William Ravern Poole

Background

Poole, William Ravern was born on October 30, 1913 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alonzo Ravern and Minnie McKee (Whitehead) Poole.

Education

Student, Georgia State College, 1954.

Career

Trainee, livestock marketing specialist United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1935-1938, junior marketing specialist Thomasville, Georgia, 1938-1944, marketing specialist-information specialist radio broadcasts Atlanta, 1944-1952, assistant chief info specialist, 1952-1969. Engineering technician Florida Health Department, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, 1971-1983.

Achievements

• William Ravern Poole has been listed as a noteworthy county official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association Agriculture College Editors, Atlanta, 1944-1969 (AAACE award). Formerly active Station Wage Stabilization Board, Atlanta, Station WMAZ, Macon, Georgia. Member Kiwanis (editor Decatur club weekly newsletter 1965-1969).

Interests

• Bridge, reading, collecting usda yearbooks dating from 1869.

Connections

Married Helen Lydia Perkinson, June 10, 1933 (divorced May 1971). Children: Charlotte, Helen, Virginia. Married Constance Laureen Brown, April 15, 1972.

Stepchild, Constance.

Father:

Alonzo Ravern Poole

Mother:

Minnie McKee (Whitehead) Poole

Spouse:

Constance Laureen Brown

Spouse:

Helen Lydia Perkinson

child:

Helen Poole

child:

Virginia Poole

child:

Charlotte Poole