Foundation News Lamar and Pauline Stokes scholarship endowed Pauline and Lamar Stokes of Summit recently endowed a scholarship in their names with the Co-Lin Foundation to be awarded in the fall of 2014 to a student who demonstrates financial need. The Stokeses met at Co-Lin in 1946. Lamar Stokes came to Co-Lin in 1943 because he wanted to learn how to farm. Stokes said his father dropped him off with no money and he was given a job in the dairy barn on campus, where he worked for tuition, room and board. He left after a few months to serve in the military and returned to Co-Lin in 1946 and studied for a year before transferring to Mississippi State University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering. He also completed additional study at Southwest Mississippi Community College. Stokes farmed and operated a farm supply store before going to work for Magnolia Electric Power Association, where he served as operations director until his retirement in 1989. He served on the board of Pike County Farm Bureau and the Farm Bureau state board for 43 years, and served on the Pike County Fair Board for 30 years. He was awarded the Golden Deeds Award by the McComb Exchange Club in 2006 and was selected as McComb Junior Auxiliary Azalea Ball King in 2009. Pauline Stokes, originally of Pinola, is a 1947 graduate of Co-Lin and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. She played
Pauline and Lamar Stokes of Summit (center) present a check to Dr. Ronnie Nettles (left), president of Copiah-Lincoln Community College, and David Campbell, executive director of the Co-Lin Foundation, to endow a scholarship in their names with the Co-Lin Foundation. basketball at Co-Lin and was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. She taught school for two years before she became a homemaker. She worked at Kellwood manufacturing plant in the mid-1960s and later worked for the Pike County welfare office. She continues to serve as a Pink Lady volunteer at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center.
Burris joins Foundation Board Sammye Burris of McCall Creek has joined the CopiahLincoln Community College Foundation Board. Burris is executive vice president and loan officer at Peoples Bank of the South in Bude. She is a graduate of Franklin County High School and attended CoLin. She is also a graduate of Ole Miss School of Banking. She is a member of the Mississippi Young Bankers Association and Bude Baptist Church, and is involved in Burris Franklin County youth soccer and Dixie Youth baseball. She and her husband Trent are the parents of four children, Taylor, Trey, Austin and Gavin. 4 ::: Investing, Improving, Impacting
The Stokeses have two daughters, Phyllis Waller of Summit and Dixie Fouche’ of Fairhope, Ala., and four grandsons. In retirement, they have enjoyed traveling and camping. Both are members of Pisgah United Methodist Church and have served in many positions for over 60 years.
Tournaments raise money for college The Co-Lin Foundation’s annual Golf Classics in Natchez and Wesson each held record-breaking years in raising funds for scholarships and program support at the college, pulling in over $14,000 and $16,000 respectively. The Co-Lin Foundation provides over $200,000 in scholarships to over 200 Co-Lin students and faculty.
Natchez campus vice president Teresa Busby and Foundation board member Bill Salters present corporate team winners, The Solutions Team, with the president’s cup in the 13th annual Co-Lin Foundation Golf Classic. Pictured from left: Chad Hartzog, Todd Gooden, Salters, Busby, Monte Hilton and Kevin Jones. The Solutions Team won both the Natchez and Wesson tournaments.