(1900 – 1970) She began life in Lumpkin, Georgia, on May 2, 1900, but Lucy Mae Upshaw was destined to spend her last forty-eight years in the sister state of Alabama. She gained her higher education at Tuskegee Institute, where the philosophy of Extension intrigued...

(1924 – 1983) A native of Round Mountain, Alabama, Kathryn D. Upton was born September 8, 1924. After graduating from Cedar Bluff High School, she earned a B.S. degree from Jack­sonville State College in 1955. Ten years later, she was granted a Master’s degree, also...