Cumberland High School Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016
Published 10:23 am Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The Cumberland High School Basketball Hall of Fame gained new members Dec. 3 as they were inducted during the school’s biannual alumni basketball event, which raised more than $4,000 for scholarships and the school’s basketball programs. Pictured are the 2016 hall of fame inductees with Coach James Johnson, a 2012 inductee who worked with many of them. In top left photo, pictured are, from left, Johnson, Alberta Patterson (player), Anthony Robinson (player), Doris Langhorne (player), Don Nuckols (player), Rev. Irma Watson (player), Cecil Scott (player) and Carolyn Jackson (player). In top right photo, pictured are, from left, Johnson, Drucilla James, for her brother James Brooks (player, posthumous), George Reid, for his brother Sam Reid (player, posthumous), Diane Trent (player), Thomas Grant (player), Blanche Wilson, for her brother Lonnie Wilson (player, posthumous) and Michael Scales (player). In bottom left photo, pictured are, from left, Charles Hatcher (lifetime achievement), Dr. Maurice Finney (coach), Dr. Eddie Moore (coach), Johnson, Patricia Scales (lifetime achievement) and Gary Austin (supporter). In bottom right photo, pictured are, from left, John Williams, Doris Langhorne, for her brother Jerry Langhorne, Nick Spears, Bernard Jones, Lonnie Foster and Faron Brown from the 1981 state champion boys basketball team, all of which was inducted. (To nominate your favorite team for High Five, email a team photograph and names of people pictured to highfive@farmvilleherald.com.)