When the late Bernice and John Denley Jr. were raising their family in Tallahatchie County following the Great Depression, money was tight and making even a meager living on their farm was difficult.    But one belief the couple held and passed on to their children was that getting an education is an important…

  Two couples who chronicled the life of Charleston and the lives of its residents by publishing the local weekly newspaper were honored in 2010 when Ed and Becky Meek of Oxford established two journalism scholarships in their names at the University of Mississippi.   This fall, three Ole Miss students, all enrolled in the…

When Karen and Bruce Moore of Nashville talked with University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones and Dean of Business Ken Cyree to determine where their investments would have the greatest impact, the answer was straightforward: faculty support. The Moores took that to heart and committed $1 million to endow a named faculty position, the Bruce…

  As a young boy, Harry Sneed of Oxford sat on a stool selling popcorn outside his father's hardware store on the northwest corner of the Courthouse Square. Vicki Sneed started working at part-time jobs as soon as she was "tall enough to see over the counter." The Sneeds—fifth-generation Lafayette countians—believe in individuals developing strong…

Margaret Murphree was a firm believer in the importance of education. "My mother believed in education, both as a means of improving one's self and as a way to get ahead in life," said Robert Murphree, Margaret's son and a University of Mississippi alumnus. "I largely owe my own education to my mother's persistence and…

  The late Dr. R. Faser Triplett-the state's first board-certified allergist-immunologist and a founder of the Mississippi Allergy Clinic-is being remembered with a named faculty chair at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. A recent gift in excess of $1 million from his family foundation caps off a $2 million funding campaign for the endowed…