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Not forgotten: J.B. Turner School honored with historical marker
Members of the J.B. Turner/T.R.
Jackson Alumni Association pose with a historical marker unveiled by the City of Milton earlier this month to honor the location of the first public school in Santa Rosa County to serve African American students. Pictured, from left, are Alma Lois Cade Erving (T.R.
Jackson 1963), Julia Neil Jenkins Brown (alumni association president, T.R. Jackson 1959), Ruth Hines Jones (attended J.B. Turner), Alfred D. Brewton (T.R. Jackson 1965), Deacon Herman Jones (J.B. Turner 1951), the Rev. Warren P. Gilmore (T.R. Jackson 1965), Mary Ellen Johnson (Milton LEAP Committee, T.R. Jackson 1964).
