Locals among Gordon State grads

Gordon State College held its commencement exercises Friday on Lambdin Green. Former interim president Shelley Nickel gave the address.Local grads included:Debra M. Adamson, ASOlasubomi Georgette Aiyepola, ASJulie Ann Amerson, BSEDJohntavious La’Troy Barkley, AS, Summa Cum LaudeMeredith Leigh Bettis, ASN, Summa Cum LaudeBrandy Nicole Blackwell, BSNSara Ann Boyle, ASZachary R Burke, BSCallie Lorene Chambers, ASNAshley Shantel Childs, AASarah Denise Chiles, ASNJames Clay Cordle, AA,BACharly Michelle Cowart, AA, Cum LaudeAshley Waldrop Dean, BS, Summa Cum LaudeJarrica LaShay Ellerbee, ASJessica Michelle Farr, BAAmanda Ellen Fossett, AACourtney Amber Garrison, ASNDavid Michael Gray, BSKelly Marie Griffin, ASAndrew Patrick Henry, AA, Summa Cum LaudeAnnie McNamara Hudgins, ASNChristina Renae Hunt, BSCourtney Ashton Jackson, AAKimberly Michele Lewis, BSNElijah Jackson Martin, ASNNathan F McCrina, BSKimberly Wynell McCullough, BSEDJeri Yates Newman, BSED, Cum LaudeBecky Lynn Patterson, AA,ASMichael E. Payne, ASCassandra Nichole Prater, ASNCaroline Alexis Proud, AS, Cum LaudeJin Ho Seo, ASAutumn B Spivey, ASCarol Price Taylor, AS, Cum LaudeLaura Marguerite Barrett, ASJoseph R. Van Deusen, ASLaura Ann West, BS, Magna Cum LaudeJulie Nellene Johnson Wigglesworth, BSN, Cum LaudeWilliam Tyler Wise, BS