Recipients of a Mumford Scholarship  

(1) Agnes Elizabeth Jacobs (Johns), Betty Jean Ammons McGuire, Reba Jean Bennett

(2) Mary Lou Gardner, wife of John V. (Pick) Smith;  Teacher     

(3) Ginger Allen (Burch), daughter of Clarence Allen.               

(4) Sandra Jacobs (Mrs. John Hattaway Shockley), daughter of Horace Thomas Jacobs and Lorraine Hendrix Jacobs (Click & See Sandra's Comments).  (Class of 1964)             

(5) Josephine Warren, Dolly's sister.   

(6) Diane Howard Warren.               

(7) Verleen Strickland,     Teacher          

(8) Rosemary Smith (Mrs. Wade Strickland),              

(9) Carolyn Higginbotham (Thomas),  daughter of Mrs. Gladys Higginbotham, Nahunta.                

(10) Vandilla Purdom.              

(11) Grace Strickland.                

(12)  Anne Royster, daughter of Jesse Thomas Royster and his wife, Janice Morrow Royster.  Anne attended Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville, receiving a B.S. in Business Administration Eduction.  Upon graduation she married Joe Thomas from Blackshear in 1954.  Anne taught school in Hoboken before moving to Brunswick where she worked for Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. as bookkeeper/office administrator for 20 years.  Anne passed away in March, 2005.              

(13) Tressa Highsmith (Mrs. J. O. Johns);    Teacher            

(14) Molly Grace Saddler;               

(15)Millidon Popwell (Harrington) -1949, daughter of Marion O. Popwell; Graduated from .........June 1, 1953 with a degree in elementary education; taught in Savannah, Macon, Ga., and retired from Duval Co. school System. Resides in Jacksonville Fl. ; and                

 (16) Alice Sue DePratter (Mrs. Bobby Crews), daughter of Ray and Vera Cleland DePratter; obtained a degree in Home Economics, and served as a Home Demonstration Agent in Camden, Co., Ga.           

(18) Geneva Cross, daughter of Mrs. Jaunita Cross Herrin, Nahunta.

(19) Susie Lee Bell (Jacobs), graduated from Hoboken High School, class of 1959; graduated in 1963 from G.S.C.W., with B.S. Degree in Home Economics Education, minor in General Science   Mrs. Jacobs is now Principal of Hoboken Elementary School (See More) 

  CAN YOU PROVIDE YEARS OF GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ABOVE? I'd also like to establish a web page on educational experiences of the Mumford scholars; where they went to school, degrees, work experiences, travels, marriages, etc. (See link on Sandra Jacobs Shockley, and Susie Lee Bell Jacobs)

 (L-R), BETTY JEAN AMMONS (MCGUIRE), AGNES ELIZABETH JACOBS (JOHNS), AND REBA JEAN BENNETT (PYBURN). UNFORTUNATELY, THE NAME OF MS. PARKHURST IS NOT READABLE; FORTUNATELY WE RECOGNIZE THE FAINT IMAGES OF THE  THREE ATTRACTIVE RECIPIENTS OF THE MUMFORD SCHOLARSHIP.

COMMENTS by Betty Jean Ammon's McGuire: When the first Mumford scholarships were awarded in 1948, three students at Nahunta High School received them. These students were Betty Jean Ammons, Reba Jean Bennett and Agnes Jacobs. After graduation the class went on a class trip to Washington D.C..  While there, the three of us had a picture made standing behind a tombstone.   Agnes has confirmed my memory that it was the grave of Goetner Mumford Parkhurst, the lady who established the scholarship fund.  She is buried in Washington, not Waynesville.  Agnes said that other members of the family were buried at the Waynesville home. Betty J. Ammons McGuire.

WHO ARE THE OTHERS RECIPIENTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS? E-Mail me the names and year of award:  Thomas Earl Cleland,