The Longview Community Men were organized in August 2006 after a group of eleven men met to discuss the state of the community. It was decided that they needed to band together to make a difference. A twelfth man was added at a later date. The twelve men are:

Mr. Milton Wallace

Rev. James Taylor

Mr. Eddie Towles

Rev. Eric Love

Rev. Lamar Jones

Dr. Carl Briley

Mr. Charles Woolridge

Rev. Leroy Richardson

Rev. J.D. Palmer

Mr. Carlton Mitchell

Rev. Herb Spady

The World Needs Men

The world needs men.....
who cannot be bought;
whose word is their bond;
who put character above wealth;
who possess opinions and a strong will;
who are larger than their vocations;
who do not hesitate to take risks;
who will not lose their individuality in a crowd;
who will be as honest in small affairs as in greater;
who will make no compromise with wrong;
whose ambitions are not confined to their own selfish desires;
who will not say they do it "because everybody else does it";
who are true to their friends through good and bad, in adversity as well as in prosperity;
who do not believe that shrewdness, cunning, and hardheadedness are the best qualities for winning success;
who are not ashamed or afraid to stand for the truth when it is unpopular;
who can say "no" with emphasis, although all the rest of the world says "yes".

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