MCC Hall of Fame

Each year, MCC honors a group of servant-leaders who have distinguished themselves in their professions and their community service with the Highest Flying Eagles Hall of Fame award.

Honorees are alumni who have excelled in their careers and life missions and have elevated MCC's esteem through their achievements, service and association with the institution.

NOMINATION FORM

2024 HONOREES


  • Randy E. Carroll
    East Mississippi Electrical Power Association, Chief Executive Officer

  • Pamela Speights Harrison
    Retired, Meridian Community College, Chief Financial Officer

  • Debroah Bourrage Stokes
    Retired, Meridian Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program Instructor

  • Wilhelmine Streater Tew Damon
    Retired, Physical Education Instructor, MCC
  • Ray Denton, Ph.D.
    Retired, Dean of Learning Resources, MCC
  • Anne Dowdle
    Retired, Director of Institutional Advancement
  • Tajudeen Olarotimi Soyoye, MD
    Emergency Room and Family Physician

  • Neil Henry
    Regional President, Citizens National Bank
  • Wanda McPhail
    MCC Tennis Coach, Retired
  • Michele Smith
    MCC Athletic and Fitness Center Director, Retired
  • Dr. Reginald Sykes
    President, Bishop State Community College

  • Betty Young-Cryer
    RN, MSN, NE-BC, CRRN at Anderson Regional Medical Center
  • McKenzie Corey Dickerson
    Miami Marlins National Baseball player
  • Justice Kenny Griffis
    Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
  • Joseph Michael Ponds

    Paul Broadhead & Associates, construction coordinator

  •  Dr. Cedric Bradley
    Vice President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
  • Dusty Culpepper                    
    Air National Guard

  • Debbie Galyean Mathis         
    East Mississippi Business Development Corporation

  • Dr. Richie McAlister
    Associate Vice President for Workforce Education, MCC

  • Michael Thompson
    Dean of Academic Affairs, Meridian Community College

  • Soraya Welden
    Vice President of Operations, Meridian Community College

 
  • Billy Beal
    MCC Associate VP Learning Resources (Posthumously)
  • Jimmie Evans
    Retired MCC Social Science Instructor
  • Rev. Scotty Cole
    MCC Gospel Choir Instructor/Director
  • Dr. Kathy Baxter
    Retired MCC Associate Vice President, Research, Development, and Governmental Affairs Instructor
  • Dr. Daniel Newell
    Veterinarian
  • Richie McAlister, III
    City of Meridian, Chief Administrative Officer
  • Shirley Nell Goodman
    Retired Associate VP Workforce Education Instructor
  • Janet Heggie
    Retired Workforce Instructor

  • Rhonda Burrage
    Math Teacher/MPS and Milken Award Winner
  • Dr. Betty Davis
    MCC Nursing
  • Dr. Miles Shirley
    Dentist
  • Joe Clay Hamilton
    Attorney

  • Dr. Joe Anderson                   
    Chaplin, Anderson Regional Medical Center
  • Dr. LaBaron Hedgemon        
    Pastor of Freedom Rock Church
  • Ret. Col. Howard Malone      
    Retired United States Army
  • Ben Scaggs                            
    Associate Deputy for the US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Dr. Jamie Osby Williams      
    Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy

  • Dr. Lana Jackson
    Mississippi Medical Center Jackson
  • Dr. Ben Rush
    Rush Foundation Hospital
  • Dr. Shawn Anderson
    Anderson Regional Medical Center
  • Dr. Lavon Fluker Reed
    Retired Superintendent of Ackerman MS School District
  • Fannie Johnson
    Love’s Kitchen
  • Dan Hollingsworth
    Retired Mayor of Rustin, Louisiana

  • Dr. Kim Benton
    Doctor of Education
  • Kathy Brookshire
    MCC Associate Vice President for Development
  • The Hon. Dustin Markham
    City Council/Attorney
  • Joe McCraney
    Certified Public Accountant             
  • Mark Porter
    Insurance

  • Jamie Cater
    Owner of Cater’s Market
  • Joyce Frank
    Real Estate
  • Roscoe Jones
    Civil Rights Activist
  • Joe Charles Sanders
    Sanders Gas
  • Robert Sanford
    Benefits Management Insurance

  • Ricardo Gillispie                
    Psychologist
  • Donald R. Massey                 
    Contractor
  • Gary Wilkinson 
    Investment Broker
  • Leigh Adams White 
    Podiatrist

  • Jennifer Avara Lott                
    Dentist
  • David Batarseh
    Physician
  • Von Burt 
    Banker
  • Randy Nance 
    Physician
  • Syria Sturdivant
    Attorney

  • Gene Goldman
    Director, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center
  • J.F. “Bud” Thompson, Jr.
    Insurance Executive
  • F.E. “Eddie” Holladay
    Radio Station Owner/Entrepreneur
  • Pam Tvarkunas
    Riley Hospital Administrator
  • Terry Williams 
    MCC Physical Plant Director

  • E.M. “Hoot” Gipson
    Owner of Gipson Steel
  • Larry Love
    Owner & CEO of Specialty Roll Products
  • Tony Pompelia
    Owner of Leading Edges Advertising & Marketing Firm
  • Gerry Purvis
    Owner of Purvis Business Machines
  • Jack Shank
    Former Director of Adult Education & Dean of Continuing Education (MCC)

  • B.B. Archer
    Archer Architects, PLLC
  • Jacquelyn Van Zyverden Hogan
    Van Zyverden, Inc. Chief Executive Officer
  • Leslie Usher 
    Great Southern National Bank President & Chief Financial Officer
  • Charles Frank Winstead        
    Retired Educator; Founder, Advocate for Excellence in America’s Classrooms

  • Norma Bourdeaux   
    Former State Representative
  • Mark McPhail    
    Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center Chief Executive Officer
  • C.D. Smith
    (A T & T) Regional Manager/MCC Board of Trustees (Member)
  • Wallace Strickland
    Rush Health Systems Chief Executive Officer
  • Ralph E. Young, Jr.
    Local Attorney / MCC Board of Trustees Chairman

  • Barbara Jones
    MCC Dean of Academic Affairs /Lauderdale Co. School Board Member
  • Richard Kelly
    Northeast Lauderdale Middle School Principal
  • Dr. Tommy McDonald
    MCC Vice President for Operations
  • Dr. Clarence W. Roberts
    Longtime MCC Vice President for Instruction
  • Ed Skipper       
    Chief Fiscal Officer for the City of Meridian

  • Sylvia Autry  
    Superintendent of Meridian Public Schools
  • Videt Carmichael
    State Senator and longtime Clarkdale educator
  • David Little    
    Superintendent of Lauderdale County Schools
  • Billy Sollie       
    Sheriff of Lauderdale County
  • Vel Young
    Assistant District Attorney

  • Phillip Martin
    Head of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

  • Ronnie Miller
    MCC Fine Arts Division Chair and major promoter of the arts in the community

  • Dr. William F. Scaggs           
    MCC President Emeritus
  • Tommy Dulaney
    Owner of Structural Steel Services
  • Lou Weddington Hart
    Six-time champion of the Mississippi Women’s State Amateur Golf  Tournament

 

For more informationFor more information:
Courtney Pitts, Lifetime Quest & Alumni Association Coordinator

courtney.pitts@meridiancc.edu
601.484.8696