Loraine Bedsole Bush Tunstall

She was the daughter of Travis Linyer and Martha (Goodman) Bedsole; the former born at DeFuniak Springs, Florida, the latter of Georgia.

She was a granddaughter of Edward and Susan (Blackwell) Bedsole, of North Carolina, and of Matthew and Mary (Sheffield) Goodman, of Georgia.

[1] She had several younger siblings including: Joseph, Oceola, Travis (who became Alabama state senator),[6] James, Matthew, and Massey.

[7] Her education was secured under a governess at Tallahatta Springs, the Thomasville high school, The Atheneum, and in special study in Washington, D.C.[1][6] Tunstall was deputy child labor inspector for two and a half years during the administration of Dr. William Henry Oates; and served for a time in the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of Health and Human Services , as U.S. factory inspector.

[1][6] In 1910, he was appointed by Governor Comer as the head of the state prison and factory inspection department, serving in that capacity until his death.