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ALABAMA WELCOME
2013
Lamar “Bubba” Woodham, Jr.Deputy Director
Lamar “Bubba” Woodham, Jr.Deputy Director
2013
HOUSEKEEPING
-Introductions
-Sponsorship
-Conference Activities
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIESMississippi Territory 1798-1817
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
PAST STANDARD WELCOMES
We have 10,958.49176310 miles of roads under state maintenance
ALABAMA HISTORY ACCORDING TO BUBBA
Featuring: Bubba’s ALDOT Heritage Scenes from Alabama Facts you may not have known (or care about)
Bubba’s ALDOT Heritage
ALABAMA WELCOME
2013
Lamar “Bubba” Woodham, Jr.Deputy Director
Grandfather (Mom’s side) 42 years 1 months
Grandfather (Dad’s side) 49 years 8 months
Father 42 years 3 monthsBubba 40 years 6 monthsUncle 36 years 4 monthsSister 18 years 0 monthsEx-Brother in Law #1 35 years 7 monthsEx-Brother in Law #2 42 years 3 monthsMother 4 years 2 monthsWife 0 years 5 monthsSon 5 Years 0 monthsTotal 316 yrs 3 months
IMMEDIATE FAMILY ALDOT SERVICE HISTORY
WHERE ARE WE?
2013 meeting
Bryant-DennyStadium
Unfortunately, this picture was taken November 10th, 2012 during the 3rd
quarter of the game with Texas A&M
Typical Alabama FanCrystal’s Ex-Boyfriend
WHERE ARE WE?
2013 TUG
Bryant-DennyStadium
Jordan-Hare
Stadium
This was taken the night after Auburn’s win over Alabama in Auburn in 2010
BRYANT-DENNY & JORDAN-HARE COMPARED TO ALABAMA CITIES
CITY POPULATIONRANK1 Birmingham 212,237
2 Montgomery 205,764
3 Mobile 195,111
4 Huntsville 180,105
5 Bryant-Denny 101,821
6 Tuscaloosa 90,468
7 Jordan-Hare 87,451
8 Hoover 81,619
9 Dothan 65,496
10 Decatur 55,683
SCENES FROM ALABAMA
Lake Guntersville
Little River Canyon
Noccalula FallsNoccalula Falls
INDIAN MOUNDS AT MOUNDVILLE
Indian Mounds at Moundsville
GULF SHORES
Gulf Shores
GEORGE FINALLY HOME AFTER A DATE WITH CRYSTAL !George home after a date with
Crystal
Gainesville Coffin Shop
Gainesville Coffin Shop
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - MUSIC
Percy Sledge – Leighton Tammy Wynette – Red Bay Nat King Cole – Montgomery The Temptations:
1 Montgomery, 2 Birmingham, 1 Texas
“Alabama” – Fort Payne Hank Williams – Georgiana
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - MUSIC
The Commodores – Met at Tuskegee Institute
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - MUSIC
Clarence Carter – Montgomery
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - MUSIC
Jim Nabors – Sylacauga
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - MUSIC
Emmy Lou Harris – Birmingham
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - MUSIC
Wilson Pickett-Prattville
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - SPORTS
Paul Bear Bryant – Arkansas (but we claim him) Henry “Hank” Aaron – Mobile Davey, Bobby, and Donnie Allison – Hueytown Charles Barkley – Leeds Bobby Bowden – Birmingham Nick Saben-Alabama coach
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS - SPORTS
Bo Jackson – Bessemer Carl Lewis – Birmingham Willie Mays – Birmingham Ozzie Smith – Mobile Ken Stabler – Foley Bart Starr – Montgomery Joe Lewis – Lexington
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS – OTHER NOTABLES
Kate Jackson (actress) – Birmingham Coretta Scott King – Marion Harper Lee (author) – Monroeville Rosa Parks – Tuskegee
FAMOUS ALABAMIANS – OTHER NOTABLES
Condoleezza Rice (NSA) - Birmingham Helen Keller – Tuscumbia George C. Wallace – Clio George Washington Carver
DID YOU KNOW…
Alabama introduced Mardi Gras to the Western world in Mobile?
The world’s first electric trolley system was in Montgomery (1886)?
Alabama means “tribal town” in the Creek Indian language?
In the city of Magnolia Springs the mailmen paddle along the river to deliver mail. This is the only mail route operating entirely on water today.
DID YOU KNOW…
Mobile is named after the Mauvilla Indians? Sequoyah devised the phoneticwritten alphabet of theCherokeelanguage?
DID YOU KNOW…
At the Battle of Mobile Bay, Admiral David Farragut issued his famous command “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” on August 5, 1864?
How it was actually said was:
DAMN! - The torpedoes;Full Speed ahead
Admiral Farragut(1801- 1870)US Navy’s First Admiral
ECCENTRIC ROADSIDE…….
Crappie & proudof it!
Centre, ALCrappie Capital ofthe world!
ECCENTRIC ROADSIDE…….
The firstimplementation of911 was in Haleyville(Ala.) in January 1968
Where 911 began….
ECCENTRIC ROADSIDE…….
The first rocket(The Saturn V) to
put humans on themoon was designedin Huntsville, AL
Door Prizes
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.”
Lloyd Alexander (1924 - 2007) American Author
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“The better class of workmen would rather part with the clothes off their backs and the beds from under them, then make away with their tools.”
Henry Mayhew (1812-1887)-The Morning Cronicle July 11, 1830
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“Don’t let school interfere with your education.”
Mark Twain/Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)-Author & Humorist
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.”
Herb Caen (1916-1997)-American Newspaper Columnist
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it is useless.”
Thomas Edison-(1847-1931)-American Inventor
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“Only the mediocre are always at their best”
Jean Giraudoux-(1882-1944)-French diplomat, dramatist & novelist
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember Noah had never build an ark, but it was a large group of professionals that built the Titanic”
Mike Moncrief-(1955-) Mayor of Ft. Worth TX 2010Commencement Address at Texas Christian University
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong”
Norman Vincent Peale-(1898-1993)-American Writer
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“When you do common things in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world”
George Washington Carver-(1864-1943)-American Scientist
FAMOUS QUOTES…
“Dammitt Bubba”
Callie Meadows-ALDOT Buyer
THANK YA’LL…
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