(1920 – 2000) Romulus Jefferson (Jeff) Martin was born November 8, 1920, and was raised on a farm in Coffee County near Enterprise. He graduated from Enterprise High School in 1940 and Auburn University in 1944. Highly respected even in his youth, he was asked to be a...

(1914 – 2000) William L. Martin, better known as Steve, was a native of Chilton County, the son of Arthur D. and Sally Gay Martin. After graduating from Auburn University with a B.S. degree in agricultural education, he taught vocational education in Cullman for three...

(1918 – 2001) John Hopkins Christenberry and his wife, Mattie Alieze, like their neighbors in rural Perry County, Alabama, and like nearly every other family in America, struggled to survive the economic hardships of the Great Depression. They did. And a lot of the...

(1923 – 2010) How far do you have to go back to get a hint of what made Allen Mathews click? Try first grade. From the first grade through high school at his beloved hometown of Leroy, Alabama, Allen never missed a day of school, not one. Few people have done that,...

(1914 – 2005) Albert Sidney “Sut” Mathews, Jr., was a people person. He was a unique individual who could get the people together for the purpose of imparting newer knowledge and motivate them to take that knowledge and use it to better their lives. Sut could talk to...

(1922 – 1997) It is said that the measure of a man is seen in his family and friends. Jake Barnett Mathews measures well. A native of Washington County, he was born on February 27, 1922, in Carson, Alabama to Albert Sidney Mathews and Juddie Williams Mathews. Jake was...