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honorariums/memorials
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Austin
Mr. Neal B. Biggers
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Boatright
Ms. Nancy Bouler
Mr. & Mrs. James Butler
Mr. William L. Calhoun
Mrs. Sybil Canon
Ms. Betty Crosby
Mr. & Mrs. Derrell Doss
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy D. Dunn
Mr. Wesley N. Gentry
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harris
Mr. & Mrs. James Hartsfield
Mr. & Mrs. Joe B. Hendrix
Mr. Scott Holmes
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hudson
Mr. Wilson S. Jeter
Ms. Kat King
Ms. Larraine Kitchens
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Lambert
Ms. Bobbie Lynn Little
Mr. Bob Maddux
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Martin
Mrs. Faye Massey
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Matthews
Mr. Kurt D. Moreillon
Ms. Valarie F. Peters
Ms. Philomena Pietrowski
Ms. Dianne Ramage
Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Rasberry
Mr. & Mrs. Keith River
Ms. Joan Rose
Mr. & Mrs. T.D. Scarborough
Mr. & Mrs. Keith V. Searcy
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sellers
Mr. Bobby Shields
Ms. Dorothy J. Snyder
Mr. & Mrs. Mitch Stone
Mr. Arliss Swindoll
Dr. Todd Threadgill
Mr. Harold W. Wiggs
Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wimberly
Mr. Robert Youngblood
Cathryn M. Hyde
by Mr. Sherman E. Austin
Mr. Alfonzo Battle, Jr.
Ms. Effie J. Boothe
➢ Graduation from page 4
attended Northwest in 1940-41 and
1945. Spears explained to the crowd that
a month before completing his last semester
at Northwest, Davis was drafted into
the U.S. Army. He had to take special
examinations to complete his coursework
before his deployment, but he still lacked
one class necessary to graduate, or so he
thought.
“Sixty-four years later, at the encouragement
of his youngest daughter, Mr.
Davis called the Registrar’s Office at
Northwest to find out what he needed to
do to complete his Associate of Arts,” said
Spears. “After carefully reviewing his old
files, the Registrar found that Davis had,
indeed, completed the requirements necessary
to earn a diploma. They offered to
mail it to him or allow him to pick it up, but
Mr. Davis wanted to walk across this graduation
stage with the rest of you fine grad-
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Mr. & Mrs. George E. Brown
Ms. Bettye J. Caldwell
Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Cole
Ms. Yvonia Foster
Mr. & Mrs. James Garner
Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene
Mr. & Mrs. John Haynes
Mr. Lionel Henderson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hobbs
Hosie & Jimmie Holmes
Mr. & Mrs. Rupert Howell
Ms. Jacqueline James
Mr. Gene Leland
Rev. & Mrs. Rufus A. Lloyd
Ms. Mary A. Love
Mr. & Mrs. Allen McKinney
Ms. Annie L. Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Tripp Thomas
Mrs. Mildred Washington
Dr. Gloria Kellum
by Mrs. Sybil Canon
Mr. Richie Lawson
Richie Lawson
by Dr. Darrell Barnes
Dr. Harold Simmons
Mary Elizabeth Walker Lewis
by Mr. & Mrs. Frank Givens
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Lee Spears
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Lewis
by Mr. Joe Broadway
Mr. & Mrs. Chris McCall
Ms. Jean Nunnally
Ashley, Benjamin & Caleb McCall
by Mr. Joe Broadway
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Lewis
Ms. Jean Nunnally
Mr. Jim McClure
by Mr. & Mrs. Justin McClure
Schell Ann & Julia Wynne
Montville
by Mr. Joe Broadway
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Lewis
Ms. Jean Nunnally
Gary Mosley
by Sycamore Bank
Jerry Nichols
by Mrs. Elizabeth Dickerson
Mrs. Delores Jennings
Mr. Stephan McDavid
Jonathan Nichols
by Mrs. Sybil Canon
Mr. Don Clanton
Mr. & Mrs. William Correro
Mrs. Charlotte Ferguson
Mr. N.C. Ferguson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John McCrary
Mr. Whit Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Guy Purdy
Ms. Joan Rose
Dr. Ken Sipley
Ms. Debra J. West
Jean Nunnally
by Mr. Joe Broadway
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Lewis
C.W. Parker
by Dr. & Mrs. Steve Akre
Terry Pegram
by Ms. Eunika Rogers
Pam Phillips
by Mr. & Mrs. Milton Cushman
Guy Purdy
by Mrs. Vickie M. Bradley
Joan Rose
by Mr. & Mrs. William Correro
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Dossett
Fred Rowland
by Ms. Frances J. Rowland Neely
Tommy Rowland
by Ms. Frances J. Rowland Neely
uates, despite having just recovered from
congestive heart failure. He has worked
tirelessly with his physical therapist to be
able to walk confidently alongside you all
today.”
Davis joined three generations of his
family—his brothers, Therman and
Carlton; his daughters, Judy Marshall and
Debra Williams; and his granddaughter,
Leann Elrod—as proud graduates of
Northwest.
“There are others out there, like Mr.
Davis, who only lack a few hours to graduate
or who already have enough hours,
but no diploma,” said Division of Business
Director, Amy Payne. Payne explained that
she is approached by former Northwest
students on a regular basis who are in a
similar situation, and she always encourages
them to come back to Northwest,
either online or in the traditional classroom,
to complete their degree. According
to Payne, it is never to late to “cross the
Bertha Sanford
by Dr. Everlyn S. Johnson
Dr. Gary Lee Spears
by Dr. Matthew Domas
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Simpson
Dr. & Mrs. Chuck Strong
Sycamore Bank
Marilyn Spears
by Mrs. Carol Amburn
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Givens
Dianne Strickland
by Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Thompson
Dr. Chuck Strong
by NWCC Division Directors
Angie Stuart
by NWCC Division Directors
Dorothy M. Taylor
by Mrs. Mimi Herring
Katie Beth & Chance Thweatt
by Mr. Joe Broadway
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Lewis
Ms. Jean Nunnally
Lane Tutor
by Ms. Eunika Rogers
Charles Veazey
by Graeber Foundation
Judy E. Wilbanks
by NWCC Division Directors
Sara Williams
by Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Thompson
The Hon. Gov. &
Mrs. William Winter
by Mr. & Mrs. Milton Cushman
finish line” at Northwest, and she encourages
students of all ages to contact
Northwest to find out what they need to
complete their associate degree or certificate
program. —Sarah Sapp
➢ Ag Tech from page 7
and service issues. Northwest, according
to Kooken, is the model for how to train
workers in these agricultural jobs.
There are now three major training centers
in the southern U.S., and the
Northwest training facility has passed
Dallas in trainee volume, because the program’s
quality is well known. John Deere
Pro-Tech hopes to start distance-learning
training with the Northwest facility in the
coming year. Kooken added that
Northwest John Deere/Agricultural
Technology graduates are in high demand,
earning as much as $85-90,000 a year.
—Sarah Sapp
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