2012

EC announces homecoming honorees Rec1p1ents of the 2012

President/Chief Executive Officer of Rush Health Systems, Inc.~ in Meridian. Carole Pace Henry. a retired educator and member of the ECCC Class of 1957, wa~ select– ed Alumna of the Year. She IS a native of Decatur and currently res1des in Madison. The newest mductees into the Athletic Hall of Fame are Gran\ille Freeman of Lake and Charles "Tomrny" ~1cCullough of Philadelphia. A graduate of ~lorton High School. Freeman was a standout football player at ECCC from 1965to 1967 and later found suc– ce'\ a' a high school coach. e~pe­ cially at Lake. where Ius 1974 team finished with an 11-0 record and allowed no pomts dunng the enure season. He 1s currently a State Farm Insurance agent m

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Alumni Assoc~ation awards were recently announced at Ea~t Central Community College in Decatur. Honorees will be recog– ni~.ed during the annual awards luncheon, which will be held dur– mg Homecommg activities scheduled Saturday. September 29. Wallace Strickland. a Decatur native and resideot of Merictian. was selected Alumnus of the Year. He I'> a I 967 graduate of East Central Commurut} College and currently sene' as

McCullough is a graduate of Philadelphia High School He was a standout on the ECCC football squad from 1955 to 1958 and played in the 1958 East-West JUCO All-American game. He has been self-employed in the f treworks business for 25 years, followmg 21 years as a manager for Merchant Truck Company. Special reunion activities are also scheduled for the Classes of 1957. "58 and '59, Classes of 1979, '80 and '81, Classes of 1986. '87 and '88 and the Class of 1962. wlucb will celebrate its Golden Anniversary and receive special 50th anniversary diplo– mas. Also reuniting are members of the 1981 and 1982 Warrior Football Teams and the cast of the 1992 spring musical production '"The 1940s Radio Hour."

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