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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