Dr.. Jessy W. Grizzle Jessy W. Grizzle was born in Jay, (Delaware County,) and grew up on a livestock farm there, the first in his family to attend college. That rural upbringing instilled a strong work ethic, practical problem-solving skills, and a deep appreciation for hands-on engineering that would define his career. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1979 and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983, followed by pos

Judge Silas Perron Vaught. In the post-Civil War upheaval of the frontier South, few men thrived quite like Judge Silas Perron Vaught. Born in 1831 amid the red clay hills of Jackson County, Alabama, to Benjamin Franklin Vaught--a Seminole War veteran and farmer--and Elizabeth McAnally, daughter of a wounded Indian fighter, young Silas inherited a legacy of service and toil. When his family pushed westward in 1846–47 to the woodlands of Montgomery County, they carved a home f