ETERNAL FLAME
REMEMBERING OUR
FELLOW SEMINOLES David K. Custis Tallahassee, FL
Pace A. Allen, Sr. Tallahassee, FL 1959
REMEMBERING OUR Nicholas C. DiLuzio Attapulgus, GA 1981
Charles Alley Waynesville, NC 1976
Alumni and friends have contributed so much in so many ways to demonstrate their love for Florida State Athletics. Their contributions and dedication have helped create an elite athletic program that shines among the brightest in the nation. We are thankful for their generosity, dedication and Seminole spirit.
Thomas E. Lewis Tallahassee, FL 2007
Lomax Smith Tallahassee, FL
FELLOW SEMINOLES Monheim Manassa Tallahassee, FL
Jim Spooner Lewisville, TX 1976
PaulFlorida Strait State Jr. Daleso W. much Doss in so many Edwin Alumni and friends have contributed ways R. toMarshall, demonstrate their love for Tallahassee, FL Apex, NC Tallahassee, FL John Beranek Athletics. Their contributions and dedication have helped create an elite athletic program that1970 shines among 1959 1958 Tallahassee, FL the brightest in the nation. We are thankful for their generosity, dedication and Seminole spirit. 1961 Peter Dunn-Rankin Honolulu, HI 1965 Golf, Swimming
Ronald W. Brooks Saint Marks, FL 1970
Lee A. Everhart Tallahassee, FL
Oberley A. Brown Tallahassee, FL 1944
Peter Harris Tallahassee, FL 1990
Bobby Byrd Clearwater, FL 1962 Dwight Chastain Tallahassee, FL Franklin A. Collinsworth Havana, FL Carolyn Coward Tallahassee, FL
Teresa K. Trammell New Orleans, LA 1967
Michael V. Morton Tallahassee, FL 1964
Thomas W. Traxler Tallahassee, FL
Elizabeth P. Nix Tallahassee, FL
Michael J. Visconti Michael J. Visconti Charlotte A. Williams Tallahassee, FL 1979
Hadley H. Hasemeier Tallahassee, FL
Jimmy Patronis, Sr. Panama City, FL 1953
Sandra R. Henderson Tallahassee, FL
William E. Powers Jr. Tallahassee, FL
Janet Wilson Fort Myers, FL 1990
Jeffrey L. Jansen Jacksonville, FL 1971
Ronald E. Prater Panama City Beach, FL
Janet L. Wilson Tallahassee, FL
Michael L. Schneider Tallahassee, FL
Ronald P. Yarbrough Tallahassee, FL 1965
Robert A. Johnston Fort Wayne, IN 1996
Derek Cowart Boston, GA
Dr. William Miller Tallahassee, FL 1986
Harold A. Smith Tallahassee, FL
Lomax Smith
Lomax Smith was born in Bellwood, Alabama in 1942, to Herman and Evelyn Smith. As a teen growing up in Panama City, Florida, he decided to join the United States Airforce at age 18. Lomax served as a medic for four years. In 1967, he moved his family to Tallahassee, where they put down roots and established a successful real-estate development company (West Florida Construction). He never shied away from caring for his family, friends and anyone needing a helping hand. Lomax was an avid supporter of Florida State University Athletics. His passion and support for FSU sports fueled his desire to become a Seminole Booster in 1969. Lomax was a Golden Chief for many years and became Chairman of the Board of the Seminole Boosters in the mid 1980’s. He was honored and excited to have the opportunity to build the original Sky Box at Doak Campbell Stadium. He was also a member of the Rotary Club, Florida Contractor’s Association and a founding member of the Governor’s Club in Tallahassee. Quoting from a commemorative achievement award given to Lomax, from Florida State University Seminole Boosters, are the perfect words which reads: “The final test of a leader, is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on” …. (Walter Lippmann)
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