(1872 – 1961) “In September 1909 when I saddled my horse and started out as a special agent in Farmers’ Cooperative Demonstration work getting farmers to plant, fertilize, and cultivate an acre of corn and an acre of cotton according to instructions sent out by the...
(1915 – 1981) Stephen Maxwell Harris was born in Hazelhurst, Georgia. He spent most of his life in neighboring Alabama as a student, Extension worker, and school administrator. Steve first came to Alabama to attend Tuskegee Institute High School. He graduated and...
(1934 – 2002) Ida Jo Harrison was born in Opp, Alabama, and graduated from Opp High School in 1952. She attended Alabama College on academic scholarships, where she earned a B.S. degree in home economics in 1956. After earning a Master of Science degree from the...
(1919 – 2006) Mr. Ralph Hartzog never met a stranger because he always first considered you a friend. Ralph Hartzog was born July 11, 1919, in Louisville, Alabama, to parents John P. and Nora Baxley Hartzog. He graduated from Louisville High School in 1938 and then...
(1921 – 2001) If someone needed to know why a cake failed its potential, they called Lucille Hawkins. If someone needed help with the latest home furnishings, they called Lucille Hawkins. If someone needed just the “right inspirational verse” for the Homemakers Club...
(1937 – 2016) Mr. L. Shelton Hawsey was born and raised on a farm outside of Evergreen, AL by his aunt and uncle, Claude and Edna Brooks, following a tragic accident that took his father’s life. Following graduation from Lyeffion High, Hawsey attended Auburn...