(1904 – 1997) When William Bailey (W.B.) Hill made his way to Tuskegee as a young teenager to study agriculture under George Washington Carver, no one knew that in 1988 he would receive the prestigious George Washington Carver Public Service Hall of Fame Award. With...
(1905 – 1997) Dorothy Hixson began life in Pikeville, Tennessee, on December 23, 1905. She was the daughter of Eschal McKinney Hixson and Lola Ault Hixson. Her family moved to Hale County, Alabama, in 1913, where they lived on a plantation. Miss Hixson graduated from...
(1942 – 2024) Gregg Hodges said his “highest honor” was serving the people of Madison County, MS, and the communities in Franklin, Etowah, and Cullman counties in Alabama. “Extension is somewhat like the wind; it may not be visible, but the process and results are.”...
(1915 – 2009) Alma Holladay was born on November 19, 1915, in Chambers County, Alabama, to the farm family of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holladay of West Point. She received a B.S. degree in Math and Science in 1938 from Auburn University and was certified in Home Economics...
(1906 – 1976) Elias Brown Holloway, Jr., was born August 18, 1906, in Greenville, South Carolina, the eighth of nine children, to Elias Brown Holloway and Harriett Jordan Holloway. Along with his youngest sister, Georgia, he received his early education in the public...
(1920 – 2010) Marguerite Tunnell Holmes never attended a 4-H Club meeting, never judged an awards competition, never chaperoned a 4-H activity. Her devotion to 4-H was inspired by the clerical work she did for the Jefferson County Extension 4-H Club program as well as...