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Left: Robert Gant in a family portrait. Right: UCAC received a Historic Preservation Award from the St. Mary's County Commissioner for their work publishing the book "In Relentless Pursuit of an Education." Pictured from left: Commissioner Larry Jarboe, UCAC President Janice Walthour, UCAC Vice President Merideth Taylor, and Board members Bobby Gant, Mike Brown, and Bob Lewis. c 2007
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- Obituary, written by the family; from Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home: https://www.briscoe-tonicfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robert-Bellarmine-Gant?obId=30556721 accessed December 21, 2025]
Featured Oral History
Frank Darance Travers
May 30, 1928 - August 25, 2024

Attended Drayden School, Farmer, Store Owner
Frank Travers attended Drayden School from the 1st through 7th grades and later Jarboesville High School in Lexington Park, Maryland. Drayden School, now a historic site overseen by St. Mary’s County Division of Museums, was a one-room schoolhouse serving African American children during the period of racial segregation. Mr. Travers was the last surviving student and he talks about going to the one-room segregated Drayden School. He also shares his memories of the historic flood of 1933 and the importance of steamboats before the highways connected St. Mary's to Washington and Baltimore.

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