Winter 2009

The UpdaTe The dynamics of change lies all around us as the college enters its second century. Of all the elements that higher education requires, the direction we want the institution to pursue will be influenced by the impact of change. The increasing economic distress our nation faces has seen rapidly rising college costs. This is a major public policy issue. Morris College is well aware of the fact that individual families are struggling financially as they cope with rising personal debt. We know that our students have very limited resources. So, we realize that increased revenue cannot come from sharply increased tuition and fees. It will have to come, as it has for the past 100 years, from Baptist family, alumni, friends of the college, corporations and foundations. In the dynamics of change is the historic event which took place in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. America witnessed its first African-American being sworn in as President of these United States. Speaking of the challenges before us, President Obama, near the end of his inaugural address, said:

“What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.”

This “new era of responsibility” is one to which we are inevitably drawn, for it is our passport to an even greater and more glorious Morris College. Surely, as members of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and other members of the Baptist family, alumni and friends, we have a duty to this great institution. This change can only be accelerated by our awareness of the responsibilities we have to this our college and alma mater. Such awareness will bring forth a passion that enlivens the very basis of our founding and purpose. From innovative measures to tackle the problems of running a college in a cost-effective manner, to preventive maintenance of physical facilities, to making adjustments in organizational structures, to working effectively to maintain a balanced budget, to providing a high quality educational program, to continuing the college’s mission of offering an affordable, cost-effective way for students to pursue higher education, we, at Morris College, have always carried a sense of responsibility and humility toward the task of educating today’s students. We have been responsible even more with the resources you continue to provide. Thank you so much for changing lives and changing the world with the support you give. Allow me to close by paraphrasing the concluding words of our newly elected president: “...with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth Morris College and delivered it safely, financially stronger, and academically wealthier to future generations.”

Luns C. Richardson President 2009 Winter-Spring Edition

COLLEGE PRESIDENT Dr. Luns C. Richardson Inside EDITOR AND DESIGN NiCole Williams ‘99 Director of Public Relations This EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS Reverend Melvin Mack Issue... Director of Institutional Advancement/Church Relations Dr. Gerald Polinsky Management Specialist Dr. Leroy Staggers Academic Dean

CONTRIBUTORS Trevor Zion Bauknight, The Item Jay Gross College News Ms. Lauretta Hilton College News Joe Perry, The Item Dr. Snoddy: Mid-Winter Banquet Speaker ...... 2 College Welcomes New Food Service Management...... 5 PHOTOGRAPHY Shamel Duncan Charlie Mathis, Mathis Photography Studio Amber McCoy Centennial Year Baptist Contributions...... 11 NiCole Williams

PRINTER Focus on Students ...... 23 PrintSouth Printing Inc. - Richard Coulter

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dr. Willie E. Givens, Jr., Chairman Hornet Athletics...... 27 Attorney J. David Weeks, Vice-Chair Dr. James B. Blassingame, Secretary Dr. Luns C. Richardson, College President Faculty and Staff News and Notes...... 28

Dr. Charles G. Adams Dr. Walter Butler Alumni News: Morrisites on the Move ...... 31 Dr. Guy Campbell, Jr. Dr. James H. Cokley Ms. Bevlin York Collier, Alumni Representative ...... Dr. Francis Covington Class Notes ...... 32 Dr. Claudette C. Cureton *Dr. S. C. Cureton Mr. Eddie Davis, Student Representative In Memoriam...... 33 Dr. Robert E. Dennis Mr. Fletcher Evans Mr. Sam Foster

Dr. Dill Gamble, Jr. Winter 2009 Dr. James S. Hall Dr. Donald L. Hughes Dr. Nathaniel Irvin **Dr. Charles B. Jackson, Sr. Attorney Thomas B. Levy ON THE COVER: Mr. Ted A. Mattison Located adjacent to the Academic Hall and the Pinson Ad- Dr. Rufus H. Mitchell ministration Building, this flower garden is a part of the college’s Mr. David Montgomery ongoing efforts to enhance the beautification of the campus. Dr. Bernice W. Stukes-Mose Dr. Samuel B. Neely Ms. Deidre Odom Dr. Ellie W. Palmer, Sr. MORRIS COLLEGE Rev. Charles M. Pee, Faculty/Staff Representative The UpdaTe Dr. Leon C. Rector Dr. William A. Salley Dr. Blakely N. Scott Dr. Benjamin D. Snoddy Morris College is a historically Black, co-educational, liberal arts college Dr. Benjamin J. Whipper, Jr. operated by the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South ***Dr. Arthur White Carolina and accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern * Deceased **Completing Final Term of Dr. Anne G. Pinson Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA ***Resigned on June 30, 2008 30033-4097; telephone number 404-679-4501) to award baccalaureate degrees. Dr. Snoddy to Deliver Mid-Winter Banquet Message Jr. Board of Preachers at The Reverend Doctor Benjamin D. Snoddy Morehouse College of Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker for the college’s Mid- GA during its Science and Winter Banquet at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February Spiritual Awareness Week and 27, 2009 in the Garrick-Boykin Human received the Urban League’s Development Center. A native of Spartanburg Humanitarian Award in County, he was born the third child of six children November 2006 for to Mrs. Geneva Snoddy and the late Deacon Cornell outstanding community Snoddy, Sr. Baptized as a new convert at the New service. Trinity Baptist Church of Wellford, SC at the age Dr. Snoddy is a member of of 13, he was licensed to the Gospel Ministry in the South Carolina State 1965 and later served as interim pastor of his home Technical Systems’ Board of church for a short period of time. He was ordained Directors, the BB&T Advisory in 1967 by the Spartanburg County Baptist Board of Spartanburg, the National Baptist Congress of Association. Christian Education Board and the Executive Board of the Dr. Snoddy is a graduate of Claflin University of Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Orangeburg, SC and the Morehouse School of Carolina. He is an Assistant Dean of the National Baptist Religion at the Interdenominational Theological Congress of Christian Education, which is an affiliate of Center (ITC) of Atlanta, GA. He did further study the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. He also serves in the doctoral program at McCormick Theological as the Moderator of the Spartanburg County Baptist Seminary of Chicago, IL. His training includes Association. Dr. Snoddy was elected on May 8, 2008 by Clinical Pastoral Education (four quarters) and one the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South year of Advanced Pastoral Psychotherapy. Carolina to serve as its President. He is a member of the Dr. Snoddy has served as pastor of the Bushy Camp White Pines Board of Directors of Jonesville, SC Pond Baptist Church of Norway, SC and the and the Board of Directors of the National Baptist Tabernacle Baptist Church of Blackville, SC. He Convention, USA, Inc. He is also a member of the Board has also served as a Clinical Chaplain for four years of Trustees of Benedict College of Columbia, SC and Morris at the South Carolina Department of Corrections College of Sumter, SC. with assignments in Columbia, SC. He was an The Senior Pastor of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church instructor at Morris College’s School of Religion of Spartanburg, Dr. Snoddy has rendered excellent and of Sumter, SC from 1973-1976, and at Rutledge compassionate service for the past 32 years. Because of College of Spartanburg, SC for the 1977-1978 his deep commitment to the church, he believes that the academic year. A former president of the South church constitutes God’s family and is the instrument God Carolina Baptist Congress of Christian Education, has commissioned to transform the world from darkness Dr. Snoddy served as Chairman of the Board of to a life in Jesus Christ. The spirit of the church’s motto— Commissioners for Spartanburg Technical College “Raising People to God’s Standard”— was recently for seven years of his twelve year tenure. In championed in the island of Roatan, Honduras where Rev. appreciation of his commitment and visionary Snoddy and twelve members of the church, including his leadership, the Board of Commissioners named the lovely wife, Sheila, went on a mission trip to further the college’s board room the “Dr. Benjamin D. Snoddy work of Christ. The group consisted of a Medical Team, Boardroom” in his honor. A $10,000 scholarship Adult Ministry Team and a Children’s Ministry Team. was also endowed in his name at the college. He During this six day trip, Dr. Snoddy proclaimed the Gospel received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity of Jesus Christ. Through the ministry of this evangelistic from Morris College in May 1992 and was inducted work, forty-three persons were led to Christ. His efforts to into the Claflin University’s “Hall of Fame” in nurture Mount Moriah as pastor, while reaching out to other November 2003. In November 2005, South churches as moderator and now as Convention President, Carolina Governor Mark Sanford awarded Dr. reflect his passion for the mission and work of God. Snoddy the Order of the Palmetto, the state’s Dr. Snoddy is married to the former Miss Sheila L. Harvin highest civilian award. On April 6, 2006, Dr. and is the father of two adult daughters, Angela and Snoddy was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Stephanie. He is blessed with one granddaughter, Kristen. 2 Morris College UPDATE Religious Emphasis Week: Dr. Jackson Returns for Ninth Consecutive Year

Religious Emphasis families in the community through its more than Week, for decades, has sixty ministries. been a highlight in the A graduate of Benedict College, Dr. Jackson religious activities offered has a Master of Divinity degree from the to the campus community. Morehouse School of Religion of the Observed during the fourth Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in week in February, it Atlanta, Georgia. He was awarded an honorary provides the opportunity for degree of Doctor of Divinity from Morris College. all to place special Dr. Jackson’s capability as a preacher, pastor, emphasis on worship and administrator and leader is known throughout religious ideals. Returning South Carolina and the nation. A past president to the campus is Dr. of the South Carolina Baptist Congress of Charles B. Jackson, Sr., Christian Education and immediate past moderator the dynamic senior pastor and soul-stirring preacher at of the Gethsemane Baptist Association, he holds West Columbia’s Brookland Baptist Church. membership in numerous denominational, civic Services will be held in the Neal-Jones Auditorium on and community organizations. February 24-27, 2009. Dr. Jackson will preach twice daily Morris College is honored to have Dr. Jackson (10 a. m. and 7 p. m.) on Tuesday through Thursday. He return to the campus as this year’s Religious will conclude the week with a final message on Friday Emphasis Week preacher. His timely and relevant morning at 10 a.m. sermons help the entire campus community “The Brookland Baptist Church,” according to Dr. reflect on the meaning of our lives and our Jackson’s welcome on the church’s website, connection with God. www.brookland.org, is an anointed Christian ‘family’ Dr. Jackson is a member of the college’s Board serving the spiritual and social needs of God’s people in of Trustees and is married to the former Robin the Midlands of South Carolina.” Under his leadership, Hoefer. They have two adult children and three the church addresses the concerns of individuals and grandchildren.

Poetry Showcase: Nikky Finney

On November 13, In 1985, she published her first book of poems, the College sponsored On Wings Made Of Gauze. In 1995, Finney An Evening of Poetry published Rice, a collection of stories, poems, and showcasing the lyrical photographs. Rice won the PEN American Open talents of writer and Book Award in 1999. Her latest poetry collection, poet, Nikky Finney. The World Is Round, was published in 2003 and The daughter of a won the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award for civil rights attorney Poetry. and an elementary She currently serves as a Professor of Creative school teacher, Finney Writing at the University of Kentucky in began writing at an Lexington. Her contagious energy and passion early age. She for writing extend beyond academia. She travels received a Bachelor of extensively, reading to listeners, staying connected Arts degree in English and engaged, and maintaining her commitment Literature from to the risky business of creativity. Talladega College in Alabama. While in graduate school, at Atlanta University, she dedicated herself to the crafting of her first body of original narrative work.

Winter 2009 3 Phone: 910-322-4289 www.perkinsmanagement.com Fayetteville, NC

4 Morris College UPDATE College Welcomes New Food Service Management LEFT: Mr. Nicholas M. Perkins, President and CEO, Perkins Management Services Company Inc.; and Mrs. Barbara Session, Food Services Director. RIGHT: Salad Sensations is one of several concepts catered to meet an array of tastes. The New Year has ushered in many new changes and for Morris College one of the most obvious changes appears when you walk into Daniels Dining Hall. With an array of signs strategically placed throughout the facility, the message is clear that the College has welcomed a new food service company. As described by President Richardson, the formula for student satisfaction includes, “…clean and safe facilities; adequate heating and cooling; hot and cold water; and fulfilling meal services.” There’s no doubt that the Millennium Café, a component of Perkins Management Services Company, Incorporated, sufficiently adds to the equation.

The Perkins Difference A rarity in the industry, the Perkins Management Services Company, Incorporated is a solely owned and operated minority food service company founded by Mr. Nicholas M. Perkins. Mrs. Barbara Session serves as the college’s on-site Food Services Director. No different from the Morris College Family concept embraced by many, Perkins Management is much the same. The dynamic duo of Perkins and Session radiates not only with their “passion for food,” but their commitment to ensure they provide Morris College with “the best in food service management and quality in the variety of food available.” “We aim to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers, and we believe that Morris College and its students deserve nothing less than our best,” Perkins eagerly states. “A part of our vision is to consistently deliver service-oriented, innovative, and quality managed services.”

Something for Everyone True to its vision, the Millennium Café offers a wide variety of nutritional food choices from Traditions to Nick’s Deli and Fresh-Off-The-Grill. The jam-packed spread of food in these concepts is the company’s approach to meeting the tastes of those who desire anything from meatloaf or fish to a sub sandwich or the traditional cheeseburger or hotdog. Other concepts created to appeal to the masses include Beginnings with its wide range of cereals and custom made waffles; Salad Sensations which aims to suit veggie fixations; and Sweet Street Desserts to satisfy the “sweet tooth” with baked goods including daily assortments of cakes, cookies, and pies.

Beyond the Palate While Perkins Management has established itself as a benchmark for food service management companies, it also seeks to impact students through its Beyond the Palate initiative. “We want our influence to go beyond the food we serve,” Perkins said. “The Beyond the Palate program is our way to take an integral part in the success of students by investing in them through providing scholarships and other programs.”

The decision to work with Perkins Management Services Company, Incorporated follows the December 2008 departure of Quality Cuisine. “For more than thirty years, Mr. Walter G. Smith, Quality Cuisine Owner, and his staff provided exceptional service to the college, and we have greatly appreciated the services rendered and the level of support displayed,” says President Richardson. Winter 2009 5 Trustee Cureton Succumbs

Funeral services for Dr. Stewart C. Cureton, a prominent Baptist pastor and highly respected minister, were held on January 3, 2009. During the services, President Richardson rendered reflections on behalf of the College. A graduate of Benedict College, Columbia, SC, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor of Divinity degree from the J. J. Starks School of Theology and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. “A builder of churches and a builder of lives,” Dr. Cureton was a devoted and dedicated public school teacher for 26 years (1956-1982). He taught in Warren County, NC and in Laurens and Greenville, SC. In addition to his role as an educator, he served as pastor of various congregations. The experiences gained from these pastorates served as the genesis of his leadership of his home church, Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church, when he assumed its pastorate in 1965. To serve more effectively the needs of the church, he became its full time minister in 1978. The congregation’s membership and influence grew under his leadership and a new sanctuary and Christian education building were erected. This distinguished preacher, also, inspired numerous ministers who “yielded to God’s call to the ministry.” Dr. Cureton’s generous and sensitive work as a pastor, educator and community leader was not limited to his work at Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church. He was a strong proponent of human and civil rights and rendered exceptional service to numerous organization and boards. Because of his accomplishments as a civic, educational and religious leader, Morris College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. A life long member of the NAACP, former President of the Greenville Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Council, and former Board of Directors Chairman of the National Urban League- Greenville Chapter, Dr. Cureton was a former Moderator of the Reedy River Baptist Association, President of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina (1986-1991), and member of the Trustee Board at Benedict College. He served the National Baptist Convention, USA Incorporated as Second Vice President, Vice President-at-Large and finally President. From 1993-2000, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton a Commission Member of the United States Presidential Scholars. He was also awarded the Order of the Palmetto. Dr. Cureton was a loyal member of the college’s Board of Trustees and a strong supporter of the institution. He exemplified character, integrity, scholarliness, and possessed an openness to new ideas, coupled with relentless faith and rigorous work. He was unfailingly civil, solicitous of the well-being of others, modest, and wore his many accomplishments so lightly that most people who met him probably had little idea of how truly distinguished a person he was. Dr. Cureton is survived by his wife, Dr. Claudette C. Cureton, President of the Woman’s Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina, children, grandchildren, and numerous others touched by his life.

Centennial Year Thanksgiving Parade

Alumnus Benny Webb, Parade Marshal Miss Morris College, Ericka Schoultz, and Attendants, Whitney and Britney Tucker 6 Morris College UPDATE Former Trustee, Dr. Lucille S. Whipper, Receives Honorary Degree

Dr. Lucille S. House of Representatives and served District 109 Whipper, a former for five terms. member of the Among her many accomplishments are: listed college’s Board of among “Charleston’s 100 Most Influential Trustees and the Citizens” by Charleston Magazine, 2007; immediate past Charleston Highway named “The Lucille S. president of the Whipper Interchange,” 2006; South Carolina Woman’s Baptist Legislator of the Year, 1992; received the honorary Educational and degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Morris Missionary College, 1989; and co-founder, of the College of Convention of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African- South Carolina, was American History and Culture, housed in the awarded an former Avery Institute, the high school she honorary degree graduated from, 1985. during the College A few weeks prior to Dr. Whipper receiving of Charleston’s December Commencement on December the honorary degree, the entire Whipper family 20, 2008. and friends were saddened by the tragic and Though her application for admission to the College of sudden passing of her grandson, Mr. Jasiri L. Charleston was denied in 1944, this would begin the Whipper. A promising and upcoming journalist, “chronicle of great achievements” she would do. Going an accident cut his life short early Friday morning away to prepare herself intellectually and professionally, on December 12, 2008. she returned to Charleston County where her “passionate A reporter at The Post and Courier, he concern and sensitivity” as a teacher and counselor was possessed a deep-seated sense of community and felt through her numerous acts of service and covered North Charleston and Berkeley County unquestionable abilities. In spite of her many official community news for the newspaper. He was a capacities, Dr. Whipper, with dignity and a common touch, 2002 graduate of the Charleston County School touched the lives of so many others. She founded the of the Arts and held a bachelor’s degree in English first tutorial program in Charleston to facilitate the from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He transition of Black students into integrated colleges and dedicated many hours as an Elder with the Beaux universities. Affair, a program dedicated to changing the lives In 1972, the College of Charleston appointed Dr. of young black men. Whipper as assistant to the president and director of the Jasiri is also survived by his parents, office of human relations. The college also credits her Representative Seth and Carrie Whipper, and a with having “developed and monitored the implementation sister. of their affirmative action program.” Following her retirement from the College of Charleston, Dr. Whipper ABOVE: Dr. Lucille S. Whipper and the late Mr. was the prominent elected official in the South Carolina Jasiri Whipper (inset).

Miss Homecoming, Sentoria Felder Mr. Coed, Shamel Duncan, and Miss Coed, Jacquetta Graham Winter 2009 7 Trustee Vice Chair Heads SC Legislative Black Caucus Representative J. David Weeks, Class of 1975, was recently sworn in as Chairman of the 38 member, bi-partisan South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus. The caucus, made up of African American members from the South Carolina General Assembly (9 in the Senate and 29 in the House), will be chaired by our illustrious graduate during its 2008-2010 term. An advocate of higher education, he is sure to push for continued funding of the Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program (HEEEP). In addition to his numerous religious, civic, community, fraternal and professional commitments, Weeks is a member of the Morris College Board of Trustees where he serves as Vice Chairman. The founder and senior partner of the law firm of Weeks Law Office, LLC of Sumter, he is married to Alumna Cheryl Hannibal of Sumter. They have two daughters and three grandchildren. He enjoys reading, photography, doing crossword puzzles and listening to music, especially traditional gospel, jazz and the blues. College Rewind: The Service Learning Porject

During the 2008 fall semester, 144 students and 11 faculty members participated in 31 Service Learning activities in Sumter County. A summary of projects completed last semester included: Dr. Robert Carter’s Social Sciences Internship class was involved in Project Excellence, which is an intervention program to assist at-risk students in Sumter County school districts. The goal of the project was to enable students to integrate sociological theory and real life situations. Mrs. Janet Clayton’s Instructional Media class was involved with the Big Brothers and Sisters: I Can Do Anything Project at Wilder Elementary School. Students assisted with strengthening study habits, classroom performance and establishing educational goals for participants. Dr. Cherry Harmond-Early’s African American Literature class worked with the Sumter County Adult Education Program. Students interviewed senior citizens and wrote memoirs. Ms. Sherry W. Harvin’s Reading class assisted young children enrolled at the Wateree Community Actions Head Start Program with reading. Dr. James Ibe’s class worked with the South Sumter Resource Center to conduct financial management workshops. Students were able to create brochures, PowerPoint presentations, and a web site to provide information on financial strategies. Dr. S. Akpan Isang’s Basic Media Production class assisted in bringing awareness about the analog-to- digital conversion by providing information to senior citizens and other residents of Sumter County. Mrs. Flossie King’s class helped to bridge the literacy gap by assisting with writing assignments and reading to students at the Adult Education Center. Ms. Deloris Y. McBride’s Business Telecommunications class was involved with “Bridging the Gap through Technology” with Second Presbyterian Church, USA. Students helped senior citizens develop keyboarding and email skills. A web site, www.secondpreschurch.org, was also created for the church. Ms. Kathleen Roy’s Public Speaking class was involved in “Community Outreach through Drama” with the elderly at Mariner Health Care East/West. Dr. Leroy Staggers’s African American Literature class participated with Voter Registration and explored The National Voting Rights Acts of 1965 that outlawed discriminatory voting practices and widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the United States, and the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Ms. Delois Woodward’s Freshmen Seminar class was involved with “Bridging the Diversity Gap through Literacy Awareness and Participation” and assisted native Spanish speakers with enhancing their English skills at the North HOPE Center. Also in 2008, the Morris College Service Learning Project was recognized by President Bush in the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for participation in service learning activities.

8 Morris College UPDATE A Pictorial Glimpse: Centennial Year Thanksgiving Service/Rally

Centennial Year Thanksgiving Worship Service and Rally 11-27-2008 Winter 2009 9 South Carolina Baptist Contributions Centennial Report

10 Morris College UPDATE Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL

The Baptist Family of South Carolina Centennial Year Financial Report January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008

Churches/Associations

Antioch Association Leon G. Brown, Sr., Moderator 5338.00 5542.00 10880.00 Anderson Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Association 330.00 1576.00 1906.00 Berkeley Union #1 500.00 500.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church 200.00 300.00 500.00 Day Dawn Baptist Church 220.00 200.00 420.00 Greenland Baptist Church 200.00 100.00 300.00 Holy Rock Baptist Church 75.00 75.00 Individuals* 195.00 195.00 Jehovah Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Jerusalem Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Laymen Auxiliary 550.00 500.00 1050.00 Moncks Corner Baptist Church 375.00 250.00 625.00 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 130.00 130.00 New Home Baptist Church 125.00 150.00 275.00 Ministerial Extension Center* 1658.00 1658.00 Rock Hill Baptist Church 350.00 150.00 500.00 St. John Baptist Church 100.00 160.00 260.00 St. Matthew Baptist Church 130.00 130.00 St. Peters Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 St. Stephen Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 1000.00 Sunday School Convention 556.00 556.00 Women’s Auxiliary 200.00 200.00

Beaver Creek Association Clyde D. Holliday, Moderator 1300.00 1300.00 Association 1000.00 1000.00 Sunday School 300.00 300.00

Berea Association Earl W. Platt, Moderator 180.00 7000.00 7180.00 Association 180.00 5000.00 5180.00 Cedar Fall Baptist Church* 1000.00 1000.00 Greater St. James Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00

Bethel Hill Association Quinten P. Chavis, Moderator 100.00 100.00 200.00

Bethlehem Association Wilbur J. Simmons, Moderator 9055.00 31450.00 40505.00 Association 1865.00 7950.00 9815.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church, Barnwell 100.00 100.00 Gethsemane Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Gethsemane Union 200.00 200.00 Mt. Zion Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Rome Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Second Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Sunday School & BTU Convention, Wilhelmena Joe, President 125.00 1250.00 1375.00 Thankful Baptist Church* 6115.00 22050.00 28165.00

Black River Association Edward L. Sanders, Moderator 3585.00 11000.00 14585.00 Association 1260.00 10000.00 11260.00 Calvary Baptist Church 120.00 120.00 Ebenezer Baptist Church 1325.00 1000.00 2325.00 Gum Spring Baptist Church 460.00 460.00 Mt. Chapel Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Trinity Baptist Church 220.00 220.00 Zion Hill Baptist Church 100.00 100.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies” Winter 2009 11 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL

Cedar Branch Association Christian Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Leander Jones, Moderator 3000.00 3000.00 Deacons, Randy Edwards, President 500.00 500.00 Association 2000.00 2000.00 Deaconesses, Helen Hill, President 500.00 500.00 Zion Hill Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Evangelists, Virginia Platt, President 200.00 200.00 Greater Faith Baptist Church 400.00 400.00 Charleston County Association Individuals* 700.00 700.00 Willie E. Givens, Jr., Moderator 10420.50 93025.00 103445.50 Jerusalem Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Association 5150.00 9422.61 14572.61 Joshua Baptist Church 2000.00 2000.00 Baptist Minister Conference*, Ministers’ Wives, Judy Covington, President 500.00 500.00 C. Cuthbert, President 2225.00 2225.00 Morning Star Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church* 200.00 500.00 700.00 Mount Olive Baptist Church 1600.00 1600.00 Brotherhood Convention, Mount Zion Baptist Church 600.00 600.00 C. Pinckney, President 4600.00 4600.00 New Antioch Baptist Church 600.00 600.00 Calvary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 New Bethlehem Baptist Church 5000.00 5000.00 Central Baptist Church, North Charleston 1000.00 1000.00 New Holmes Street Baptist Church 550.00 550.00 Central Baptist Church, Summerville 625.00 625.00 New Tabernacle Fourth Baptist Church 2500.00 2500.00 Charity Baptist Church 1500.00 1500.00 Nurses, Isabelle Harvey, President 50.00 50.00 Covenant Baptist Church* 1000.00 1000.00 Oak Grove Baptist Church 700.00 700.00 Ebenezer Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Pilgrim Baptist Church, Charleston 600.00 600.00 Education Committee 1000.00 1000.00 Pilgrim Baptist Church, North Charleston 300.00 300.00 Emmanuel Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 St. Phillip Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 First Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 5000.00 5200.00 Sunday School Convention, Willis Glover, President 700.00 700.00 First See-Wee Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Ushers, Sandra Davis, President 500.00 500.00 Friendship Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Victory Baptist Church 800.00 800.00 Greater Bethel Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Women’s Auxiliary, Anna Thompson, President 1450.00 1450.00 Green Chapel Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 YWA, Tracy McCray 250.00 250.00 Individuals* 1750.00 875.00 2625.00 Youth, Annice Brown, President 175.00 175.00 Jerusalem Baptist Church 10000.00 10000.00 Lovely Mountain Baptist Church 1500.00 1500.00 Enoree River Association Matching Gift(s): Windell Rodgers, Moderator 4425.00 4425.00 Meade-Westvaco (William U. Frederick, Jr.) 250.00 1750.00 2000.00 Association 500.00 500.00 SCANA (Mack A. Gadsden) 800.00 800.00 Friendship Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 Memorial Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Greater Mount Calvary Baptist Church 400.00 400.00 Ministerial Extension Center 820.50 500.00 1320.50 Holly Springs Baptist Church 125.00 125.00 Morris Street Baptist Church 200.00 5000.00 5200.00 Jubilee Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church* 10792.37 10792.37 Long Branch Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 National Deacons Convention of America, Maple Creek Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 William Carter, President 1000.00 1000.00 Mount Sinai Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 New Cannon Street Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 300.00 Mountain View Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 New Hope Baptist Church, Accabee 865.00 865.00 New Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 New Hope Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant 200.00 200.00 Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Offering 3825.02 3825.02 Rocky Mount Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Rosemont Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Tabernacle Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Royal Baptist Church* (includes $1,000 from Deacon’s Ministry) 11000.00 11000.00 St. Matthew Baptist Church 5850.00 5850.00 T. A. Belton 141.00 3725.00 3866.00 Salem Baptist Church* 5000.00 5000.00 Association 3100.00 3100.00 South Carolina Baptist District Fellowship 500.00 500.00 Individuals* 90.00 90.00 Special Donation 1000.00 1000.00 Macedonia Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Sunday School & BTU, Pres., Willie Singleton, Sr. 200.00 200.00 Pine Grove Baptist Church 51.00 125.00 176.00 Union Baptist Church, Charleston* 845.00 845.00 Union Baptist Church, North Charleston 1500.00 1500.00 Four Mile Association Ushers Auxiliary, Juanita Sanders,President 200.00 200.00 Anthony Wilson, Moderator 1000.00 1000.00 Women’s Auxiliary, Elizabeth Williams, President 700.00 700.00 Association 500.00 500.00 Runs Missionary Baptist Church 500.00 500.00

John L. Davis, Moderator 90.00 350.00 440.00 Gethsemane Association Individuals* 90.00 350.00 440.00 Ricky Ezell, Moderator 6560.00 42251.64 48811.64 Association 37551.64 37551.64 Christian Fellowship Association Bethlehem Baptist Church, Eastman 1500.00 1500.00 O’ Donald Dingle, Moderator 400.00 400.00 Brookland Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Greenview Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Cooper River Association Individuals* 1045.00 700.00 1745.00 Francis Covington, Moderator 25000.00 25000.00 Little Zion Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Association 525.00 525.00 New Revelation Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Association Choir, Viola Mack, President 500.00 500.00 St. John Baptist Church 1240.00 1240.00 Abbyssinia Baptist Church 600.00 600.00 St. Paul Baptist Church, Lexington 250.00 250.00 Brotherhood, Nathaniel Brown President 200.00 200.00 Second Calvary Baptist Church 500.00 500.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies” 12 Morris College UPDATE Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL

Second Union Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Zion Baptist Church* 3625.00 3625.00 New Jerusalem Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Oakman Branch Baptist Church 100.00 300.00 400.00 Jerusalem Association St. John Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Elder B. Holmes, Moderator 2500.00 9570.00 12070.00 St. Mark Baptist Church 100.00 240.00 340.00 Antioch Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 St. Matthews Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Association 2500.00 5000.00 7500.00 St. Stephens Baptist Church 200.00 125.00 325.00 Chapel Hill Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Second Providence Baptist Church 100.00 400.00 500.00 Gospel Baptist Church 520.00 520.00 Ushers 100.00 100.00 Individuals* 1200.00 1200.00 YWA 100.00 100.00 Mt. Carmel Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Dunbar Community 700.00 700.00 Macedonia Association New Bethel Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 John Young, Moderator 1910.00 1910.00 Association 200.00 200.00 Kingston Lake Association Bell Pond Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Jerry Faulk, Moderator 425.00 10150.00 10575.00 Culbert Branch Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Association Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church 125.00 5000.00 5125.00 Individuals* 60.00 60.00 Individuals* 50.00 50.00 Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Mitchell Sea Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 New Home Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church 50.00 100.00 150.00 Shrub Branch Missionary Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Sandy Grove Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 5000.00 5200.00 Silver Springs Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Little Pee Dee Association St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 William J. Walker, Moderator 100.00 13825.75 13925.75 Sunday School Congress 200.00 200.00 Everbee Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Conway 2000.00 2000.00 Young Rosemary Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Nichols 200.00 200.00 Hazy Grove Missionary Baptist Church 3000.00 3000.00 Midlands Association High Hill Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Blakely N. Scott, Moderator 50.00 13650.00 13700.00 Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 First Nazareth Baptist Church 10000.00 10000.00 Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Gill Creek Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Nazarene Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Hopkins 500.00 500.00 Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church 269.00 269.00 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Jenkinsville 200.00 200.00 Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church* 100.00 4000.00 4100.00 Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Cayce 250.00 250.00 Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 New Ebenezer Baptist Church 1200.00 1200.00 Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Oak Grove Baptist Church, Pontiac 50.00 500.00 550.00 St. John Missionary Baptist Church* 2106.00 2106.00 St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church 25.00 25.00 Mt. Calvary Association St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church 475.75 475.75 Henry Murdaugh, Moderator 2445.00 2445.00 Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Association 360.00 360.00 Spring Branch Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Beautiful Gate Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Spring Grove Missionary Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 Happy Home Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 White Hill Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Honey Ford Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Little River Association Near River Baptist Church 75.00 75.00 Sylvester Jackson, Moderator 1000.00 2500.00 3500.00 Spring Town Baptist Church 90.00 90.00 Association 2500.00 2500.00 Sunday School, Paul Priester, President 175.00 175.00 Individuals* 1000.00 1000.00 Union Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Union #2 65.00 65.00 Lovely Hill Association Williams Chapel Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 S. B. Marshall, Moderator 2250.00 6780.00 9030.00 Women’s Auxiliary 130.00 130.00 Association 1200.00 1200.00 Bethel Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Mt. Canaan Association Bethlehem Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Albert M. James, Moderator 16628.57 16628.57 Canaan Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Association 3500.00 3500.00 Congress of Christian Education 250.00 1035.00 1285.00 Beaver Dam Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Elem Baptist Church 100.00 200.00 300.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Free Gift Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 First Providence Baptist Church* 3000.00 3000.00 Galilee Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Individuals* 270.00 270.00 Good Hope Baptist Church 100.00 1000.00 1100.00 Jeter Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 Good Land Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Mt. Canaan Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Harvest Chapel Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Mt. Olive Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Jericho Baptist Church 100.00 125.00 225.00 Mt. Sinai Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Jerusalem Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 200.00 Old Macedonia Baptist Church 1500.00 1500.00 Lovely Hill Baptist Church 100.00 350.00 450.00 Old Piney Grove Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 McBranch Baptist Church 100.00 220.00 320.00 Offering 593.57 593.57 McBranch Education Union 185.00 185.00 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 30.00 30.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies”

Winter 2009 13 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL

Randall Branch Baptist Church 25.00 25.00 New Ashley Association Rosa Hill Baptist Church 10.00 10.00 Alfred Williams, Moderator 5050.00 5050.00 Republican Grove Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Association 2300.00 2300.00 Science Hill Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Canaan Missionary Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Second Providence Baptist Church* 5700.00 5700.00 East Side Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Shaws Creek Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Long Point Missionary Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Union Baptist Church 75.00 75.00 Mary Ann Missionary Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Young Macedonia Baptist Church 125.00 125.00 New Ashley Ushers 50.00 50.00 St. Daniels Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Mt. Carmel Association (LD) St. Paul Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Joseph Williams, Jr., Moderator 1600.00 1600.00 Second Tabernacle Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Association 1000.00 1000.00 Trinity Missionary Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Individuals* 500.00 500.00 Sand Hill Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 New Enoree Educational & Missionary Association Johnny M. Scurry, Moderator 1500.00 1500.00 Mt. Carmel Association (UD) Association 1025.00 1025.00 J. Austin Williams, Moderator 400.00 400.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Emancipation Baptist Church 400.00 400.00 Boozer Chapel Baptist Church 25.00 25.00 Busher River Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Mt. Hope Association Fellowship Baptist Church of Pomaria 100.00 100.00 William H. Burison, Moderator 200.00 200.00 Flint Hill Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Little Beaverdam Baptist Church 25.00 25.00 Mt. Moriah Association Renwick Grove Baptist Church 25.00 25.00 Bennie L. Stinson, Moderator 1350.00 3700.00 5050.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church 50.00 150.00 200.00 New Zion Association Cedar Rock Baptist Church 50.00 150.00 200.00 Elgie L. Rumph 1000.00 1000.00 Gaines Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Good Aim Baptist Church 50.00 100.00 150.00 North Enoree Association Individuals* 700.00 700.00 Clarence J. Cotton, Sr., Moderator 225.00 7500.00 7725.00 Macedonia Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Aiken Chapel Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Mount Joshua Baptist Church 50.00 150.00 200.00 Brotherhood Convention, James Ledbetter, President 300.00 300.00 Mount Moriah Baptist Church 50.00 100.00 150.00 Bruton Temple Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Mount Zion Baptist Church (BRR) 50.00 150.00 200.00 Cedar Grove Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Mount Zion Baptist Church (HS) 50.00 150.00 200.00 First Baptist Church of Paris 225.00 2798.80 3023.80 Mont Zion Baptist Church (K) 50.00 150.00 200.00 Golden Grove Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Nazareth Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Minister’ Wives & Widows Annette Ledbetter 78.00 78.00 Offering 200.00 300.00 500.00 Meadow Fork Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Rock Hill Baptist Church 50.00 150.00 200.00 Mt. Ararat Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Saint John Baptist Church (JGRR) 50.00 150.00 200.00 Mountain Grove Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Saint John Baptist Church (SHR) 150.00 150.00 Mountain View Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Saint Stephen Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 New Hope Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Sanders Creek Baptist Church 50.00 150.00 200.00 New Salem Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Second Calvary Baptist Church 50.00 150.00 200.00 Piney Grove Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Sutton Branch Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Rebirth Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 White Oak Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Solid Rock Baptist Church 298.80 298.80 Zion Pilgrim Baptist Church 50.00 150.00 200.00 Sunday School Congress, C. Montgomery, President 369.80 369.80 Ushers, Leola O’Neal, President 39.00 39.00 Mt. Olive Association YWA, E. Mary Robinson, President 30.00 30.00 Amos L. Gourdine, Moderator 200.00 1100.00 1300.00 Association 1000.00 1000.00 Old Ashley Association Individuals* 200.00 200.00 Kenneth Hodges, Moderator 300.00 9050.00 9350.00 Women’s Auxiliary 100.00 100.00 Association 7500.00 7500.00 Brick Baptist Church, Inc. 750.00 750.00 Mt. Peaceful Association First African Baptist Church, Beaufort 300.00 300.00 Waldo Robinson, Moderator 1100.00 1100.00 First Baptist Church of James Island 600.00 600.00 Association 350.00 350.00 Unity Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 First Kershaw Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Oolenoy Association Pleasant Valley Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Curtis L. Cruell, Moderator 1400.00 1400.00 Red Hill Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Rocky Branch Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Orangeburg-Calhoun Association Arthur W. Goforth, III, Moderator 3100.00 3100.00 Nazarene Association Association 1000.00 1000.00 John Porter, Moderator 1348.00 1348.00 Individuals* 100.00 100.00 Sunday School Convention, L. Z. Keitt, President 2000.00 2000.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies” 14 Morris College UPDATE Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL

Orangeburg-Orthodox Association Woman’s Department, Lonnie Robinson, Moderator 700.00 700.00 Beatrice Peoples, President 2500.00 7500.00 10000.00 Association 600.00 600.00 YWA 500.00 500.00 Providence Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Zion Canaan Baptist Church 800.00 800.00

Pacolet River Association Reedy River Association Malachi Rodgers, Sr., Moderator 300.00 300.00 Phillip Baldwin, Moderator 1475.00 8350.00 9825.00 Bethesda Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church 3500.00 3500.00 Foster Chapel Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Cedar Grove Baptist Church 1500.00 1500.00 Woodson Chapel Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Individuals* 100.00 100.00 Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church* 225.00 2200.00 2425.00 Pee Dee Association Shady Oak Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 2000.00 Mack T. Hines, Sr., Moderator 8645.00 93815.00 102460.00 Staunton Community Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 300.00 Aimwell Baptist Church 700.00 700.00 Antioch Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Ridge Hill Association Association 2000.00 2000.00 4100.00 4100.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church, Marion 600.00 600.00 Association 3000.00 3000.00 Bethlehem Baptist Church, Timmonsville 500.00 500.00 Mount Alpha Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Brotherhood 500.00 500.00 Ridge Branch Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Central Baptist Church 1100.00 1100.00 Chaney Grove Baptist Church 740.00 740.00 Rock Spring Association Cherry Grove Baptist Church 300.00 7000.00 7300.00 Shirley Simmons, Moderator 700.00 700.00 Darlington County Union, W. C. Daniels, Moderator 250.00 1000.00 1250.00 District Deaconess, Queen E. Jett, President 250.00 250.00 Rocky River Association Florence Counties Union, Donald Owens, Moderator 1375.00 9615.00 10990.00 T. C. Tart, Moderator 650.00 1800.00 2450.00 Association 850.00 900.00 1750.00 First Friendship Baptist Church 1350.00 1350.00 Mt. Able Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Friendship Baptist Church, Darlington 125.00 200.00 325.00 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 Kay Branch Baptist Church 250.00 250.00 Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Lawson Grove Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Mountain Spring Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Little Mt. Zion Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 New Hope Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Macedonia Baptist Church, Cheraw 1500.00 1500.00 New Hopewell Baptist Church 175.00 175.00 Macedonia Baptist Church, Darlington 350.00 350.00 New Prospect Baptist Church 200.00 5000.00 5200.00 Majority Baptist Church* 300.00 300.00 Rock Hill Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Manning Baptist Church 70.00 1000.00 1070.00 St. Paul Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Meadow Prong Baptist Church 1150.00 1150.00 Salem Baptist Church 125.00 400.00 525.00 Monumental Baptist Church* 350.00 750.00 1100.00 Silver Spring Baptist Church 340.00 340.00 Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 200.00 2000.00 2200.00 Mt. Carmel Baptist Church 2350.00 2350.00 St. John Association Mt. Clair Baptist Church 50.00 400.00 450.00 Troy Shaw, Moderator 530.00 6210.00 6740.00 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Association 90.00 90.00 Mt. Olive Baptist Church 2500.00 2500.00 Center Baptist Church* 865.00 865.00 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Florence 700.00 700.00 1100.00 1100.00 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Marion 900.00 50.00 950.00 Elizabeth Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 500.00 500.00 Flat Creek Baptist Church 400.00 400.00 Mt. Rona Baptist Church, Society Hill 600.00 600.00 Greenhill Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Mt. Zion Chapel Baptist Church 500.00 2000.00 2500.00 Individuals* 90.00 80.00 170.00 New Ebenezer Baptist Church 2000.00 2000.00 Living Word Baptist Church* 220.00 220.00 New Hopewell Baptist Church 600.00 600.00 Mount Tabor Baptist Church 130.00 130.00 New Providence Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 New Hope Sunday School, L. Cannon, President 200.00 200.00 250.00 250.00 New Hope Union, Solomon Eaddy, Moderator 1500.00 1500.00 New Zion Baptist Church #1 600.00 600.00 New Zion Baptist Church 115.00 115.00 Olive Grove Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 St. Beulah Baptist Church* 250.00 250.00 Palmetto Baptist Church 850.00 850.00 St. Paul Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Pee Dee Baptist Church* 300.00 1845.00 2145.00 Wayside Chapel Baptist Church* 200.00 1150.00 1350.00 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 1200.00 1200.00 Round-O Baptist Church* 60.00 60.00 St. Paul Association St. Paul Baptist Church* 500.00 6000.00 6500.00 Waldo Robinson, Moderator 8100.00 8100.00 Salem Baptist Church 700.00 700.00 Association 450.00 450.00 Savannah Grove Baptist Church* 17500.00 17500.00 Black Creek Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Sawmill Baptist Church 2300.00 2300.00 Gum Spring Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Sellers Chapel Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Shiloh Baptist Church* 1000.00 1015.00 2015.00 Mt. Harmon Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Siloam Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Mt. Olive Baptist Church* 200.00 200.00 Spring Branch Baptist Church 1500.00 1500.00 New Zion Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Sunday School Department 500.00 500.00 Oak Hill Baptist Church 5100.00 5100.00 Trinity Baptist Church 700.00 9505.00 10205.00 Rock Spring Baptist Church* 800.00 800.00 Ushers Convention, L. Daniels, President 1350.00 1350.00 Rose Hill Baptist Church 100.00 100.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies”

Winter 2009 15 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL

St. Paul Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Greater Hopewell Baptist Church 600.00 600.00 Sweet Home Baptist Church* 850.00 850.00 Holden Chapel Baptist Church 3000.00 3000.00 Individuals* 10.00 10.00 Sandy River Association (LD) Laymen Brotherhood, Ernest Wilkens, President 200.00 200.00 Paul Long, Moderator 1000.00 1000.00 Lower Shady Grove Baptist Church 1300.00 1300.00 Calvary 1000.00 1000.00 Macedonia Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 200.00 200.00 Sandy River Association (UD) Mount Moriah Baptist Church 5000.00 5000.00 Milton Key, Moderator 200.00 2500.00 2700.00 New Trinity Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Ridgeville Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Savannah Valley Goodwill Association St. Paul Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Johnnie Waller, Moderator 1700.00 1700.00 Travelers Rest Baptist Church 600.00 600.00 Educational Banquet 450.00 450.00 Union of Churches, J. C. Copeland, President 200.00 200.00 Holy Springs Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 YWM/YMM, S. Porter-Johnson, President 300.00 300.00 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church 650.00 650.00 Zion Hill Baptist Church 100.00 650.00 750.00 Little Mill Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 Storm Branch Association Spring Grove Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Bobby Jones, Moderator 200.00 1000.00 1200.00 Association 1000.00 1000.00 Seneca River Association Old Storm Branch 200.00 200.00 William E. Cureton, Sr., Moderator 500.00 9181.50 9681.50 Abel Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Sumter Association Association 200.00 518.00 718.00 William T. Johnson, Moderator 8225.00 57480.00 65705.00 B. T. U. Convention, Edward R. Scott, President 400.00 400.00 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 140.00 140.00 Calvary Baptist Church 225.00 225.00 Association 250.00 10000.00 10250.00 Cheohee Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Brotherhood, A. Johnson, President 1500.00 1500.00 Cross Roads Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church 700.00 700.00 Double Springs Baptist Church 75.00 75.00 Congress of Christian Education, Ebenezer Baptist Church 1200.00 1200.00 E. Barnes, President 3500.00 3500.00 Flat Rock Baptist Church 370.00 370.00 Corinth Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Golden View Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 1000.00 1200.00 Ministerial Alliance, E. C. Reaves, President 75.00 75.00 Enon Baptist Church* 2000.00 2000.00 Mt. Nebo Baptist Church 400.00 400.00 Fourth Cross Road Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Mt. Olive Baptist Church 75.00 75.00 Friendship Missionary Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 New Canaan Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 1000.00 New Galilee Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Green Hill Missionary Baptist Church 225.00 500.00 725.00 New Poplar Springs Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church* 4200.00 12500.00 16700.00 New Promiseland Baptict Church 25.00 25.00 Joshua Missionary Baptist Church 200.00 1500.00 1700.00 New Prospect Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Minister Spouses, Shirley Blassingame , President 800.00 800.00 O’Zion Baptist Church 105.00 105.00 Mt. Hermon Baptist Church* 2585.00 2585.00 Pleasant Hill Baptist Church* 200.00 1913.50 2113.50 Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church* 950.00 5800.00 6750.00 Richland Baptist Church 125.00 125.00 Public Offering 830.00 830.00 St. Paul Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Salem Missionary Baptist Church 1000.00 1000.00 St. Peter Baptist Church* 1200.00 1200.00 Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church 2525.00 2525.00 Shiloh Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Trinity Missionary Baptist Church 1500.00 1500.00 3000.00 Snow Hill Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Ushers’ Convention 1200.00 1200.00 Spring Street Community Church 150.00 150.00 Woman’s Ministry, B. Johnson, President 200.00 6000.00 6200.00 Travelers Rest Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 YWA 500.00 500.00 Tugaloo Baptist Church 25.00 25.00 Youth Ministry, R. Simmons, President 200.00 200.00 Union #1 Men 50.00 50.00 Union #2 Men 50.00 50.00 Surprise Association Union #3 Men 100.00 100.00 Kenneth E. Bailey, Sr., Moderator 1000.00 1000.00 Union #3 Women 50.00 50.00 Women’s Auxiliary, E. Reaves, President 100.00 50.00 150.00 Thickety Mountain Association, J. W. Sanders, Moderator 2500.00 2500.00 Simmon Ridge Samaritan Association 1500.00 1500.00 John R. Brightharp, Moderator 7300.00 7300.00 Individuals* 500.00 500.00 Association 7000.00 7000.00 Women’s Convention 500.00 500.00 Old Mt. Zion Baptist Church* 100.00 100.00 200.00 200.00 Tumbling Shoals Association, O. T. Hill, Moderator 200.00 11984.00 12184.00 Spartanburg County Association Association 560.00 560.00 Benjamin D. Snoddy, Moderator 3100.00 12910.00 16010.00 Beaverdam Baptist Church 2119.00 2119.00 Association 500.00 500.00 Bethel Hall Baptist Church 200.00 2600.00 2800.00 Congress, Richard Sadler, President 500.00 500.00 Christian Hope Baptist Church 75.00 75.00 Cornerstone Baptist Church 600.00 600.00 Duncan Creek Baptist Church 2000.00 2000.00 Ebenezer Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Flat Ruff Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Foster’s Grove Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Golden View Baptist Church 100.00 100.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies” 16 Morris College UPDATE Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 CHURCHES/ASSOCIATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL STATE BODIES 2008 2008 TOTAL

Good Hope Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Red Hill Baptist Church 1600.00 1600.00 Hebron Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 St. John Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Hopewell Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Sweet Home Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Laurel Hill Baptist Church 1200.00 1200.00 Unity Missionary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Zion Benevolent Baptist Church 783.00 783.00 Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 New Bethlehem Baptist Church 125.00 125.00 Williamsburg Association New China Baptist Church 130.00 130.00 Hermon Gibson, Moderator 100.00 100.00 New Grove Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Women’s Mimistry 100.00 New Prospect Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 St. Paul Baptist Church 125.00 125.00 250.00 250.00 Union #2, G. Sullivan, Moderator 100.00 100.00 The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention Union #3, R. Mills, Moderator 500.00 500.00 of South Carolina and Auxiliaries White Plains Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Baptist E & M Convention of SC Tyger River Association, Benjamin D. Snoddy, President 74900.00 12319.15 87219.15 Leon C. Rector, Moderator 500.00 7384.60 7884.00 Annual Session 61700.00 61700.00 Cedar Grove Baptist Church 370.00 370.00 Baptist Day ($7,200): First Baptist Church of Fairforest 765.00 765.00 Convention 5000.00 7500.00 12500.00 Foster Chapel Baptist Church 705.60 705.00 First Missionary Baptist Church, Summerville 200.00 200.00 Friendship Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 North Enoree Baptist Association 1750.00 1750.00 General Offering 405.00 405.00 Rafting Creek Baptist Church, Rembert 150.00 150.00 Harrison Grove Baptist Church 500.00 1565.00 2065.00 Thankful Baptist Church, Bamberg 100.00 100.00 Individuals* 100.00 100.00 Benjamin D. Snoddy 2500.00 2500.00 Lewis Chapel Baptist Church 271.00 271.00 Educational Banquet Proceeds 6000.00 6000.00 Monks Grove Baptist Church 927.00 927.00 Thanksgiving Offering 2319.15 2319.15 Mt. Alexander Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Mt. Sinai Baptist Church 425.00 425.00 Baptist Brotherhood E & M Convention of SC New Bethel Baptist Church 901.00 901.00 Ted A. Mattison, President 5000.00 10000.00 15000.00 New Liberty Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 SC Baptist Congress of Christian Education Union Bright Light Association James H. Cokley, President 125.00 7500.00 7625.00 Eddie McIlwain, Moderator 3650.00 3650.00 Association 1700.00 1700.00 Ushers State Convention of SC Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 1250.00 1250.00 David Montgomery, President 1925.00 5000.00 6925.00 Unity Baptist Church 700.00 700.00 Woman’s Baptist E & M Convention of SC Wateree Association (LD) Claudette C. Cureton, President 20300.00 28710.00 49010.00 Ellie W. Palmer, Moderator 15927.00 74125.00 90052.00 Convention 20300.00 25000.00 45300.00 Association 100.00 26000.00 26100.00 Individual* 3000.00 3000.00 Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church 2000.00 2000.00 Rock Spring Women Auxiliary ($610): First Baptist Missionary Church* 6790.00 1000.00 7790.00 Bethel Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Elizabeth Baptist Church 2000.00 2000.00 First Pine Savannah Baptist Church 40.00 40.00 Galilee Baptist Church* 200.00 2000.00 2200.00 Good Hope Baptist Church, Estill 75.00 75.00 Grant Hill Baptist Church 1258.00 5000.00 6258.00 Good Hope Baptist Church, Pineland 20.00 20.00 Green Bay Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 King Branch Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 High Hills Baptist Church 774.00 5000.00 5774.00 Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Hopewell Baptist Church 1000.00 2500.00 3500.00 New Castle Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 King Emmanuel Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 St. Mary’s Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church* 1050.00 7500.00 8550.00 St. Matthews Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Mulberry Baptist Church 350.00 5000.00 5350.00 St. Phillip Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 1100.00 1000.00 2100.00 Sand Hill Baptist Church 50.00 50.00 Rafting Creek Baptist Church* 1905.00 8000.00 9905.00 Second Thankful Missionary Baptist Church 75.00 75.00 St. Mark Four Bridge Baptist Church 5000.00 5000.00 Womans Convention Chester-York County 100.00 100.00 Union Baptist Church, Rembert 1200.00 1200.00 125.00 125.00 State Baptist YWA Ushers Convention 1000.00 1000.00 Deidre Odom, President 7200.00 15000.00 22200.00 Women’s Auxiliary 200.00 200.00 Charleston County Women’s Auxiliary 200.00 200.00 Individuals* 100.00 100.00 Wateree Association (UD) Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Darlington 75.00 75.00 Patrick A. Harvin, Moderator 200.00 7728.00 7928.00 State YWA 7200.00 14625.00 21825.00 Antioch Baptist Church 200.00 800.00 1000.00 Jerusalem Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Other South Carolina Baptist New Light Beulah Baptist Church 2500.00 2500.00 Churches/Religious Organizations 10820.10 4240.00 15060.10 New Mt. Olive Baptist Church (formerly Mt. Olive) 100.00 100.00 Bethel Union, Gregory Clayton, Moderator 900.00 900.00 Mt. Nebo Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Cantey Hill Baptist Church, Cassatt 200.00 125.00 325.00 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 495.00 495.00 Chapel Hill Baptist Church, Sumter 225.00 225.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies”

Winter 2009 17 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 OTHER OR$GANIZATIONS 2008 2008 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS 2008 2008 TOTAL

Eutawville Area Churches ($2,813.35), Baldwin, Roosevelt 50.00 50.00 S. T. Nelson, Coordinator: Barlow, Benjamin R., Sr. 100.00 100.00 Individuals* 170.00 170.00 Barr, Michael 30.00 30.00 Oak Grove Baptist Church 300.00 300.00 Barton, Ronald D. 1000.00 1000.00 Providence Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Beatty, Minnie 5.00 5.00 St. James Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Belton, T. A. 45.00 45.00 Special Collection 293.35 293.35 Bennett, James A. 30.00 30.00 Springhill Baptist Church 500.00 500.00 Blackman, Hennie 20.00 20.00 Unity Baptist Church 550.00 550.00 Blassingame, James B. 1700.00 800.00 2500.00 Georgetown Baptist Missionary Education Boyd, Jackie 300.00 300.00 Union #1, Lewis Mourant, Moderator 1000.00 1000.00 Boykin, Herbert H. Jr. 10.00 10.00 Hassion Hill Baptist Church, Blair 100.00 100.00 Brown, Annice 50.00 50.00 Interdenominational MinisterialAlliance of Greer Brown, Ernestine S. 10.00 10.00 and Vicinity, J. Calvin Hill, President 200.00 200.00 Brown, Leon G. 100.00 100.00 Macedonia Baptist Church, Hardeeville* 60.00 60.00 Brown, Mary F. 50.00 50.00 Ministerial Extension Centers: Brunson, Barbara 10.00 10.00 Beaufort Center 1157.00 1157.00 Brunson, James 10.00 10.00 Campus Center 160.00 160.00 Bryant, Lakeisha 5.00 5.00 Conway 300.00 300.00 Butler, Walter 200.00 200.00 Kershaw Center 717.00 717.00 Caldwell, David l. & Cynthia M. 100.00 100.00 Nesses Center 267.00 267.00 Cannon, Coleman Sr. 500.00 500.00 Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, Rock Hill 100.00 100.00 Canty, Jacqueline W. 350.00 650.00 1000.00 Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Walterboro 200.00 200.00 Canty, Ralph W., Sr. 5000.00 5000.00 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Inc. of Orangeburg 200.00 200.00 Capers, Everett C. 25.00 25.00 Mount Zion Baptist Church, Bowman 225.00 225.00 Cooks, Calvin 25.00 25.00 Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Fort Motte 200.00 200.00 Covington, Judy 50.00 50.00 New Bethany Baptist Church, St. Matthews 125.00 125.00 Crooks, Ruby Nell 50.00 50.00 New Covenant Baptist Church, Cross, SC 300.00 300.00 Cuff, Brenda C. 5.00 5.00 New Faith Baptist Church, Lyman 85.00 255.00 340.00 Cureton, Claudette 100.00 100.00 New Shiloh Baptist Church, Columbia 352.00 352.00 Cureton, S. C. 700.00 700.00 Palmetto State and Baptist Convention of SC Cureton, William E. 500.00 500.00 Ezekiel F. Hampton, President: Curry, Joseph & Dorothy 100.00 100.00 Pacolet River Association ($500), Cuthbert, & Mrs. C. K. 1225.00 1225.00 Malachi Rodgers, Sr., Moderator Doctor, Darlene 50.00 50.00 Galilee Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Davis, Albertha L. 25.00 25.00 Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Davis, Doris 5.00 5.00 New Emanuel Chapel Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Davis, Eugene 50.00 50.00 St. Paul Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Davis, Margaret W. 100.00 100.00 Wyatt’s Chapel Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Davis, Sandra 50.00 50.00 Dawson, Alfred 100.00 100.00 South Carolina Western District Fellowship 1893.75 1893.75 Dennis, Willie 100.00 100.00 Young Adults of the Macedonia Baptist Union Dicks, Vivian 15.00 15.00 ($2,400), Eugene Davis, Moderator Dinkins, Lelia M. 200.00 200.00 Bell Pond Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 DuBose, Leroy 100.00 100.00 Culbert Branch Baptist Church 150.00 150.00 Dukes, Trudie 50.00 50.00 Ebenezer Baptist Church 200.00 200.00 Eaddy, Lauris 20.00 20.00 General Offering 40.00 40.00 Eaddy, Leroy 10.00 10.00 Individuals* 1085.00 1085.00 Edwards, Leroy T. 425.00 700.00 1125.00 Macedonia Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Edwards, Randy 50.00 50.00 New Home Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Elmore, David 75.00 75.00 St. Paul Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Fields, Hason T. 325.00 325.00 St. Peter Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Fields, Isaac 500.00 500.00 Shrub Branch Baptist Church 125.00 125.00 Floyd, Mango 50.00 50.00 Silver Spring Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Fox, Bessie B. 20.00 20.00 Tabernacle Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Frederick, William U. Jr. (Matching Gift) 1750.00 250.00 2000.00 Young Rosemary Baptist Church 100.00 100.00 Fuller, John 20.00 20.00 Gadsden, Hilda D. 50.00 50.00 Gadsden, Lucretia 50.00 50.00 Individual Contributions Reported Through Gadsden, Mack A. (Matching Gift) 800.00 800.00 Gaines, Shellree Jr. 50.00 50.00 Churches/Associations, State Bodies Gantt, Tracy 50.00 50.00 Gillespie, Shirlene B. 40.00 40.00 and Auxiliaries 16052.00 74675.00 90727.00 Givens, Willie E., Jr. 1500.00 1500.00 3000.00 Agboti, Dorothea W. 20.00 20.00 Gourdine, Amos L. 200.00 200.00 Alexander, Starlee 10.00 10.00 Graham, Lewis P., Sr. 1000.00 1000.00 Alexander, Terry 1010.00 1010.00 Graham, Mary Alice 50.00 50.00 Backus, Vandroth 100.00 100.00 Grant, D. L., Sr. and Sandra R. 1000.00 1000.00 Baldwin, Andrew III 25.00 25.00 Grant, Frank and Kathy 20.00 20.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies” 18 Morris College UPDATE Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 Jan 1– Jun 30 Jul 1–Dec 31 Jan 1–Dec 31 INDIVIDUALS 2008 2008 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS 2008 2008 TOTAL

Green, Joseph & Ruth K. 175.00 175.00 Odom, Curtis B. 100.00 100.00 25.00 25.00 Odom, Dorothy K. and Family 350.00 350.00 Halmon, Judy 25.00 25.00 Odom, Lucia M. 100.00 100.00 Hannah, Ollie J. 1000.00 1000.00 Olden, Bessie D. 25.00 25.00 Hardy, Frances 5.00 5.00 Palmer, Ellie W. 200.00 200.00 Hardy, Freddie 15.00 15.00 Palmer, Shirley E. 200.00 200.00 Harper, Stella 25.00 25.00 Parker, Elouise D. 100.00 100.00 Harrington, Bernita L. 25.00 25.00 Peay, Ben Jr. 10.00 10.00 Harris, Mildred 50.00 50.00 Peay, Loretta 100.00 100.00 Harrison, Mary F. 25.00 25.00 Peeples, Vorise M. 20.00 20.00 Harrison, Willie S. 1000.00 1000.00 Phillips, Wendell 10.00 10.00 Harris, James & Marie 5.00 5.00 Pinckney, Johnny 100.00 100.00 Hayes, Stanley E. 500.00 500.00 Pope, Alexander and Linda 1000.00 1000.00 Hill, Helen 50.00 50.00 Price, Rebecca F. 25.00 25.00 Hines, Mack T. 500.00 500.00 1000.00 Reed, Ernestine 50.00 20.00 70.00 Hobson, Julia A. 20.00 20.00 Richardson, Luns C. 22950.00 22950.00 Holland, Richard 25.00 25.00 Robinson, A. C. 1000.00 1000.00 Holmes, Elder B. 200.00 200.00 Robinson, Augustus D., Jr. 500.00 500.00 Holmes, R. B. Jr. 3000.00 3000.00 Sadler, Shelvia T. 100.00 100.00 Holmes, Robert L . 20.00 20.00 Sanders, Beatrice G. 100.00 100.00 Holt, Isaac 1000.00 1000.00 Sanders, J. W. & Ruby 500.00 500.00 Hunter, Anita P. 50.00 100.00 150.00 Sanders, Naomi D. 25.00 100.00 125.00 Ingram, Frank 100.00 100.00 Saxton, Glennetta L. 20.00 20.00 Jackson, Soloman Jr. 52.00 52.00 Scott, Edward R. 500.00 500.00 James, Albert & Dorothy 5200.00 5200.00 Scott, Wilhelmenia 50.00 100.00 150.00 James, Rodney B. 85.00 85.00 Shaw, Troy 1000.00 1000.00 Jenkins, James L. 10.00 10.00 Shaw, William J. 1000.00 1000.00 Johnson, C. R. 500.00 500.00 Sheppard, Dorothy 50.00 50.00 Johnson, Tommy R. 400.00 400.00 Singleton, Kathleen 50.00 50.00 Johnson, Wayne & Jannie D. 50.00 50.00 Simpson, Wilbert 100.00 100.00 Jones, Brenda C. 50.00 50.00 Smalls, Geneva 125.00 125.00 Jordan, Boykin B. 100.00 100.00 Spann, Hiram, Jr. 45.00 500.00 545.00 Kirkland, Denise 10.00 10.00 Special, Annie Lee Wells & Ezekiel Wells, Jr. 25.00 25.00 King, Myrteen W. 100.00 100.00 Stafford, James 10.00 10.00 Lathan, Otis 250.00 250.00 Steadman, Eugene 700.00 700.00 Lanier, Lillie M. 60.00 60.00 Taylor, Sheletha M. 100.00 100.00 Lewis, Inez 25.00 25.00 Thomas, Marian J. 10.00 10.00 Lewis, James B., Sr. 500.00 500.00 Thompson, Anna 50.00 50.00 Lucina, Ernestine D. 200.00 200.00 Thompson, M. 10.00 10.00 Littles, Maize 10.00 10.00 Waldo, Kenneth 10.00 10.00 Livingston, Sam 40.00 40.00 Walker, Tonya Pharr 25.00 25.00 Lloyd, Edward 70.00 70.00 Walker, William J. 500.00 500.00 Mack, Melvin 2000.00 2000.00 Wallace, Herman L. 25.00 25.00 Mack, Viola 50.00 50.00 Washington, Samuel 25.00 25.00 Major, Pearl 50.00 50.00 Washington, Terrence 50.00 50.00 Martin, Hazel E. 25.00 25.00 Washington, Mazie 50.00 50.00 Matthews, Denise 100.00 100.00 Watson, Janice 10.00 10.00 McCain, Debbie 15.00 15.00 Weston, Zack J. 100.00 100.00 McCaw, Eva C. 25.00 25.00 Whipper-Lewis, Dejaris D. 35.00 35.00 McCaw, Lottie R. 100.00 100.00 Whipper, Lucille S. 100.00 100.00 McKenney, C. A. 90.00 350.00 440.00 White, Irene 50.00 50.00 McMillan, Michael 1000.00 1000.00 Whitten, Lillie M. 150.00 150.00 McManus, Woodrow 200.00 200.00 Williams, Annie Mae W. 160.00 160.00 Meadows, A. C. 10.00 10.00 Williams, Dorothy 50.00 50.00 Mearite, Coley Jr. 1000.00 1000.00 Williams, John C. 45.00 45.00 Middleton, Eartha 100.00 100.00 Williams, Joseph Jr. 500.00 500.00 Middleton, Shelia 25.00 25.00 Williams, Patricia R. 25.00 25.00 Miller, Glenda H. 50.00 100.00 150.00 Williamson, Howard 1000.00 1000.00 Moore, Robert C. 100.00 100.00 Wilson, Byron L. 100.00 100.00 Mumford, Senora 100.00 100.00 Windley, George P. 25.00 25.00 Myers, Eugene Jr. 1000.00 1000.00 Witherspoon, Earthlay 200.00 200.00 Myers, Isaiah J. 200.00 200.00 Workman, Evelyn 50.00 50.00 Neal, Albert A. 200.00 200.00 Wright, James S. 50.00 50.00 Neal, Audrey P. 100.00 100.00 Wright, Johnnie Sr. 25.00 25.00 Nelson, S. T. 25.00 100.00 125.00 Wright, Martha W. 100.00 100.00 Newman, Eugene 250.00 250.00 Newton, Marion 5000.00 5000.00 Nichols, Allen B. 200.00 200.00

* = Names listed under “Individual Gifts Reported Through Churches/Associations and State Bodies”

Winter 2009 19 Morris College salutes the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina, along with the entire Baptist family, for their generous and magnanimous contributions. This financial report reflects their financial gifts given, during 2008, in commemoration of the college’s 100th anniversary. A total of $952,233.84 was given.

The college also received contributions from churches, pastors, organizations and others beyond the South Carolina Baptist circle. For example, during the Special Centennial Year Convocation, held in October of 2008, Dr. Charles G. Adams, Senior Pastor of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, and speaker for the occasion, presented to the President of Morris College a $50,000 gift on behalf of his congregation. We are indeed grateful to them and all of our supporters. The college’s 2009 Fall Newsletter will render a more detailed financial report of the 2008-09 fiscal year which will include all donors.

A special thank you to Dr. Marion H. Newton and Dr. Ralph W. Canty, Sr. for serving so vibrantly as drive directors. This drive was graciously endorsed and supported by the late Dr. Lewis P. Graham, Sr., then President of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Dr. Luns C. Richardson, President of Morris College. After Dr. Graham’s sudden passing on April 20, 2008, Dr. Benjamin D. Snoddy, our newly elected president, stepped up to the plate and kept the momentum going. To all of these fine Baptist leaders, we offer our sincere appreciation.

As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” Your thoughtful support enables the college to continue building “youth for the future” as we enlighten their minds and enrich their lives.

Again, thank you for supporting the 2008 Centennial.

20 Morris College UPDATE Date Published: December 2, 2008 Gardner-Webb dean to speak at Morris College By JOE PERRY Item Staff Writer [email protected] Reprinted by permission of The Item. As part of Morris College’s Professional Lecture Series, Dr. Anthony Negbenebor will speak about monetary matters at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in the school’s Neal-Jones Auditorium. Negbenebor is the dean and professor of economics and international business at the Godbold School of Business at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., and his topic will be “Economic Troughs and How They Effect You,” according to Morris College Director of Public Relations NiCole Negbenebor Williams. Negbenebor completed his undergraduate, master’s and doctoral work at Mississippi State University, and has done graduate and post-graduate work at the London School of Economics as well as the Sorbonne in Paris. An expert in international trade and economic development, he brings a global perspective on issues facing the contemporary church, Williams said, noting he is a former Olympic athlete and prolific writer, having authored 10 books. ”One of his passions is the effort to bring principles of Christian stewardship to bear on the life of the church,” Williams said, both at the individual and corporate level. His most recent work is in the area of faith-based initiatives in social transformation, she added. The Morris College Management Institute advance program director, Cindye Richburg, said the lecture series will follow a format of presentation and discussion — “an interactive forum for students to engage in meaningful dialogue.” Dr. Richard Smith, the school’s business administration chairman, noted that the professional lecture series invites business leaders, scholars and other experts to address a broad range of key business issues such as leadership and corporate challenges, career planning, business ethics and relevant economic topics. ”The program is part of the division’s effort to empower our students through innovative learning experiences and excellent professional insights to stay on the leading edge in the rapidly changing global business environment,” Smith said. Trustee Covington Celebrates Twenty-Five Years as Pastor

Dr. Francis Covington, was recently honored by New Tabernacle Fourth Baptist Church, Charleston, SC during a banquet on Friday, January 30, 2009. A dedicated pastor, preacher, teacher and spiritual leader, he is also a member of the college’s Board of Trustees. Well-wishers, friends and family joined in showing this servant-leader their appreciation for all he does as a spiritual and educational leader. Dr. Ernest B. Burroughs, pastor of Cherry Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Darlington, SC was the speaker. Among other program participants were Dr. Benjamin D. Snoddy, president of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; and Dr. Luns C. Richardson, president of Morris College. The banquet was held at the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium Exhibition Hall, Charleston, SC. A strong and willing supporter of Morris College, Dr. Covington is the moderator of the Cooper River Baptist Association and is married to Mrs. Judy Covington. They are the parents of four sons.

Winter 2009 21 22 Morris College UPDATE Schoultz Crowned Miss Morris College During Centennial Year Coronation

The Student Government Association sponsored the college’s Centennial Year Coronation on October 24, 2008 in the Garrick-Boykin Human Development Center. At the affair, President Richardson formally crowned Ericka Schoultz as Miss Morris College 2008-09. The reigning queen is the daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth Schoultz. A member of the Morris College family since 2005, she has participated in several on and off campus events. She has been on the Dean’s List and is a member of the Morris College Gospel Choir and in August 2007, she was appointed as the choir’s student-director. She has reigned as Miss Sophomore, Miss Black and Gold in which she represented Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and last year she was the First Attendant to Miss Morris College 2007-08. At her home church, she is a member of the Total Praise Community Choir, Anointed Voices and serves as the youth choir director. During the coronation, several classes, clubs, and organizational queens and escorts, along with the Ladies- In-Waiting, and her majesty’s attendants participated as a part of the royal court. The attendants to Miss Morris College are First Attendant, Whitney Tucker; and Second Attendant, Britney Tucker. MISTER Participants Attend Development Summit

Mr. Rudolph Wheeler, collaborator for the college’s Call are: Allen Alston, Marquice Clark, Ellis Me MISTER program, and eleven Morris College Clayton, Jhmal Howard-Cole, David Davis, “Misters” attended a statewide Call Me MISTER summit, Benjamin Hartage, Delonte Jackson, held at the Midlands Technical College Airport Campus Kasheim Lawson, Andrew Little, Brandon on November 15, 2008. Middleton, Mayo Phillips, Kyle Smalls, The summit provided educational development Christopher Speight, and Quincy Young. opportunities and important program updates for participating students. The keynote speaker for the summit was “Hotep,” a Georgia elementary school teacher and founder of HustleUniversity.org, an educational resource for entrepreneurs. Call Me MISTER is a program that seeks to recruit, train, and assist in the certification of black males who are interested in becoming elementary school teachers in the public schools of South Carolina. There are currently fourteen students participating in the Morris College Call Me MISTER Program. They Winter 2009 23 Students Actively Participate in 2008 Presidential Election

The 2008 presidential election proved to have an insurmountable significance for many. Morris College students, like a number of other college-aged Americans, sprung into action to encourage citizens about the importance of the election, voter’s registration, and, ultimately, casting a vote. Throughout the 2007-08 academic year and right up to the registration deadline of 2008, several student clubs and organizations sponsored voter registration drives on and off campus. Operation Get-Out-The-Vote, which rallied students, community leaders, and alumni together, targeted low-income housing areas with historically low voter turnout numbers. During the campaign on November 3, seventeen students with the assistance of Alumnus Benny L. Webb and Torrey Shannon of Williams Funeral Home, knocked on several doors to pass out approximately 1,000 candidate flyers and share information about precinct locations. The students were Justin Brown, Qui- Otis Brown, Shavon Byrd, Anthony Caldwell, Regina Duke, Shamel Duncan, Daniel Fair, Quanshay Grant, Toya Hunter, Miranda Ingram, Kennard Jones, Josiellia McWhite, Kionne Spann, Alanda Swinton, Antonio White, Amanda Williams, and Shakara Theirse. Also on November 3, the Morris College Student Government Association and the Morris College Chapter of the NAACP collaborated on a mock election project. During the mock election, a representative from the Election Board provided voting machine demos. Sharing in the enthusiasm surrounding the 2008 historical election results, the campus community convened in several locations throughout the campus on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 to watch as Barack Obama took the oath of office as the Forty-fourth President of the United States of America. Students Assist With Health Initiative

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services within the United States Department of Health and Human Services has an initiative for Health Care Services Outreach involving HBCUs. They have contracted with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) to involve Morris College in conducting Medicaid outreach activities. Morris College submitted a proposal to SCDHHS to continue its HBCU Outreach Project for the next fiscal year designed to enroll eligible persons in Sumter, Lee, and Clarendon Counties in the Medicaid/ Gap Assistance Pharmacy Program for Seniors (GAPS) and in the Medicare/Low Income Subsidy Program (LIS). The program started September 1, 2008 and will conclude on April 30, 2009. The interns and project directors conducted several projects in Clarendon, Lee, and Sumter Counties during the months of September through December 2008. A total of ten Medicare applications were completed for processing. The interns conducted several projects with the Area Agency on Aging in Clarendon and Lee Counties. Outreach education and health promotion activities about Medicare and Medicaid conducted in the needy, rural, and underserved areas of central South Carolina by the interns and project director reached over 250 seniors and persons with certain disabilities. A detailed listing of the events and projects is enclosed in the mid-term report. Plans are underway for projects in Sumter, Lee, and Clarendon Counties for the 2009 Spring Semester. A proposal for a Health Fair will be presented to the Morris College administration for Spring 2009. The major purpose of the event is to enhance the knowledge of proper health care for disease prevention and to educate and enroll eligible seniors in the Medicaid/GAPS and Medicare/LIS. The event will be open to seniors in the three counties and the Morris College Family.

24 Morris College UPDATE Grant Awarded UNCF Scholarship Talented Tenth HBCU Tour

Quanshay Labres’ Grant, a senior biology major from Students in the Morris College Honors and Darlington, South Carolina, was awarded an UNCF Leadership Programs along with Dr. Leroy scholarship during the UNCF 16th Annual Florence/Pee Staggers, Acadmic Dean, and Assistant Dee Gala on December 5, 2008 at the Florence Civic Professor, Dr. Joseph K. Popoola, attended the Center. An active participant in campus activities, she is “Talented Tenth HBCU Tour” with Mr. Tavis a member of the Nu Gamma Chapter of Alpha Kappa Smiley on November 7, 2008. Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She is the daughter of Ms. Smiley, a political commentator and author, led Carolyn Johnson. a two-hour interactive discussion with a question and answer segment on the principles of leadership. The goal of the tour was to aid students to develop skills needed to become The Spirit of Giving: RCJ Hall effective leaders and to motivate them to think about how they can build their legacy of leadership. The event was held in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium on the campus of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, SC. Grooms Scores High

The men of Rich, Cureton, and Johnson (RCJ) Residence Hall collected and delivered more than twenty (20) bags of perishable and non-perishable food items to a less fortunate family in Olanta, South Carolina. The items included a large turkey, ham, a variety of can goods, collard greens, rice, turkey stuffing, macaroni and cheese, Gregory Grooms, a Political Science major, soft drinks, milk, eggs, sweet potatoes and other side items. made the highest score among social sciences The family, which consisted of eight members, was very majors on the Fall 2008 administration of the appreciative of the generosity and kindness shown. Senior Exit Examination (Major Field Students who spearheaded the food drive and delivered Achievement Test). Mr. Grooms’ score the food were members of the residence hall senate: exceeded the national average for both African DeAngelo Cokley, Justin Brown, Anthony Caldwell, American students as well as all test-takers in Claudrique Irby, and Edward Cue. Mr. Edward the area of Political Science. Rogers is the residence hall director. Winter 2009 25 A Pictorial Glimpse: 2009 HOMECOMING

26 Morris College UPDATE Homecoming Week was held January 18-24, 2009.

Activities included Comedy Night featuring the comedic talents of Stephon and Willie Brown & Woody; the Annual Gospelfest, an Alumni Mixer, featuring the jazz talents of Buff Dillard and Uniq’Blend; a Parents’ Day Brunch, Cook- out, Alumni Basketball Game, and a Greek Step Show.

The Lady Hornets and Hornets basketball teams took on and DEFEATED Voorhees College!!!

Winter 2009 27 28 Morris College UPDATE Hornets Ready for Tests

By TREVOR ZION BAUKNIGHT He is third in the Big South Division I with 4.48 blocked Item Sports Writer Conference in total scoring, and shots per game to go with [email protected] second in the conference in 3-point his 11 points, and the field goal percentage. Hornets as a team are Reprinted by permission of The Item. A pair of freshmen also figures second in the nation in that heavily into the Bucs’ game plan. category with 7.46 per This is a big week for the Morris Omar Carter is second on the team game. College men’s basketball team. in scoring, with 11.9 points per Mountain State, ranked The Hornets, who stand at 7-6 on game. He’s grabbing 7.1 rebounds, No. 3 among NAIA the season, travel to face NCAA as well, second on the team to Division I teams, is 16-2 on Division I opponent Charleston freshman forward Kelvin Martin, the season. The Cougars Southern University today before who is averaging 7.7 boards. defeated Morris 105-48 returning home Thursday for a Morris will counter with a veteran earlier this season. meeting with one of the top teams backcourt, led by senior point guard Like last year, however, in NAIA Division I, Mountain State Christopher Owens, who said the Houck is counting on University. team has come together since the showing the Cougars a Morris broke above the .500 holiday break after the players different look the second mark for the first time this season renewed their focus on playing as a time around. MSU defeated on Saturday with their fourth- team, as opposed to playing as Morris 101-69 at home last straight win, a 69-66 victory over individuals. season, but had to hold on Voorhees College at Morris’ “Last year, we had a lot of for dear life to gain an 88- Garrick-Boykin Human individuals, but we’ve come a long, 81 victory at Morris. Development Center. long way,” said Owens, who leads “We’re playing well now, “All of our weeks are big when the team in scoring with 20.00 and the way the guys have we play, but with Division I points per game and is first in the gelled together, they’re Charleston Southern, it means more NAIA in 3-point field goals with playing more as a team now to us than the others did,” said 4.08 per game. “That’s kind of how and know their respective Morris head coach Clarence this season started, as well, and we roles as team players,” Houck. “All the games mean a lot realized that that’s not going to Houck said. “We showed to us, but we’re preparing a little work out this year. them a different look when harder for these because it’s a “Over the break, we all called they came here (last Division I team and Mountain State each other and talked about what season), and we’re going to being ranked No. 3 in the nation in we needed to do when we got do the same thing this time. NAIA. We’re working harder, but back. Everybody took it in, took it to Last year was our first time we’ll prepare for them just like we heart.” playing them, and they prepare for any of the other games. Owens shoots 41 percent from caught us off-guard a little “It would mean a lot to us,” the field and 41 percent from 3- bit. We’re looking to return Houck added. “All the wins mean a point land, and is the team’s assists the favor.” lot to us, but winning this one would leader, as well, with 3.38 per game. be one above the others, so we’d One of his favorite go-to guys is love to win it.” senior guard Nathaniel Thomas, Charleston Southern enters who leads the team with 7.31 tonight’s contest at 5-13 having lost rebounds per game, along with its last 10 games going back to a 15.54 points. Senior guard Justin 101-49 win over Covenant College. Beaufort averages 10.77 points per The young Buccaneers are led by game. sophomore guard Jamarco Warren, The Hornets will also benefit who is averaging 20.1 points per from solid play in the post. Junior game and four 3-pointers a game. forward Randall James leads NAIA

Winter 2009 29 Robinson and Smith Appointed

President Richardson has formally announced the appointments of Ms. Shonta L. Robinson as Chief Accountant and Dr. Edward G. Smith as Professor of Biology. A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Owner Managed Management, Robinson also obtained the MBA degree from Webster University and a master’s in accounting from Strayer University. Before her appointment at Morris College, she was employed for over ten years with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Columbia. Smith, the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School, received his training in Biomedical Science (Cardiovascular Physiology, Hypertension). He completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Neurobiology. Prior to joining the Morris College Family, Dr. Smith was Vice President of Research and Sponsored Programs and Dean of the Division of Math and Science at Martin University. Before that he served as Chairman of the Biology and Chemistry Department at Livingstone College. Carter Participates in TVOne’s Murder in Black and White Series

In October 2008, TV One premiered an extraordinary four-part original series, Murder in Black and White, a groundbreaking series of four, one-hour documentary specials filmed in cooperation with the FBI and designed to examine - and help solve - civil rights murders from the 1940s and ’50s, while aging, long-silent witnesses - as well as the perpetrators of these vicious crimes may still be alive. Morris College Associate Professor of Sociology, Dr. Robert L. Carter, participated in episode four which opened the case surrounding the brutal murder of Reverend George Lee. Rev. Lee, a pillar in the black community in Belzoni, was killed on May 7, 1955 when the passenger in a passing car shot him in the face with a 20-gauge shotgun causing his car to crash into a shack. The first black registered to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction, Rev. Lee regularly preached about voting rights and convinced nearly 100 black people to register to vote. In a letter to Dr. Carter, TV One President and CEO, Mr. Johnathan Rodgers, wrote: Words cannot express our sorrow for the loss of your friend, but it is important that Rev. Lee’s story be told and that this shocking and senseless event in our country’s recent history never be forgotten. We thank you for your role in this important project. Dr. Carter served as a consultant on the video project and conducted much of the foundation research, organized interviews and provided first-hand information and analysis on the subject matter. Produced for TV One by acclaimed filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, whose 2005 documentary on Emmett Till helped convince the government to re-open the 1955 murder case, Murder in Black and White is hosted by Reverend Al Sharpton. For more information regarding Murder in Black and White or the TV One network, log on to www.tvoneonline.com.

30 Morris College UPDATE Schools visiting team that conducted the reaffirmation of accreditation review for Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee.

Dr. Reginald A. Bess, Chairperson In the Fall 2008 edition of of the Division of General Studies and Morris College: The Update, professor of Modern Languages, Dr. Joshua Oyekan was attended the American Council on the listed as Associate Professor Teaching of Foreign Languages’ in the Division of Social Sci- Annual Convention and World Mrs. Janet Smith Clayton attended ences. His correct appoint- Languages Expo 2008 held the HBCU Library Alliance Third ment is Professor of Psy- November 21-23, 2008 at the Walt Annual Membership meeting held chology. Disney World Swan and Dolphin October 26-28, 2008, in Charlotte, Resort in Orlando, Florida. At that NC. The HBCU Library Alliance is convention he presented in two a consortium that supports the sessions. In the first session, collaboration of information Incorporating Afro-Hispanic, Afro- professionals dedicated to providing Francophone, and Afro-German an array of resources designed to Culture, he presented “The Life and strengthen Historically Black Colleges Times of Mai Ayim.” Ayim was one and Universities and their of the founders of the Afro-German constituents. The conference was Cultural and Literary Movement. In funded by the Andrew W. Mellon the second session, Networking Foundation, Southeastern Library opportunities and Facilitating Network and the HBCU Alliance. In December 2008, Dr. Success for African American The focus is to help HBCUs with the Daniel D. White was Students, he presented “The College Preservation Challenges encountered conferred his doctorate Language Association’s Advocacy with historic and contemporary degree in Criminal Justice for African American Language photographic prints and negative from Western Michigan Learners.” materials. All conference members University. participated in hands-on workshops Dr. White is an Assistant with the examination of materials and Professor of Criminal products used to care for exhibits and Justice in the Division of provide proper storage of documents. Social Sciences. The Fourth Annual Membership meeting is planned for 2012.

74% Dr. Jacob E. Butler, Jr., Associate Professor of Political Science and of the Social Sciences Division Chair, was Morris College Faculty selected to serve as a member on the have earned doctorate degrees. Southern Association of Colleges and

Winter 2009 31 MORRIS COLLEGE National Alumni Weekend

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA APRIL 1619, 2009

Welcome Morris College Greek Letter Organizations

Morris College Alumni Golf Tournament

For More Information Please Contact: Altoya A. Felder-Deas Alumni Affairs Officer, Morris College 100 West College Street Sumter, SC 29150-3599 (803) 934-3268 [email protected] OR Mrs. Carolyn Wiley Woods President, MCNAA 13602 Hatton Cross Drive Charlotte, NC 28278-7818 32 Morris College UPDATE (704) 583-0811 [email protected] Randolph: Distinguished Alumnus Retires

Mayor Pro Tem William S. Randolph, a native of Williamston, South Carolina (Anderson County), was honored by the City of Sumter for twenty-one years of gallant, energetic, unselfish service and leadership as a distinguished member of City Council during a retirement and appreciation dinner on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Elected to the Sumter City Council in April 1987, Dr. Randolph was then elected Mayor Pro tem in January 1988. He served continuously in this capacity, with the exception of one year (January 1990 to January 1991). Dr. Randolph has served on several boards and commissions during his tenure, including the Santee- Lynches Regional Council of Governments board, the State Workforce Investment Board, and the Sumter- Columbia Empowerment Zone Board. Among his numerous state and local awards are: South Carolina’s highest civilian award, the Order of the Palmetto by Governor Mark Sanford; the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity awarded by his alma mater, Morris College; recognized by the South Carolina House of Representatives for distinguished contributions to the spiritual growth of the Sumter community; and the Gamecock Society Award by Mayor Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. During the dinner, community leaders along with local and state officials were on hand to comment and express their appreciation to this distinguished Mayor Pro Tem for the dedicated and loyal service he rendered to the public. Mr. Stephen M. Creech, former Mayor of Sumter, presided over the dinner. Dr. James B. Blassingame gave the invocation. Mayor McElveen also spoke on behalf of City Council. Reverend Cedric William Randolph, Dr. Randolph’s son, spoke on behalf of the family. Representing Morris College was Dr. Luns C. Richardson who complimented Dr. Randolph for the integrity he maintained and the immeasurable service he gave toward the advancement and betterment of the City of Sumter of which Morris College is proud to be a part. The college is indeed proud to have as an alumnus one who served God and people as a religious leader and a strong, influential political leader. Dr. Randolph retired as pastor of Sumter’s First Baptist Missionary Church in June 2007 after 47 years of service. The church bestowed upon him the title of Pastor Emeritus. Dr. Randolph, a former member of the college’s Board of Trustees, is married to the former Doris M. Alford. They are the parents of three adult children and six wonderful grandchildren. Sumter Alumni Hosts Pageant

The Morris College Sumter Alumni Chapter sponsored its annual Little Miss/Master Pageant on October 26, 2008 in the Neal-Jones Auditorium. This is the chapter’s major fundraiser and the proceeds for this year’s pageant in the amount of $8,577.04 were donated to the college for the annual Thanksgiving Rally. Abrams Anthony The pageant winner was Xaviera Jasmine Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benny L. Webb. First-runner- up was RyJustin Anthony, son of Ms. Clara Jennings and Mr. Willie Anthony, and the grandson of Ms. Lydia B. McLeod. Second runner-up was Destyne Chanel Abrams, daughter of Ms. Senthia Conyers-Abrams. Other participants were: Chelsea Simone Roman, daughter of Ms. Adrain Roman and Mr. Kenneth Ragin, and she is the granddaughter of Mr. Johnnie and Mrs. Johnson Roman Miriam Roman and the late Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ragin; and Anastia Ty’nera Johnson, daughter of Ms. Tamara Ellison and Mr. Antonio Johnson, and she is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Johnson and Ms. Teresa Ellison. Webb

Winter 2009 33 Class Notes...

1982 1990 School District Two at Cherryvale Elementary School. In January 2009, Wanda Green was featured in Pink Magazine, a local publication in Hilton Head Island, SC, 2003 for her 37-pound weight loss. She is employed as a Marketing Manger for Trinity 7 Security Company. 1991 Eddie Joe Gaskins has published a book, Gaskins On March 14, 2008, Antionette Upper Body Ten Count Matthis-Lee was promoted from Workout, with Author Medical Affairs Specialist to Medical Bishop Morlon Jerome Gibbs is House. He earned a Affairs Senior Specialist. Mrs. Lee the founder of the New Generation Master’s Degree in Business joined Bausch & Lomb Incorporated- Family Worship Center. He is also Administration and is Pharmaceutical Division, Tampa, FL, employed by Miracle Academy currently a Master Chief in 2002. After graduating from Preparatory School, a Christian Petty Officer in the United Morris College she earned a master’s academy, in Russellville, SC where he States Navy. degree in Community Health/ teaches history and the Bible. A gifted 1982 Healthcare Management from Old writer and singer, he is the author of Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. a book entitled, Truth versus Hype: She was previously employed as a Church Gone Wild, and has also Water Quality Chemist for the City recorded a CD entitled, “Grant Me of Norfolk and as a Quality Control Favor.” Chemist for Cordis/Johnson and Johnson in Miami Lakes, FL. 2006 1997

Steve G. Belk was promoted on January 1, 2009 from Center Director to Corporate Resource Liaison with Education and Training Resources out of Bowling Green, KY. Also in January, TaJuan A. Campbell is currently he was appointed to a five- employed as a Case Manager at year board term on the Dr. Davenna Williams released her Michigan Ability Partners Downriver Phoebe Putney where he will first children’s book, Ten Little where they offer a choice of services serve on the Finance Crocodiles and the BIG, BIG Pond, to people facing barriers to self- Committee. He is also on December 8, 2008. The sufficiency that include appointed to a three-year paperback edition is available at developmental disabilities, mental board term with the Albany amazon.com and the hardcover illness, addiction, homelessness and Chamber of Commerce. He edition at 866-308-6235 (option 6). other risk factors. Additionally, he is and and his wife, Tammy, are Dr. Williams also recently received a an Equipment Service Employee for expecting their first son, grant from the SC State Department Northwest Airlines. Steven Jourdan Belk, on of Education to serve as a Math March 23, 2009. Coach for teachers in Sumter County 34 Morris College UPDATE In Memoriam...

Mary Lou Getter Coles, 71, died Johnny Mae Hunter, 58, departed Mr. Fredrick R. Maple, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. She was a this life on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. A Sr. entered into eternal rest dedicated employee at the New York graduate of Lincoln High School and on January 9, 2009. A 1965 City Department of Social Services Morris College, she moved to graduate of Lincoln High and instilled in her staff a quest for Maryland and was gainfully School, he entered the U.S. excellence. She was a member of employed. She later returned to South Navy and obtained the rank Allen Cathedral Church, Jamaica, Carolina and was a devout member of petty officer. He served N.Y. and the Order of Eastern Star of St. Luke AME Church in Sumter. in the Vietnam War and in the No. 34. She is survived by her She is survived by a son, a grandson, Western Pacific. He later husband, a son, two granddaughters, and a host of nieces and nephews. earned a Bachelor of Science and a host of family and friends. degree in biology at Morris Inez Jones Johnson, 89, died College and a masters degree Mr. Charles Willis Dinkins died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. She attended in education at the University January 18, 2009. He attended the public schools of Clarendon of South Carolina. Prior to Morris College and the University of County and was a graduate of Morris teaching science at Ebenezer South Carolina before enlisting in the College and South Carolina State Junior High School and United States Navy. He is survived University. She was an educator and serving as chairperson of the by his wife and other relatives and retired after 42 years of teaching in science department, he was friends. Clarendon School District 1. A faithful the director of career member of the Kingdom Hall of planning and placement at Helen Ellison Gaines, 84, entered Jehovah’s Witnesses for more than Morris College. He also into eternal rest on Saturday, Nov. 29, 38 years, she is survived by three served as assistant principal 2008. She graduated from Lincoln daughters, five sons, and at Ebenezer Junior High High School and continued her studies grandchildren and great- School from 1985 to 1993, at Morris College. She was a faithful grandchildren. and as principal of Hillcrest member of St. Matthews Baptist and Crestwood high schools. Lucille James Levy, 91, entered into Church and served on various Upon his retirement from eternal rest on Wednesday, Dec. 10, community organizations. She is Sumter County School 2008. She graduated from Morris survived by three sons, three District 2, Mr. Maple was a College with a bachelor’s degree in daughters, a niece, and other relatives principal leader with the State elementary education and pursued and friends. Department of Education and further studies in education at South served as assistant Jonathan “Joe” Gamble, 73, died Carolina State University, administrator at the Sumter Oct. 18, 2008. He attended the public Orangeburg, SC; and Benedict County Career Center. He is schools in Clarendon and Sumter College in Columbia, SC. She taught survived by his wife, a son, a Counties, Sumter Area Technical primary school, head start and special daughter, a precious College and Morris College. After education in Clarendon County granddaughter, and a host of serving his country in the U.S. Army, District One for 34 years. She was a other relatives and friends. he returned home and was a member of Prince Hall Grand supervisor at Santee Print Works. He Chapter Order of Eastern Star, retired in 2000 as a substitute teacher Queen of the South Chapter No. 304 at Sumter School District 2. He is and member of the African Methodist survived by his wife, a daughter, four Episcopal Church. She is survived by sons, 17 grandchildren and other her husband, a daughter, two sons, relatives and friends. four grandsons and a host of other relatives and friends.

Winter 2009 35 In Memoriam Continued...

Mr. Willie Moses, III years, then she returned to Sumter in Church. He is survived by his son, departed this life on January 1983 and was an active member of three stepchildren, along with several 18, 2009. He was a faithful High Hills Baptist Church. She is grandchildren and great- member of Mechanicsville survived by her husband, nephews, grandchildren. United Methodist Church and nieces and a host of other relatives attended Ebenezer High and friends. George Thermond Spann, 60, School, Morris College, and entered eternal rest Wednesday, Nov. Sumter Technical College. Charles Riley, Sr. departed this life 19, 2008. He received his education Before being employed as a on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. He in the public schools of Sumter County security guard at Exide received the Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated from Manchester High Battery and Korn in Sumter, from Morris College and afterwards School and continued his education at he was employed at Moses proudly served in the U.S. Army. He Morris College. He attended New Barber Shop and Shaw Air owned Riley’s Dry Cleaning Service Hope Union Methodist Episcopal Force Base. He is survived in 1954, and became one of the first Church and was one of the youngest by his wife and other few African-American real estate stewards that served. He is survived relatives and friends. brokers in South Carolina. He by his mother, two sons, and a host founded the Avenue Realty Co. and of other cousins, relatives and friends. Serena Simmons O’Neal later established Charles Riley and departed this life on Associates. He also founded and was Roscoe C. Wilson, Sr., Pastor Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. a shareholder of the Buena Vista Emeritus of Saint John Baptist She was educated in the Development Corp., which developed Church, Columbia, SC, departed this public schools of Sumter the Runnymede Subdivision. He was life on Sunday, December 21, 2008. County and later earned her the first African-American named to A graduate of Benedict College, he Bachelor of Arts degree in the Sumter Board of the National was a staunch friend and great, en- education from Morris Bank of South Carolina and served thusiastic suppoter of Morris College. College. She pursued further for 17 years. He was a member of President Richardson, a close friend studies at Newark State St. Paul Lodge No. 8 F&AM (PHA) of the family, gave remarks on behalf University and Princeton for more than 50 years and a life of the college during funeral services. University of New Jersey. member of the National Association Dr. Wilson was preceeded in death An educator in the public for the Advancement of Colored by his wife, but is survived by two schools of Philadelphia and People and a life long member of sons and a host of other relatives. Newark, N.J. for thirty-three New Bethel Missionary Baptist

In Recognition of Exceptional Giving... Morris College salutes Mr. Jerry Hannah, Class of 1981, for his many All alumni news and updates years of contributions in vendor supplies should be mailed to: to the Morris College National Alumni Office of Alumni Affairs Association (MCNAA). Mr. Hannah is 100 West College Street the owner of Goldstein’s Wholesale Sumter, SC, 29150-3599 located in Orangeburg, SC. From his contributions to the MCNAA in supplies, or sent via email to he made it possible for Morris College to receive financial [email protected] donations of $4,500. Mr. Hannah has supplied hundreds of tote bags to alumni. He is a recipient of several outstanding service awards.

36 Morris College UPDATE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

During the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina’s One Day Session, it was voted that the “...date of the rally be changed from the fourth Thursday in the month of November to the Saturday just prior to Thanksgiving Day effective 2009.”

We trust that this change of date will further renew our spirit, redefine our committment, and recapture our sense of pride.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, November 21, 2009 FIRST CLASS US Postage PAID Sumter, SC Permit No. 42 Change Service Requested OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS MORRIS COLLEGE 100 West College Street Sumter, SC 29150-3599

Save the Date... Religious Emphasis Week February 24-27, 2009

Mid-Winter Banquet February 27, 2009

Prizes and Awards Night March 17, 2009

Fine Arts Festival March 23-27, 2009

Annual Commencement Convocation May 9, 2009

Summer School Session I May 26 - June 23, 2009

Summer School Session II June 25 - July 24, 2009