LAWRENCE & ARTELIA PERRY SCHOLARSHIP FUND THIRD ANNUAL LEGACY LUNCHEON TO BE HELD MAY 23 Honoring Nonagenarians (Persons Ages 90-99) With A Legacy DURHAM, NC - The Lawrence & Artelia Perry Scholarship Fund (L&APSF) will sponsor its Third Annual Scholarship Fund Legacy Luncheon on Saturday, May 23rd at the Washington Duke Inn. The Legacy Luncheon was established to honor persons in Durham and vicinity who walk in the pathways of faith, family, history, and love of the late Rev. Lawrence Perry and Mrs. Artelia Marsh Perry (the axiom of the Scholarship Fund). Honorees for 2015 are “Durham Area Nonagenarians (persons ages 90-99) with a Legacy” who have developed a significant legacy through their contributions in education, religious, medical, business and civic endeavors. This year’s program will be dedicated in Memory of Bishop David H. Bell who died a few weeks after being selected as a 2015 Honoree.
The 15 Nonagenarian Honorees are Mrs. Lou Davis Suitt Barnes, Dr. Thomas Bass, Mrs. Laura M. Boone, Mr. R. Kelly Bryant, Mrs. Alice Williams Davis, Mr. John T. Fearrington, Dr. Howard M. Fitts, Jr., Mrs. Mary Elizabeth J. Frasier, Mr. Carl D. Hodges, Sr., Dr. John H. Lucas, Mrs. Gladys Roberts Mack, Mrs. Hortense K. McClinton, Mrs.Vivian Rogers Patterson, Mr. Spencer Augustus Wynne I, and Mrs. Nettie Burt Young. The Lawrence & Artelia Perry Scholarship Fund (L&APSF), an IRS 501(c) (3) public charity, was established in 2011 to provide annual support for meritorious, needy students at Bennett College, Livingstone College, and North Carolina Central University. The 2015 Perry Scholarship Fund Awardees will also be presented and recognized. Proceeds from the annual luncheon and the sale of the book Artelia: Portrait of an African American Matriarch are the primary scholarship fundraising methods. The Legacy Luncheon Co-Chairs are Stilwyn Perry Brown and Rev. Dr. Michael D. Page. Dr. Joyce Perry Edwards is the L&APSF Board Chair. The L&APSF Board of Directors invite you to join in this celtebration by purchasing a luncheon ticket ($40) or by purchasing an ad for the Legacy Souvenir Journal.
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