Born: 1917 near Blairsville, Georgia
Byron Herbert Reece grew up in a rural environment in almost total isolation
During the time he taught at Young Harris College, he wrote many poems for newspapers and journals
His parents were suffering from tuberculosis at the time when he wrote his poems
Reece was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1952
He has received the Georgia Writers Association's literary achievement award 5 times
Byron Herbert Reece died of illness and suicide
Death: 1958 in Young Harris, Georgia