Simon A. Haley (1892-1973) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/littlerock.asp.  He was the youngest child of former slaves. His father was a sharecropper. Haley worked the farm and attended school at Lane College, then A&T College in Greensboro (NC). He struggled to pay for the tuition and one summer took a job as a Pullman Porter. Upon returning to campus, Haley learned that a passenger from the train paid all his fees. He finished top in his class and won a scholarship to Cornell University, but World War I interrupted his graduate studies. Sergeant Haley served in the U.S. Army in France, 1918-1919. After the war, he finished his degree and taught agriculture at universities in Alabama and Arkansas through the mid-1950s. He is buried in Little Rock National Cemetery (Section 16, Site 1429). His son and World War II veteran, Alex, wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Roots: The Saga of an American Family.  *The preceding content is not intended as a comprehensive biography, but it highlights their significance as a result of military or civilian distinction, lasting achievements, or association with impactful national events. 

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