(1956) Golf Award 1st in Championship Flight (l)Skip Austin (r)James Lawrence

James Lawrence
Lawrence the name bearer of the Lawrence-Gregory Community Center.

Many who have attended services conducted by the Strong & Jones Funeral Home may recognize James Lawrence as one of its attendants. Deeply committed to upholding their mission to provide gracious, dignified service, few probably know the personal impact Lawrence has had in providing the same to so many of us in regards to recreation in Tallahassee.. read more>>
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Dorothy Inman-Johnson
By Geneva Hackley Westley

"Taking money that was meant for a different kind of area and using it for an area it was never meant for indirectly hurts those areas that can really use that money"

You need only listen to Dorothy Inman-Johnson for a few moments to know she is an artist, her words even in mere casual conversation paint pictures and create imagery that take you to the places she’s been, and the experiences she’s lived. read more>>

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Judge Joseph Hatchett
By Natoya Alee

Judge Joseph Hatchett, history maker, bridge builder. Along the distinguished halls of the Court of Appeals in Atlanta, GA hangs a portrait painted by renowned artist Simmie Knox, the first African-American artist commissioned to paint the official Presidential portrait. The painting is not of the great civil rights champion Thurgood Marshall nor is it of former President Bill Clinton, although both have sat for portraits by Simmie Knox. read more>>