Allen Benedict Court 1942-1964

A former resident of Allen Benedict Court, Isaac Washington was inducted into the Wall of Fame for his service to the community. Washington has served as a Commissioner for the State Housing Authority, and as a member of the Will Lou Gray School Board of Directors. A graduate of Benedict College, Washington is a lifetime member of the NAACP, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and serves on the Deacon Board of Zion Baptist Church. He received the 2002 National Newspaper Publisher of the Year Award, the SC Order of the Palmetto, the Key to the City of Columbia and was named Zion’s Man of the Year in 1993. As of 2004, Washington is President and Publisher of the SC Black Media Group , serves as Director of the SC Media Foundation, and President of the Southeast Region of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

A former resident of Allen Benedict Court, Bessie Pauline Williams was inducted into the Wall of Fame for her valuable service to the community. Williams served as a pre-school teacher for the Columbia Housing Authority for ten years. Williams is a Cum Laude Graduate of Benedict College, and also holds a Master’s Degree in Education from SC State University. Williams was twice named Teacher of the Year, she is the recipient of the NCNW Living the Legacy Award, and Trinity Baptist Church named her Minister of Music Emeritus for 40 years of dedicated service as a church musician. Her motto is "Believe, Achieve, Succeed." At the time of induction, Williams was a Curriculum Resource Teacher at Sarah Nance Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina.