Local Scholarships
Marshall Education Foundation administers several scholarships. The Foundation works with families and business donors to facilitate their desire to help seniors in all Marshall County Schools. The donors set the requirements and the Foundation distributes application forms, evaluates the applications and selects students to receive the scholarship.
Brooks Grocery Scholarships
Brooks Grocery is in Chapel Hill. There will be two (2) $1000 scholarships awarded to residents living in the Forrest School area. Qualified applicants must be high school graduates, holders of General Education Diplomas, or home schoolers who have successfully completed an accepted course of study. Students presently enrolled in post-secondary education are also eligible. Candidates applying for this scholarship must have at least a 2.0 GPA, demonstrate a need for financial assistance, and must not have received a full scholarship or major source of income that will already cover most expenses. The student will receive $500 per semester for the year of awarded scholarship.
Eddie M. Wright Family Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship is given by the family of Eddie M. Wright who was an alumni of Cornersville High School and a pharmacist. This is a $500 scholarship being offered to a graduate of Cornersville High School. The scholarship will be awarded to a student based on extracurricular activities, financial need and academic achievement. This scholarship can be used for any college, university or vocational technical school. This scholarship will be given for the fall semester of their freshman year.
Kamron Hightower Memorial Scholarships
Kamron Kassidy Hightower was a 2018 graduate of Marshall County High School and outstanding member of the Tigers football team. Kamron suffered from fibromuscular dysplasia and passed away in 2021 before fulfilling his dream of attending vocational school to prepare for a career in maintenance. This life-threatening disorder can strike at any age, and Kamron’s family urges everyone to learn more about it and get checked. Because of his intense love for and dedication to the game of football and his desire to attend vocational school, two scholarships in the amount of $1000 each will be awarded in Kamron’s memory to a senior football player and a senior student planning to attend a vocational school.
Lewisburg Rotary Club Scholarships
The Lewisburg Rotary Club will provide four (4) $1000 scholarships. In order to apply for one of these scholarships, a student must meet the following:
SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT: Four (4) at $1000
SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA:
(1) Be a high school senior during the 2024-2025 academic year
(2) Be a resident of Marshall County during the 2024-2025 academic year
AND
(3) Participate in the Four Way Test Speech Contest sponsored by the Lewisburg Rotary Club OR
(4) Be a member in good standing of the Marshall County High School Interact Club OR
(5) Be recognized as a Student of the Month by the Lewisburg Rotary Club OR
(6) Be a past participant in the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) Program
*Please Note: Immediate family of members of Rotary Club of Lewisburg are not eligible to apply.
MEF Founders Scholarships
The Marshall Education Foundation (MEF) Founders scholarship honors the founding members of the MEF. The founders promoted higher education in Marshall County for many years which included beginning the Marshall Education Foundation and supported the building of the Columbia State Lewisburg Campus.
The Marshall Education Foundation was chartered “to provide for the promotion of and funding for secondary and post-secondary school educational needs including, but not limited to, facilities, equipment, operations, student scholarships, fellowships and grants, and such other functions, activities and services as are necessary, desirable and expedient in the exercise of this power.”
This scholarship honors the founding members who started the Marshall Education Foundation.
SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT: Two (2) scholarships at $1,000
Scholarship 1 of 2: $1000 to be awarded to an incoming Columbia State Freshman
Scholarship 2 of 2: $1000 to be awarded to a current student attending Columbia State
The Howard and Annette Lawrie Music Scholarship
Howard and Annette Lawrie were well-known for their musical talents as well as their involvement and commitment to the Lewisburg and Marshall County communities. In their memory, the Lawrie family wishes to honor their parents’ legacy and love of music by awarding this scholarship to a student who will pursue a degree in music or a music-related field, for example, music education, vocal or instrumental performance, or conducting.
Mrs. Lawrie loved accompanying the ‘human voice’ (soloists, choirs, and choruses) and found great joy in playing the organ for 60 years at First Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg, retiring at age 90. She graduated from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago with a BS degree in Music, majoring in organ. Following graduation, she accompanied vocal performance students at Northwestern University and the Chicago Conservatory of Music, where she met Mr. Lawrie. Mrs. Lawrie taught piano and organ to countless students in the Lewisburg area and played for many family weddings, funerals, MCHS graduations, and choral performances, many of which were directed by Mr. Lawrie.
Mr. Lawrie was a talented trumpet player, band leader, and choral director with a gift of bringing out talent in others. He greatly enjoyed teaching brass and wind instruments to numerous students. Mr. Lawrie received his MS degree in music theory from the Chicago Conservatory of Music, where he continued his studies in trumpet and conducting. He was also the first music theory instructor at Columbia State Community College, band director at MCHS and choir director at First Presbyterian Church and First United Methodist Church in Lewisburg.
Tommy Hawkins Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is a memorial to Tommy Hawkins who was well known throughout Tennessee as a family man who loved his family, friends, and Lewisburg. Tommy owned Lewisburg Printing and was the publisher of the Lewisburg Tribune and the Marshall County Gazette until 2005. Tommy would be extremely proud to assist a young Marshall County High School graduate with the beginning of their college education. Applicant for this scholarship must be a graduating senior from MCHS and be attending any college, university, or technical school. The winner will receive a $1000 scholarship ($500 each semester) for their freshman year.