PHOTO BY ROBERT NOLES | THE OBSERVER
The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs dedicated the Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins Veterans Home during a ceremony on Sept. 13. The 182,000-sq. ft. facility in Enterprise, home to 174 veterans, is named in honor of Adkins, Medal of Honor recipient from Opelika. His daughter Mary Ann Adkins Blake cut the ribbon during the ceremony.