1972-1977

as a charter member of the Board of - Directors as secretary, and also on

Mrs. Everett 'AC- Unselfish Service By Lois Cooper She has done volunteer work in many organizations, such as: Boy ,Sekected by t h e Ea s t Centra! Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of Junior College Alumni Association America, t he March of ~

the Constitution Committee. She is

i , a memb e r of t h e Mississippi Bu s i ne s s Educ a t i on Association, a s the 1977 "Alumna of the Year" ~~~~i~~~ ~~d cross, cancer, Girl - Mississippi Association of Educa- is Mrs. Jessie Everett Scouts, and Heart Fund. She has Decatur, chairman of the Business served in the Decatur Woman,s . tors, National Business Education Department at ECJC. Association, and Southern Business P r og r e s s i ve Club a s s e c r e t a r y , Mrs. Everett is an "ltstanding vice-president, president, chairman 'Education Association, serving in civic leader on the local and state of departments and divisions, and many leadership capacities in these professional organizations. levels, holding high offices in numerous committees. She served numerous organizations. She has as chairman of t he commun i t y She h a s worked h a r d a n d been an outstanding alumna of the Improvement Division and ~ i b ~ ~ ~ ~ faithfully in many facets of the institution for a number of years, Division when Decatur secured a school prcgram for Decatur Public having graduated the college library and won 2nd place in Schools. She h a s s e r ved in in 1949, and returning in 1956 a s a Mississippi in the sears community l e k r s h i p capacities in the Parent? member of the Business Depart- Improvement Contest. Teacher Association and the Band ment. She received her BSC degree In the District 11, Booster Club. from'the University of Mississippi in Mr s . Eve r e t t is not only an Federation of Women's she outstanding alumna of East Central 1951, and received her MBE Degree has served as vice-president and from the same institution in 1956. Junior College, but was also an president Of District I1 and was outstanding student of the institu- She has done further work at Ole selected "District President of t h e . . Miss and Georgia State College in Year,, in 1968; she was selected as tlon. Mrs. Everett, a native of Atlanta. "Teacher of t he Year" in Decatur Neshoba County, and the daughter Mrs. Everett is married to James and District II in 1962; and selected of t h e l a t e B.C. and Maggie B. Everett, attorney in Decatur and as uClubwoman of the year" in Stewart, attended East Central from a graduate of East Junior D z t u r and District I1 in 1964. 1947-49. She excelled as a member of the basketball team and was one ~ ~ ~

They have two

She has served on the Mississippi

of the guiding lights on the Tom-Tom, the college newspaper. Mrs. Everett is active in church work at Clarke-Venable Bapti , Church where she has taught

Keith, an outstanding graduate of F~~~~~~~~~ of Clubs ECJC and presently a third year Executive Board since 1962. She student at the University serves a s voluntary county alumni

Center in

and representative for the University of

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has served in every

Mrs. Everett has been active in

the past eight

capacity On t he ECJC A'umni the Decatur Public Library program, Association. She s e r ved for six having served as chairman of the

Mr.,. Everett will be honorc

t e rms a s 'secretary a n d wa s ~~~~d of ~~~~t~~~ since its ' u r i v g the Homecoming Act~vitie.. presented a Resolution of Apprecia- organization in 1968. she has also d: East Central Junior College or: tion for a job well done from this served as chairman of the ~~~t~~ Oct. 8, when the ECJC Warriors Association. Sh e h a s s e r ved a s 'county ~ i b ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~d of ~~~t~ ~ play Hinds Junior College. There Newton County vice-president, since its organization in 1968. she # i l l b e a bu s i ne s s me e t i ng , a vice-president a t l a r ge . a n d a s served as chairman of the ~~~~d for homecoming parade, banquet and preside1 t h e K e m p e r - ~ e w t o n Regional pre-game ceremonies, at which tim Library System when the system Mrs. Everett will be at wa s o r gan i z ed a n d s e r v e s a s these events. accomplishments. She was the first -vice-chairman at the present time. One of the big highlights o woman in Decatur to receive the Mrs. Everett serves on the Area l ome comi ng be a 'peris coveted Golden Deeds Awarad in 111 Tourist Council and has been 'eception given in her honor On 1969, an annual award designed to + active in t he Decatur Recreation !L~V from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in thc .: Arts Building at East Centra honor outstanding community citi- Association program since the early .

:.:, Colleee. All alumni ~f Fsc Central a nd ziil friends and iurmer

beginning of this association.

zens who have given unselfishly of t hems e l ve s . In 1977 s h e wa s selected by the Decatur Woman's Progressive Club a s t h e 197

Active Professionally

. Mrs. Everett has been very,iactivc studenis arc dq!ic.d to aitf rid the in professional organizations; boti reception on October 8 to Pay -on t he local and state levels. She tribute to this outstanding honored . h a s served a s an officer for sevel lady who has done so much through y e a r s in Delta Ka p p a Gamm; t h e ye a r s unselfishly f o r he r Society,- and Presently serves a students. friends. con1munity and president. She is editor of the Delt; her state. This is to be her day. and pi ~ ~ ~ i l ~ ~ newsletter. s he has beel a s s oc i a t e s of Mr s . Eve r e t t a r e in the Mississippi. Junio given a special invitation through r,,ll~"e Facultv Association. servin the medium of the press to attznd

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(his special vccaslon in her honor. Miss I.~:cilleWood, a member of the ECJC F a c u i t \ , i \ s e r v i ng as chairman of t h i r c c ep t i ~ ) ? , !xiin- mittee. I