Avron Upchurch traces his lifelong interest in agriculture back to his days growing up on the family farm during the depression. And his patriotism was solidified when his formal education was interrupted by his military service in Europe during the Korean War. Married now for some 67 years, Avron with the support of his wife, Mary, has influenced thousands through our Community College System, through prison education, through programs for the mentally disabled, and through the cooperative extension's master gardener program. His priority for service and his down-to-earth spiritual perspective and inspiring.