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The Berryville Chamber of Commerce will hold its 2024 Awards Banquet from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Berryville Community Center.
The theme for this year’s banquet is “Red, White, Blue & You!”
The chamber will present six awards to local businesses and individuals. The chamber also will present its 2025 board of directors and ambassadors. Tom Guhr of Mercy Hospital Berryville is the chamber’s incoming president and Greg Motzko of Carroll Electric is the incoming vice president.
The banquet will be catered by Horseshoe Grill and also will include a silent auction.
The guest speakers will be Antoine Gordon 2024-25 State Commander of the American Legion, from American Legion Post No. 74 in Sherwood, and Pearl Gordon, 2024-25 State President of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Commander Gordon was born in Little Rock, and graduated from McClellan High School in 1984. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force under the Delayed Enlistment Program and served at several air bases around the world before retiring in 2007 from the 314th Mission Support Group at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville. Upon his retirement, he began a second career teaching at Temple Baptist Academy in Jacksonville, and later at the Professional Education Center at Camp Robinson as an instructor in the GED Plus Program.
Commander Gordon has a noteworthy educational background including an associate’s degree in human resources management, a bachelor of science degree in religious studies, and dual master’s degrees in special education and public administration. After joining the American Legion in 2016, he has held numerous leadership positions including Commander of Michael Vann Johnson, Jr. Post No. 74 in Sherwood.
Pearl Gordon was born in Little Rock and graduated from Mills High School, and immediately started her journey as an Air Force wife. Pearl earned a bachelor of science degree in business management from Park University, and a master of science degree in operations management from the University of Arkansas. She has worked in several career fields, the last being with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has served in several leadership capacities in the American Legion Auxiliary since 2018, and obtained her eligibility through her husband, Antoine L. Gordon.
The Gordons live in Jacksonville. They have two children: Antoine II (Hannah) and Caleb; and their two rescue Dobermans, Bane and Bella. The entire Gordon family is very active in their local church, Jacksonville Baptist Temple under the leadership of Dr. Ted Patterson.
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