In front of the Old Washington Court House in Hempstead County there is the following memorial dedicated to the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation.
In Commemoration of the
Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation, Inc.,
Which began the restoration of historic Washington.
Founded June 1959
Original Board of Directors:
James H. Pilkinton, Sr., President 1959 – 60 & 1973 – 90
William H. Etter, Vice President
Mattie Trimble Wilson, Treasurer
Talbot Feild, Jr., Secretary, 1959 – 80
Mary Margaret Haynes, Secretary, 1980 -
Joe C. Booker
B.W. Edwards
Georgia DeLaughter Haynes
Elizabeth Horton
Thurston A. Hulsey
James M. May
Alex Washburn
Principal Endowment by William R. and Lucille Hart King
Subsequent Members of the Board of Directors:
George W. Peck, President, 1960 – 1973
Parker Westbrook, President, 1990 -
Thomas E. Hays, Jr., Treasurer, 1962 -
William Beaumont, Jr.
James R. Bemis
J. Lester Booker
Wilma R. Booker
William Carrigan
Anita Anthony Davis
Vincent W. Foster
Albert Graves, Jr.
Guy Grigg
Olen Hendrix
Earl Jones, Jr.
Robert M. LaGRone
Mary Kim McDavitt
Carl Miller, Jr.
Julia Peck Mobley
Brooks Schultz
Bert Smith
Crit Stuart Jr.
Ed Talley
David Trimble
Ray Turner
Charles Witsell, Jr.
This Monument Provided in 1991 by Friends of the Foundation.
