AL SJR55

Commends Charles C. Anderson, a lifelong Florence, Alabama resident, for earning the Business Alabama Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025

Recognizes Anderson's growth of his family business Anderson News Company from two newsstands and three trucks in 1956 into four separate companies: Anderson Media, TNT Fireworks, Anderson Press, and Books-A-Million, Incorporated

Notes Anderson's service on boards including First National Bank of Florence, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Heritage Trust Fund, Shoals Economic Development Authority Board, and National Advisory Board of the Salvation Army; currently serves as Chairman of First Southern Bank

Highlights Anderson's previous honors including University of North Alabama Alumnus of the Year (1979), Alabama Business Hall of Fame induction (2002), Alabama Academy of Honor induction (2011), Florence Walk of Honor (2016), and Horatio Alger Award Recipient status (Class of 2015)

Passed the Alabama Senate on April 3, 2025, and the House of Representatives on April 9, 2025