CORRECTION: Five names were inadvertently left off the list of scholarship winners that published in Wednesday’s newspaper. 

The Hatton Lovejoy Graduate Studies Fund Committee of Fuller E. Callaway Foundation announced this week the awarding of scholarship grants totaling $300,000 to 31 graduate school students from this area.

Funds for the graduate scholarships were provided by a bequest in the will of Fuller E. Callaway, III, who died in 1971. Scholarship grants under the program vary according to the cost of attendance of the individual applicants and are renewable based on the applicant’s satisfactory academic performance.

The students, graduate schools they will attend and the degrees they are seeking are as follows:

Emily Anderson, Medical College of Georgia, Medical Doctor

Chloe Battle, Emory University, Master of Science in Nursing

Cherise Costley, LaGrange College, Master of Arts in Teaching

Grace Curtis, University of Georgia, Juris Doctor

De’sa Fuller, LaGrange College, Education Specialist

Evan Genova, Medical College of Georgia, Medical Doctor

Brittany Gill, Medical College of Georgia, Medical Doctor

Megan Hale, Georgia State University, Master of Science in Education

Ashley Hancock, University of West Georgia, Master Early Childhood Education

Alex Hughes, University of Alabama, Master of Library & Information Science

Robert Hunnicutt, Samford University, Juris Doctor

Forrest Johnson, University of Southern California, Master of Public Administration

Katie Jones, LaGrange College, Education Specialist

Graham Kittrell, Indiana University, Master of Anesthesia

Hyun Lee, University Georgia, Pharmacy Doctor

Jacob Lovin, Edward Via Osteopathic Medical, Doctor Osteopathic Medicine

Taylor McCray, LaGrange College, Master of Education

Josh O’Neal, Ohio University, Master of Healthcare Administration

Holly Phillips, University of West Georgia, Master of Arts in English

Laura Lee Pike, Columbus State University, Ed.D. Leadership

Rebekah Ralph, Medical College of Georgia, Ed.D. Education Innovation

Traviera Sewell, Liberty University, Education Specialist

Brittany Shepard, Columbus State University, Master of Education in Art Education

Tara Vaughn, Grand Canyon University, Master of Science in Nursing

Hayes Vinson, Auburn University, Doctor of Audiology

Nyshunda Welch, Columbus State University, Education Specialist

Heather Wescott, University of Mississippi, Pharmacy Doctor

Kalee Whitley, Dental College of Georgia, Dental Doctor

Emily Wiker, University of Alabama, Nurse Practitioner

Jade Williford, Liberty University, Master of Education in School Counseling

The graduate studies scholarship grants were open to any person enrolled or accepted in any accredited post graduate program of study.

First preference is given to children of former employees of Callaway Mills who graduated from high school in Troup County (LaGrange, Hogansville, and West Point, GA) and who currently live in Troup County, Georgia.

Second preference was given to those who currently live in Troup County, Georgia who graduated from high school in Troup County, Georgia.

Third preference was given to those who have been employed or lived in Troup County, Georgia for the last five years or more and can demonstrate a likelihood of employment in Troup County after completion of the graduate degree.

For those students within two years of completing their undergraduate degree or graduate degree, if consecutive, residency within Troup County is based on the residency of their parent or guardian.

In accordance with the terms of Mr. Callaway’s will, the Hatton Lovejoy Graduate Studies Fund was established in memory of the late Hatton Lovejoy, a prominent LaGrange attorney.

At the time of his death in April 1964, Lovejoy was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of

Callaway Foundation, Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of Callaway Mills Company and

Vice President of the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation. Fuller E. Callaway, III was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fuller E. Callaway, Jr., and the father of Mark Clayton Callaway.

The Scholarship Fund is administered by a committee consisting of, Ellen Hudson Harris, Joyce Morgan-Young and H. Speer Burdette, III.