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Lowell E. White
Born on the Sunday after Pearl Harbor, Lowell Emerson White grew up in west Georgia during World War II and Korea, the son of a Baptist preacher and a farm girl who fed five strapping boys by sweat...view moreBorn on the Sunday after Pearl Harbor, Lowell Emerson White grew up in west Georgia during World War II and Korea, the son of a Baptist preacher and a farm girl who fed five strapping boys by sweating in textile mills and doing other honest labor. The only thing the author remembers about WW II is an expired war ration book, but recalls hearing about our crossing of Korea’s 38th parallel, the day the Chinese entered the Korean fray, Harry Truman’s firing Douglas McArthur, the ceasefire, and a Douglasville soldier named Gordon Ballenger being released from a POW camp. White was 4F during Vietnam, allowing him and his wife Jo Anne Brooks to finish West Georgia College (1966) before it swelled to university status. Young Lowell was torn between his fantasy to be a professional baseball player during the heyday of the Atlanta Crackers and aspiring to be a play-by-play announcer. He became a radio broadcaster for 13 years with multiple roles—sports announcer, DJ, newscaster, copywriter, sales representative, and station manager. He worked 29 years in the career service of the Boy Scouts of America in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, and the Panama Canal Zone. The White’s daughter Sabrina and husband Finn Arne Tellefsen live in West Palm Beach, Florida. Lowell and Jo Anne live at the Tallapoosa, Georgia “White House” where he is a free-lance writer/photographer. Diamonds and Perils is his first attempt at authorship.view less
Books by Lowell E. White
Diamonds and Perils: Iwo Jima Survivor Johnny Cantrell Tells About His World War Ii Battles, Boy Scout Adventures, Farm Life, Romance, and Jewelry Business