Gregory Lomax

Awarded to Gregory Lomax

Dervey Lomax is shown in the rumble seat of an antique Ford as a participant in the 1974 College Park Girls and Boys Club parade. Lomax served a total of twenty-seven years on the College Park City Council. Note from contributor states year as 1973

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After serving several terms as a member of the College Park City Council, Dervey Lomax was elected mayor of College Park in 1973. The event marked a milestone for the citizens of Lakeland, as he was their first native son and the only person of color to have been elected to that high office. His installation was an evening of celebration. Present for the ceremonies were the following, from left to right: (seated) Etelka Lomax, the mother of Mayor Lomax; (first row) four members of the Lomax Sisters singing group; Charles Lomax, the father of the mayor; Mayor Lomax; his wife, Thelma; and their son Gregory; (second row) William Lomax, Vera and Phillip Matthews, Valarie Smith, Delores Dotson, and Charles Dory.

Gregory Lomax, 5th Grade at College Park Elementary School

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Perfect Attendance Certificate Gregory Lomax 5th grade at College Park School

In 1960, Dervey and Thelma Lomax sought to enroll their son Gregory in a nearby, predominantly white elementary school, but the school board denied his admission. After a second denial a year later, the Lomax family, with the assistance of the local NAACP, appealed to the state board of education. The local board settled by admitting Gregory as a second-grader to the predominantly white College Park Elementary School. The following year he was joined at school by his younger brother Elston and a few other young Lakelanders. Gregory Lomax is shown as an elementary school student.

Science Project for Gregory Lomax at College Park Elementary School

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At College Park City Council chamber. Among those present is Gregory Lomax, standing second from the left.

Home of Thelma and Dervey Lomax their sons Elston, Gregory, as well as Dervey's parents Charles and Etelka Lomax

The 1966 fourth-grade class of College Park Elementary School is shown below. Elston Lomax is seated in the first row, third from the left. Fellow Lakelander Romonia Sellers is next to him. Wayne Claiborne is standing in the last row, second from the right.

Thelma and Dervey Lomax with their sons Elston on the left and Gregory on the right

Lomax Family (Source: master photo log.xls) left to right Elston, Dervey, Thelma and Gregory Lomax