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SECOND GENERATIONS: Making A Difference
The Hunts: (above)
Deborah; (right) Margaret
and H.L.
The Hunt Family
In the mid to late
1950’s and 1960’s,
H.L. and Margaret Hunt, having a
vision that Panama City Beach would
soon become a major tourist destination, built
on Panama City Beach. In the early 60’s as
the Beach started to grow, they sold their piano
and organ company in Anniston, Alabama,
and moved their family full time to Panama
City Beach. As the years went on, in the
late 70’s and early 80’s, condominiums were
becoming a new buzz word. H.L. and Margaret
decided to convert one of the hotels into a con-
conversions on Panama City Beach. H.L. and
Margaret Hunt continued to develop Panama
City Beach until they retired in the mid 90’s.
By that time their daughter Deborah had taken
over the majority of the day-to-day business.
Deborah started her real estate career in 1982
and quickly became involved with the Hotel
& Restaurant Association (which later merged
in 1989 to what we now know as The Greater
Panama City Beaches Chamber of Commerce).
In early 1990 she worked for Peoples
First Community Bank as their Real Estate
Owned (REO) Manager. In 1991 she served
on the Chamber’s Board of Directors, serving
several terms as the Board’s Chairman.
Deborah’s dedication, drive and commitment
for Panama City Beach to be the Number One
tourism destination in the world is contributed
to her parents. They taught her at an early
age the importance of living everyday for the
Lord, taking nothing for granted, leading by
example, working hard, doing your very best
every day, always being a team player, and
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The Lancaster Family
Reggie Lancaster has lived in the
community for 29 years. His family
includes wife Rebecca and daughters
Dana, Alexandra, Emily, Anna, Riley
and Kate. He graduated from the University
of Alabama in 1968. After graduation,
Reggie worked for the Union Oil Company
of California until 1979 when he bought the
Flamingo Beach Motel.
Reggie states the qualities of
a leader are honesty, integrity,
character and the ability to
make everyone feel a part of
the process. He believes infrastructure
and quality customer service are key
ingredients for this community to embrace
growth and move into the future. Reggie is
most proud of serving as the TDC Chairman
and being involved with the Beach Renourishment
Program and Tourist Information Center.
The most important value he learned from his
parents is honesty.
The Lancasters: Reggie and Dana.
Dana Lancaster was 13 years old when her
parents purchased a 44-unit beachfront motel
named Flamingo Court. In 1981 her dad Reggie
renovated the property and expanded to 68
units with a dome covering a tropical garden,
renaming it Flamingo Dome by the Sea.
Hurricane Opal (October 1995) destroyed the
dome, but the hurricane also allowed Reggie
and Dana to expand and purchase the adjacent
property, a restaurant known mostly as Al and
Glen’s. An extensive remodel and expansion
to 117 units in 1996 allowed father and
after renaming it to what is now known as
Flamingo Motel and Tower.
In August of 2000 Reggie semi-retired to a
2000-acre farm and hunting preserve in Green
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