BAKER — The North Okaloosa Historical Association's Family Heritage Wall of Honor at Baker Block Museum has 15 new entries, bringing the list to 31 colorful, hardworking and beloved Okaloosa County honorees.
More than 70 attendees at Saturday's Wall of Honor induction ceremony listened enraptured as each inductee's biography was read.
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The ceremony honored some who entered the roll posthumously as well as county residents who still contribute to the community.
FAMILY HERITAGE WALL OF HONOR
2014 Inductees
Cecil L. Anchors Sr.
John Pershing Bishop and Mildred Hoffman Bishop
Mack Brooks
Dorethea Griffith Woods and Charles Griffith
Danny Hall and Claudene Cook Hall
Tommie Autrey Holloway and Delean Austin Holloway
Louise Walton Lovell
Elton Ezery McCurley and Edie McCurley
Lucile Chessher Steele
Lucille Wanewright Wickliffe
Audience members smiled and nodded as stories of family, love, faith, military service, community support, farming and cooking were related.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, in a letter his assistant, Helen Hunt Ridgon, read, praised the museum "for honoring the unsung individuals from Okaloosa County for their contributions to their families and local community."
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