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Homecoming 2021

T op A lumni H onored

ECCC recognized four outstanding alumni during its 2021 Homecoming celebration held last October. Jerald Everett of Clinton, a Hickory native and retired human resources consultant with the Social Security Administration, and Louisville native Paula Simmons Waggoner of Starkville, a retired mission- ary, were recognized as Alumnus and Alumna of the Year, respectively. Former Warrior football players James Mitchell, a Hickory native who resides in Nash- ville and serves as chaplain for the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, and Ronnie Parker, a Decatur native who now resides in Haymarket, Virginia, and is a fitness and personal training consultant, were the Athletic Hall of Fame inductees. Copper etchings of alumni honorees are perma- nently displayed in the college’s Memorabilia Room located in Burton Library and Athletic Hall of Fame honoree etchings are displayed in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium. The awards presentations were made at the annual Alumni Reception held in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium.

ECCC’s 2021 Homecoming Honorees (from left) Paula Simmons Waggoner (Class of 1971), Alumna of the Year; Jerald Everett (Class of 1964), Alumnus of the Year; and new Athletic Hall of Fame member James Mitchell (Class of 1981). Not pictured is Ronnie Parker (Class of 1982), who was also inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame but could not attend ceremonies.

Members of the 2021 Homecoming Court at East Central Community College included freshman maid Zoey Bell of Philadelphia and escort Dylan Farve of Richton, freshman maid Amelia Kirk of Louisville and escort Dylan Harrison of Union, sophomore maid Kenay’zha Germany of Union and escort Anthony Smith of Newton, sophomore maid Magdelyn Kirk of Louisville and escort Trey Nichols of Morton, queen Kiersten Selman of Madison and escort Austin Lee of Madison, sophomore maid Alex Weir of Hickory and escort Davis Pool of Steens, sophomore maid Taylor Gregory of Louisville and escort Reese Tillman of Forest, freshman maid Mabry Mayfield of Carthage and escort Ethan Warren of Forest, and freshman maid Brayleigh Gregory of Louisville and escort Stevie Ray of Philadelphia. The queen and her court were presented at Bailey Stadium during halftime of the ECCC vs. Copiah-Lincoln Community College football game. 2021 ECCC Homecoming Court

Foundation Scholarship Reception For scholarship donors & scholarship recipients 10 a.m. • Friday, October 21, 2022 Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium ECCC Campus in Decatur

During the reception, donors will have an opportunity to meet with the student receiving the scholarship. Detailed information concerning the reception will be mailed in early fall. For more information, please call the Foundation Office at 601-635-6327 or e-mail sholling@eccc.edu.

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