Famous People
Jackson County, Florida

1. Faye Dunaway, Born January 14, 1941 in Bascom, FL

2. Sidney Blackmer, Although he was b. 13 Jul 1895 in Rowan Co. NC, his parents were Clara Roulhac Alderman b. abt 1872 in Marianna and Walter Steele Blackmer m. in Jackson Co. 5 Apr. 1892. At least it's a tie to Jackson Co. (From: [email protected])

3. Bobby Goldsbourgh's (b. 18 January 1941, Marianna, Florida, USA.) Grandmother lived across the road from where I am living at in Cottondale and he spent his summers here. It is across the road from the Cottondale High School. He lived here until he move in with his mother in Dothan, AL (From: [email protected] (Mary Gay) Mary (& Anna Mac)

Bobby Goldsboro is my 3rd cousin on my mother's Bauer line. He was born in Marianna in 1941. Bobby shortened his name to Goldsboro from Goldsborough. (From: [email protected] (cynthia dean)

Bobby Goldsborough lived on N. Jefferson Street here in Marianna as a child. His parents owned a florist-Schad's which they sold and moved to Dothan where they opened a florist there. Bobby's father "Charlie" was a golfing buddy of my late husband. From: [email protected] (Gloria Enfinger)

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Subj: Stories about Marianna People
From: [email protected]  (Gray, June)

Hi Betty, I just found you fabulous page and I am so excited. I am just wondering why my name isn't on your "famous" list...ha ha. I used to tap dance in the mistrel shows in Marianna back in the 40's. Course I am just kidding you about me being famous, but I just love Marianna, my home town.

We (my Mother Blanche Quattlebaum Peel and my brother Arnett Peel) lived just down the street from Bobby Goldsboro in Aaron Cohns apartments on Jefferson Street (I believe that was the street) and I still talk with Bobby's Mom in Dothan, Al as my husband Charlie Gray is from Dothan and my Dad Sam Peel also lived in Dothan, Al till he passed away. I am 65 yrs old and still working with the Fla. Dept. of Law Enforcement Crime Lab for 34 1/2 yrs and I still TAP DANCE with a group of Senior Citizen's in shows here and in Apalachicola, Fla where my daughter Pam Nobles has a dance studio.

[email protected] June P. Gray

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4. General Jesse J. Finley, CSA, and Fla. (From: Scott Gilbert, JR. From: [email protected])

5. John Shipp, Florida State Senator ( Original member of Two Egg Junior Chamber of Commerce) From: [email protected] (Don Sellers)

6. Raymond Bruner, Former Clerk of Court, Jackson County (Original member of Two Egg Junior Chamber of Commerce) From: [email protected] (Don Sellers)

7. Walter Davis, Former Sheriff of Jackson County (Original member of Two Egg Junior Chamber of Commerce)From: [email protected] (Don Sellers)

8. Dr. Charles Howell Ryals, Grandson of Revolutionary War hero Wm. Ryals, Dellwood, Florida.
        From: [email protected] (Don Sellers)

9. Governor John Milton, Confederate States of America, Florida Governor, during the War of Northern Aggression, buried in the Episcopal Church Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, FL. (From: Scott Gilbert, JR. From: [email protected]) and Stan Peacock ([email protected]). For some reason I feel compelled to add that Governor Milton felt it necessary to commit suicide rather than submit to Northern rule, and did so. From: [email protected] (Richard White)

10. Artis Gilmore who was from Chipley, pro basketball player. (From: [email protected] (Debbie Isaza)

11. Neal Anderson from Graceville was a running back for the Chicago Bears for several years and just retired from football a few years ago. ([email protected] (Frank Sloan)

12. Amp Lee, from Chipley, is still playing in the pros, not sure which team but I thing the St. Louis Rams. Someone told me he (Amp Lee) had recently bought and reopened the Vance Theatre in Chipley, don't know if that is true either. ([email protected] (Frank Sloan)

13. Artis Gilmore was a very successful college player at Jacksonville University and went on to play professional basketball. (From: [email protected])

14. Cliff Ellis is from Chipley, the current Auburn University basketball coach and his wife is from Marianna. (From: [email protected])

15. Ret Turner who was a wardrobe designer for many of the famous, as well as a lot of the movie stars for their shows...some movies... and some TV specials. (From: [email protected] (Gloria Enfinger)

16.  Moss Mabry, my Dad went to school with him in Marianna. That was more than 70 years ago. He was a fashion designer in a lot of movies and tv shows, especially during the 60s. I have seen his name in the credits for a lot of them, especially some Doris Day movies. I saw him this past summer on American Movie Classics when they were running a series on fashion in the movies. He's now in his early 80's. (From: [email protected])

17.   Mr. T.Thomas Fortune (1856-1928), African American journalist and editor. Born a slave in Marianna, Florida was the son of a prominent Republican during Reconstruction, which enabled him to hold various patron positions during his adolesscence. He Studied at Howard . In the early 1800s, he wrote for the Globe in New York. The Freeman and then the Age. Under his proprietorship, the Age would become the leading black paper of the era, and he would become the " most noted man in African American journalism. Thanks, Betty Highsmith [email protected]