City: Memphis
BOYLE, Virginia Frazer, author; born near Chattanooga, Tenn.; daughter of Charles Wesley and Letitia S. (Austin) FRAZER; paternal grandparents, John A. and Frances Ann (Jones) FRAZER, maternal grandparents, Hugh Rice and Eliza Ann (Ragan) AUSTIN; graduated from Higbee School, Memphis, Tenn.; married Thomas R. BOYLE; member of Colonial Dames, D.A.R., and U.D.C.; author: “The Other Side” (poem), 1893, “Brokenburne,” 1897, “Devil Tales,” 1900, “Serena” (novel), 1905, “Love Sons and Bugle Calls,” 1906; wrote prize centennial ode, “Tennessee,” 1896, series of negro folk lore tales in Harper’s Magazine, 1900, “Jefferson Davis,” Centennial Ode, 1908, “Abraham Lnicoln,” [sic] for the centenary celebration of the Philadelphia Brigade Association, 1909; “The Dream of the Alabama,” centenary of Admiral Semmes, C.S N., for the Confederate Memorial Association, 1909; poetlaureate for life, Confederated Southern Memorial Associations, 1905; constitution changed to create office of poet laureate United Confederate Veterans’ Association, 1910; served as poet laureate Tennessee Division U.D.C., 1909-10; contributor to Century, Harper’s Magazine, Weekly and Bazar, Delineator, and other magazines.
