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Benard Simelton, the Alabama NAACP state president, was in Andalusia Monday to swear in the new officers of the Covington County NAACP branch.

Pictured are, from left, Simelton; Jimmy Samuel, president; Diana Samuel, executive board member-at-large; Hazel Bryant, first vice-president; Joe Nix, second vice-president; Jimmy B. Jackson, treasurer; Lorena Bryant, assistant treasurer; Ray Bryant, executive board member; and Nicholas Adams, board member.

Not pictured are Cindy Bass, secretary, and Vicki Benson, assistant secretary.