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Photograph by Milam County Deputy Sheriff Greg Kouba - 15 Aug 2003
| Marker Title | George Sessions Perry |
| Address | 201 Ackerman St. |
| Location | side entrance courtyard of the Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library |
| City | Rockdale |
| Year Marker Erected | 1992 |
| Designations | n/a |
| Text on Marker | The son of Andrew and Laura Perry, George Sessions Perry was born May 5, 1910, in Rockdale. In 1933, he married Claire Hodges of Beaumont. Four years later, he published the first in a long line of fiction and non-fiction stories and novels, many of which were based on people and events from his growing-up years in Rockdale. As a World War II correspondent, he brought first-hand accounts of the war to readers of "The New Yorker" and "The Saturday Evening Post." Perry won several major awards, including the 1941 National Book Award, before his death in 1956-57. |
| Source | Texas Historical Commission's Texas Historic Sites Atlas Database - Aug 2003 |
Created on 18 Aug 2003 and last revised on 23 Apr 2004.