Thirty-three graduate from SGA on May 16th
Graduation Exercises for Southwest Georgia Academy’s thirty-three Seniors were held on Tuesday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. in the Wayne Proffitt, Jr. Gymnasium. Honor Graduates consisted of twenty-eight members of the graduating class.
Using the traditional marches for the processional and recessional, graduates participated in a very formal program honoring this special event under the direction of Mrs. Harold Thomas Gordon, Jr., including the direction of the “Alma Mater” at the end of the program.
Main speeches were given by the top three Honor Graduates, Anna Myles Mosely, Devyn Ginn Bennett, and Ally Meg Phillips, and the fourth honor graduate, Anna Katherine Dozier, gave the farewell speech at the end of the ceremony.
After a presentation of the class, Mrs. John Franklin Godwin, Counselor, announced special awards and other recognitions presented by Mr. Mathew Trigg Dalrymple, Headmaster. Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Jack Lehmon Winkler, Jr., Assistant Headmaster, and Mr. Amos John Sheffield, Chairman of the SGA Board of Directors,presented diplomas.
The Honor Graduates for the occasion were Braden Alton Bailey, Devyn Ginn Bennett, Maggie Marie Benton, Parker Eugene Broome, Abby Leigh Bruner, Addie Claire Cody, Abigail Rae Crawford, Anna Katherine Dozier, Kathryn Leigh Earnest, David Brunson Fain, III, Jackson Hill Ginn, Carter Ross Haddock, Jaxson Madox Haire, Emma Rylee Hendrickson, Gwendolyn Reese Houston, Samantha Lee Ingle, Lenton Alexander Jernigan, Tucker Warren McLendon, Anna Myles Mosely, Cason Collier Moulton, Georgia Elizabeth Odom, Ally Meg Phillips, Trinity Madison Poague, Jillian Blair Pollock, Martha Mable Sasser, Benjamen Carr Spooner, Jr., Kamdyn Landree Ward, Keslie Leeanna Ward, and Sarah Elizabeth Wasdin.
Marshals include the following Juniors: Lauren Mae Godwin, Emma Reed Holloman, Anna Kate Houston, Bonnie Jean Houston, Bradleigh Nicole Lott, Elizabeth Mae Rathel, Eva Kaitlyn Spooner, Ava Grace Williams.
Members of the Graduating Class include Braden Alton Bailey, Devyn Ginn Bennett, Maggie Marie Benton, Parker Eugene Broome, Collin Mark Brownlee, Abby Leigh Bruner, Addie Claire Cody, Abigail Rae Crawford, Anna Katherine Dozier, Kathryn Leigh Earnest, David Brunson Fain, III, Jackson Hill Ginn, Carter Ross Haddock, Jaxson Madox Haire, Emma Rylee Hendrickson, Gwendolyn Reese Houston, Samantha Lee Ingle, Lenton Alexander Jernigan, Lauryn Reid Johnson, Tucker Warren McLendon, Anna Myles Mosely, Cason Collier Moulton, Georgia Elizabeth Odom, Rebekah Danielle Odom, Ally Meg Phillips, Trinity Madison Poague, Jillian Blair Pollock, Martha Mable Sasser, Benjamen Carr Spooner, Jr., Arysen Gee Trawick, Kamdyn Landree Ward, Keslie Leeanna Ward, and Sarah Elizabeth Wasdin.