Alabama 4-H State Staff Inducted November 12, 2009 A native of Tennessee, Betty Holley joined 4-H when she was 9 and was an active member until college. She was a 4-H All-Star, the highest honor for a Tennessee member. She began her work with Alabama as a 4-H agent in...
Wall of Fame - Nov 2009
Davis and Margery Henry
Montgomery County 4-H Volunteers Inducted November 12, 2009 Davis and Margery Henry have been involved in 4-H work for more than 65 years. Both grew up on dairy farms near each other in the Pintlala community in Montgomery County. They participated in 4-H as children,...
Shelton Hawsey
District 4-H Agent Inducted November 12, 2009 Shelton Hawsey began his ACES career in Elmore and Lee counties with 4-H and agriculture responsibilities. These years provided him opportunities to learn the day-to-day responsibilities of ACES field staff and fully...
Red Eagle Skeet & Trap
4-H Shooting Sports Volunteers Inducted November 12, 2009 Red Eagle Skeet & Trap has been instrumental in the Alabama State 4-H Shotgun Championship since its inception. In 2000, Red Eagle Skeet & Trap hosted the first State 4-H Shotgun Championship and has...
Emmett C. Farrington
Cleburne County Extension Coordinator Inducted November 12, 2009 Emmett C. Farrington* began work as a 4-H agent in Cleburne County in 1946 with 12 elementary schools and two high schools in Cleburne County. When he retired in 1977, he had worked with more than 5,000...
Benjamin B. Fields
Tuscaloosa County Extension Coordinator Inducted November 12, 2009 Benjamin Belton "B. B." Fields* began his ACES career as an assistant county agent in Lawrence County, transferred to Hale County for five years, and then spent the rest of his career in Tuscaloosa...