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Tallulah’s grandfather, I believe. She cane from a good Alabama family.
Bankhead Forest?
Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile.
Only about 600 miles of paved roads in Alabama by the 1930s.
Wonderful. Story. There is a Bankhead Hwy in Weatherford TX. Never to old to Learn something new. Thank you
Proud to be a descendant!!
He was either Tallulah’s father or her uncle. One of the Bankhead Brothers was a U.S. Senator and the other was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representtives.