East Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Dr. Jeffery Lynn Briggs

Inducted 2024

— City of Florence Walk of Honor —

Dr. Jeffery Lynn Briggs Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes Tidwell, March 26, 2025

1. Dr. Jeffery Lynn Briggs Marker

Inscription. With four commendations and two awards, Dr. Jeffery Briggs was the most highly lauded winner of the International Music Prize for Excellence in composition by the National Academy of Music in 2011.

Erected 2024 by City of Florence.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 2011.

Location. 34° 48.375′ N, 87° 37.884′ W. Marker is in Florence, Alabama, in Lauderdale County. It is in East Florence. It is on Hightower Place. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15 Hightower Pl, Florence AL 35630, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Shoals.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Doublehead, Cherokee Chief (here, next to this marker); Robert Rausch (here, next to this marker); Samuel Cornelius Phillips (here, next to this marker); James Thomas Rapier (here, next to this marker); Homer J. Givens (here, next to this marker); Maurice Causey (here, next to this marker); Dr. Gerald Gordon Williams (here, next to this marker); William Burch (Billy) Reid (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes Tidwell, May 29, 2025

2. Dr. Jeffery Lynn Briggs Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2025, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 161 times since then and 11 times this year. Last updated on May 28, 2025, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. Photos: 1. submitted on March 27, 2025, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 2. submitted on May 30, 2025, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.