James Record
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James Record (27 December 1918–) was born in New Market Alabama near the Alabama-Tennessee line.
James Record from Alabama was widely known as a former Alabama state senator, Madison County Commission Chairman and a well-published author. He is widely recognized as having won more awards than any other Alabama public official.
Under James Record’s leadership, Madison County Alabama won more NACO (National association of county officials) awards than any other county in the USA allowing Madison County Alabama to be recognized as the #1 county in America during the 1970’s.
Always a very patriotic man, James Record served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII and remained active in organizations such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion through his life. He also helped co-found the Military Hall of Heroes honoring Metal of Honor winners, which can be found in the Madison County Courthouse.
James Record spearheaded the establishment of services such as providing county wide water service, county wide garbage pickup, 911 house numbering, county wide road paving and the building of numerous parks such as the Green Mountain Nature Trail and Sharon Johnston Park. He worked closely with State, City and Chamber officials to successfully bring major industries such as PPG, LG Electronics and others to Madison County
Mr. Record was also a well-published historian having authored more than 7 books. He served as co-chairman and editor of the Madison County Sesquicentennial, “Celebrating our city’s sesquicentennial of progress, 1805-1955”. He also published other books on the history of Madison County Alabama such as “A Dream Comes True” volume I and volume II, “Rocket City USA” and “Great Elks in Madison County”.
James Record served as past president of many organizations in Alabama such as the Alabama Historical Commission, Alabama Space and Rocket Center, Elks Lodge, VFW, American Legion,YMCA, Burritt Museum, the Madison County historical commission, Madison county sports hall of fame and many others.
Sources: Huntsville Times 1962-1980.
