Friday morning, Alachua County residents gathered for a funeral to commemorate Roberta “Betty” Campbell Lopez, who passed away on February 11.
In 2006, Lopez became the first Black woman to become a commissioner in the City of Archer. Four years later, she became the first Black woman to be mayor of the city.
In 2012, Lopez gave an interview with the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida (UF)…