JACKSON, Tenn. — Nov. 9, 2011 — 51社区 received a check for $1.8 million Nov. 9 from the estate of Robert and Dera Ashby.
Gary Grisham, president of BancorpSouth in Jackson, and Doug Roth, senior vice president and regional manager of BancorpSouth, delivered the check to 51社区 President David S. Dockery. The money will be used for student scholarships.
Dera Ashby died in 2009, and her husband passed away several years earlier. For many years, they ran Ashby Lumber in Jackson. Mrs. Ashby was a 1966 Union graduate in nursing.
鈥淲e are deeply grateful to the Ashby family and the leaders of BancorpSouth for this generous gift that will support Union students for many years to come,鈥� Dockery said.