A Union City student has become the first recipient of the “the Latimer” … a $40,000 scholarship given to a Union City senior. Bailey Wagoner was announced this week and will receive the gift of four – $10,000 increments by the Bill and Carol Latimer Charitable Foundation.
The humanitarian gesture is the latest philanthropic deed by the Latimer family, which has given considerable monies in the name of education to various individuals and institutions over many years.
The 1956 Union City graduate Bill Latimer is quoted as wanting to provide “financial help to a person of character and integrity, and one who had good grades and school spirit.”
Mr. Latimer also provides four other scholarships to deserving students through his family foundation. “Another – and likely the number-one requirement – was that they be a person of strong faith. He went on to say foundation’s motto has always been to help spread the gospel with everything we say and do. Wagoner met all those criteria and more.
A member of the Top 10 in her class and the school’s prestigious 30+ ACT Club, she’s also participated in three sports as well as both the UCHS marching and concert band. Bailey Wagoner has been involved in various school clubs, her church’s youth group, vacation bible school, attended Girls State and SCOPE and has been a part of the Obion County Youth Leadership program.
Her plans include attending U T Martin where she’ll major in math with hopes of returning to the Union City School System to teach.
