(1950 – 2020) Dr. Katie W. Jackson graduated from the University of Alabama in 1972, completed her Masters in Art from the University of Montevallo in 1982, and in 1997 earned her Doctorate from Auburn University. She was employed as the ACENEP Extension Program...

(1921 – 1987) Morris Brown Jackson was born November 10, 1921, in Millbrook, Alabama. He grew up on the Millbrook farm and attended Elmore County Training School. In 1941 Morris received his high school diploma. A year later, Morris Jackson joined the U.S. Navy. He...

(1918 – 1997) A well-known civic leader who worked for 35 years with Alabama Cooperative Extension Service and named “Mr. Auburn” by friends and associates was the loss suffered by St. Clair County when William D. Jackson, Sr., died. He was born on January 3, 1918, in...

(1892 – 1949) Those Extension workers who initiated programs while the service was just getting started were real pioneers. It was not easy to convince rural folks that college-educated young men knew more about how to produce crops than they did. That was the...

(1920 – 1996) Born Jasper Eidson Jernigan in Conecuh County, Alabama, to John and Ethel Eidson Jernigan, he was the oldest of six sisters and five brothers. He graduated from Conecuh County High School in 1940 and attended Auburn University, graduating in 1943 with a...

(1905 – 1977) Mary Dalene Jeter didn’t have to go far from home to find her final career destination. Born in Opelika on March 24, 1905, she earned her high school diploma from Opelika High School in 1922. For three years, Dalene worked as a stenographer and...