1. (1948) Agnes Elizabeth Jacobs (Johns), Betty Jean Ammons McGuire, Reba Jean Bennett
2. (1949) Millidon Popwell (Harrington)-1949, daughter of Marion O. Popwell; Graduated from .........June 1, 1953 with a degree in elementary education; taught in Savannah, Macon, Ga., and retired from Duval Co. school System. Resides in Jacksonville Fl.
3. (1950) Anne Royster, daughter of Jesse Thomas Royster and his wife, Janice Morrow Royster. Anne attended Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville, receiving a B.S. in Business Administration Eduction. Upon graduation she married Joe Thomas from Blackshear in 1954. Anne taught school in Hoboken before moving to Brunswick where she worked for Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. as bookkeeper/office administrator for 20 years. Anne passed away in March, 2005.
4.(1951)
5.(1952)
6. (1953) Iris Barr (Tapley)
7. (1954) Betty Jean Saddler (Thomas) Daughter of Aaron and Nona Saddler
8. (1955)Iona Johns (Proctor)
9. (1956) Waunice Ammons (Aldridge)
10. (1957)
11. (1958) Sondra Ammons (Wingo)
13. (1960)
14. (1961) Patricia Ann Ammons (Ball)
15. (1962) Evelyn Saddler (Argo). Daughter of Aaron and Nona Saddler.
16. (1963)
18. (1965) Betty Jo Ammons (Clark)
19. (1966) Janice Higginbotham (Johns) (1962-1966), daughter of Charlie and Ethel Higginbotham; wife of Bill Johns. Dolly Warren (Swilley) daughter of Amos and Mattie Warren.
20. (1967)
21. (1968)
22. (1969)
23. (1970)
Other Recipients, year unknown
Mary Lou Gardner, wife of John V. (Pick) Smith; Teacher
Ginger Allen (Burch), daughter of Clarence Allen.
Josephine Warren, daughter of Amos and Mattie Warren.
Diane Howard Warren.
Verleen Strickland, Teacher
Rosemary Smith (Mrs. Wade Strickland)
Carolyn Higginbotham (Thomas), daughter of Mrs. Gladys Higginbotham, Nahunta.
Vandilla Purdom.
Grace Strickland.
Tressa Highsmith (Mrs. J. O. Johns);Teacher
Molly Grace Saddler;
Alice Sue DePratter (Mrs. Bobby Crews), daughter of Ray and Vera Cleland DePratter; obtained a degree in Home Economics, and served as a Home Demonstration Agent in Camden, Co., Ga.
Geneva Cross, daughter of Mrs. Jaunita Cross Herrin, Nahunta.
(See link on Sandra Jacobs Shockley, and Susie Lee Bell Jacobs)
GRAVESITE OF MS. GOETNER MUMFORD PARKHURST, LOCATED AT ROCK CREEK CEMETERY, WASHINGTON D.C., TAKEN IN 1948. PAYING TRIBUTE TO MS. PARKHURST ARE THE FIRST RECIPIENTS OF A MUMFORD SCHOLARSHIP. (L-R), BETTY JEAN AMMONS (MCGUIRE), AGNES ELIZABETH JACOBS (JOHNS), AND REBA JEAN BENNETT (PYBURN).UNFORTUNATELY, THE NAME OF MS. PARKHURST IS NOT READABLE; FORTUNATELY WE RECOGNIZE THE FAINT IMAGES OF THE THREE ATTRACTIVE RECIPIENTS OF THE MUMFORD SCHOLARSHIP.
COMMENTS by Betty Jean Ammon's McGuire: When the first Mumford scholarships were awarded in 1948, three students at Nahunta High School received them. These students were Betty Jean Ammons, Reba Jean Bennett and Agnes Jacobs. After graduation the class went on a class trip to Washington D.C..While there, the three of us had a picture made standing behind a tombstone. Agnes has confirmed my memory that it was the grave of Goetner Mumford Parkhurst, the lady who established the scholarship fund. She is buried in Washington, not Waynesville. Agnes said that other members of the family were buried at the Waynesville home. Betty J. Ammons McGuire.