From walking the halls of William R. Davie Elementary to playing under the Friday Night Lights at War Eagle Stadium, I have been a Davie County boy through and through. One of the scholarships I received from the Foundation was the Spurgeon Goss Memorial Scholarship. Spurgeon was a ferocious defensive lineman. The scholarship is in honor of LCpl James Spurgeon Goss, a star football player from Davie County who was KIA while serving in the USMC during the Vietnam War. He received multiple … [Read more...]
Brooke Hess
When we hear Greensboro, our first thought is a city in North Carolina not too far from Davie County, but for scholarship recipient Brooke Hess, Greensboro is now the rural town in Alabama that she calls home. After high school, Brooke, a Rotary Club of Mocksville scholarship recipient, attended UNC Chapel Hill where she studied Global Health and Environment with a minor in Chemistry. She was also on a Pre-Med track. Brooke’s college career was sprinkled with impressive academic … [Read more...]
Jenna Patton
Jenna Patton’s passport has been stamped many times during her world travels. This Community Scholarship recipient loves to explore new cities. During high school, Jenna went on various trips around the world with an organization called People to People. After graduating from Davie High, she attended North Carolina State University where her love for travel never dwindled. As a Biological Sciences major with dreams of physician assistant school, Jenna went on medical assistance trips to both … [Read more...]