CLARKSVILLE, TN – A generous donation from Bristol S. Gannaway has established the Richard E. and Bristol S. Gannaway Memorial Endowment for APSU students. The fund, which she created before her passing, now memorializes two lifelong educators and historians. Richard E. Gannaway was a professor of industrial technology at Austin Peay State University, and Bristol S. Gannaway was a cosmetology instructor at Clarksville High School.
“One of the greatest things about living and working in Clarksville is meeting my parents’ former students,” said their son Phil Gannaway. “Each story of how a life was influenced by their passion for teaching and compassion for their students brings me great pride, and this scholarship is a fitting legacy for two people who dedicated their lives to education and to their community. I am committed to seeing this fund and its influence grow in their memory.”
To qualify for this scholarship, students must have completed a minimum of 24 credit hours, be enrolled full-time with a 2.5 GPA and be Montgomery County, Tennessee residents. Recipients must also have participated in extracurricular activities at school and in the community. The scholarship is renewable for recipients that continue to meet the criteria each year…