HJR135 Summary

• Commends Homer Neal Lewis for lifetime contributions to agriculture and youth in Alabama.

• Lewis served as a Livestock Specialist with the Alabama Department of Vocational Education for 38 years, developing programs to improve beef cattle and swine herds across the state.

• Held leadership roles including Executive Secretary for Alabama Future Farmers of America, District Supervisor of Agribusiness Teachers, and state advisor for the Alabama Young and Adult Farmers Educational Association since 1979.

• Recognized for service to agricultural fairs in Birmingham, Mobile, Dothan, Selma, and Montgomery, with a barn at the South Alabama State Fair named in his honor in 1986; inducted into Auburn University Agriculture Alumni Hall of Fame in 1988.

• The FFA Foundation established the H.N. Lewis Scholarship Fund for agriscience education students, and he served 20 years on the Agricultural Museum Board at Landmark Park in Dothan and 15 years on the Alabama Rural Rehabilitation Corporation board.