James Herman Faulkner, Sr.
March 1, 1916 - August 22, 2008
James Herman (Jimmy) Faulkner, Sr., born in Lamar County, Alabama and a resident of Bay Minette, Alabama, age 92, died August 22, 2008 at Oakwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Mr. Faulkner received his advanced education at Freed-Hardeman Junior College, Henderson, Tennessee in 1933-1934, and the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, in 1934-1936. He was a member of the Bay Minette Church of Christ for 72 years and served as Elder and treasurer for 50 years. Mr. Faulkner was a veteran of the US Army Air Corps., serving in World War II and attained the rank of First Lieutenant while serving as pilot and flight instructor from 1943-1946. Upon returning from military duty, he was elected an Alabama State Senator, serving from 1950-1954. He was chosen Most Outstanding Freshman Senator in the Alabama Senate in 1953. He also ran two campaigns for governor. A Resolution passed in 1992 by the Alabama State Senate and House of Representatives most highly commending him for his outstanding personal achievement. At age 20 he arrived in Bay Minette and purchased the Baldwin Times Newspaper. He was elected mayor of Bay Minette and served from 1941-1943, the youngest mayor in America at the time. He was founder and president of Loyal American Life Insurance Company of Mobile in 1955; president and director of Gulf Area Insurance Agency in Bay Minette, Alabama; owner of a chain of seven radio stations in Alabama and Georgia from 1958-1978; president of Faulkner Phillips Media, Inc., from 1985-1997; director of Baldwin National Bank, Robertsdale from 1963-1976 and First National Bank, Fairhope, 1976-1979 and vice chairman of the board, David Volkert & Associates, Inc., 1984-2008. Faulkner became a member of the Board of Directors of Alabama Christian College, Montgomery, Alabama, serving as chairman of the board from 1963-1989. In April, 1985, the college was named in his honor, Faulkner University, and now has additional campuses in Huntsville and Mobile. He also was instrumental in acquiring a two-year college for Baldwin County, later named Faulkner State Community College in his honor. The main campus is in Bay Minette with additional campuses in Fairhope and Gulf Shores. He co-published two books and was the subject of two biographies. He has had two additional books published, including compilations of his newspaper columns spanning seventy-two years. Faulkner received many awards during his lifetime including eight honorary doctorate degrees. Among the awards are "Person of the Century" by the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 by the Alabama Press Association. During his life he was a world traveler, touring more than 100 countries. He is survived by his wife, Karlene Faulkner; two sons, James H. Faulkner, Jr., and his wife Beverly Faulkner, and Dr. Henry Wade Faulkner and his wife, Ann Blackburn Faulkner; eight grand children; and fourteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie Johnson Faulkner, his first wife, Evelyn Irwin Faulkner, and his brother, Dr. Thurston L. Faulkner. A private funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at the Bay Minette Church of Christ. Private graveside services will follow in Bay Minette Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the L. D. Owen Performing Arts Center at Faulkner State Community College, Bay Minette, Alabama. The family will receive friends at Norris Funeral Home Tuesday, August 26, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Although the family will accept flowers they suggest that memorial contributions be made to the James Herman Faulkner Scholarship Funds at Faulkner State Community College, 1900 South Highway 31, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507 or to Faulkner University, 5345 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, Alabama, 36193. Active pallbearers will be H. Wade Faulkner, Jr., James H. Faulkner, III, Jay Blackburn Faulkner, Paul Taupeka, Steve Todd, Andy Stewart and Floyd Harrison.
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JAMES H. FAULKNER, SR.
In 1958, Jimmy Faulkner was asked by his friend, David G. Volkert, to work with him in the engineering firm Volkert had recently purchased. Volkert had plans to move the headquarters of Dullot and Ewin from New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama, and he realized the value that could be derived from a man of Faulkner's marketing talents and far-reaching circle of friends and contacts. Faulkner has been associated with Volkert & Associates, as the firm became known, for 47 years.
Faulkner's wide spectrum of professional and business involvement has been of great value to the firm's success. As owner and publisher of a chain of South Alabama newspapers for 42 years, president of seven radio stations, and founder of Loyal American Life Insurance Company, Faulkner has exemplified a true commitment to the economic growth and development of Alabama.
Faulkner has enjoyed an active political life in Alabama. As the youngest mayor in America, he led the town of Bay Minette into a period of strength during World War II. He last served as a state Senator for Baldwin, Escambia, and Monroe Counties, and ran two campaigns for Governor of Alabama.
Improving education has been a lifelong passion to Faulkner, who graduated from the University of Missouri and holds seven honorary doctorate degrees in law and humane letters. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alabama Christian College in Montgomery, renamed Faulkner University in his honor, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for James H. Faulkner State Community College. He has worked on several commissions to develop long term plans to insure the growth and development of Alabama's secondary education system.
The North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce named Jimmy Faulkner "Person of the Century" in 2000. He was awarded the Alabama Press Association's "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2003 and received the Volkert Chairman's Award in 1994.
March 1, 1916 - August 22, 2008
James Herman (Jimmy) Faulkner, Sr., born in Lamar County, Alabama and a resident of Bay Minette, Alabama, age 92, died August 22, 2008 at Oakwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Mr. Faulkner received his advanced education at Freed-Hardeman Junior College, Henderson, Tennessee in 1933-1934, and the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, in 1934-1936. He was a member of the Bay Minette Church of Christ for 72 years and served as Elder and treasurer for 50 years. Mr. Faulkner was a veteran of the US Army Air Corps., serving in World War II and attained the rank of First Lieutenant while serving as pilot and flight instructor from 1943-1946. Upon returning from military duty, he was elected an Alabama State Senator, serving from 1950-1954. He was chosen Most Outstanding Freshman Senator in the Alabama Senate in 1953. He also ran two campaigns for governor. A Resolution passed in 1992 by the Alabama State Senate and House of Representatives most highly commending him for his outstanding personal achievement. At age 20 he arrived in Bay Minette and purchased the Baldwin Times Newspaper. He was elected mayor of Bay Minette and served from 1941-1943, the youngest mayor in America at the time. He was founder and president of Loyal American Life Insurance Company of Mobile in 1955; president and director of Gulf Area Insurance Agency in Bay Minette, Alabama; owner of a chain of seven radio stations in Alabama and Georgia from 1958-1978; president of Faulkner Phillips Media, Inc., from 1985-1997; director of Baldwin National Bank, Robertsdale from 1963-1976 and First National Bank, Fairhope, 1976-1979 and vice chairman of the board, David Volkert & Associates, Inc., 1984-2008. Faulkner became a member of the Board of Directors of Alabama Christian College, Montgomery, Alabama, serving as chairman of the board from 1963-1989. In April, 1985, the college was named in his honor, Faulkner University, and now has additional campuses in Huntsville and Mobile. He also was instrumental in acquiring a two-year college for Baldwin County, later named Faulkner State Community College in his honor. The main campus is in Bay Minette with additional campuses in Fairhope and Gulf Shores. He co-published two books and was the subject of two biographies. He has had two additional books published, including compilations of his newspaper columns spanning seventy-two years. Faulkner received many awards during his lifetime including eight honorary doctorate degrees. Among the awards are "Person of the Century" by the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 by the Alabama Press Association. During his life he was a world traveler, touring more than 100 countries. He is survived by his wife, Karlene Faulkner; two sons, James H. Faulkner, Jr., and his wife Beverly Faulkner, and Dr. Henry Wade Faulkner and his wife, Ann Blackburn Faulkner; eight grand children; and fourteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie Johnson Faulkner, his first wife, Evelyn Irwin Faulkner, and his brother, Dr. Thurston L. Faulkner. A private funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at the Bay Minette Church of Christ. Private graveside services will follow in Bay Minette Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the L. D. Owen Performing Arts Center at Faulkner State Community College, Bay Minette, Alabama. The family will receive friends at Norris Funeral Home Tuesday, August 26, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Although the family will accept flowers they suggest that memorial contributions be made to the James Herman Faulkner Scholarship Funds at Faulkner State Community College, 1900 South Highway 31, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507 or to Faulkner University, 5345 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, Alabama, 36193. Active pallbearers will be H. Wade Faulkner, Jr., James H. Faulkner, III, Jay Blackburn Faulkner, Paul Taupeka, Steve Todd, Andy Stewart and Floyd Harrison.
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JAMES H. FAULKNER, SR.
In 1958, Jimmy Faulkner was asked by his friend, David G. Volkert, to work with him in the engineering firm Volkert had recently purchased. Volkert had plans to move the headquarters of Dullot and Ewin from New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama, and he realized the value that could be derived from a man of Faulkner's marketing talents and far-reaching circle of friends and contacts. Faulkner has been associated with Volkert & Associates, as the firm became known, for 47 years.
Faulkner's wide spectrum of professional and business involvement has been of great value to the firm's success. As owner and publisher of a chain of South Alabama newspapers for 42 years, president of seven radio stations, and founder of Loyal American Life Insurance Company, Faulkner has exemplified a true commitment to the economic growth and development of Alabama.
Faulkner has enjoyed an active political life in Alabama. As the youngest mayor in America, he led the town of Bay Minette into a period of strength during World War II. He last served as a state Senator for Baldwin, Escambia, and Monroe Counties, and ran two campaigns for Governor of Alabama.
Improving education has been a lifelong passion to Faulkner, who graduated from the University of Missouri and holds seven honorary doctorate degrees in law and humane letters. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alabama Christian College in Montgomery, renamed Faulkner University in his honor, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for James H. Faulkner State Community College. He has worked on several commissions to develop long term plans to insure the growth and development of Alabama's secondary education system.
The North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce named Jimmy Faulkner "Person of the Century" in 2000. He was awarded the Alabama Press Association's "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2003 and received the Volkert Chairman's Award in 1994.
James Herman Faulkner, Sr.
March 1, 1916 - August 22, 2008
James Herman (Jimmy) Faulkner, Sr., born in Lamar County, Alabama and a resident of Bay Minette, Alabama, age 92, died August 22, 2008 at Oakwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Mr. Faulkner received his advanced education at Freed-Hardeman Junior College, Henderson, Tennessee in 1933-1934, and the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, in 1934-1936. He was a member of the Bay Minette Church of Christ for 72 years and served as Elder and treasurer for 50 years. Mr. Faulkner was a veteran of the US Army Air Corps., serving in World War II and attained the rank of First Lieutenant while serving as pilot and flight instructor from 1943-1946. Upon returning from military duty, he was elected an Alabama State Senator, serving from 1950-1954. He was chosen Most Outstanding Freshman Senator in the Alabama Senate in 1953. He also ran two campaigns for governor. A Resolution passed in 1992 by the Alabama State Senate and House of Representatives most highly commending him for his outstanding personal achievement. At age 20 he arrived in Bay Minette and purchased the Baldwin Times Newspaper. He was elected mayor of Bay Minette and served from 1941-1943, the youngest mayor in America at the time. He was founder and president of Loyal American Life Insurance Company of Mobile in 1955; president and director of Gulf Area Insurance Agency in Bay Minette, Alabama; owner of a chain of seven radio stations in Alabama and Georgia from 1958-1978; president of Faulkner Phillips Media, Inc., from 1985-1997; director of Baldwin National Bank, Robertsdale from 1963-1976 and First National Bank, Fairhope, 1976-1979 and vice chairman of the board, David Volkert & Associates, Inc., 1984-2008. Faulkner became a member of the Board of Directors of Alabama Christian College, Montgomery, Alabama, serving as chairman of the board from 1963-1989. In April, 1985, the college was named in his honor, Faulkner University, and now has additional campuses in Huntsville and Mobile. He also was instrumental in acquiring a two-year college for Baldwin County, later named Faulkner State Community College in his honor. The main campus is in Bay Minette with additional campuses in Fairhope and Gulf Shores. He co-published two books and was the subject of two biographies. He has had two additional books published, including compilations of his newspaper columns spanning seventy-two years. Faulkner received many awards during his lifetime including eight honorary doctorate degrees. Among the awards are "Person of the Century" by the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 by the Alabama Press Association. During his life he was a world traveler, touring more than 100 countries. He is survived by his wife, Karlene Faulkner; two sons, James H. Faulkner, Jr., and his wife Beverly Faulkner, and Dr. Henry Wade Faulkner and his wife, Ann Blackburn Faulkner; eight grand children; and fourteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie Johnson Faulkner, his first wife, Evelyn Irwin Faulkner, and his brother, Dr. Thurston L. Faulkner. A private funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at the Bay Minette Church of Christ. Private graveside services will follow in Bay Minette Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the L. D. Owen Performing Arts Center at Faulkner State Community College, Bay Minette, Alabama. The family will receive friends at Norris Funeral Home Tuesday, August 26, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Although the family will accept flowers they suggest that memorial contributions be made to the James Herman Faulkner Scholarship Funds at Faulkner State Community College, 1900 South Highway 31, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507 or to Faulkner University, 5345 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, Alabama, 36193. Active pallbearers will be H. Wade Faulkner, Jr., James H. Faulkner, III, Jay Blackburn Faulkner, Paul Taupeka, Steve Todd, Andy Stewart and Floyd Harrison.
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JAMES H. FAULKNER, SR.
In 1958, Jimmy Faulkner was asked by his friend, David G. Volkert, to work with him in the engineering firm Volkert had recently purchased. Volkert had plans to move the headquarters of Dullot and Ewin from New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama, and he realized the value that could be derived from a man of Faulkner's marketing talents and far-reaching circle of friends and contacts. Faulkner has been associated with Volkert & Associates, as the firm became known, for 47 years.
Faulkner's wide spectrum of professional and business involvement has been of great value to the firm's success. As owner and publisher of a chain of South Alabama newspapers for 42 years, president of seven radio stations, and founder of Loyal American Life Insurance Company, Faulkner has exemplified a true commitment to the economic growth and development of Alabama.
Faulkner has enjoyed an active political life in Alabama. As the youngest mayor in America, he led the town of Bay Minette into a period of strength during World War II. He last served as a state Senator for Baldwin, Escambia, and Monroe Counties, and ran two campaigns for Governor of Alabama.
Improving education has been a lifelong passion to Faulkner, who graduated from the University of Missouri and holds seven honorary doctorate degrees in law and humane letters. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alabama Christian College in Montgomery, renamed Faulkner University in his honor, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for James H. Faulkner State Community College. He has worked on several commissions to develop long term plans to insure the growth and development of Alabama's secondary education system.
The North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce named Jimmy Faulkner "Person of the Century" in 2000. He was awarded the Alabama Press Association's "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2003 and received the Volkert Chairman's Award in 1994.
March 1, 1916 - August 22, 2008
James Herman (Jimmy) Faulkner, Sr., born in Lamar County, Alabama and a resident of Bay Minette, Alabama, age 92, died August 22, 2008 at Oakwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Mr. Faulkner received his advanced education at Freed-Hardeman Junior College, Henderson, Tennessee in 1933-1934, and the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, in 1934-1936. He was a member of the Bay Minette Church of Christ for 72 years and served as Elder and treasurer for 50 years. Mr. Faulkner was a veteran of the US Army Air Corps., serving in World War II and attained the rank of First Lieutenant while serving as pilot and flight instructor from 1943-1946. Upon returning from military duty, he was elected an Alabama State Senator, serving from 1950-1954. He was chosen Most Outstanding Freshman Senator in the Alabama Senate in 1953. He also ran two campaigns for governor. A Resolution passed in 1992 by the Alabama State Senate and House of Representatives most highly commending him for his outstanding personal achievement. At age 20 he arrived in Bay Minette and purchased the Baldwin Times Newspaper. He was elected mayor of Bay Minette and served from 1941-1943, the youngest mayor in America at the time. He was founder and president of Loyal American Life Insurance Company of Mobile in 1955; president and director of Gulf Area Insurance Agency in Bay Minette, Alabama; owner of a chain of seven radio stations in Alabama and Georgia from 1958-1978; president of Faulkner Phillips Media, Inc., from 1985-1997; director of Baldwin National Bank, Robertsdale from 1963-1976 and First National Bank, Fairhope, 1976-1979 and vice chairman of the board, David Volkert & Associates, Inc., 1984-2008. Faulkner became a member of the Board of Directors of Alabama Christian College, Montgomery, Alabama, serving as chairman of the board from 1963-1989. In April, 1985, the college was named in his honor, Faulkner University, and now has additional campuses in Huntsville and Mobile. He also was instrumental in acquiring a two-year college for Baldwin County, later named Faulkner State Community College in his honor. The main campus is in Bay Minette with additional campuses in Fairhope and Gulf Shores. He co-published two books and was the subject of two biographies. He has had two additional books published, including compilations of his newspaper columns spanning seventy-two years. Faulkner received many awards during his lifetime including eight honorary doctorate degrees. Among the awards are "Person of the Century" by the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 by the Alabama Press Association. During his life he was a world traveler, touring more than 100 countries. He is survived by his wife, Karlene Faulkner; two sons, James H. Faulkner, Jr., and his wife Beverly Faulkner, and Dr. Henry Wade Faulkner and his wife, Ann Blackburn Faulkner; eight grand children; and fourteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie Johnson Faulkner, his first wife, Evelyn Irwin Faulkner, and his brother, Dr. Thurston L. Faulkner. A private funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at the Bay Minette Church of Christ. Private graveside services will follow in Bay Minette Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the L. D. Owen Performing Arts Center at Faulkner State Community College, Bay Minette, Alabama. The family will receive friends at Norris Funeral Home Tuesday, August 26, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Although the family will accept flowers they suggest that memorial contributions be made to the James Herman Faulkner Scholarship Funds at Faulkner State Community College, 1900 South Highway 31, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507 or to Faulkner University, 5345 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, Alabama, 36193. Active pallbearers will be H. Wade Faulkner, Jr., James H. Faulkner, III, Jay Blackburn Faulkner, Paul Taupeka, Steve Todd, Andy Stewart and Floyd Harrison.
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JAMES H. FAULKNER, SR.
In 1958, Jimmy Faulkner was asked by his friend, David G. Volkert, to work with him in the engineering firm Volkert had recently purchased. Volkert had plans to move the headquarters of Dullot and Ewin from New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama, and he realized the value that could be derived from a man of Faulkner's marketing talents and far-reaching circle of friends and contacts. Faulkner has been associated with Volkert & Associates, as the firm became known, for 47 years.
Faulkner's wide spectrum of professional and business involvement has been of great value to the firm's success. As owner and publisher of a chain of South Alabama newspapers for 42 years, president of seven radio stations, and founder of Loyal American Life Insurance Company, Faulkner has exemplified a true commitment to the economic growth and development of Alabama.
Faulkner has enjoyed an active political life in Alabama. As the youngest mayor in America, he led the town of Bay Minette into a period of strength during World War II. He last served as a state Senator for Baldwin, Escambia, and Monroe Counties, and ran two campaigns for Governor of Alabama.
Improving education has been a lifelong passion to Faulkner, who graduated from the University of Missouri and holds seven honorary doctorate degrees in law and humane letters. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alabama Christian College in Montgomery, renamed Faulkner University in his honor, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for James H. Faulkner State Community College. He has worked on several commissions to develop long term plans to insure the growth and development of Alabama's secondary education system.
The North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce named Jimmy Faulkner "Person of the Century" in 2000. He was awarded the Alabama Press Association's "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2003 and received the Volkert Chairman's Award in 1994.
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