Gerald & Ruth Stanton Memorial Scholarship Fund

Overview

This scholarship was established in memory of Gerald and Ruth Stanton, long-time Athens area residents. Gerald worked for 25 years at Spoor and Parlin, now known as Greenmark Equipment, where he greeted customers by their first name. Ruth was a homemaker who not only raised their seven children but fostered over twenty children throughout the years. Inspired by his parents, Allen Stanton, who passed away in October 2020, had a vision for a scholarship that would honor his parents’ legacy. Allen thoroughly believed that the youth are the future and wanted there to be a way to aid the youth in the greater Athens area community to pursue their post-secondary education dreams. Knowing that there were already established scholarships for the top athletes or the valedictorians, he wanted an educational scholarship for the average student. Someone who might not have the highest grades, but gives their best effort.