Birmingham. Member firm Cabaniss & Johnson since 1908, partner since 1912, director, finance committee Protective Life Insurance Company, 1917-1953. Director McWane Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, 1922-1953, Moore-Handley Hardware Company, Birmingham, 1948-1958, Southern Cement Company, 1940-1953, Allison Lumber Company, Bellamy, Alabama, 1951-1953.
President community chest, Birmingham and Jefferson Company, 1942-1944.
Served with United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Alabama, American, Birmingham Bar Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Birmingham Country (past president), Mountain Brook.
Married Elizabeth Morris, April. Children: Elizabeth Morris (wife of Henry Chesley Daniel, United States Navy), Jelks Henry (United States Army).