MCC Hall of Fame
Each year, Meridian Community College 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 the College's esteem through their achievements, service and association
with the institution.
- James Carter
Carter Foundation
Founder and Executive Director - Wanda Sharp Dixon (posthumously)
Meridian Community College
Chair, Math and Science Division - Marmion Loving Francis
Retired, Meridian Community College
Lifetime Quest Co-Coordinator - Alice James
Retired, Meridian Community College
Accounting Instructor
- Sarah Abernathy
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs
Family Nurse Practitioner - David Garner
District of Columbia Public Safety and Justice
Cheif Financial Officer - David Quave
Retired, Medtronic
-
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, Meridian Community College
Physical Education Instructor - Ray Denton, Ph.D.
Retired, Meridian Community College
Dean of Learning Resources - Anne Dowdle
Retired, Meridian Community College
Director of Institutional Advancement - Tajudeen Olarotimi Soyoye, MD
Emergency Room and Family Physician
- Neil Henry
Citizens National Bank
Regional President - Wanda McPhail
Retired, Meridian Community College
Tennis Coach - Michele Smith
Retired, Meridian Community College
Athletic and Fitness Center Director - Dr. Reginald Sykes
Bishop State Community College
President
- Betty Young-Cryer
Anderson Regional Medical Center
RN, MSN, NE-BC, CRRN - 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
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Vice President -
Dusty Culpepper
Air National Guard -
Debbie Galyean Mathis
East Mississippi Business Development Corporation -
Dr. Richie McAlister
Meridian Community College
Associate Vice President for Workforce Education -
Michael Thompson
Meridian Community College
Dean of Academic Affairs -
Soraya Welden
Meridian Community College
Vice President of Operations
- Billy Beal (posthumously)
Meridian Community College
Associate Vice President for Learning Resources - Jimmie Evans
Retired, Meridian Community College
Social Science Instructor - Rev. Scotty Cole
Meridian Community College
Gospel Choir Instructor & Director - Dr. Kathy Baxter
Retired, Meridian Community College
Associate Vice President for Research, Development, and Governmental Affairs - Dr. Daniel Newell
Veterinarian - Richie McAlister, III
City of Meridian
Chief Administrative Officer - Shirley Nell Goodman
Retired, Meridian Community College
Associate Vice President for Workforce Education - Janet Heggie
Retired, Meridian Community College
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 information:
Courtney Pitts, Lifetime Quest & Alumni Association Coordinator
courtney.pitts@meridiancc.edu
601.484.8696