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Laura Vernon Hamner (view source)
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==Background==
==Background==
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.
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==