Hall of Fame ceremony set March 8
Alumni and employees who have excelled in their respective professions and life missions
and have elevated MCC's esteem through their achievements, service and association
with the institution will be inducted into MCC's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, March
8.
Each year, MCC honors a group of servant-leaders who have distinguished themselves in their professions and community service with the Hall of Fame award.
The ceremony gets underway at 2 p.m. in the McCain Theater. A reception will follow in the Art Gallery located in the Davidson Fine Arts Center in Ivy-Scaggs Hall.
Inductees for this year's class are Randy E. Carroll, Pamela Speights Harrison, and Debroah Bourrage Stokes. Harrison and Stokes are retired College employees. Harrison served as chief financial officer; Stokes was an Associate Degree Nursing Program instructor. Carroll is the chief executive officer of East Mississippi Electric Power Association.
Also being recognized during the program will be Kay Thomas and Michael Thompson, the newest members of the MCC Talon Club, which honors employees with a minimum of 30 years of service. Thomas is director of public information; Thompson is vice president for academic affairs.
Moreover, former employees who have passed away since the last year's ceremony will be remembered by the tolling of bells. They include Jim Rush, Paulette Hopkins, Corky Palmer, Dietmar Goetz, Walter Hammack, and Bill Cooper.
Hosted by the MCC Foundation, the ceremony will be live-streamed on youtube.com/mccisthe1.
Former inductees into the MCC Hall of Fame include Dr. Bill Scaggs, Tommy Dulaney, Lou Weddington Hart, Ronald Miller, Phillip Martin, Dr. Tommy McDonald, Veldore Young, Billie Sollie, David Little, Sylvia Autry, Barbara Jones, Ed Skipper, Richard Kelly, Videt Carmichael, Dr. Clarence Roberts, Norma Bourdeaux, Mark McPhail, C.D. Smith, Wallace Strickland, Ralph E. Young Jr., Esq., B.B. Archer, Jacquelyn Van Zyverden Hogan, Leslie Usher, Charles Frank Winstead, E.M. “Hoot” Gipson, Larry Love, Tony Pompelia, Gerry Purvis, Jack Shank, Gene Goldman, J.F. “Bud” Thompson Jr., F.E. “Eddie” Holladay, Pam Tvarkunas, Terry Williams, Dr. Jennifer Avara Lott, Dr. David Batarseh, Von Burt, Dr. Randy Vance, Syria Sturdivant, Esq., Dr. Ricardo Gillispie, Donald R. Massey, Gary Wilkinson, Dr. Leigh Adams White, Jamie Cater, Joyce Frank, Roscoe Jones, Joe Charles Sanders, Robert Sanford, Dr. Kim Benton, Kathy Brookshire, Dustin Markham, Esq., Joe McCraney, Mark Porter, Dr. Lana Jackson, Dr. Ben Rush, Dr. Shawn Anderson, Dr. Lavon Fluker Reed, Fannie Johnson, Dan Hollingsworth, Dr. Joe Anderson, Rev. LaBaron Hedgemon, Ret. Col. Howard Malone, Ben Scaggs, Dr. Jamie Osby Williams, Rhonda Burrage, Dr. Betty Davis, Dr. Miles Shirley, Joe Clay Hamilton, Esq., Billy Beal, Jimmie Evans, Rev. Scotty Cole, Dr. Kathy Baxter, Dr. Daniel Newell, Richie McAlister III, Shirley Nell Goodman, Janet Heggie, Dr. Cedric Bradley, Dusty Culpepper, Debbie Galyean Mathis, Dr. Richie McAlister, Michael Thompson, Soraya Welden, Betty Young-Cryer, McKenzie Corey Dickerson, Justice Kenny Griffis, Joseph Michael Ponds, Wanda McPhail, Dr. Reginald Sykes, Michele Smith, Neil Henry, Anne Dowdle, Dr. Ray Denton, Wilhelmine Damon and Dr. Tajudeen Soyoye.