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JANUARY 2015
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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2014 Gupton-Jones Graduating Class
NEWS
Educational
Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service Holds
Graduation Exercises
DECATUR,GA—
Com-
mencement
exercises
were held for the August,
2014, graduating students
of
Gupton-Jones Col-
lege of Funeral Service
at the Fairfield Baptist
Church in Lithonia, GA.
The graduation speaker
was
Daniel E. Buchan-
an
of Anderson, SC. Bu-
chanan was the president
of Gupton-Jones College
from 1982-2000, and is
now associated with
Mc-
Dougald Funeral Home
in Anderson, SC. His en-
ergizing speech was titled,
“Funeral Service: A New
Day-New Challenges.”
Gupton-Jones president,
Patty S. Hutcheson,
pre-
sented awards to the stu-
dents having the top two
scholastic averages during
their quarters of funeral
service study. The Vale-
dictorian Award was pre-
sented to
Michael A. D.
Canestrari.
The Salutato-
rian Award went to
Tame-
la Mychele Thomas.
The Bill Pierce Award
was presented by the
board of trustees’ consul-
tant,
Nancy Pierce Bar-
ber,
to that graduate who,
by vote of the members of
the graduating class, best
represents the funeral ser-
vice profession in terms of
professionalism. The hon-
ored recipient was Canes-
trari.
The Distinguished Ser-
vice Award was present-
ed Hutcheson, to Dan-
iel E. Buchanan for his
outstanding service to
the funeral profession.
The Daniel E. Buchanan
Award and the Charles
Wynn scholarship were
given to
Tammy Michelle
Rhue.
The Mu Sigma Alpha
Award and also, the Ac-
ademic
Achievement
Award went to the top ten
percent of the graduat-
ing class. The recipients of
this high award are:
Mi-
chael A. D. Canestrari,
Roanoke, VA;
Brittany
Nicole Chancey,
Head-
land, AL;
Melinda Sue
Miller,
Tallapoosa, GA;
Jennifer Renee Prowell,
Portland, OR; and
Tame-
la Mychele Thomas
of
Athens, GA.
During the ceremony,
certain members of the
graduating class, who dis-
tinguished
themselves
throughout the school
year, were recognized
with Perfect Attendance
Awards. These awards
were presented to
Mel-
vin B. Childs, Sr
., Stone
Mountain, GA;
Michael
Kyle Kiser,
Bremen, GA;
and
Tamela Mychele
Thomas,
Athens, GA.
During the ceremonies,
forty-three students were
recipients of the Associate
of Science Degree in the
Funeral Service ceremo-
ny. They were:
Diandra
Julette Bondurant,
San
Diego, CA;
Shaina Boyd,
Fort Lauderdale, FL;
Ma-
rio Jared Gerard Brown,
Fort Pierce, FL;
Thom-
as Charles Burnham,
Marietta, GA;
James Ted
Caldwell,
Dalton, GA;
Michael A.D. Canestra-
ri,
Roanoke, VA;
Brit-
tany Nicole Chancey,
Headland, AL;
Melvin
Bruss Childs, Sr.,
Stone
Mountain, GA;
Ama-
reen Raquel Devi Clay-
ton,
Long Beach, CA;
Rhonda Hermalin Da-
vis,
Decatur, GA;
Shay-
la Jenette Drummond,
Pennsauken, NJ;
Xavi-
er Davis Dunlap,
Wil-
liamson,
GA;
Wes-
ley Michael Forrester,
Gainesville, GA;
Kathy
West Gardner,
Snellville,
GA;
Danny Ray Gib-
son,
Rock Hill, SC;
Pre-
cious V. Glover,
Jack-
sonville, FL;
Erin Lamar
Gregory,
Weldon, NC;
Destini Mi’Cole Harris,
McDonough, GA;
De-
marian Jermaine Hawk,
Havana, FL;
Quinton
Daniel Hill,
Shallotte,
NC;
James Howard
Jones,
Milledgeville, GA;
Janika Leta’ Kinsey,
De-
catur, GA;
Michael Kyle
Kiser,
Bremen, GA;
Jus-
tin R. Layman,
Bog-
art, GA;
Matthew Allen
Ledbetter,
Phenix City,
AL;
Phyllis Francen Le-
vett,
Conyers, GA;
Reg-
inald D. Maddox, Jr.,
Loughman, FL;
Matthew
Charles Malia,
New Lon-
don, CT;
Eugene Miller
II,
Alexandria, LA;
Me-
linda Sue Miller,
Tal-
lapoosa, GA;
Yanesha
J. Mitchell,
Wetump-
ka, AL;
E. Tyler Morris,
Commerce, GA;
Debbie
J. Noonan,
Tampa, FL;
Amber LaNiece Oliver,
Conway, SC;
Stonewall
Ponders,
Dalton, GA;
Jennifer Renee Prow-
ell,
Portland, OR;
Steven
Matthew Rainey,
Atlan-
ta, GA;
Tammy Michelle
Rhue,
Conway, SC;
Tamela Mychele Thom-
as,
Athens, GA;
Dustin
Mitchell Turner,
New-
ton, NC;
Brittney Lee
Anne Watts,
Tuscaloo-
sa, AL;
Shawndre’ Tyron
Whitehead,
Douglasville,
GA; and
David Christo-
pher Wilson,
Rockmart,
GA.