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![B. Lee Elam, left, and Tom Davison get ready to play a round of golf at the B. Lee Elam Tournament, benefiting the American Cancer Society and its Southeastern Hillsborough Unit in Brandon, at 1462 Oakfield Drive.
"We've been friends a long time," Davison said about his interest in the tournament. But when asked about Elam's golf game, Davison added good-naturedly: "I never tell bad things about people."
"Speak no evil, right?" Davison said. "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all! And I'm sure [Lee] would say the same thing about me."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/CIVIC-LIFE-PhilanthropyThe-B/i-K5sn8DM/0/Ti/DSC_0008-Ti.jpg "B. Lee Elam, left, and Tom Davison get ready to play a round of golf at the B. Lee Elam Tournament, benefiting the American Cancer Society and its Southeastern Hillsborough Unit in Brandon, at 1462 Oakfield Drive.
\"We've been friends a long time,\" Davison said about his interest in the tournament. But when asked about Elam's golf game, Davison added good-naturedly: \"I never tell bad things about people.\"
\"Speak no evil, right?\" Davison said. \"If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all! And I'm sure [Lee] would say the same thing about me.\"")
B. Lee Elam, pictured with his grandson Joey White, said he and Dick Cimino helped launch the Brandon chapter of the American Cancer Society in the 1980's. The branch today is called the Southeastern Hillsborough Unit and through it numerous Relays for Life are held every year to raise awareness for cancer causes and prevention, to support survivors, and to fund research for a cure.
"Sandy Rodriguez kept pestering me. He would say, 'Lee, you've got to start an American Cancer Society unit out here in Brandon,' " Elam recalled. "I just didn't think I had the time, but we did." As for Rodriguez, the namesake of the Sandy Rodrgibuez Center on Vonderburg Drive, which houses both the Brandon Regional Library and the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association, Elam added: "He couldn't help but do good things."
Coincidentally, all three -- Dick Cimino, Sandy Rodriguez, and B. Lee Elam -- have shared in the honor of receiving the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, in the years 1981, 1987, and 1988, respectively. (For MyPaperNow.com coverage of the award, click here.)
Elam is the owner of the sign touting Brandon's oldest law firm, which can be seen at the corner of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue. It's the spot where the annual Brandon Fourth of July Parade takes off. The parade is run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable. Elam this year serves as the group's president.
"Sandy Rodriguez kept pestering me. He would say, 'Lee, you've got to start an American Cancer Society unit out here in Brandon,' " Elam recalled. "I just didn't think I had the time, but we did." As for Rodriguez, the namesake of the Sandy Rodrgibuez Center on Vonderburg Drive, which houses both the Brandon Regional Library and the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association, Elam added: "He couldn't help but do good things."
Coincidentally, all three -- Dick Cimino, Sandy Rodriguez, and B. Lee Elam -- have shared in the honor of receiving the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, in the years 1981, 1987, and 1988, respectively. (For MyPaperNow.com coverage of the award, click here.)
Elam is the owner of the sign touting Brandon's oldest law firm, which can be seen at the corner of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue. It's the spot where the annual Brandon Fourth of July Parade takes off. The parade is run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable. Elam this year serves as the group's president.
B. Lee Elam, pictured with his grandson Joey White, said he and Dick Cimino helped launch the Brandon chapter of the American Cancer Society in the 1980's. The branch today is called the Southeastern Hillsborough Unit and through it numerous Relays for Life are held every year to raise awareness for cancer causes and prevention, to support survivors, and to fund research for a cure.
"Sandy Rodriguez kept pestering me. He would say, 'Lee, you've got to start an American Cancer Society unit out here in Brandon,' " Elam recalled. "I just didn't think I had the time, but we did." As for Rodriguez, the namesake of the Sandy Rodrgibuez Center on Vonderburg Drive, which houses both the Brandon Regional Library and the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association, Elam added: "He couldn't help but do good things."
Coincidentally, all three -- Dick Cimino, Sandy Rodriguez, and B. Lee Elam -- have shared in the honor of receiving the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, in the years 1981, 1987, and 1988, respectively. (For MyPaperNow.com coverage of the award, click here.)
Elam is the owner of the sign touting Brandon's oldest law firm, which can be seen at the corner of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue. It's the spot where the annual Brandon Fourth of July Parade takes off. The parade is run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable. Elam this year serves as the group's president." href="javascript:openLB(568975785,'',XLarge,'',1024,681);">
B. Lee Elam, pictured with his grandson Joey White, said he and Dick Cimino helped launch the Brandon chapter of the American Cancer Society in the 1980's. The branch today is called the Southeastern Hillsborough Unit and through it numerous Relays for Life are held every year to raise awareness for cancer causes and prevention, to support survivors, and to fund research for a cure.
"Sandy Rodriguez kept pestering me. He would say, 'Lee, you've got to start an American Cancer Society unit out here in Brandon,' " Elam recalled. "I just didn't think I had the time, but we did." As for Rodriguez, the namesake of the Sandy Rodrgibuez Center on Vonderburg Drive, which houses both the Brandon Regional Library and the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association, Elam added: "He couldn't help but do good things."
Coincidentally, all three -- Dick Cimino, Sandy Rodriguez, and B. Lee Elam -- have shared in the honor of receiving the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, in the years 1981, 1987, and 1988, respectively. (For MyPaperNow.com coverage of the award, click here.)
Elam is the owner of the sign touting Brandon's oldest law firm, which can be seen at the corner of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue. It's the spot where the annual Brandon Fourth of July Parade takes off. The parade is run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable. Elam this year serves as the group's president.
"Sandy Rodriguez kept pestering me. He would say, 'Lee, you've got to start an American Cancer Society unit out here in Brandon,' " Elam recalled. "I just didn't think I had the time, but we did." As for Rodriguez, the namesake of the Sandy Rodrgibuez Center on Vonderburg Drive, which houses both the Brandon Regional Library and the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association, Elam added: "He couldn't help but do good things."
Coincidentally, all three -- Dick Cimino, Sandy Rodriguez, and B. Lee Elam -- have shared in the honor of receiving the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, in the years 1981, 1987, and 1988, respectively. (For MyPaperNow.com coverage of the award, click here.)
Elam is the owner of the sign touting Brandon's oldest law firm, which can be seen at the corner of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue. It's the spot where the annual Brandon Fourth of July Parade takes off. The parade is run by the Roundtable Charities of Greater Brandon Inc., more commonly known as the Community Roundtable and formerly known as the President's Roundtable. Elam this year serves as the group's president.
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