Belle Longbons was born Sept. 13, 1897, in southern Illinois, the oldest of five daughters born to Edward and Mamie Bundy Longbons. She died Aug. 1989 in Marion, Ill.
Miss Longbons received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois.
At the age of 20, Miss Longbons was employed full time as a violin and orchestral instructor in Herrin. She began teaching at Murphysboro Township High School in the fall of 1923 where she remained until the summer of 1927 when she resigned in order to teach in the Champaign High School. She retired in 1960 after a long career principally in West Frankfort
She was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Phi Kappa Lambda Honorary Music Fraternity and the Marion Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, was past president of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Fortnightly Club, and an honorary member of the Marion Women's Club.
Partial sources: Murphysboro Daily Independent, July 29, 1927; Southern Illinoisan, May 4, 1961, Dec. 18, 1962, June 7, 1964, Jan. 22, 1965, and Aug. 12, 1989.
Miss Longbons received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois.
At the age of 20, Miss Longbons was employed full time as a violin and orchestral instructor in Herrin. She began teaching at Murphysboro Township High School in the fall of 1923 where she remained until the summer of 1927 when she resigned in order to teach in the Champaign High School. She retired in 1960 after a long career principally in West Frankfort
She was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Phi Kappa Lambda Honorary Music Fraternity and the Marion Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, was past president of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Fortnightly Club, and an honorary member of the Marion Women's Club.
Partial sources: Murphysboro Daily Independent, July 29, 1927; Southern Illinoisan, May 4, 1961, Dec. 18, 1962, June 7, 1964, Jan. 22, 1965, and Aug. 12, 1989.
Belle Longbons was born Sept. 13, 1897, in southern Illinois, the oldest of five daughters born to Edward and Mamie Bundy Longbons. She died Aug. 1989 in Marion, Ill.
Miss Longbons received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois.
At the age of 20, Miss Longbons was employed full time as a violin and orchestral instructor in Herrin. She began teaching at Murphysboro Township High School in the fall of 1923 where she remained until the summer of 1927 when she resigned in order to teach in the Champaign High School. She retired in 1960 after a long career principally in West Frankfort
She was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Phi Kappa Lambda Honorary Music Fraternity and the Marion Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, was past president of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Fortnightly Club, and an honorary member of the Marion Women's Club.
Partial sources: Murphysboro Daily Independent, July 29, 1927; Southern Illinoisan, May 4, 1961, Dec. 18, 1962, June 7, 1964, Jan. 22, 1965, and Aug. 12, 1989.
Miss Longbons received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois.
At the age of 20, Miss Longbons was employed full time as a violin and orchestral instructor in Herrin. She began teaching at Murphysboro Township High School in the fall of 1923 where she remained until the summer of 1927 when she resigned in order to teach in the Champaign High School. She retired in 1960 after a long career principally in West Frankfort
She was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Phi Kappa Lambda Honorary Music Fraternity and the Marion Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, was past president of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Fortnightly Club, and an honorary member of the Marion Women's Club.
Partial sources: Murphysboro Daily Independent, July 29, 1927; Southern Illinoisan, May 4, 1961, Dec. 18, 1962, June 7, 1964, Jan. 22, 1965, and Aug. 12, 1989.
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