Rankin Chapel TJ and Ethel V. Kearney Education Fund

Rankin Chapel TJ and Ethel V. Kearney Education Fund This Fund helps ensure that the youth of the southeast Arkansas Delta realize their dreams of attaining a quality higher education.. Terica D.

The Rankin Chapel TJ and Ethel V. Kearney Education Fund was founded in December 2013 by the Kearney family of Gould, Arkansas and Rankin Chapel Missionary Baptist Church of Gould, On May 25, 2016, the Rankin-Kearney Education Fund announced its first scholarship recipients. Scholarships went to, three students - two at Star City, and one at Dumas High School. The Rankin-Kearney Scholarship Fun

d awarded $1000 academic scholarships to Mia R. Scott, of Gould, Arkansas who graduated from Dumas High School and Jalyn P. Ward of Star City, who graduated from Star City High School. Brown received a $250 Essay Writing Award for outstanding composition. Students from Lincoln and Desha counties were invited to apply. Selection criteria was based on grade point average, community service, and essay composition. The Scholarship Fund is named for the late Thomas James Kearney and his wife Ethel V. Kearney, and their church Rankin Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where their membership remained for over 60 years. lifetime members of Rankin Chapel church, Thomas "TJ" Kearney died in December 2013; his wife, Ethel, in March 1982. They were cotton sharecroppers in Lincoln County for more than 75 years. Their legacy includes contributions to their community, their church, and their family. The couple had 19 children, 17 of whom were raised in Lincoln county, and all of whom attended Rankin Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. The couple were recognized by President Clinton, the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, and Johnson Publishing Company for their outstanding contributions to their family and the community. In spite of their poverty, 18 of their 19 children were college graduates, two worked for a U.S. President, several worked for Arkansas Governors and served as judges and attorneys. For over 40 years the Kearney family has held the annual Kearney Family Reunion in Gould, which includes a Sunday Thanksgiving Service at Rankin Chapel Church – which TJ Kearney and his family called, their “second home.”

Please help us continue TJ and Ethel Kearney's dream of a better tomorrow for the children of the Arkansas Delta...
11/11/2021

Please help us continue TJ and Ethel Kearney's dream of a better tomorrow for the children of the Arkansas Delta...

11/10/2021

We're Celebrating Nine Years of Giving. Please Celebrate with us by Donating to our Education Fund💖

Ready.Set.Go ❗️
03/01/2021

Ready.Set.Go ❗️

Ready to write your heart out? Sign up for the Read Write Share Writers Weekend, then enter our writing contest for a chance to win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes and certificates! Register for our virtual conference here: https://www.rwsweekend.org/event-registration. For the details and rules of the contest visit https://www.jespiddlin.com/read-write-share. The deadline for the contest is 11:59 p.m.on March 28, 2021.

Remembering...it all started here. ❤️
04/30/2020

Remembering...it all started here. ❤️

As we experience this horrific health crisis of 2020, we reflect back on these two amazing people - T.J. and Ethel Kearn...
04/30/2020

As we experience this horrific health crisis of 2020, we reflect back on these two amazing people - T.J. and Ethel Kearney who showed us how to survive with love and grace and prayers...

We are so grateful for each and every day we wake to this blessed Earth.
04/30/2020

We are so grateful for each and every day we wake to this blessed Earth.

04/30/2020

Happy 2020 from the Rankin-Kearney Education Fund!

09/28/2017

Elizabeth Eckford, a Profile in Courage

Congratulations to our 2017 Rankin Chapel TJ & Ethel V. Kearney Scholars! Chemeka R. Hellums, of Star City, AR; Jentsen...
05/15/2017

Congratulations to our 2017 Rankin Chapel TJ & Ethel V. Kearney Scholars! Chemeka R. Hellums, of Star City, AR; Jentsen Gilley, of Dumas, AR and Nolan Hollinshed of Dumas, AR.

Chemeka Hellums describes herself as hard-working, organized and determined. She wrote: "this scholarship will boost my self-confidence, because it is financial reward for all the time I've devoted to my education and my future career plans." She aspires to be a Registered Nurse, saying "I have always admired how RNs' treat their patients, and have made it my personal goal to impact patients and their families in the same positive manner."

Nolan Hollinshed is both an academic and athletic star at Dumas High School. He wrote: "Great things have been instilled in me by my parents since day one. Ever since I can remember I've worked hard for everything I've wanted or needed in life, including this scholarship.

Jentsen Gilley, of Star City shines in both academics and sports. One of his favorite quotes are: "The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today," by H. Jackson Brown. Jentsen says he has based his life on that advice. He will pursue a mathematics degree, and plans to become an athletic coach..

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Gould, AR
71643

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Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
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