(1932 – 2009) John E. Jones was born November 27, 1932, in Tuscaloosa County. He grew up on the family farm and learned the value of hard work alongside his brother and four sisters. After completing high school, John enrolled at Auburn University but chose to...

(1911 – 1994) From his early days in rural DeKalb County, a love for farms and the farming way of life never left the heart of Ralph Russell Jones, who devoted 60 years to improving Alabama agriculture. His dedication to improving agriculture was with him through his...

(1923 – 1994) Robert Fulton Jones, the first child of the late Victor Cornelius Jones and Minnie Jordan Jones, was born in Macon, Georgia, on February 12, 1923. However, the family soon moved to Union Springs, Alabama, where he spent most of his formative years....

(1914 – 2003) When Sam Jones retired from the Extension Service in 1973, Director Ralph Jones said to him that “We will long remember you as one of the best.” And so do we, still. Those were not empty words. For Robert Samuel Jones, Jr., the Barbour County farm boy...

(1895 – 1986) John B. Jordan’s life of ninety years began in Newnan, Georgia, on May 24, 1895. Mr. Jordan gave 40 years of his life as service to the citizens of Conecuh County, Alabama, as an Extension Agent. He received his early education in the public schools of...

(1950 – 2010) Mary Lucile Jordan grew up in Ashland, Alabama, in Clay County. She completed high school at Clay County High and attended Auburn University, receiving both her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Home Economics Education. Jordan taught high school home economics...