Huntley and Elaine Johnson - Dothan, AL
N 31° 13.459 W 085° 23.460
16R E 653253 N 3455578
A statue of a boy with a guitar is located in front of the Civic Center in downtown Dothan, Alabama, USA, and was placed in honor of Huntley and Elaine Johnson.
Waymark Code: WMFMP0
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2012
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The guitar base rests on the ground, and a young boy is holding the guitar neck and playing a chord with his left hand and holding a bow and playing the guitar likes it's a violin with his right hand. The boy is wearing a baseball cap and large eyeglasses and a watch on his right wrist. He's wearing a tank top that is too large for him and it has the number 9 on the back of it.
A plaque on the base of the statue reads:
Huntley and Elaine Johnson
In honor of your
Vision and inspiration of the Arts
2010
Given by Larry and Sue Register
The Alabama Arts website tells us the following about Elaine Johnson:
"Elaine Woods Johnson of Dothan is a veteran member, currently serving in her third term on the Council's board. During her tenture, she has served as Chair of the Grants Review, Chair of the Long Range Planning and Secretary of the Council.
Mrs. Johnson was founder and first board chairman of the Wiregrass Museum of Art, founding board member of Dothan Landmarks Foundation, founding board member of Southeast Alabama Symphony Association and advisory board member of the Southeast Alabama Dance Company. She was honored with the2010 Lifetime Achievement Award of Southeast Alabama Community Theatre, Outstanding Friend of the Arts of the Dothan Cultural Arts Center and received the Alabama State Council on the Arts Governor's Arts Award for her exceptional service and arts volunteer work. In addition to her arts involvement, Mrs. Johnson has been named a Rotary Paul Harris fellow and is a Ruling Elder of Evergreen Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Johnson received her BS and MA from the University of Alabama. She was a professional educator for 25 years as a classroom teacher, high school counselor, Advanced Placement Coordinator and director of Gifted Education. Now retired, Mrs. Johnson devotes her time to her many arts endeavors. She is the widow of Joseph Huntley Johnson, a Dothan attorney, and she had two children and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Johnson is currently serving on the Council's Long-Range Planning Committee."