About the author:

James Riley Pirtle

b. Medon, TN; son of Robert Sidney Pirtle (Nannie Lou Brown); 

BS, Union University; MA, George Peabody College for Teachers (Vanderbilt University); 

Industrial Realtor, Memphis, TN; member, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors; 

married Elizabeth Gayle Ross; 

two children: John Ross Pirtle (BS, Vanderbilt University; married Erica Leigh Bass; three children (Lori Ann Newman): Nicholas Ross Pirtle, Margaret Paige Pirtle, and Meredith Grace Pirtle; home: Dunwoody, GA), and Elizabeth Ann (BS, Vanderbilt University; married Philip Bradford Hathorn; three children: Philip Ross Hathorn, John Charles Hathorn, and Hannah Elizabeth Hathorn; home: Johns Creek, GA); 

member, Bellevue Baptist Church.

Email: jamespirtle5125@gmail.com

Home page: https://sites.google.com/view/pirtlearticles/home

Thanksgiving Day 2007

• site updated December 25, 2023