STARKVILLE, Miss.--A Mississippi State alumnus and Greenwood resident is honoring his mother with a scholarship at the university.
The Lucile G. Gulledge Endowed Scholarship recently was established by W.M. "Morgan" Gulledge Jr. to benefit students in two academic areas of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Morgan Gulledge, a 1977 agriculture economics graduate, is managing partner with Gulledge Enterprises.
The Lucile Gulledge Scholarship will be available for full-time majors in the human development and family studies programs of the college's School of Human Sciences. The first Gulledge Scholar is scheduled to be named in the 2005 fall semester.
Gulledge and his mother previously established the W.M. Gulledge Sr. Memorial Scholarship at MSU in honor of his father, a 1937 graduate of then-Mississippi State College. For many years, the initial Gulledge award has assisted School of Accountancy majors from Leflore and Washington counties.
The Lucile Gulledge Scholarship is an open fund in the MSU Foundation and may be increased through additional contributions.
For more information, telephone Jud Skelton, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences development director, at (662) 325-2110.