Willis, an ABAC President’s Club member, is extremely active in the community. He has served on the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce executive board for five years, two years as vice president of financial services and as the 2006 president. He also serves on the Tift County Development Authority, Downtown Development Authority and the Airport Authority. He is a graduate of both Leadership Tifton and Leadership Georgia. Willis is very active in the American Cancer Society and has held a variety of leadership roles in the First Baptist Church.

Willis and his wife, Terri, also an ABAC alumnus, have two children, Amanda and Austin.

Marshall is a 1951 graduate of ABAC. From 1953 until the present, she has worked for the Tift County Board of Education in a variety of positions teaching elementary school children. She was instrumental in developing the Migrant Education program for the Tift County Schools, where she currently works part-time. She also works with migrant children through Northside Baptist Church and the Mell Baptist Association.

Marshall is active in the Professional Association of Georgia Educators and Delta Kappa Gamma, both professional educational organizations. She was named a Tift County Foundation Teacher of Excellence. She and her husband, Alton, have two children, Sue Roberson, an ABAC alumnus, and James Marshall. Her granddaughter, Kelly Weeks, is a current student.

The 2007 Family Legacy Award was presented to the J. R. Gibbs Sr., family from Irwin County. The family has 12 family members spanning three generations who are ABAC alumni, ranging from Dorothy Gibbs Chapman, class of 1948, to current students Perry White and Haley Gibbs.

Gibbs family members contribute to their communities in a variety of professions ranging from education to agriculture to business. Jane Gibbs was named Outstanding Educator in 1995. She serves on the Alumni Board of Directors and represents alumni on the ABAC Foundation Board of Trustees. She and her husband, Randolph, host the Classes of 1951-52 each year at Homecoming. Members of the Gibbs family support ABAC through recruitment of students, the Birthday Fund and Dollars for ABAC Scholars.

Jones became a member of the ABAC faculty in 1967. He retired from ABAC in 1994 as an agriculture economics professor and chair of the Division of Agriculture and Forest Resources. He received the Carlton Award for Teaching Excellence; was named an honorary member of the Georgia Young Farmers Association; and received a National FFA Honorary American Farmer Degree.

Miller began his ABAC career in 1971 after 10 years of service in the United States Air Force. He retired from the college in 1995, serving as Dean of Men, Director of Student Activities and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. He also served as SGA and IAC advisor for a number of years.

While at ABAC, he received a Pacesetter and twice earned the IMPACT Award. He and his wife, Bobbye, have two daughters, both ABAC graduates.