Named Scholarships
The following scholarships have been established by families and friends who wish to honor the memory of those named below.
Scholarships range from $500.00 to full tuition, room and board. They will be awarded on a competitive basis to degree-seeking students of high character who have demonstrated academic excellence and who show potential for continued high performance and leadership. Scholarships are renewable for four academic years to qualified students.
The C.W. Coker, W.C. Coker, Carlisle Campbell and Linville Scholarships constitute the highest monetary awards offered by Coker College for exceptional ability, performance and character.
The Carlisle Campbell Scholarship This scholarship honors a former president of Coker and equals the cost of tuition, room and board.
The Charles H. Campbell ScholarshipEstablished by his children, this award honors a prominent Hartsville industrialist and Sonoco Products Company executive.
The Katherine Coker and Doyle Cannon Scholarship This award, in memory of a Coker alumna and granddaughter of the College founder, was set up by her husband.
The Charles W. Coker Scholarship This scholarship is named for a nationally known industrialist and a longtime president and chairman of the board of Sonoco Products Company. A grandson of the College founder, Mr. Coker was chairman of the Coker College Board of Trustees for many years.
The William Chambers Coker Scholarship This scholarship fund was established by Mrs. William Chambers Coker to honor her husband, a son of Major James Lide Coker.
The Ethel Lide, Charles, and Cameron Council Scholarship A gift from Ethel Lide Council honors the Council family. She and Cameron Council Speth are Coker graduates.
The Thomas C. Coxe, Jr., ScholarshipThis award was established by the South Carolina State Fair Association to honor a valued member.
The Charles Kirkland Dunlap Scholarship This award was established by his family to honor a prominent Hartsville industrialist and Sonoco Products Company executive.
The Mr. and Mrs. A. G. (Gus) Hart Scholarship This scholarship honors the parents of a Coker alumna. Priority is given to a graduate of McBee High School, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, or to a South or North Carolina resident who enrolls as a full-time student.
The Herlong-Youmans Scholarship Set up by a 1931 graduate and her husband, this award is for a student from Florida, preferably Lake County.
The Randolph Hope Scholarship This scholarship was established by the now deceased Coker alumnus and outstanding businessman and citizen.
The Hungerpiller Memorial Scholarship Established by their children, this scholarship honors John C. and Leland Segars Hungerpiller.
The Kirby-Smith ScholarshipA gift from a 1966 graduate established this award in memory of her parents.
The Linville Scholarships Outstanding awards are provided by this fund established by Susanne Gay Linville, a granddaughter of Major Coker and longtime Coker trustee.
The Belle Wolfe McCall Scholarship Set up by her husband, this scholarship is in memory of a 1915 graduate.
The McCandlish Art Scholarships Awards are offered to talented students preparing for careers in art, made on the basis of portfolio presentation. Finalists are interviewed on campus by the scholarship committee and art faculty.
The Bank of America Scholarship This is an annual award to South Carolina students who demonstrate exceptional academic potential.
The Lou Smith Otts Art ScholarshipEstablished by her family in the memory of Lou Otts '34, an art teacher.
The C. G. Timberlake Memorial Scholarship This award is a memorial to a vice-president of the College Board of Trustees and a prominent Hartsville businessman.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy Scholarship Offered by the Pee Dee district of the UDC, this award gives preference to students from the Pee Dee region who are lineal descendants of Confederate veterans and who have done at least a year of college work.
The Helen Akers Whaley Memorial Scholarship Established by her husband, this award is given to a student with good moral character and scholastic potential.
The May Powell Whaley Scholarship Established by her husband, this award is given to a student with good moral character and scholastic potential.
The Lee Wiggins Scholarship A gift from his wife honors this former College trustee, who served for 30 years, and former endowment fund treasurer. Nominees are restricted to juniors and seniors majoring in religion.
The Ruth Wilds Scholarship in Music Established by her son, this fund honors a former faculty member and trustee. Awards for music majors are made by audition and interview.
The Arthur W. Zeigler Scholarship This scholarship, established by the wife and sons of this former scientist, is for students studying science.
Other Named Scholarships
Rickenbaker Baskin Minority Scholarship • Ernestine Prince Bailey Scholarship • C. Bethea Scholarship Nicky Brumbaugh Art Scholarship • James Buffkin Scholarship • James and Naomi Caldwell Scholarship • Tuck Amis Coker Scholarship • Copenhaver Science Scholarship • Sara Cottingham Music Scholarship • Alma Stubbs Crowe Scholarship • Rion and Ann Dixon Scholarship • Nell Caldwell Ezell Scholarship for Sciences Floyd Scholarship • Marion Gamble Scholarship • S.W. Garrett Scholarship • Goodson Music Scholarship • Barnell Hatch Scholarship • Erby and Sue Jackson Scholarship • Howard Lee Jones Scholarship • Maude McDermott Scholarship • Mutual Savings and Loan Scholarship • Eleanor Ruthven Creative Writing Scholarship • Marguerite Lawton Smith Scholarship • Hazel Keith Sory Scholarship • J. C. Spivey Scholarship • Vera King Watford Scholarship • Eleanor Whittinghill Vaughan Music Scholarship • Elizabeth Newell Whaley Scholarship
