President Joe Biden honored 50 West Alabama citizens for their dedication to education, public service and civil rights. The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award was celebrated Saturday night at Weeping Mary Baptist Church, with many having ties to Stillman College.
Award recipients:
The Wade family, Mason Willis Bonner, Irene Isaac Byrd, Christine Spencer Coleman, Dr. Louise Juanita Crawford, Judge John Henry England Jr., Willie J. Forte, Rev. Dr. Michael A. Foster, Rev. David E. Gay Jr., John Edward Gordon Sr., Erica Barnes Grant, Ethel Brooks Harris, Dr. Trudier Harris, Levert Hedgemon Jr., Raevan Howard, Bridgett Hughes Hurst, Gregory Hurst, Alma Wyatt Jones, Max Karrh, Ulysses G. Lavender Jr., Lillie Leatherwood, Marvin L. Lucas, Rev. Claborn Sullivan May Sr., Judge Ricky J. McKinney, Sonya Yvette McKinstry, Dr. Ransey O’Daniel, Eva Harris Owens, Rodney T. Pelt Sr., Dr. Samory T. Pruitt, Dr. Jocqueline K. Richardson, Mildred Rowser, Zoleka Ball Smith, Dr. Charles Steele Jr., Danny R. Steele, Rev. Dr. Vernon Swift, Harrison L. Taylor, Maxie Thomas, Sharon Thomas-Ransom, Dr. Karen Thompson-Jackson, Rev. Anderson B. Walker, and Kendra Kasae Williams.
Posthumous award recipients:
Josephine Brown Dantzler, Dr. McDonald Hughes, Dr. Willie Clyde Jones, Rev. Thomas W. Linton, Joseph William Mallisham, Rev. T. Y. Rogers Jr., Joseph & Nina Steele, Dr. Eddie Bernard Thomas, Robert T. Wade, Ella Odessa Warrick, Ollie S. Washington, and Oscar Daniel Watts III
