Derek Ricardo Harper (1961- ) from Elberton, Georgia, graduated in 1980 from North Shore High School, West Palm Beach, where he led the basketball team as point guard to the…
Frances Lucille "Dolly" Rutledge Hand (1928- ) and Homer James Hand (1928- ) were born in Belle Glade and LaBelle, respectively. Dolly's parents had lived in the Glades just two…
George Stevens Hamilton (1939- ) was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His father was George William "Spike" Hamilton, an orchestra leader. His mother, Ann Stevens Hamilton (1910-2004), was once called "a…
Deidre Ann Hall (1947- ) and her twin sister, Andrea Jean Hall, were born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and moved to Lake Worth in 1956, where they grew up in Lake…
Marie Stoner Hale (1933-2020) was born in Greenwood, Mississippi. After her father's early death, she was raised by her mother, a social worker, who taught her individuality and determination. From…
Walter Stanley Gubelmann (1908-1988) was born in Buffalo, New York, the only son of William S. and Juliette E. Metz Gubelmann. William invented vital parts for adding machines and cash…
Marion Eugene "M. E. " Gruber (1867-1956) was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Julia and Joseph Albion Clayton Gruber, a railroad engineer. Gruber joined his older half-brother, Joseph E.…
George Greenberg (1915-2007), owner of Pioneer Linens, was born in Lake Worth. His Austrian father, Max Greenberg, founded Pioneer Hardware in 1912, providing settlers to the new town whatever they…
Nancy Graham (1946- ) was born Nancy Carol Roskam in Nashville, Tennessee, the oldest of six children in a family she called "dirt poor. " Graham graduated from University of…
Clarence Henry Geist (1866-1938), former owner of the Boca Raton Club, was raised on an Indiana farm. At 19 he left home to seek success. Geist was a railroad conductor…
Elbridge Gale (1824-1907) was born in Vermont and is believed to have graduated from the Theological School of New Hampton Institute, a Free Will Baptist school in New Hampshire. He…
Robert Wilson "Bob" Fulton (1916-1995) was born in Michigan and moved to Lake Worth with his family in 1924, where he graduated from Lake Worth High School in 1934. Fulton…