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Scholarship Fund Committee

Members	Term Expires
Frederic Carey	2011
Mary Carey	2011
Rev. Walden Chandler	2012
Emily J. Davis	2013
Mary June Smith	2013

Responsibilities

The Scholarship Fund Committee meets in the early spring prior to graduation and provides administration for the following:

Wilson Scholarship Fund
The Wilson Scholarship Fund was created in the fall of 2006 to provide scholarships for St. George students in memory of Ruth Wilson, Irene Wilson and James Wilson. Please refer to Wilson Scholarship Fund for criteria and procedures.

Clyde and Ina Grant Scholarship Fund
Following the death of Ina Grant in July 1989, her children set up a trust with the Town in memory of their parents. The income of the Fund shall be used to award an annual scholarship to a deserving student in order to promote his or her higher education at a college or university. Please refer to Clyde and Ina Grant Scholarship Fund

Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
During the first half of the 1900s it was a common practice to leave a certain amount of money to the Town in which you were to be buried to provide for perpetual care of your cemetery plot. It has been several years, close to 40, since the Town of St George received such funds, due to the fact that cemetery associations started the practice of receiving those perpetual care funds directly.

The Town of St George is currently responsible for perpetual care on 64 cemetery lots, broken down as follows:

South Parish Cemetery (aka Ridge Cemetery) — 25½ lots
North Parish Cemetery (aka Wileys Corner Cemetery) — 7 lots
Clark Hill Cemetery — 18 lots
Seaside Cemetery — 13½ lots

The total of the initial funds received for perpetual care is $13,350. For at least the last 20 years the Town has paid $25 per lot, or $1,600, annually for the general maintenance (mowing) of these lots.

Documents and Ordinances

Clyde and Ina Grant Scholarship Fund

Wilson Scholarship Fund

History and Summary of Trust Funds

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