(1888 – 1973) Laura Daly began her career during World War I, working in War Kitchens. She taught war veteran families how to cook and eat nutritiously. She traveled to meetings and demonstrations by horse and buggy. The farming communities loved to hear her coming....

(1912 – 1979) Jules Armand Damato was born in New York on August 15, 1912, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1930. For several years, he worked as a salesman before joining the Air Force, where he spent twenty-four years in ser­vice to his...

(1926 – 2004) Dr. James R. (Jimmy) Danion, who passed away at his home on April 2, 2004, will be remembered as one of the hardest working, most dedicated Extension workers that ever worked for the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. Anyone who dealt with Jimmy knew...

(1921 – 1987) Cecil Grant Davis was born in Carbon Hill, Alabama, on Janu­ary 31, 1921. He graduated from Hubbertville High School in 1941 and from Auburn University with a B.S. degree in agricul­tural science in 1948. He would later earn a Master’s degree from the...

(1890 – 1973) A native of Athens, P. O. Davis became one of Alabama’s most distinguished leaders in agriculture. As third Director of Exten­sion, he served longer than any other director to date. His twenty-two years span from 1937 to 1959. After earning his B.S....

(1918 – 1998) Spurgeon Leonidas Davis, better known as S.L. Davis, paved the way and set goals not only for his family but for many Extension workers and people of Alabama. He was born the son of Dave A. and Savannah Crow Davis on March 7, 1918, in Marion County,...