{"title":"Brandon Howell Family Scholarship benefits local student","content":"<p><img title=\"Watauga High School Senior Tyler Price poses for a photo with Billie Howell and Candis Walker.\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/watauga\/Brandon_Howell_Tyler_Price.jpg\" alt=\"Watauga High School Senior Tyler Price poses for a photo with Billie Howell and Candis Walker.\" width=\"1086\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Watauga High School Senior Tyler Price is getting a little extra help paying for college next year, thanks to the generosity of one local family.<\/p>\r\n<p>Price is headed off to attend Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, where he&#8217;ll study computer science<\/p>\r\n<p>The financial burden of continuing his education is lighter thanks to the Brandon Howell Family Scholarship.<\/p>\r\n<p>Billie Howell started the scholarship to honor her father, William Brandon, and establish a family legacy for her children to carry on.<\/p>\r\n<p>Brandon was a self-made, successful businessman who understood the value of a quality education.<\/p>\r\n<p>With his grandchildren, William Brandon Howell and John Howell, in the computer science and electrical engineering fields, Billie Howell decided the scholarship should benefit a local student entering the same field.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year, that lucky student is Watauga County&#8217;s own Tyler Price, seen grinning ear to ear in the photo above.<\/p>\r\n<p>To learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccommunityfoundation.org\/grants-scholarships\/scholarships\">scholarship opportunities, click here.<\/a><\/p>","excerpt":"<p>Watauga County High School Senior Tyler Price is getting a little extra help paying for college next year, thanks to the generosity of one local family.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/brandon-howell-family-scholarship-benefits-local-student","publishedAt":1433788001,"media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/watauga\/Brandon_Howell_Tyler_Price.jpg","title":"Brandon Howell Family Scholarship recipient Tyler Price and Billie Howell","caption":"Watauga High School Senior Tyler Price poses for a photo with Bilie Howell.","size":"326121"}],"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"94adec0f7d30491f8ab207819b1d2f6b","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":60588,"created":1433788001,"modified":1556820687,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Watauga County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northwestern\/watauga-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247865,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"75f42edfab504b45a7eebc7ec751a700","parent":"91ed602f33d34403bcb61439858c5ea1","node":20873,"created":1533158534,"modified":1536247866,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}