The Mrs. Annie M. Cox Memorial Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the awarding of a scholarship to Miss Allison Hope Tenpenny, Cannon County High School Senior – Class of 2015, who will graduate May 22nd, 2015. This scholarship is in memory of longtime educator and beloved Cannon County citizen, Mrs. Annie Cox. It has been established as an additional financial resource for a student intending to major in Elementary Education who has demonstrated achievement and based on need.Mrs. Cox was a very special person to all of Cannon County, and appropriately this scholarship honors her “Love for Education and Children, Character, Capability, and Need.”The scholarship personifies Mrs. Cox’s words, “I love to see children learn! I just love it! And want to make a difference in the life of a child.” — Mrs. Annie Cox. The Scholarship amount was $1,500.00 in which Hope will use toward her demonstrated need to attend Motlow State Community College and participating in the “2 for 2 Program for future Elementary School Educators.” She is the daughter of Jason Tenpenny and Holly Lorance of Woodbury. Hope stated in her essay which was a part of the scholarship application, “This scholarship would help me to achieve my dream of attending college, becoming an elementary school teacher, and making a difference in the lives of children.”The Mrs. Annie M. Cox Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to a Cannon County High School Senior that is on track to graduate this year, have an application pending to or acceptance received from a state accredited two or four year college/university, recommendation of a CCHS faculty member, intending to major in Elementary Education, and write a 300 Word Essay entitled, “Why I deserve this scholarship, and why do I want to be an Elementary Teacher?”There will be various fundraising efforts by the committee to fund this scholarship including the Mrs. Annie M. Cox Memorial Scholarship Car Show held on Saturday, October 17th, 2015 at the Courthouse Square in Woodbury, Tennessee. Rain date will be the following Saturday, October 24th, 2015. The Mrs. Annie M. Cox Scholarship Committee consists of former West Side School Principals, Mr. Ronald D. Basham – Chairman; Mr. Wm. Freddy Curtis – Secretary; Current West Side School Principal Karen King; West Side School Secretary Kathy Simon; and long-time West Side School Kindergarten Teacher Rita Jones. Please support the efforts to help a graduate return to Cannon County and “touch the future” as Mrs. Cox said, “to become ‘a ray of sunshine’ and teacher of our students.”
