Background
Ray, Louise Crenshaw was born on May 17, 1890 in near Greenville, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Thaddeus Henry and Anne Hadden (Calvin) Crenshaw.
Ray, Louise Crenshaw was born on May 17, 1890 in near Greenville, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Thaddeus Henry and Anne Hadden (Calvin) Crenshaw.
Bachelor of Science, Woman’s College of Alabama (now Huntingdon College, Montgomery). Student of University Alabama, summer 1916.
Author (poetry volumes): Color of Steel, 1932. Secret Shoes, 1939; Strangers on the Stairs, 1944. Autumn Token (published after her death, 1957).
Contributor verse papers and magazines
United States and England.
Member Poetry Society American, Poetry Society Alabama (president 1933-1935, treasurer 1944-1945), National Society Colonial Dames American (chairman Batre scholarship committee 1934-1956), Birmingham Writers.
Married Benjamin Franklin Ray, January 23, 1918. Children: Anne Innes (Mistress Richard West. Massey, Junior.