More than 500 graduate during Friday commencement

Published or Revised May 10, 2009

Threatening weather forced Paris Junior College's spring 2009 commencement ceremonies indoors Friday evening, but did nothing to dampen the spirit of the record number of graduates, their families and friends. PJC President Dr. Pamela Anglin welcomed the graduates, their friends and families, and introduced the Board of Regents as ceremonies got under way at the Hunt Physical Education Center on the PJC campus. Anglin shared some facts about the 557 candidates for graduation. They range in age from 17-66, represent 37 counties in Texas, 26 states and 3 foreign countries, Mexico, Japan and Pakistan. Anita Ferguson, PJC Office Technology instructor, was named as the 2009 Master Teacher. Ferguson has taught at the College for the last 38 years. She began teaching shorthand and others business related courses when she came to PJC in 1971. Ferguson developed the Medical Transcription Program for PJC and developed courses in medical terminology and medical coding and billing. She was one of the first faculty members to develop an on-line course. Anglin said Ferguson’s nomination stated, “Adapting to change is nothing new for Ferguson; student retention was a goal every semester; and that she always encouraged students to never give up and worked with them if they struggled to remain in school.” Brandi Amos of New Boston was given the 2009 Distinguished Service Award. Amos served as president of the Student Government Association, was a nominee for Miss PJC and was the 2008 Homecoming Queen. Amos was a volunteer for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. She has been a member of Encore!, Chamber Singers and Chorale, and has sung for Rotary and Lion’s Club as well as local churches. She has made All-State Choir three years and has traveled to Austin to talk to state legislators twice. She plans are to attend the University of Texas-Austin and pursue her degree in music education. Students receiving associate degrees Friday and their hometowns were: [b]Paris:[/b] Shad E. Allen, Connie Ausmus, Joseph B. Ausmus, Joseph Cade Bailey, April Lanae Ball, Cassandra Lynn Bass, Zate’zaah Rochelle Battle, Jodie Suzann Beshirs, Blake Ryan Bolton, Bradley Jason Bolton, Stephany Ryan Boss, Kevyn Brasher, Quaylan Dorell Burns, Taylor Renee Caldwell, Lin Thi Thuy Cao, Christian Nicole Carey, Tiffaney Coleman, Cymantha Jill Cox, Crystal Shondell Crabb, Jennier Michelle Cunningham, Brianna Davis, Samuel Paul Dearinger, Jana Leigh Dickson, Eboni Shanae Dixon, Gregory W. Dupree, Bradley Kyle Eatherly, Roy L. Edmonson, Shelby Diane Ellexson, Mathew Ryan Fairchild, Ashley Anne Farmer, Justin Frazier, Greg Gilbreath, Megan Beth Gordon, Amber Kay Grant, Jimmy Alan Grissom Jr., Garry Ryan Gurley, Jessica Hamner, Reagan L. Harrell, Jennifer Lynn Hawkins, Blakely M. Hill, Carolyn Sue Hiller, Samantha House, Kimberly LeeAnn Hutchison, Travis M. Jackson, Adrienne Johnson, Heath Lewis Nutt Johnson, Tanganyika Lynn Johnson, Doris Denise Johnson, Jennifr Marie Jones, Shirley Kay Jonkins, Jennifer K. Knox, Lucille Kramer, Sheila A. Kyle, Fabiola Lamonica, Bradley S. Lancaster, Kenneth D. Lancaster, Kenneth L. Lawrence, Aqua A. Lee, Latona Elaine Long, Dandria Shanta Mason, Amanda Krystine Mathews, Christopher Lance McDowra, Jakob B. McDowra, Kimberly Parker Merritt, Kimberly Millard, Justin Miller, La Quisha Moore, Laura Murfet, Nathaniel Chase Nation, Selina Elizabeth Neal, Jennifer Nicole Nelson, Amanda Mae O’Dell, David Lane Patterson, Lesa Ann Pedersen, Amanda Darlene Perry, L. Michelle Petersen, Stephanie D. Pinckard, Sherry L. Presley, Beverly LaRene Relford, Melissa Renea Ringwald, Matthew David Roberts, Christina Ann Rose, Angela Dianne Rosson, Candace Danae Russell, Bradley W. Ruthart, Jerry Paul Sanders, Stuart Schuhmann, Ashley Sharp, Hailey Sharrock, Johanna Marie Simpson, Cole Hunter Smallwood, Ashley Smith, Meagan Lynn Taylor, Jordon Paul Walker, Jimmy O. Wallace, Eric Ryan White, Aimee Ranelle Whitman, Brandon Shawn Williams, Sherry Madalyn Williams, Wilma R. Wintz, Cassi Bailey Wood, Eric Daniel Wood, Tara Brooke Wood, Courtney A. Young, Kristi Young [b]Alpine:[/b] Nicole Cheyenne Teague [b]Annona:[/b] Toiya English [b]Avery:[/b] Derrek Daniel Bratton, Chae Jordan Caldwell, Niki Marie Froelich, Rowdy L. Peacock, Amanda Leigh Smith [b]Balch Springs:[/b] Tammie Lynn Brown [b]Ben Franklin:[/b] Jessica Marie Johnson [b]Blossom:[/b] Amy Denise Chapman, Christopher Timothy McKinney, William R. Robertson, Mandee Camille Tuggle, Ashley Nicole Watson [b]Bogata:[/b] Andrew Deaton, Micah Travis Haynes, Krystan Marie Hildenbrand, Leslie R. Jones, Julie Carol Pirtle, Vallery Michelle Schmidt, Victorea Marie Schmidt, Ashley Alana Shew [b]Bonham:[/b] Steven Christopher Clark [b]Bowie:[/b] Adrian Dirk Wilson [b]Brookston:[/b] Angela Dawn Ary, Jamie Renae McFatridge [b]Caddo Mills:[/b] Tiffanie M. Hunt [b]Campbell:[/b] Spencer Orlander Henderson Jr., Natasha Orona, Eric Bruce Showler [b]Cedar Hill:[/b] Christina Maria Griffin [b]Celeste:[/b] Krystal Duncan, Jennifer Lyn Giles [b]Clarksville:[/b] Ashley Chennault, Sheridan E. Jones, Johnna Diane Perkins, Colton Judson Puckett, Jakita Rosser, Johnathyn K. Scott, LaKeisha Michelle Turner, Tye Allen Ward [b]Commerce:[/b] Kasie Elaine Baugh, Misty Sue Belcher, Mindy Michelle Grove, Rolonda Annett Henry, James Michael Singleton, Cheryl Hobbs Summers [b]Como:[/b] Kevin Laval Burchfield, Joshua Daniel Canaveras, Sarah Williams McElyea, Alyssa Renee Taylor [b]Cooper:[/b] William Jacob Fisher, Scott Thomas Landers, Christopher Allen Morris, Natalia Pham, Kimberly Ann Rogers, Amanda Jane Sepulveda, Lance C. Stout, Stephanie Lauren Veraska, Misty Dunavin Whitener [b]Coppell:[/b] Jessica Lowe [b]Corinth:[/b] Shayleen J. Ristau [b]Cumby:[/b] Tracy Kristine Baur, Ronnie Wayne Cash, Christina Marie Chambliss, Robin Dawn Bankston Wheat [b]Cunningham:[/b] JaLeah Mary Allison Fox, Carlenea Kay Lopez [b]Dallas:[/b] Crystal Michele Clark, Ashley N. Johnson, Lyndsey A. Lynn, Talesha Renee Norman, Quenton Rashad Stewart [b]Denison:[/b] Patrick Keemon Baird [b]Deport:[/b] Deborah Merrill Dawson, Ashley Stewart [b]Detroit:[/b] Brian Wayne Hays, Duska Rose Pardue, Blaine Phifer, Pamela Kay Swilley, Kay Deann Tucker [b]Dike:[/b] Chasity Renee Collins [b]Duncanville:[/b] Lisa D. Miller [b]Emory:[/b] Heather M. Bellows, Lacey R. Bullard, Judy Gayle Houck Carter, Joseph J. Coats, Kimberly Ann Garrett, Justin David Lopez, Felicia Lee Messinger, Charlotte B. Morris, Vicki Slayton, Amber Racein Welch [b]Euless:[/b] Avery D. Anthony, Sigrid N. Ocharo, Courtney Walters [b]Fort Worth:[/b] Abraham Lee Williams [b]Frisco:[/b] Jordan Barry [b]Garland:[/b] Taylor Mercer, Kaitlin Vasquez [b]Grand Prairie:[/b] Marquetta Atonette Scales, Zachary Thomas Sneed [b]Grandview:[/b] Amie Chauntel Blue [b]Greenville:[/b] Melissa Dianne Adams, Chelsey Lynn Arp, Chad Lee Avants, Ashley M. Bustos, Maribel B. Chavez, Ashley Nicole Crutcher, Brooke Leighanne Daniels, Kimberly Ann Davis, LaShanna Grace Dillard, Cheryl Edgerton, Margarita A. Espinoza, Chasity Nicole Gibson, Lora Goff, Brandie Lea Greer, Patrick Harrison, Brooke Lynn Horn, Amber D. Humphries, Holly Michelle Hurley, Emily A. King, Donald Patrick Majewski, Tequila Rochell Mathis, LaRonnica D. McCurdy, Daniel Mark McKinney, Chandra Hogue Mendez, Malia Rachel Milton, Selandra Kay Moon, Karina Ali Mukhida, Jean Ann Oxford, Tracy Ann Ramos-Hite, Tammie Jean Ross, Monica Sanchez, Robert L. Satterwhite, Shastyn Christine Sexton, Ashley Sills, Tracie Lynette Sokolowski, Jacob Clint Stuart, Jana LeAnne Stuckmeyer, Nicole Rene Swaissi, Cary Anita York [b]Hereford:[/b] Kasey Cantu [b]Honey Grove:[/b] Ali Leigh Pry, Katie Scarlett Shipman, Ashley Leighann Varner [b]Houston:[/b] Shannon Shorter [b]Irving:[/b] Jessica Lauren Wilson [b]Kemp:[/b] Tammi Tatom-Birch [b]Kyle:[/b] Brandy Lynn Ladika [b]Lewisville:[/b] Matthew Joshua delRio, Danee Ashante Mitchell [b]Lindale:[/b] Hayley Susanne Myler [b]Lone Oak:[/b] Jessica Nicole Johnson, Carol Mowat, Shavon Lynn Ritter, Judith Renee Wright [b]Mesquite:[/b] Oluwakemi Olatunbosun Hayes [b]Minter:[/b] Kacy Marie Mitchell [b]Mount Vernon:[/b] Alicia Ann Jones, Malori Pollan [b]New Boston:[/b] Brandi Denise Amos [b]Pasadena:[/b] Mary Beth Crouch [b]Pickton:[/b] Jennifer Lynn Boyd [b]Pittsburg:[/b] Jason Thomas Graham [b]Powderly:[/b] Lacey Brianne Brannon, Brittany Nicole Moreland, Teffany R. Odie, Kristyn Elizabeth Phillips, Brandi M. Taylor [b]Quinlan:[/b] Joseph Cole Fernandez, Tracy Denell Hernandez, Rebecca Lynn Long-Harden, Janie Martin, Cathy D. McManus, Richard Louis Ross, Matthew S. Wells [b]Quitman:[/b] Rachel Shalom Dopson [b]Reno:[/b] Brenda Cannedy Ladell, Patricia Faye McPeters [b]Rockwall:[/b] Staci Leigh Aceves, Grace Noah Inyang, Makesa Valen Richey [b]Roxton:[/b] Kayla Brooke Clemmons, Jemilla D. McGuire, Amanda Nicole Merx, Rhonda Kelly Rogers [b]Saltillo:[/b] Aaron Edwards, Kayla DeAnne Gentry [b]Sulphur Springs:[/b] Megan Leigh Akins, Reed Christopher Bryant, Shay Bunch, Blake L. Caldwell, Travis Lee Caviness, Cynthia Jeannette Davidson, Chrystal L. Dickman, Ben Derek Dickson, Cari Fenimore, Alex C. Foster, Cari Fenimore, Alex C. Foster, Cassandra Devin Gaddis,Laura Galvan, Karl Alan Garst, Mitzi Anne Giles, Denya DeeAnn Halerumal, Jason Wayne Harmon, LaTonya Nicole Hawkins, Jeffrery Wayne Haygood, ChachandraL. Henley, Amy Higgins, Alvin Joel Jordan, David C. Kelly, Taffy Robin Kirby, Lori Ann Lunceford, Renee Kuchasha Mayfield, Kimberly D. McCormack, Maria Dolores Mendez, Melissa Midgley, Kristi Norfleet, Rhyannon Shambrae Page, Benjamin McKinley Partin, Susan Denise Pennington, Veronica Resendiz, Maria Rivera, Demetra D. Robinson, Nicholas Keith Robinson, Kenneth Rogers, Katrina Scherer, Emily Anne Sheffield, Danille Nichole Smith, Chelsea Lynn Stovall, Bradley Darnell Washington, Encius LaChe Yancy [b]Sumner:[/b] Brittany Danielle Adams, April Allison, Jeffrey Louis Helms, John Cody McNeal, Dori Nicole Tye, Ashley Diann Wilkerson [b]Tyler:[/b] Esperanza Figueroa-Clark [b]West Tawakoni:[/b] Kleshette Rivers, Paula Tague [b]Wills Point:[/b] Nicole Marie Matus [b]Wolfe City:[/b] Doreen Kim Bush, Lori Nicole Johnston, Brandy J. Lake [b]Woodland:[/b] Ginger Sanford [b]Yantis:[/b] Meagan Lee Gilbreath, Natalie Jean Hightower, Kimihia Allen Holmes Oklahoma students receiving degrees were Robert Noah Shores, Antlers; Hillary B. Patterson, Claremore; Brittney Shaunte’ Bennett, Del City; Jonathan Bloodworth, Jami Leigh Childers, Jason Cochnauer, Mindy Michelle Fancher, Rebecca L. Fowler, Gerald Lawrence, Annette Lewis, Rebecca Lynn Mason, all of Hugo. Others include: Joyce Rochelle Mustafa, Forest City, N.C.; Joshua M. Roberts, Granite Falls, Va.; Donovan Roshaun Irby, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Patrick A. Senn, Odgen, Utah; Valerie Sanchez Seaholm, Okinawa, Japan; Yuichiro Omori, Tomakomai, Japan. Students receiving technical/vocational certificates and their hometowns were: [b]Paris:[/b] Regina Redell Akintola, Sonia Suzette Ballard, Jennifer Marie Barron, Tyler D. Basinger, Dennis Bedford, Micah Joel Bedford, Lori Woolston Benson, Misty Gooding Bills, John W. Bolton, Bethani Hope Brem, Lakashia Shanta Burton, Tamekia Burton, Emily Chao, Brooke Ann Coan, Diana Craig, Marsha Ann Crosswhite, Gaylon Shane Currin, Frankie B. Foster, Michael Gaede, Benjamin Georgieff, Aldrendo Neare Gill, Carneshia Renea Gray, Anna Caroline Hayes, Brittany Hughes, Krista Johnson, Brooke Jordan, Kacey Kelley, Bobby Gene King, Adell Taylor Kirby, James Kirby, Kenneth D. Lancaster, Dennis C. Malone, Matthew McCool, Koacher Reshona Meeds, Ernestine Minter, Shyenne Lane Nelson, Morgan Lynn Nickerson, Holly Porter, Sylvia Provence, Eugene Patrick Raus, Kelly Ridens, Rebecca Gail Roberts, Tommy M. Robinson, Cory Satcher, Johanna Marie Simpson, Marcus Dale Smallwood, Valerie J. Smith, Kathryn Dionne Springr, Franklin L. Starr, Shandra Renae Stone, Tanya C. Streety, Danielle Terry, Josh Vanderburg, Chris Wakefield, Deondra Demond Wallace, Christina Ann Washington, Michelle West, Latrisha Anne Whitman, Kenneth Wayne Wible, Rickey Mac Wilkerson, Penny Ann Wilkinson, Tiyunna LaShay Williams, Juli Ann Wright, Mike W. Yearwood [b]Amarillo:[/b] Janes Edwin Hall III [b]Arthur City:[/b] Josephine N. Ropella, Michael Story [b]Austin:[/b] Jessie L. Williams [b]Avery:[/b] Rachel Gean Kelsoe [b]Bagwell:[/b] Robert Blake Williams [b]Ben Franklin:[/b] Justin Lee Brewer [b]Blossom:[/b] Agnes Marie Campbell, Christopher Timothy McKiney, Billy Shaw [b]Bogata:[/b] Niskee Nicole Jones [b]Bonham:[/b] Askel Blake Frazier, Charles Tatum [b]Buda:[/b] Gerald W. Shirey, Judy F. Shirey [b]Carthage:[/b] James T. Sokol [b]Cash:[/b] Katherine Dawn Fullington [b]Clarksville:[/b] Ashley Ann Calloway, Robert L. Daniels Jr., Amber Morning-Star Fuller, David Morgan, Mitchell Glen Raulston, Cal Lyndon Reep [b]Commerce:[/b] Amanda LeAnn Edwards, Stephanie Ann Slough, Richard Austin White [b]Como:[/b] Becky Hicks [b]Cooper:[/b] Ralph W. Allard Jr., Larry Hoffman, Misty Michelle Sanchez [b]Coppell:[/b] Jessica Lowe [b]Cumby:[/b] Heather LeAnne Giles, Deanna D. Jennings [b]Dallas:[/b] Valton Lee Kenemore, Angelia Rose, Ashley Rushin, Rebecca Simpson, Lyris Chenique Smith, Timothy M. Stoker, Morgan James Walker [b]Detroit:[/b] Jeff Daniel Brown, Carmen Nichole Williams, Samantha Justine Woods [b]Direct:[/b] Edie K. Tidwell [b]Emory:[/b] Undray L. Smallwood [b]Ennis:[/b] Mark T. Myers [b]Forney:[/b] Ellen A. Rehm [b]Fort Worth:[/b] Trang N. Trinh [b]Garland:[/b] John Michael Curtis [b]Gober:[/b] Jason K. Mackrell [b]Greenville:[/b] Morgen B. Beams, Amber Crowe, Stephanie Fite, Modesto Warren Gilstrap, Amberly Danielle Greer, Melissa Hoy, William Lee Jackson, Britni Nichole Kissinger, Crystal Lavigne-Reese, Ana Maria Mendoza Soto, TJ Mitchell, Jose R. Montalvo, Melanie E. Moyer, Julie Michelle Norris, Teresita G. Reep, David Belmarez Schultz, Heather Suzanne Sherman, Melanie Thomas, [b]Honey Grove:[/b] Douglas Chase Hickman, Madelyn Loschke, Rosalinda Madonado [b]Katy:[/b] Tommy Nguyen [b]Kaufman:[/b] Ellen Thompson [b]Lone Oak:[/b] Laura Loraine Gipson [b]Lubbock:[/b] Sharla Kay Deen [b]Merit:[/b] Sandra Leann Landers [b]Mesquite:[/b] Janice Marie Lalor [b]Monkstown:[/b] Cristin L. Nelson [b]Mount Vernon:[/b] Kristi K. Mahan, Wendy D. Pryor [b]Muenster:[/b] Jacqueline Bartush [b]Naples:[/b] Amy Lynne Earls [b]New Boston:[/b] Paige Elizabeth Duncan [b]Pattonville:[/b] Victoria Rebecca Sawyer [b]Pearland:[/b] William Alex Borrer [b]Pecan Gap:[/b] Mathew D. Langford, Courtnye DiAnn Ragan, Megan Leigh Shetler [b]Plano:[/b] Andrea B. Oliver [b]Powderly:[/b] Rebecca Joy Besteman, Stefani Alana Fox, Chotika Robertson [b]Quinlan:[/b] Sabrina Kay Janosko [b]Reno:[/b] Wenston Cole Filkins [b]Royse City:[/b] Victor Allen Hutchinson III [b]Sugarhill:[/b] Kathryn Nichole Smith [b]Sulphur Springs:[/b] Kristi Michelle Couch, Chrystal L. Dickman, Tammy Renee Green, Felicia Jetton Hill, Deanna Renee McCoy, Verna Lee McKinney, Linda K. Jones Mobley, angela K. Nalls, Sherie Lee Price, Chad Rocker, Kimi S. Walter-Merrell [b]Sumner:[/b] John Cody McNeal, Joe Wayne Shannon, Andrew M. Underwood [b]Tatum:[/b] Amanda G. McElduff [b]Texarkana:[/b] Mitch Colby Alexander, Ryan Michael Richard [b]Wolfe City:[/b] Bobbi Renea Vaughan [b]Wolfforth:[/b] Dave Anthony Mire [b]Yantis:[/b] Karyn Christina Petty Oklahoma students receiving certificates were Deborah Estelle Bobb, Antlers; Cody Lee Barnes and Denny Wayne Ensey, Boswell; Aaron Hatley, Chickasha; Ellen Drake, Fort Towson; John D. Osmer II, Grant; Dakota DeAnne Biggers, Ethan Wayne Boykin, Cindy L. Chafin, Jason Cochnauer, Jon Travis Ferguson, Josesph DeWayne Nicholas, Crystal E. Paliani all of Hugo; Bobby Wallace, Sawyer; Lee Scott McBroom, Smithville; Rhonda M. Mason, Soper; Mark J. Taylor, Swink; Cody Ray Elliott and Michale Wayne Rogers, Wright City. Others were Aryn Jolley, Alpharetta, Ga.; Jarred Michael Bleacher, Bath, Penn.; Jason Max Appelbaum, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Aaron O’Hearn, Casper, Wyo.; Mark Hatley, Cave City, Ark.; Monika M. Oberle, Claflin, Kan.; Sean Rae Russell, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Dustin Floyd, Crossett, Ark.; Nathan Isaiah Hunter, Detroit, Mich.; Roberto C. Gonzalez, Erie, Penn.; Lori McQueen, Fallon, Nev.; Amy Lynn Dalton, Giibbstown, N.J.; David Edward Marchant, Gloucester, Mass.; Linda Sayas, Hastings, Neb.; David Thomas DeLoache, Irmo, S.C.; B. Sam Newton, Joplin, Mo.; Oscar Carmine Yamagata Passalacqua II, Kailua Kona, Hawaii; Kevin Larsen, Mariposa, Calif.; Jason A. Crook, Mountain Home, Ark.; Gregory Prince, New Underwood, S.D.; Sarah M. Ogle, Omaha, Neb.; Michael C. Lee, Phoenix, Ariz.; Aubrey L. Taylor, Pineville, La.; Jeanette B. Turner, Portland, Ore.; Valorie Meadows, Seattle, Wash.; Mark A. Lee, Shreveport, La.; Amber Nichole Bynum, Viola, Ark.; Colleen Offer, Warner Robins, Ga.; Yuichiro Omori, Tomakomai, Japan; Muhammad Shakir, Karachi-Sindh, Pakistan; and Alicia M. Palomares, Mexico.