Margaret ross tolbert biography of william

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  • "He's the reason I'm a painter," said Margaret Ross Tolbert, a self-employed artist and former student of Williams.
  • It evokes the wall caricatures, effigies thousands of years old, seen in the Southwest outdoor and inside French and Spanish cave wall paintings.

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    Artist Williams dies at 85

    For Hiram Williams, art was never a casual pursuit. Called "a relentless painter" by one former lärjunge and "a painter's painter" bygd another, he advocated total dedication to one's work.

    Williams, an influential artist and professor emeritus at the University of Florida whose year career touched countless people all over the world, died Sunday at his Gainesville home. He was

    "He was completely devoted to his art," said artist and former student William Schaaf. "Working under him was like being part of a religion."

    Williams was born a minister's son in Indianapolis on Feb. 11, , but spent most of his formative years in Pennsylvania, where he discovered his talent and love of art at an early age. Recovering from a childhood head injury, Williams was taught to draw by a family friend to amuse and distract himself from the pain. It was to be a lasting distraction.

    In , he attended the Art Student's League in New York and immersed himself in the artisti

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    AQUIFERING

    Award-winning artist/author Margaret Ross Tolbert ("AQUIFERious") will discuss Florida's freshwater springs and waterways at the Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library's annual Literary Luncheon at noon Friday at Bonito Grill & Sushi, Centre St., Fernandina Beach. Purchase tickets ($25 member, $30 non-members) at the library, 25 N. Fourth St., Monday.

    PUBLISHING ABC'S

    Local authors and publishers Frances Keiser and Jane R. Wood will hold a class on "The ABC's of Publishing Your Children's Book" from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the University of North Florida's University Center. Go to for fees and registration.

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    Authors Christopher Long ("C'MON!: My Story of Rock, Ruin and Revelation") and Brent Jensen ("No Sleep 'til Sudbury") will present their new rock memoirs at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Young, Loud & Snotty record and skateboard store,

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    Margaret Tolbert

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    Margaret Tolbert (Luna M. Tolbert), 88, who lived most of her life in Troy, AL passed away Monday, January 16, in Panama City Beach, FL, in Provincial Assisted Living Center after a brief illness. She was born in Glenwood, AL. She and her husband moved to Panama City, FL, in , to be near their son Gary.&#;&#;Margaret met her husband Robert H. (Bob) Tolbert&#;&#;in Nashville, TN during World War II and agreed to marry him on their third date. Their marriage lasted 68 years.
    She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Troy and was also active in Garden and Music clubs.
    She loved working in her yard and in home decoration. For many years Margaret read and studied books and magazines on landscaping and home decorating. Her friends knew her to excel in her two favorite hobbies.
    Her parents Claude Mack and Carmen Everage , a sister Martha Eleanor and her first born son Robert (Rip) Tolbert preceded her in death.
    Rip and his wife Martha h