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Anne Elizabeth Chainey (nee Roscoe) was born in Edinburgh 18 August 1942, was trained as a nurse at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1961 to 1964), as a midwife in Glasgow (1965) then served in the Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps (1966 to 1970) before taking a post as the Nursing Sister at Sutton Valence School in Kent where I was teaching. We married in Edinburgh in August 1972 after I had gained a post in the Department of Physical Education at the University of Edinburgh. Anne trained as a Community nurse and worked in Edinburgh before we moved to North Berwick in 1982. By that

An avid gardener and “a young artist, in love with nature, its beauty and its bounty,” Elizabeth Morrison Barron left her mark on the Southern Pines community in many ways. A Sandhills graduate, she painted custom farm signs for homes and farms in horse communities, many of which still remain along Youngs Road in Southern Pines. She also was the official photographer for the Moore County Hounds, an excellent cook who catered for the Southern Pines equine community, and she designed and organized the Paddock Gallery, a a series of drawings for the Stoneybrook Steeplechase. Her artwork

Lottie faced death with the unblinking curiosity that served her throughout her life. As her death approached, Lottie told friends, family, and caregivers what her relationships with each of them meant to her. She planned details of her funeral and planned her cat’s future. Only in her final days did she wonder, “Why dying has to be so hard.” Those accompanying her through her final journey were humbled by her vulnerability and her strength. Lottie was born Nov. 15, 1929. She raised two daughters with her husband, Francis J. Nitkowski. He predeceased her, as did daughter Deborah Dantzer. Her

The Garden Club of CCNC Scholarship Fund was established in 1999, and is awarded annually to students obtaining a degree in Landscape Gardening.

The Garden Club of the Sandhills Endowed Scholarship Fund was created in 1989 and was generously endowed in 1999, perpetuating the fund, to assist students in Sandhills Community College’s renowned Landscape Gardening Program. For over 25 years this scholarship fund has helped create opportunities for students who would otherwise struggle to fulfil their dream of pursuing a career in Landscape Gardening. The Garden Club of the Sandhills Endowed Scholarship is awarded to a second-year Landscape Gardening student who must maintain a 2.3 or higher GPA . Student must be a resident of North

We established this scholarship as a way to carry on his passion for life, education and all things culinary and gardening. Essentially, besides his love for his family/friends, my fathers greatest passion and joy came from cultivating great meals and working in his incredible gardens in his backyard. He loved to cook, cooking was not only his livelihood, he started Vito’s pizzeria in 1980 with his brothers, cooking was also his love. When he wasn’t in the kitchen at work, he was in his kitchen at home, preparing the best Italian meals you could dream of. And above all, his greatest

Robert Zimmerman, whom everyone called “Clinton” or “Clint”, was a teenager when he met Temperence. They married young. Temperance was 17 and out of high school. Robert was attending Wofford College, in Spartanburg, SC. They had three daughters: Gwendolyn (April 27, 1918), Theresa (November 8, 1919) and Roberta (November 25, 1921). The family moved to Aberdeen, NC in the early 1930s. Robert became the principal of Aberdeen High School. Gwen graduated high school and headed off to the Women’s College of the University of NC. (Now UNC -G) She was 14 years old. Yes, she began college at the age

Jack and Nell Hatcher’s connection to Sandhills Community College began in the early 1990’s when they reached out to a young man who was working for them helping to tend their yard at their home in Pinehurst. He was struggling to make ends meet, and the Hatchers asked him if there was any way they could help him, and he said he was trying to complete his Turf Management degree at Sandhills Community College. The Hatchers offered to help sponsor him, and he became the first of many others who would benefit from the Hatcher’s generosity through the Sandhills Community College Scholarship

JP was a lover of golf and the outdoors which made the perfect combination to become a Turfgrass major. He was a member of the first graduating class of the Sandhills Turfgrass Program. He enjoyed his time at Sandhills along with the many years he worked at the Country Club of North Carolina before becoming the Director of Greens and Grounds at Cape Fear Country Club in Wilmington, NC. JP was taken from all of us way too early after a seven month battle with an aggressive terminal cancer. He fought his battle hard and with a smile just as he worked and lived every day. We have chosen to