Scholars are sisters
Shanita Brown received a Certificate of Accomplishment Award in Teaching from N.C. State University in April.
She is in the Counselor Education Ph.D. program and is a licensed professional counselor associate. Dr. Barbi Honeycutt, director of Graduate Teaching Program, and Dr. Warwick Arden, provost and executive vice chancellor, presented the award.
Brown's sister, Karisa Brown McDaniel, a 1995 Kinston High School graduate, has completed a second degree, a Bachelor of Science in business administration, at High Point University. She and her husband Greg have a daughter, Shandi.
Shanita and Karisa are the daughters of Cora Brown of Kinston and the late Sandy E. Brown, and the granddaughters of the late Mother Cora Williams Burney.
Red Cross awards donors
The Lenoir County Unit of the American Red Cross has recognized blood donors from January through March by awarding pins according to gallons given.
Receiving one-gallon pins were: Mary McLauren, Phillip Mills, Pamela Farmer, David C. Alphin Sr., Samee J. Miller, Ella H. Hall, Donna Millagan, Zakiyyah Saleem, Aaron C. Dail, Gwendolyn L. Baker, Justin W. Brock, Amanda D. Smith, Anna Smith, Thomas Sutton, Mary D. Dawson, Margaret Jones, Orville E. Langley, Brandon S. Bolick, Priscilla A. Walton, Joy E. Perez, George C. Chandler and Franklin W. Davenport.
Two-gallon recipients were Albert T. Sugg III, Douglas A. Grace, Thomas R. Smith, Orice A. Ritch Jr., Melissa K. McCoy, Walter B. Marshburn, Jackie M. Thomas, William Keith Tyndall, Paula Boldt, Pamela J. Hall, Denise J. Stroud and Terry Cole.
Receiving three-gallon pins were Woodrow C. Howard, Jeraldine Hill, Susanna M. Riche, Charles A. Coulombe Jr., Joseph L. Farrior, Amy Moore, Andrew Turik, Barbara Baker, Tony B. Godwin and Howard L. Creech.
Four-gallon recipients were Tyjuana B. Atkinson, Jennifer B. Canady and Marvel S. Turik.
Five-gallon recipients were Kendall W. Huffman and Stephen W. Miller.
Receiving six-gallon pins were William M. Grays, Sandra K. Murphy, Reginald Newby, Paula J. Kovach, Roy Moody, Curtis R. Williams Sr., Amanda M. Moore and Merry S. Williams.
Seven-gallon pins were awarded to Douglas A. Conner, James W. Nicholson, Leighton D. Murphy and Grover S. Phillip.
Eight-gallon recipients were Judy Murphy, Annie H. Smith, Randy Artis, Sally Daughety, Teresa Sutton, Thomas M. Bottoms and Mamie W. Jarman.
Recognized for donating nine gallons were William R. Jones, Johnny E. Stroud, Kevin M. Zoltek, Stanley Sutton, John A. Byrd, Angela Barwick and Carl Milligan.
Melvin L. Tyndall and Cecil C. Smith were recognized with 10-gallon pins. Carleton D. Nix received a 12-gallon pin, and Robert J. Jeffcott and John W. Owens received 13-gallon pins.
Receiving 15-gallon pins were Marvin Banks, Johnnie Mosley and Bruce D. Crowe.
Penland J. Murphy was recognized for donating 23 gallons.