Dr. Althea Taylor-Jones is well-known in our community. She retired in 2009 as Professor and Gerontology Program Administrator at Winston-Salem State University and has served as the Forsyth County Delegate to the Senior Tarheel Legislature since 2006. Her achievements in the field of gerontology are numerous. She is the 2023 recipient of the GRITS Award (Gerontologists Rooted in the South) and served as President of the Southern Gerontological Society in 2021-2022. In 2019 she received the Pioneer Award for long-term service to older adults, presented by the NC Coalition on Aging. Locally, she was a Seven Over Seventy Award winner in 2020. She is the author of Colorful Memories: Aging with Style.