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Carrying On Her Son’s Legacy

May 26, 2019|0 comments
Category: Lifestyles
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By Bonita Wilborn


Loretta Barbee began a Memorial Scholarship to honor the memory of her son Ronnie Barbee who passed away a few months ago.
Loretta explained, “My son passed away suddenly last August. He loved helping the community and helping people. He started decorating our windows and loaning people the stuff to decorate the windows down town. He had some new quilts, and we decided to raffle off a quilt. I still have one more new quilt so I committed to doing a scholarship this year and next year. We’re just carrying on his legacy.”
After the decision was made to set up the scholarship program, there was only three weeks left of the school year. The chances on the quilt sold for $2 each or 3 chances for $5. Even with only three weeks to collect for this year’s scholarship, Loretta was still able to collect $1,500 with 100% of the money going to the scholarship for a deserving student in the Jackson County School System.
Taylor Selby is the recipient of the 2019 Ronnie Barbee Memorial Scholarship. Taylor is a graduate of North Jackson High School. The winner of the quilt is Pat Russell.

Carrying On Her Son’s Legacy

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