Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation

The 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 $81,000 awarded to Jeanette C. Rudy Nursing and Health Professions students for 2019-2020

Lillian Barnes Alyssa Buckland Aleigha Buhler Magen Bush Abbigale Carter Kayle Caudill Molly Christian Ashley Cole Kaitlin Corum 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 Vongphet Phommachack Hannah Spring Laura Pruitte Julliane Stewart Glenda Rodriguez Thaia Tep Kristy Rowe Amanda VanZile Kelsey Rumfelt Sarah Weaver Lauren Salazar Brittany Winston Kathryn Sherman Keri Winters Chelsea Smith Makenzie Smith

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