Background
Waddell, St. John was born on July 3, 1896 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of St. John and Ada Elizabeth (McCroskey) Waddell.
Waddell, St. John was born on July 3, 1896 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of St. John and Ada Elizabeth (McCroskey) Waddell.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1914; Bachelor, Yale University, 1917.
Engaged in farming, Quitman County, Mississippi, 1919-1921; reporter, Memphis Commercial Appeal, New Orleans Times Picayune,, North China Press, Shanghai., 1921-1923; executive assistant to mayor, city commissioner, City of Memphis, 1923-1928; insurance broker, 1929-1933; reporter, business and real estate editor, Commercial Appeal, 1934-1941; assistant managing editor, Commercial Appeal, 1946-1959; managing editor, Commercial Appeal, 1959-1961; associate editor, Commercial Appeal, from 1961. Finance consultant War Production Board, 1941-1942.
Chairman Memphis committee Freedoms Foundation, from 1962. Served to 1st lieutenant artillery United States Army, 1917-1919. Advertising Educational Foundation in France and Germany.
Served to major infantry Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Son of St. John and Ada Elizabeth (McCroskey) W. M. Pauline Townsend, July 1, 1924. 1 daughter, Irma (Mistress Erich W. Merrill).