More than $26,000 in NCCF scholarships awarded at North Edgecombe High School, including $9,000 Wheeler Scholarship

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North Edgecombe High School seniors received more than $26,000 in scholarships managed through the North Carolina Community Foundation during the school’s annual awards ceremony on May 20.

The event included the presentation of the Annie and Sallie Ann Wheeler Memorial Scholarship, which awarded graduating senior Khamaria Wolfe a $9,000 scholarship, the largest amount awarded in the scholarship’s five-year history. Wolfe will attend Howard University this fall.

WATCH: North Edgecombe senior Khamaria Wolfe receives record Wheeler Scholarship award.

The Wheeler Scholarship was created by North Edgecombe alumni and cousins Jamaal D. Pittman and Linwood E. Hinton to honor their late great-aunts, Annie and Sallie Ann Wheeler, and to support graduating North Edgecombe students who demonstrate academic achievement and a commitment to helping others.

Wolfe said learning more about the scholarship’s history and the alumni behind it stood out to her during the ceremony.

“That’s cool that they came back and gave back to their community and the students here,” she said. “And that just made me really want to apply for it because that’s something I want to do too in my future.”

Ryan Thorne, an affiliate board member with the Edgecombe Charitable Foundation, presented several additional NCCF scholarships during the ceremony, including:

• The Superintendent Lee R. and LaVelle Parker Hall Scholarship: Nyzir Mills, $4,800
• The Lossie Grist Clark Memorial Fund: Jermari Barnes, $2,500
• The Mary Ferebee Howard Scholarship Fund for Undergraduate Study: Jamari Goodman, $1,500
• The McBryde Scholarship Endowment recipients included Khamaria Wolfe, $5,000; A’Shyra Richardson, $1,500; Jermari Barnes, $1,500; and Nyzir Mills, $1,000

<i>Nyzir Mills received The Superintendent Lee R. and LaVelle Parker Hall Scholarship.<i/>
From left to right: Edgecombe Charitable Foundation affiliate board member Ryan Thorne stands with The McBryde Scholarship Endowment recipients Khamaria Wolfe, Jermari Barnes and Nyzir Mills; Jamari Goodman, recipient of The Mary Ferebee Howard Scholarship Fund for Undergraduate Study; Jermari Barnes, recipient of The Lossie Grist Clark Memorial Fund; and Nyzir Mills, recipient of The Superintendent Lee R. and LaVelle Parker Hall Scholarship.

“It’s always a rewarding experience seeing the youth and listening to a lot of the awards that are given out and hearing the kids speak,” said Hinton, who travels annually from his home in California to present the Wheeler Scholarship at the ceremony.

He said seeing students receive the scholarship reflects its larger purpose.

“It’s having that young woman or that young man walking across that stage know that you’re coming from here, but you can also reach back and help the next generation as well,” Hinton said.

Man in black suit sitting on wooden bench and smiling at the camera.
Linwood Hinton co-founded the Annie and Sallie Ann Wheeler Memorial Scholarship with his cousin, Jamaal Pittman, to honor their late great aunts and support graduating North Edgecombe High School students.
Donate to the Annie and Sallie Ann Wheeler Scholarship Endowment

About the North Carolina Community Foundation
The North Carolina Community Foundation transforms the collective generosity of our donors into a permanent source of community support, with a focus on the state’s rural areas.

NCCF partners with donors and a network of affiliates to sustain over 1,300 endowments totaling over $600 million in assets. Nearly $360 million has been awarded as grants to charitable organizations and scholarships to students, creating stronger communities for generations to come.