Frances Brown Crenshaw (third from left in front) of Newton is shown with family members who helped establish a scholarship in her honor at East Central Community College in Decatur. Front row, from left, are Kim Brown Crenshaw, Charles Naurice Crenshaw III, Mrs. Crenshaw and Dr. Stacey Hollingsworth, executive director for foundation and alumni relations at ECCC. Back row, from left, are Howard Thomas Crenshaw, Louis Pickett Crenshaw, Jan Crenshaw Frady and Joellyn Crenshaw Brelsford.

    DECATUR – A scholarship honoring Frances Brown Crenshaw of Newton for her more than 43 years of nursing service was recently endowed at East Central Community College.

     Crenshaw began her nursing career in 1957 at Newton Hospital, where she served until 1961. She later joined her husband, Dr. Charles N. Crenshaw Jr., in opening a general practice clinic in Morton in 1963. The couple relocated to Newton in 1977 where they served residents of the Newton community for 23 years.

    Crenshaw remains an active member of the Newton community. At Newton United Methodist Church, she serves as a Sunday school teacher, member of Faith Circle and Ultreya. She also organizes community blood drives for NUMC and volunteers with the Wesley Foundation at ECCC.

     A native of Meridian, Crenshaw is a 1949 graduate of Enterprise High School. She completed the Rush Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1952 and married Charles N. Crenshaw the same year.

     Applicants for the Frances Brown Crenshaw Nursing Scholarship must be a pre-bachelor of science in nursing or associate degree nursing major; reside in Newton County; and have a 3.0 grade point average during freshman year at ECCC.

     The scholarship will be awarded to ECCC students for their sophomore year.

     The amount of the scholarship award will be based on earnings from the endowment corpus.

     Scholarship recipients will be selected by the ECCC Scholarship Committee.

     For more information, contact ECCC Student Services, (601) 635-2375 or call toll free, (877) 462-3222, ext. 375. The e-mail address is rlee@ecc.edu