Parish NAACP honors locals

The St. Mary branch of the NAACP held its annual banquet Saturday at the West St. Mary Civic Center in Sorrell.
The St. Mary Branch NAACP recognized outstanding community, business and civic leaders for their contributions to the communities of St. Mary Parish.
Recipients were Herman Hartman, the Roberta Brown Community Service Award; Philo “Joe” Keller, PA, the Edward Jaquet Sr. Medical and Health Award; Ricky Armelin, the Marion Perry Education Award; Rodney Grogan, the William Bradford Sr., Politics and Government Award; David McCoy, the NAACP Law Enforcement Award; the Rev. Larry Frank, the DeForest Brown Religion Service Award; Byron Jones,the Hebert Joseph Business/Entrepreneur Award; and Howard Castay, the Hillard Buckner Media and Journalism.
(Photos courtesy of Howard Castay)