George Sessions Perry
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Marker Text: The son of Andrew and Laura Perry, George Sessions Perry was born May 5, 1910, in Rockdale. In 1933, he married Claire Hodges of Beaumont. Four years later, he published the first in a long line of fiction and non-fiction stories and novels, many of which were based on people and events from his growing-up years in Rockdale. As a World War II correspondent, he brought first-hand accounts of the war to readers of "The New Yorker" and "The Saturday Evening Post." Perry won several major awards, including the 1941 National Book Award, before his death in 1956-57. (1992)
Marker No: 7993
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30.657932,-97.000999
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Location: Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library Courthouse. 201 Ackerman Street, Rockdale