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Charles Allen County, Board of Revenue; C.D. Davenport, Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice-President; George Van Tassel, Tuscaloosa Mayor; James D. Buck, Circuit Court Judge; Ernest Williams, Gulf States Paper Corp Executive Vice-President; William…

Col. Tandy Barrett; University of Alabama President Frank Rose; Alabama Coach Paul W. Bryant and M.T. Ormond.

Col. Tandy Barrett presents an award of appreciation to Joe Duckworth

Col. William Tandy Barrett of Tuscaloosa was a military hero and one of the founders of Northington Laundry.

Barrett had a long history of civic service including many roles…

Frederic Goossen was a composer, fine arts columnist and critic for The Tuscaloosa News and a University of Alabama professor of music from 1958 - 1996. For twenty-five years he was also director of graduate studies in music. Over his lifetime, he…

H. Vann Waldrop, a Tuscaloosa attorney, was a lifelong Tuscaloosa resident. He earned his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Alabama.

Waldrop was on the Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors. He was chairman of the…

Owen Meredith Sr. was a partner at Owen Meredith and Sons Real Estate and Insurance Firm. Mr. Meredith was the first President of the Tuscaloosa Jr. Chamber of Commerce as well as President of the Kiwanis Club, Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce, and the…

Thomas B. Allen was the second president of the Allen & Jemison Company, after William. C. Jemison.

Allen was born in Hale County, the son of Samuel B. and Lucy M. Gray Allen. He attended the Green Springs School under the noted educator, Dr.…

Griggsby Bert Wright founded the first dime store in Tuscaloosa.

Wright was born in Alabama in 1866, but was brought up on a farm in Georgia until, according to the story, he left home at age 10 to face the world on his own. In 1885, he began…

Fred Drake, a graduate of the University of Alabama and C.P.A., was vice-president for finance of the University of Alabama system from 1974-78. From 1964 to 1974 he was associated with the University of Alabama, rising from the position of chief…

John E. Curry became the second generation to run the John Curry Furniture Store in Tuscaloosa. The store was established by his father, John H. Curry, in 1965 when he was 63 years old. John E. Curry and his sister, Carol Curry Robertson, joined…