Friday, February 11, 2022

Negro Postmen of Knoxville

In spring of 1935 The Knoxville Journal featured the postmen of Knoxville.  Pictures and a short biographical sketch of the letter carriers in Knoxville.  Near the end of that series the paper featured six Negro postmen.  I offer them below.

The Knoxville Journal
April 5, 1935

Homer Fowler's Find-A-Grave Memorial.


The Knoxville Journal
April 6, 1935


The Knoxville Journal
April 7, 1935

Alonzo H. Baylor's obituary and Find-A-Grave Memorial.


The Knoxville Journal
April 9, 1935

Adrian B. Reid's obituary and Find-A-Grave Memorial.

The Knoxville Journal
April 10, 1935

Luther F. Burke's Find-A-Grave Memorial.


The Knoxville Journal
April 11, 1935

Charles S. Guy's obituary and Find-A-Grave Memorial.

images from Newspapers.com