2026 GOLDEN TROWEL AWARD
At the April SWFAS meeting in Bonita Springs, SWFAS President John F. Furey awarded Mary Davis O'Keefe Southall the SWFAS 2026 Golden Trowel Award.
Mary has been a 41 year member of SWFAS and joined in 1985, five years after SWFAS was founded. She has participated in many excavations that SWFAS undertook, worked in the SWFAS Craighead Archaeological Laboratory at the Collier County Museum at Government Center, and was an early and highly valued volunteer. Mary has served on the SWFAS Board of Directors for many years and is a student of history and well versed in our local Southwest Florida archaeology. Her years of boating, outdoor activities, and travels have given her an intimate knowledge and love of our Florida environment and history.
Congratulations Mary!
