2012

Emma Burton, u gnulu· ate of Union lfll!h S.:hue~l, is the reclplt•nt of llw l l~ Electrlcul Mc1iorl'l Sc•h()l arshlp ut Ea~-;t <.'Pntml Community Colltll(j~ In Decatur.

Lindsey Ezelle (left) and Lauren Ezelle (second from left), both graduates of Newton County High School, are the recipi– ents of the first annual KyleDunkersonMemorial Scholarships at East Central Community College in Decatur. They are pic– tured with Angela and Jody Kyzar, who, along with family and friends, establlshed this scholarship in 2012 to honor the mem– ory of their son, Kyle Dunkerson, who was a student at ECCC when he died in an automobile accident.

East Central CommunityCollege ,~opho.more,Janet Ethridge (left) of Decatur Is the recipient of the Aaron R. Davis Memorial Schol– arship. Also pictured Is Davis' widow, Patti Davis. The scholar– ship, presented .annually to a soph~mor~ science major, was established in go06 by family and frl~nd~ to honor the life and work of Ron Davis, who contributoo 29 years to science education in the state o( Mlsslsslppl. He served 19 years as a science instruc– tor at ECCC and for 10 of those years fi~rvEm as department chair– man.

Bryant WilUams, a grad– uate of Newton County Hlgh School, Is the recip– Ient of the 2012 Johnson Family Engineering Scholarship at East Cen– tral Community College in Decatur. The scholarship was es– tablished in memory of Lee E. Johnson and Uzzle Graham Johnson by their children.