Summers County Shines at Annual Scholarship Reception

SUMMERS COUNTY W.Va. (Hinton News) - West Virginia is known for its philanthropic spirit. As a testament to this reputation, Summers County illustrated such benevolence at its Annual Scholarship Reception, held on May 13 at the Hinton Freight Depot. Hinton Area Foundation awarded 111 scholarships to 58 students totaling $127,350. Parents, donors and HAF Board members attended the celebration to honor recipients. Congratulations to all of this year's recipients.

Campaign 2000 – $1000 each: Ashton Basham, Ellie Rhodes, Emily Cox, Sydney Farrish.

Ann Gore Scholarship Fund - $500 Alyvia Harvey.

CHPR Gwinn Family Scholarship – $3000 each: Baylee Bentley, Abbie Keaton.

Bill Van Sant Scholarship Fund – $2000 Kristen Ratliff.

SC KIDS Fine Arts Scholarship Fund – $1000 Chloe Lester, $250 each:  Gavin Pivont, Sullivan Pivont, Krystina Gore, Tania Bond.

Joyce Jarrell Memorial Scholarship Fund - $1200 each: Gavin Pivont, Hallie Rodes, Lauren Foster, Kaylee Jones.

Kiwanis Club of Hinton Scholarship – $500 each: Sydney Farrish, Kaylee Jones,, Emily Cox, Emily Nichole Richmond, Sarah Turner, Hallie Rodes, DaNaylee Long.

Kiwanis Club of Hinton Scholarship - $250 each: Karsynn Davis, Harley Ward, Alyvia Harvey, Jordan Rutherford, Ashley Cooper, Emily Renee Richmond, Katelyn Martin.

Kiwanis Club of Hinton Scholarship - $150 Sean Cooper, Brian Cooper, Megan Cooper.

Stokes-Rotary Scholarship Fund – $1500 Lauren Foster, $500 Sarah Turner.

Margaret Peggy Rossi - $1250 Tania Bond, $400 Aaliyah Forren.

Plumley-Rotary Scholarship- $ 1500 Bryson Keaton, $1000 Sarah Turner.

Randy “Paul” Martin II Scholarship Fund –$700 Wilson Sears.

William E. “Billy” Turner Memorial Fund – $1600 each: Alyvia Harvey, Kayleigh Taylor, Sonny Whitt.

Hildred Smith Music Scholarship – $2000 Logan Osborne.

James & Julia (Bransford) Cox Fund -$1000 Ella Jean Gore.

William Garten Scholarship –$700 each: Sullivan Pivont, Gavin Pivont, Liv Meador, Avery Pivont.

Gene Fife Scholars Fund - $1000 Michaela Wynes.

First United Methodist Church/Eleanor Meadows Scholarship Fund - $1500 Carolyn Calpin.

Summers County Historical Scholarship - $1000 Tania Bond.

Lori and Mitch Bowling Student Athletic Fund - $1500 Liv Meador.

Dr. Shammaa Memorial Fund - $800 Jonathan Bennett.

Burkey and MaryLou Lilly Memorial Fund – $2500 Jonathan Bennett, $2000 DaNaylee Long.

Smith -Willey Scholarship Fund - $625 each: Brian Cooper, Sean Cooper, Emily Grimmett,

Kristen Ratliff.

Jones-Willey Scholarship Fund - $800 each: Ashley Cooper, Megan Cooper, Emily Richmond.

Kimberley Anne Abbott Scholarship – $1000 Emily Turner.

William G. & Joyce H. Meador Lifelong Learning Fund – $1000 Jordan Rutherford.

Dr. Matthew Ellison Memorial Scholarship - $1000 each: Nathaniel Day, Krystina Gore, DaNaylee Long.

FNB of Hinton Scholarship – $500 Tania Bond.

Paul E. Hess Memorial Scholarship – $900 each: Gavin Pivont, Sullivan Pivont.

Howard Creed Fund - $1200 each: Sullivan Pivont, Gavin Pivont, Ellie Rhodes, Bryson Keaton, Avery Pivont.

Claude Johnson Memorial Scholarship - $1500 Kristen Ratliff.

NBS Scholarship- $600 Sean Cooper.

Ralph Jones Scholarship – $2500 Lawson Jones.

Lincoln School Scholarship Fund - $800 Michaela Wynes.

John & Betty Hendrick Fund - $2000 Kristen Ratliff.

Dr. Joseph F. Marsh, Jr. Scholarship Fund – $1000 Aaliyah Forren

Jean Dressler Beasley Fund –$1000 each: Karsynn Davis, Aaliyah Forren,  Madoc Lathroum, Molly Mann, Logan Osborne, Lauren Pack, Kristen Ratliff, Nathan Tickle.

Clark Family Scholarship – $ 500 Kristen Ratliff.

Coach Julian “Buzzy” Richmond – $500 Lawson Jones.

John Henry Historical Scholarship –$500 Michaela Wynes.

Robert and Faye Gwinn Scholarship Fund -$1500 each: Emily Grimmett, Michael Mann, Lauren Pack, Laci Sears, Nathan Tickle; $1000 each Micahi Houchins, Emily Justice, John Meadows, Emily Short, and $500 Jacob Richmond.

Ellsworth and Beulah Hedrick Scholarship Fund – $1000 Emily Grimmett.

Marjorie and Lester Bowles Scholarship Fund - $1000 Robert Luke Jones.

Darrell K. Cales Trust Scholarship - $5000 each: Maggie Gunter, Kaylee Jones, Lauren Foster, Molly Mann, Harmony Richmond.

Scholarship Committee Chairman, Nancy Durnan states, “We are continually in awe by the generosity of our donors and our community.”

Hinton Area Foundation would like to thank the city of Hinton for providing the venue and Lucky Rivers for catering the event. Additionally, Coach Jerod Ewing and Assistant Coach Austin Lilly of the SCCHS Golf Team and their members for their assistance in setting up the venue: Brian Cooper, Sean Cooper, Christian Dillon, Xavier Honaker, Annalyn Lilly and Avery Lilly.

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