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2023 Pillars of West Alabama

Front Row: Brad Cork, Jennifer Tooson for Cordell Wynn, Elizabeth Thomas for Eddie B. Thomas, Richard Shelby and Annette Shelby (not pictured)
Back Row: Jheovanny Gomez, Scott and Brett Davis and Cae Allen for Scott Davis, Sr.

Pillars of 2022

Front Row: Helene Hibbard, Lessie Burnum Burford and Fran Griffin for their mother Celeste Evans Burnum
Middle Row: Norm Hibbard, David E. Gay, Jr., and John Bowers for his late father J. Oviatt Bowers
Back Row: Carl Jamison and Charles Cook

Pillars of 2021

Front Row: Sam Faucett, Pat Patton and Kaye Robb for their parents Clifford and Louise Armstrong, Clyde Marine, and Amos Hubbard.
2nd Row: Dr. Doug Phillips, John Pradat and Eddie Pradat for their father John Pradat, and Dr. Richard Holland honored along with his late wife, Rebecca.

Pillars of 2019

Front Row: Anne Monfore for Robert Wayne Monfore, Jr., Karen Thompson, Jackson, Anne Moman
2nd Row: Mike Oakley, George Miller, Delbert Reed for George Denny

Pillars of 2018

Front Row: Billy McKinzey, Buddy Burton, Lyda Black, and Harrison Taylor.
2nd Row: Jimmy Warren, Bev Leigh, and Glenn Crow.

Pillars of 2017

Front Row: Jerry Belk for Morris Seymour "Munny" Sokol, Joyce Tate for William Andrew Tate, Sarah Patterson
2nd Row: Harrison Taylor for Ruth Eaton Cummings Bolden, Stephen R. “Buzzy” Barnette, Jr.
Back Row: Thomas W. “Tommy” Moore, Leroy McAbee for Babe Ruth Barger McAbee, Gary Nichols

Pillars of 2016

Front Row: Yvonne Wells, Susan Cork, Karen Brooks, Barbara Harris for Claude Harris
2nd Row: Drew Kyle for Chris Kyle, Sr., Vicki Kerr, Randy Skagen, Anna Laurie McKibbens for Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant

Pillars of 2015

Front Row: Cathy Powell for Everett Cameron “Buddy” Powell, Jr., Dr. Elizabeth White Cleino, Mary Allen Jolley
2nd Row: Mark G. Sullivan, Herbie E. Burkes, Jr. (Chip), Robert W. Kuhn, Jr.
Back Row: Bryan Ross Chandler, Dr. Willie Clyde Jones

Pillars of 2014

Front Row: Jack Clarke & Denise Feinstein for Georgine Clarke, Vernon Swift
2nd Row: Gene Poole, Dr. Robert Witt
Back Row: Fitzgerald Washington, Dr. Everett Hale for Betty Hale, Dr. John Dorsey

Pillars of 2013

Front Row: Gene Stallings, Heather Cook for Mal Moore, Beverly Phifer, Willie Fort, Helene Hibbard for Herbert and Mildred Warner
2nd Row: Glenn Powell for Caroline Powell, Everett Hale, Jack Warner for Herbert and Mildred Warner
Back Row: Morgan & Joe Fritz for Carolyn Fritz, William A. “Sonny” Ryan

Pillars of 2012

Front Row: Bess Dugins Miller, Bernice H. Washington
Back Row: Oscar Sam Wiggins, Jr., Claude D. Edwards, Ken W. Swindle, J. Jordan Plaster, Jr., Chris Vernon Beeker, Jr., E. Roger Sayers

Pillars of 2011

Front Row: Richard Losch, Jonathan Westervelt “Jack” Warner, Weldon Cole
2nd Row: Dennis Steverson, Sr., Travis Gary Fitts, Harry C. Lee
3rd Row: Lee Allen Hallman, Madeleine Hill
Back Row: William Lackey Stephens, Mary Ann Phelps, Delores Cole

Pillars of 2010

Front Row: Dr. Asa N. Green, Zelpha Wells, Ray Pradat
2nd Row: Dr. Charles R. Nash, Benjamin B. Fields, Jr. for Benjamin B. Fields, Sr., Hilliard N. Fletcher
3rd Row: Chuck Sittason, Ronny Rhodes
Back Row: Dr. John Brandon for Dr. T. Earl Brandon, Tommy Moore for Marlin D. Moore, Sr.

Pillars of 2009

Front Row: Carl Albright, III for Carl W. Albright, Jr., Beth Plunkett for Rev. Duncan Hunter, Jean Hinton, Gloria Narramore Moody, George LeMaistre, Jr. for George LeMaistre, Sr.
2nd Row: Stanley Wayne Ford, Dr. Joab Langston Thomas, Dr. Jerry Eller for Dr. Eleanor Eller
3rd Row: Alvin P. DuPont, John C. Duckworth, Jr., Charles Swann for Marvin Harper
Back Row: Dr. Thomas Riley Lumpkin, Camille Wright Cook, Robert H. Shaw, Jr.

Pillars of 2008

Front Row: Marlin Moore, Will Stanard for James A. Cowden, Edmund M. “Ted” Sexton, Dick Miles for Anna E. Brown
2nd Row: Dr. John L. Blackburn, Dorothy Boyd, Madie Irene H. Poole, Sadie Mallisham for Joseph William Mallisham
3rd Row: Kathleen Quarles for Harry Pritchett, Frances deGraffenried for Ryan deGraffenried, Jr., Peggy Hogue for Snow Hinton
Back Row: Dr. Cathy Randall for Pettus Randall, III, Josephine Camp Davis, Jim Boone for Buford Boone

Pillars of 2007

Front Row: Russell Lee, Add Boyd, Major Bert Bank, Charles Durham
2nd Row: David McGiffert, Julie Sittason, Charlie Freeman
3rd Row: Shelly Jones, Leslie Faucett for Eugenia Patton Faucett, Jerry Belk, Charles Land
Back Row: Gordon Rosen, John Duckworth for Joseph A. Duckworth

Pillars of 2006

From left to right: Dr. Philip E. LaMoreaux, John Duckworth for J. Clemson Duckworth, James B. Boone, Jr., Mrs. Allan Watson for Dr. Allan R. Watson, Dr. Joseph Barry Mason, William D. Jamison, Sr., Terry H. Waters, Star Bloom, Thomas J. Joiner, Virginia H. Joiner, James L. Booth, Jr., P. Fred Hahn, Sr., Carolyn Tanner for Robert C. Tanner, Harold G. McAbee, Robert H. Rust

Pillars of 2005

Paul Bryant, Jr., Richard Brough 1920-1996, Dan Carmichael, John England, Gwendolyn Faucett 1907-1999, James Flemming
Peggy and Jimmy Harrison, Jr., Tommy Hester, Lucy Jordan, Bill Lanford, Verta Barr Meherg, Harlin Meredith, Leroy Mcabee, Sr., Frank Moody 1915-1993, Sam M. Phelps., Reese Phifer 1916-1998, Victor Poole, Paul Singleton, Ernest Williams 1915-2001, Lloyd Wood, Roland Pugh Virginia and Charley Sealy, Joyce Sellers 1949-2004

Pillars of 2004

Cecil Crews, Mary Juanita Strickland Hare, Roth Hook, James Clifton Poole, Jr., J. Leslie Prystup, Katherine C. Prystup, Dr. Cathy Johnson Randall, Guthrie Smith, Larry Taylor

2023 Pillars of West Alabama

Pillars of 2022

Pillars of 2021

Pillars of 2019

Front Row: Anne Monfore for Robert Wayne Monfore, Jr., Karen Thompson, Jackson, Anne Moman
2nd Row: Mike Oakley, George Miller, Delbert Reed for George Denny

Pillars of 2018

Front Row: Billy McKinzey, Buddy Burton, Lyda Black, and Harrison Taylor.
2nd Row: Jimmy Warren, Bev Leigh, and Glenn Crow.

Pillars of 2017

Pillars of 2016

Pillars of 2015

Pillars of 2014

Front Row: Jack Clarke & Denise Feinstein for Georgine Clarke, Vernon Swift
2nd Row: Gene Poole, Dr. Robert Witt
Back Row: Fitzgerald Washington, Dr. Everett Hale for Betty Hale, Dr. John Dorsey

Pillars of 2013

Pillars of 2012

Front Row: Bess Dugins Miller, Bernice H. Washington
Back Row: Oscar Sam Wiggins, Jr., Claude D. Edwards, Ken W. Swindle, J. Jordan Plaster, Jr., Chris Vernon Beeker, Jr., E. Roger Sayers

Pillars of 2009

Pillars of 2008

Pillars of 2005

Webster’s Dictionary defines “pillar” as a firm upright support for a superstructure, one that is a mainstay and a chief supporter. With that definition in mind, the idea of recognizing Pillars of West Alabama was born in the spring of 2005. This annual program offers the opportunity to recognize dedicated individuals who have made commitments to enhance the lives and the quality of life of the West Alabama citizens. The CFWA believes this commitment is a very noble and honorable way to spend one’s life.

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Previous Inductees:

2004

Cecil Crews

Mary Juanita Strickland Hare
Roth Hook

James Clifton Poole, Jr.

Leslie Prystup

Katherine C. Prystup

Cathy Johnson Randall

Guthrie Smith

Larry Taylor

2005

Paul Bryant, Jr.

Richard Brough

Dan Carmichael

Judge John England

Gwendolyn Faucett

James Flemming

Peggy Harrison

Jimmy Harrison, Jr.

Thomas P. Hester

Lucy Jordan

Bill Lanford

Verta Barr Meherg

Harlan C. Meredith

Frank Moody

Leroy McAbee, Sr.

Sam Phelps

Reese Phifer

Victor Poole

Roland Pugh

Virginia Sealy

Charlie Sealy

Dr. Joyce Sellers

Paul Singleton

Ernest Williams

Lloyd Wood

2006

Star Bloom
James B. Boone, Jr.

James L. Booth, Jr.

Dr. Clemson Duckworth

Fred Hahn, Jr.

William D. (Billy) Jamison

Virginia Joiner

Thomas J. Joiner

Philip E. Lamoreaux

Dr. Joseph Barry Mason

Harold G. McAbee

Robert H. Rust

Robert C. Tanner

Terry H. Waters

Allan R. Watson

2007

Bert Bank

Jerry Belk

Add Boyd

Joseph A. Duckworth

Charles M. Durham

Eugenia Pat Faucett

Charles Freeman

Shelley E. Jones

Charles H. Land

Russell S. Lee

David G. McGiffert

Gordon Rosen

Julie Sittason

2008

John L. Blackburn

Buford Boone

Dorothy Boyd

Anna E. Brown

James A. Cowden

Josephine Camp Davis

Ryan deGraffenried, Jr.

Snow Hinton
Joseph William Mallisham

Marlin D. Moore, Jr.

Madie Howell Poole

Harry Pritchett

Pettus Randall, IIIEdmund M. “Ted” Sexton, Sr.

2009

Carl W. Albright, Jr.

Camille Wright Cook

Alvin P. DuPont

John C. Duckworth, Jr.

Eleanor A. Eller

Stanley Wayne Ford

Marvin Lee Harper

Jean Hinton

Duncan Hunter

George A. LeMaistre

Thomas Riley Lumpkin

Gloria Narramore Moody

Robert H. Shaw, Jr.

Joab Langston Thomas

2010

Earl Brandon Benjamin

Belton Fields, Sr.

Hilliard Nicol Fletcher

Asa N. Green

Marlin Duncan Moore, Sr.

Charles Ray Nash

Ray Pradat

Ronny Rhodes

Chuck Sittason

Zelpha Wells

2011

Delores Cole

Weldon Cole

Gary Fitts

Lee Allen Hallman

Madeleine M. Hill

Harry Lee

Richard Losch

Mary Ann Phelps

Lackey Stephens

Dennis Steverson

Jack Warner

2012

Chris “Chip” Vernon Beeker, Jr.

Claude D. Edwards

Bess Dugins Miller

J. Jordan Plaster, Jr.

Roger Sayers

Ken W. Swindle

Bernice H. Washington

Oscar Sam Wiggins, Jr.

2013

Willie J. “Dino” Fort

Carolyn B. Fritz

Dr. Everett Hale

Mal M. Moore

Beverly Phifer

Caroline Chappell Powell
Gene Stallings

William A. “Sonny” Ryan

Herbert David & Mildred Westervelt Warner

2014

Georgine Clark

Dr. John Dorsey

Betty Hale

Gene Poole

Vernon Swift

Fitzgerald Washington

Dr. Robert Witt

2015

Bryan Ross Chandler

Herbie E. Burkes, Jr. (Chip)

Dr. Elizabeth White Cleino

Mary Allen Jolley

Robert W. Kuhn, Jr.
Dr. Willie Clyde Jones

Everett Cameron “Buddy” Powell, Jr.

Mark G. Sullivan

2016

Karen Phifer Brooks

Paul William Bryant

Susan Phifer Cork

Claude Harris

Vicki Kerr

Leonard Christopher (Chris) Kyle

Randy C. Skagen

Yvonne Thomas Wells

2017

Stephen R. “Buzzy” Barnette, Jr.

Ruth Eaton Cummings Bolden

Babe Ruth Barger McAbee

Thomas W. “Tommy” Moore

Gary Nichols

Sarah Patterson

Morris Seymour “Munny” Sokol

William Andrew Tate

2018

Lyda Black

Davis S. “Buddy” Burton, Jr.

Glenn Odom Crow

Beverly M. Leigh, III

William “Billy” McKinzey

Harrison Taylor

Jimmy E. Warren

2019

George Denny
George Miller
Anne McAliley Moman

Robert Wayne Monfore, Jr.

Mike Oakley

Karen Thompson-Jackson

2021

Cliff & Mary Louise Armstrong

Sam P. Faucett, III

Richard & Rebecca Holland

Amos Hubbard

Clyde Marine

John Pradat

Doug Phillips

2022

J. Oviatt Bowers

Celeste Evans Burnum

Charles L. Cook

David E. Gay. Jr.

Norm & Helene Hibbard

Carl T. Jamison

2023

Dennis Bradley Cork

Scott Gregory Davis

Jheovanny Gomez

Richard & Annette Shelby

Eddie B. Thomas

Cordell Wynn

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