Foothills Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2015 recipients of the Jonny A. Lyons Memorial Scholarship. A bequest from Mrs. John Joseph Lyons provides scholarship assistance to descendants of former Orr-Lyons Mill employees.
The four recipients of the Lyons Scholarship for 2015 are Ashley Elizabeth Burriss, Candace Clinkscales, Amy Leigh Hubbard and Sarah Amanda Williamson. Miss Burriss is a T. L. Hanna senior who will attend Clemson University in the fall. Both Miss Clinkscales and Miss Williamson are slated to graduate from Belton-Honea Path High School this month. Miss Clinkscales has enrolled in Clemson University, while Miss Williamson will begin her college career at Erskine. A senior at Westside High School, Miss Hubbard will attend North Greenville University.
Through the Lyons Memorial Scholarship Fund, Jonny Lyons’ legacy will live on in perpetuity and reflect her fondness for the family members of employees associated with the former textile mill. Each recipient receives a $2,000 scholarship from Foothills Community Foundation.
Ashley Burriss
Candace Clinkscales
Amy Hubbard
Sarah Williamson