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he Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation scholarship program awards annual scholarships and grants for the education of deserving female students with financial need at more than 200 accredited educational institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. A significant number of scholarships and grants support students interested in health education, specifically medical, nursing and allied health fields. Chartered in 1946, the Foundation was created by Conkey Pate Whitehead, Lettie Pate Whitehead’s youngest son, in memory of his mother. Mrs. Whitehead was a passionate supporter of education, and she gave generously to many educational institutions during her lifetime. Mrs. Whitehead, born in 1872 in Thaxton, Virginia, was a philanthropist, businesswoman, and the wife of Joseph Lettie Pate Whitehead. Source: Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation B. Whitehead, one of the original bottlers of Coca-Cola. At age 34, she became a widow and oversaw her late husband’s bottling business and real estate investments. She was appointed to the board of The Coca-Cola Company in 1934, becoming one of the first women in American history to serve on a major corporation’s board.
$81,000 Lillian Barnes Alyssa Buckland Aleigha Buhler Magen Bush Abbigale Carter Kayle Caudill Molly Christian Ashley Cole Kaitlin Corum
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Daphne Dekmar Amanda Edwards Alish Gallagher Courtney Galloway Shaira Guevara Stephanie Himes Toni Hullett Natalie Hunt Hollie Kepley
Typhanee King Taylor Kirby Denice Kirtland Jessica Kuende Danielle Manning Katherine Mullins Stephanie Olin Katie Overton Laura Parker
awarded to Jeanette C. Rudy Nursing and Health Professions students for 2019-2020
Vongphet Phommachack Laura Pruitte Glenda Rodriguez Kristy Rowe Kelsey Rumfelt Lauren Salazar Kathryn Sherman Chelsea Smith Makenzie Smith
Hannah Spring Julliane Stewart Thaia Tep Amanda VanZile Sarah Weaver Brittany Winston Keri Winters
