Background
Harper, Phyllis Hawkins was born on October 6, 1933 in Fawn Grove, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Edward Clinton and Mittie (Leslie) Hawkins.
Harper, Phyllis Hawkins was born on October 6, 1933 in Fawn Grove, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Edward Clinton and Mittie (Leslie) Hawkins.
Student, Itawamba Junior College, 1951—1953. Student, University Mississippi, 1953—1954.
Proofreader Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, 1969—1972, reporter, 1972—1977, feature editor, from 1977, speaker lecturer, from 1977. Teacher Tupelo City Schools, 1970—1972. Board directors Tupelo Artists Guild, from 1982.
Co-chairman March of Dimes Teamwalk, Lee County, Mississippi, 1984.
Member of Community Development Foundation, Tupelo Museum Association, Itawamba History Society (Service award 1983), Mississippi Press Association.
Married James Leverne Harper, December 23, 1954 (divorced May 1970). Children: Lynn, Laurie, Leslie, Jamie, Beth Anne.