(1922 – 2020) Daniel R. Mims grew up in north Autauga County in the Haynes community in a house that changed addresses three times. He attended Billingsley High School. After joining the army, he attended Auburn University (then API). His Alabama Cooperative Extension...
(1909 – 1990) A native of Sumter County, Joseph Arthur Minus grew up in Epes, Alabama. He completed public school and then attended the University of Alabama. After working as a farmer for years, Mr. Minus was appointed Emergency Farm Labor Supervisor on the Sumter...
(1879 – 1964) He was born to the land in Lowndes County in 1879. At the age of 18, James Butter Mitchell entered Auburn University to work toward a degree in Agriculture. In 1918, “J.B.,” as he was known to friends and co-workers, became county agent in Autauga...
(1906 – 2007) It is easy to see why Stella Mitchell was considered to be a pioneer. She was one of the first female high school principals in Oklahoma. She was one of the first Home Demonstration Agents in Alabama to specialize in a single aspect of home economics....
(1946 – 2015) Hilda Laverne Wine Moody served beside her husband, Charles R. Moody, each of their 50 years of marriage. Most will remember her attending fifty consecutive Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents and Specialists meetings. She also attended 47...
(1912 – 1969) He was born in Hamburg, Alabama, on November 16, 1912. Growing up, he learned to love the land and its people. That was what brought James Baker Moore to Auburn University to study agriculture. In 1941, he received his B.S. degree and was looking...