AN ARTISANS GUILD ACGG MISSION: The mission of the ACGG is manifold. As an entity, the ACGG will strive to: 1. Function as a venue for the exchange of ideas concerning their craft 2. Promote public awareness of custom gunmakers and their craft 3. Promote...

Bernie attended grade school and high school at the Berwyn School in Gene Autry. High school revealed that he liked science and math but his main interest was basketball. Being adjacent to the Air Force Base, he developed a keen interest in the Air Force and loved...

Brian & Ginger Cothran are long-time employees of Murray State College with a passion for agriculture.

The Champ Clark and Bessie Bradley Carney Endowment Loan was created by a family who believed in education and helping others. Throughout the years, Bessie Bradley has written to various MSC Foundation directors about scholarship recipients. She wanted to know more...

Today, the Chickasaw Nation is economically strong, culturally vibrant and full of energetic people dedicated to the preservation of family, community and heritage. Since the 1980’s, tribal government has focused on building an economically diverse base to generate...

Lyn or Sandy Gaskey – The Family of Dustin Gaskey

Ed Hanvey graduated from Washita Farm School, Murray State College and Oklahoma State University. He married Effie Wadsworth in 1941. They lived in Amarillo, Texas for many years where he worked as milk plant superintendent for Borden Dairy and later as chief milk...

According to family documents, John J. and Lovie Stobaugh arrived in Tishomingo by train in the autumn of 1902 from Harrison, Arkansas where Mr. Stobaugh had been practicing law. Both graduated from college in Lebanon, Tennessee. Mrs. Stobaugh was a charter member of...

As we celebrate 20 years of serving communities in southern Oklahoma, we are excited to announce the new FHCSO Futures Scholarship with Murray State College – an opportunity geared toward students who share our passion for community involvement. Our organization will...

The Farmhouse Fundraiser is an annual event hosted by the Murray State College Foundation in support of College agriculture-related academic and activity programs.

Mr. Harold Fogleman was the most successful livestock judging coach to teach at Murray State College. He was a unique teacher with a concern for his students that extended well beyond the classroom and into the arena of life. His interaction with students always...

Born to Mildred and Homer Stallings on February 7, 1932 in Bee, Oklahoma, Homer Don Stallings considered himself “a citizen of the universe”. Although no one really knew exactly what that meant, it was well known that he was quite the philosopher. He graduated from...

Joshlynn Jon, Amanda, and Mellanie “Joy” Russell (retired from MSC Financial Aid office) are the donors of the Johnny G Russell Memorial Scholarship.

Murray State College Professor, Gregory Edwin “Greg” Boyd is the son of L. Darrell Boyd and Janie Hamblin- Boyd- Baldwin and was born June 30, 1961, in Lubbock, Texas. A beloved professor of mathematics at Murray State College in Tishomingo and at the University...

Lonny Goff is a Murray State College alumni and began as the program chair for Industrial Engineering in July 2022. He and Angie have a passion for helping young people and began the Lonny & Angie Goff Industrial Engineering Technology scholarship to help students...

Clyde Kindell was reared on a general crop and dairy farm and attended rural Victor Grade School through 8th grade. He attended Checotah High School from the 9th grade through 12th grade, graduating in 1945. He served in the United States Army from 1945 through 1947,...

Joy McDaniel became the 20th President of Murray State College in 2011 and the first female president of a two-year institution in the state of Oklahoma. She worked in Oklahoma higher education for more than 30 years, starting as a Business Management faculty and...

Sharon Burch Marshall is the daughter of Bill and Delores Burch. She began this scholarship in their memory. Bill and Delores raised 8 children and assisted with raising their 34 grandchildren, teaching all of them how to rope. Sharon has 3 children, 2 of which...

The families of William C. Chapman and Fred A. Chapman Jr. of Ardmore, Okla., own and operate Chapman Ranches, located in the vicinity of Mannsville. The family has grown pecans and raised cattle since their father, Fred A. Chapman Sr., began the farm and ranch...

Craig Wyatt Garone was born in Bakersfield, California. He was a resident of Bakersfield, California for 50 years and Milburn, Oklahoma for 25 years. He passed away September 8, 2020. Garone grew up on the family farm in Greenfield. He attended Pasadena Nazarene...

This scholarship is named in honor of Durward Thomas, Kathryn Reynolds Thomas, Linda Thomas Harris and Keith Thomas. “My family has deep ties to Murray State. My father, Durward Thomas was a 1933 graduate and played football for Murray. My mother worked as a...