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Laura Vernon Hamner (view source)
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==Background==
==Background==
Born in [[Tennessee]] to James Henry Hamner and the former Laura Lula Hendrix, Laura was educated at Miss Higbee's School for Young Ladies in [[Memphis]] and Peabody College in [[Nashville]], She also studied at the [[University of Chicago]]. Miss Hamner, who never married, was a [[teacher]] for many years. From 1913 to 1921, she served as the appointed postmistress at Claude in Armstrong County east of Amarillo. From 1922 to 1938, she was the Potter County school superintendent, a position which brought her to Amarillo, where she resided for the remainder of her life.<ref name="hbook">{{cite web|url=[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhadb Handbook of Texas Online|title=Hamner, Laura Vernon|author=Deolece M. Parmelee|publisher=The Handbook of Texas on-line|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref> Hamner lived for years in the Herring Hotel in Amarillo, owned by then [[Mayor]] Ernest O. Thompson, later a long-term chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission.
Born in [[Tennessee]] to James Henry Hamner (1839-1922) and the former Laura Lula Hendrix (1841-1925), Laura was educated at Miss Higbee's School for Young Ladies in [[Memphis]] and Peabody College in [[Nashville]], She also studied at the [[University of Chicago]]. Miss Hamner, who never married, was a [[teacher]] for many years. From 1913 to 1921, during the administration of [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]], she served as the appointed postmistress at Claude in Armstrong County east of Amarillo. From 1922 to 1938, she was the Potter County school superintendent, a position which brought her to Amarillo, where she resided for the remainder of her life.<ref name="hbook">{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhadb Handbook of Texas Online|title=Hamner, Laura Vernon|author=Deolece M. Parmelee|publisher=The Handbook of Texas on-line|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref> Hamner lived for years in the Herring Hotel in Amarillo, owned by then [[Mayor]] Ernest O. Thompson, later a long-term chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission.
==Career==
==Career==