Hubert Harper

Hubert Hill Harper (born June 6, 1887 in Pleasantview, Tennessee; died November 1957) was a political cartoonist for the Birmingham Age-Herald and The Birmingham News from 1919 until his death from cancer at age 70.

Harper, the son of William and Lila Harper of Southside, Tennessee, started publishing cartoons for The Black Patch Tobacco Journal in Springfield, Tennessee in 1907. He joined the staff of the Daily Oklahoman in 1910, but only remained for two months. He took work as a traveling salesmen and settled in Birmingham in 1916. He joined the staff of the Age-Herald in 1919, working there until 1927. He took a five year break from cartooning before joining the News staff in 1932.

Harper's first wife, Anna, 25, of Nashville, Tennessee, was a passenger in a seaplane piloted by Albert Whitted which crashed at Santa Rosa, Florida on August 19, 1923, killing all five aboard. He was survived by his second wife, Nelle, and by two sons, Hubert Jr and Dickey.

References

• "Body Taken Home" (August 20, 1923) St. Petersburg Times
• "The Passing Of Hubert Harper" (November 3, 1957) Gadsden Times