Optimist Club’s Lillian Christmas Parade Dec. 14

Optimist Club’s Lillian Christmas Parade Dec. 14
The annual Lillian Optimist Club sponsored Christmas Parade will be Saturday, December 14 at 1 p.m. The Grand Marshal will be Price Legg. All organizations, churches, businesses, groups, clubs, and individuals who would like to be in the parade should contact Judy Wargo at 586-383-1206, or paulwargo3@gmail.com.
Parade participants will assemble around noon in front of the Lillian Community Club. The route will be the same as previous years.
The parade date falls on the 200th anniversary of Alabama becoming the 22nd state. Lillian will combine the celebrations, and Price Legg, the chairman of the Lillian Bicentennial Committee, will be the parade Grand Marshal.
Mr. Legg is a perfect choice to lead the bicentennial observance.His ancestors were settlers in  Alabama before statehood. He is a charter member of The Order of First Families of the Alabama Territory. He is a former President of the Alabama Society Sons of the American Revolution, and he also served as President of The Society War of 1812 in the State of Alabama.
Price was born in Birmingham and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1961. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in France. After he left military service, he began working at the Birmingham Credit Union. This was the beginning of a long and distinguished career that eventually led to becoming an officer at CUNA Mutual Insurance Group (Credit Union National Association).
His work for CUNA made it possible for Price and his wife, Jean, to travel all over the country, and following retirement Price became a member of several organizations’ boards of directors which allowed them to continue traveling.
A friend told them about Lillian and the Legg’s purchased property on Perdido Bay in 1992 that is still their home.
Price was appointed to the Baldwin County Historical Development Commission in 2017 and accepted their invitation to lead the bicentennial celebration in Lillian; in particular, the two Historical Markers erected in Lillian this past year.
Pictured: Price Legg, Grand Marshall of this year’s Christmas Parade, with Judy Wargo, Chairman of the Dec 14 parade.