East, Charles.

Charles East is an editor, author, and collector of historical photographs. A native of Shelby, Miss., East is the son of Elmo M. and Mabel (Gradolph) East, and husband of Sarah Simmons. He received a B.A. in 1948 and a M.A. in 1962 from Louisiana State University. He was an editorial assistant for COLLIER'S magazine in New York, a reporter and editor of the Sunday Magazine Section for the Baton Rouge MORNING ADVOCATE, and a reporter and assistant city editor for the STATE-TIMES. East was editor and director of the LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, and editor and assistant director of the UniversitY OF GEORGIA PRESS. His short stories, articles, and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines. East died October 4, 2009.