Donor Recognition: A Celebration of Giving
Each year the MMI Foundation honors its most generous donors during the Donor Recognition Ceremony. Members of the Order of the Crest (cumulative giving of $500,000+), President’s Circle (cumulative giving of $10,000+), JT Murfee Legacy Society (planned giving), and MMI Foundation scholarship donors and representatives are recognized with a ceremony and formal parade.
As you review the donor recognition lists below, please let Executive Director Suzanne McKee know if there has been an omission of your name or that of someone you know. Donations are totaled through year-end, as of Dec. 31, 2020.
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The Order of the Crest
Lifetime membership in the Order of the Crest recognizes those donors who have made cumulative contributions of $500,000 and above. Formal inductions take place each year for new members or new levels.
The Three Star Crest
$3,000,000 or more
Great Southern Wood
James W. Rane
The Two Star Crest
$2,000,000 – $2,999,999
Eleanor Frances Cheney
William H. Cheney †
John and Margaret McCarty Foundation, Inc.
The One Star Crest
$1,000,000 – $1,999,999
William R. and Faye Ireland, Sr. †
The Crest
$500,000 – $999,999
The Daniel Foundation of Alabama
James W. and Deborah C. Davidson
The Alfred I. duPont Foundation, Inc.
Shivers† and Nancy McCollum, Jr.
Charles Finley and Martha Kay McRae, Sr.
Sherwood C. and Sandra Middlebrooks III
Rex Lumber
Estate of Minnie L. Snow
Taylor D. and Judy Wilkins, Jr.
The President’s Circle
Lifetime membership in The President’s Circle recognizes those donors who have made cumulative contributions of $10,000 and above.
The Corps of Cadets Society
$250,000 – $499,999
Alabama Power Foundation
Elliott H. Griffith †
Joel R.† and Elizabeth E. Hillhouse
Charles A. and Jenny Holmes
John L. Hunter Jr.
Marion Bank & Trust Company
MMI Alumni Brigade
The John G. Monteabaro Foundation
Woody S. Moore †
Lawrence C. Radford †
Lucius Rayfield
William H. † and Nancy R. Ritchie
The Chapel Society
$100,000 – $249,999
Ala-Tom RC&D Council, Inc.
ALFA Foundation
David W. and Vivian Bauer
Susie Geneva Blackburn
Buford L. Bowen †
Dixon and Dell Brooke, Jr.
Alva C. Caine Sr.
Edward M. Chadbourne III
The Chadbourne Foundation, Inc.
Boyd E.† and Sara Christenberry
James D. Duvall III
EBSCO Industries, Inc.
ExxonMobil Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Ernest Adams and Carol S. Fite
Robert B. and Susan Geddie Jr.
Walter H. and Jan† Givhan
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Marnix E. and Mary Heersink
The Marnix & Mary Heersink Charitable Foundation
Estate of Claudia S. Hendrick
Gary † and Beverly A. Hollister
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Lanier Family Foundation Trust
Joseph P. Martin †
Vince and Frances B. McAleer, Jr.
Carolyn S. McCormick †
Dean and Dee Mooty, Jr.
Stewart C.† and Evelyn C. Nichols
Edward Allan and Shan C. O’Neal, Jr.
Stuart B. and Veronica Parker
William B. Philips, Jr
William A. and Sue M.† Pogue
Erle R. and Ginger Richardson, Jr.
Paul M. and Jeanne M. Robinson
Josephine Laurine Shuman
John & Josephine Shuman Fund of the Farallon Foundation
Julian H. and Donna Dearman Smith, Jr.
Robert Thornton† and Rosalie Smith
Tyre Webb Stuckey
US Department of Education
Michael B. Walters
Estate of Sadie Lou Walters
Stanley H. Walters
Lynn M. Wilkins
The Francis C. Marion Patriots Society
$50,000 – $99,999
Dudley B. and Lisa Anderson
Atlanta Belting Company, Inc.
Eugene and Charlotte Brown
Vandiver H. and Marian Carter
Theodore P Costas, Jr.
Roy J. and Beverly Crawford
Dallas Air Conditioning and Heating, Inc.
William Richard and Mary Helene Delaney, Sr.
Myrtle Ford†
Jessie Given†
Samuel P. and Lynne Givhan
Mary Elizabeth Glass
Lucille Granade
The Hackney Foundation
Thomas Morris and Brenda Hackney
The Hall Foundation
Charles W. and Ellen Hallman
Fred E. and Kirby Hallman
Corin and Diane Harrison, Jr.
Curtis B. and Mary Lou H. Herbert, Jr.
Peter D.† and Patsy W. Hidalgo
Robert Johnson Howard
James Michael and Corky Hutchison, Sr.
Charles Ray and Gene Ingram
Jack Ingram Motors, Inc.
Walter W.† and Ruth Kastenmayer
Ernest D.† and Teresa Key, Jr.
Manulife Financial
Jack O. and Muriel McCutchen
James C. and Cynthia Patterson, Jr.
Norman D. and Belinda Pitman III
Southtrust Corporation
Alton B. and Liz Sturtevant
The Thompson Foundation
USAA Giving Fund
Wachovia Corporation
Rudy Joseph and Jackie Wadle
Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation
John Ronney and Leslie Watson
Xango, LLC
The Founders Society
$25,000 – $49,999
Walter R. Adkins †
Alabama Marine Corps League, Inc.
David C. and Karen M. Anderson †
BAE Systems
Edward S. and Barbara T. Beason
Donald and Nelle C. Bixler †
Bunyan Dee Broadwater II
Harry B. & Jane H. Brock Foundation
The James Graham Brown Foundation
William S. and Dorothy M. Burton, Sr.
Alan F. † and Caroline L. Clark
Wynne and Dianne Coleman III
George Lawrence and Laura Crawford
Burton King and Stacey Standeffer Curry
Randall Kent Davis Sr.
Scott Gregory Davis †
Andrew J. and Mary Love Dearman III
Richard M. Dorsey
Sanford Patrick and Rebecca England, Jr.
Walter C. Givhan†
Golding Foundation
Steve D. and Melody Golding
Michael Blakeley and Margaret Gratz, Sr.
Heidi R. Hanna
Guy L. and Frances L. Hecker, Jr.
Warner and Susanne Hibbard
Frank James and Agatha L Hill
Robert Michael and Janice† Hill
Alfred and Dorothy C. Jones†
Richard A. and Judy Keller
LabCorp
Hunter Lewis
Edward and Emeline Loughlin
Marathon Corporation
John W. Martin, Jr.
Thomas E. Martin
William E.† and Wahweice Coe Matthews IV
Raymond and Susan H. McClinton Jr.
Eugene W. and Kathleen C. McCollum
Offa Shivers and June McCollum III
Jerry L. and Lisa McMahan
John T. McShan, Jr.
David J. and Ingrid Mollahan
Estate of Lillian Moore
Daniel P. and Ashley Moran
The NRA Foundation
Greg and Kathleen Rane
James L. and Diane Richardson
William Lonnie Russell
Percy Dayton and Kathryn B. Sadler
Scott Davis Timber Co., Inc.
The Estate of Owen Scott
James L. Scruggs, Jr. †
Charles W. Seignious Jr. †
W. Samuel and Susan G. Stevenson
C. E. Suttles †
James J. Thomasson, Jr.
Hall W. Thompson †
William Trent and Perren Tonsmeire
Larry and Carole Warnick
Max P. Watson
The 1842 Society
$10,000 – $24,999
William M.† and Martha Acker, Jr.
Steven and Melanie Merkle Atha
Richard M. and Mary Katharine Avery, Jr.
John C. and Margaret M. Bahnsen, Jr.
John Roy and Susanna R. Barnes
Roy A. and Inez † Barnett
H. Baroco Foundation Inc.
Julie M. Baroco
Jerry Matthew and Kim Battles
Bellsouth Corporation
Kemal and Janie Benouis
James H. and Mary Benson
Joe D. and Ann W. Berry
Sean B. Bohannon
Terrell D. and Marilyn W. Bridges, Sr.
Robert O. Breitling †
Jeffrey A. and Joanne Brown
Anonymous
Samuel D. and Nancy Y. Carter
Caterpillar Foundation
Central Carolina Community Foundation
John Christakos †
George and Elaine Clark
Allen E. Cleghorn
Coca-Cola Foundation
Richard H.† and Irene Collins
Bryan W. and Maxine Compton
Paul and Dana Compton, Jr.
William C.† and Cathy Cook
Copestone, Inc.
William F. and Susan Cosby, Jr.
Robert B. Couch
Lester Dennis and Nancy Craig Jr.
John H. and Ellen Daniels III
Nathaniel J. Davis, Jr. †
H. Corbin Day
Ira † and Ruth P. DeMent
Richard W. and Nan Dowling, Jr.
Evan E. and Caroline Filby
William Knox Fitzpatrick, Jr.†
Robert F. and Julie Foley
Robert H. and Barbara Fuller
John K.† and Anna Gibler
John T. Glisson
William Britt and Donna M. Goodson, Jr.
James P. and Barbara Ruth Googe, Jr.
Miller Gorrie
Donald Ross Grady
Logan B. and Sandra Gray
Chris Bennert Green
William and Vicky Gregory III
Griffin Wood Company
Eugene P. and Martha Griffith, Jr.
June L. Grube †
Russell Stevenson and Judy Hager
Daniel M. and Sharon G. Hartzog III
Estate of Robert J. Heacock
John M. and Bernice W. Hightower †
Eloise Holifield †
Elam P. and Sandra Holley, Jr.
Holmestead Company
Alan J. and Brenda V. Hosier
Lawrence C. and Janice Houck
Robert H. Hurt †
David P. and Michelle V. Ivey
Jemison Investment Company
Sam P. and Liz Johnson
Benjamin F. and Camie Salter Jones
Franck F. and Patricia H. LaBiche
Sam E. and Connie Lawrence III
Dudley and O’Neal Lawson, Jr.
Carlos G. and Wanda Lewis
Lockheed Martin Matching Gift Program
Duncan J. Massicot
Joseph William and Melinda Mathews, Jr.
Raymond and Susan H. McClinton, Jr.
N. Carolyn McCollum
Joseph C. and Betty McCorquodale, Jr. †
Robert J. and E. Suzanne McKee
Harry C.† and Gwen C. Mickleboro, Jr.
Monty and Mary Kay Monteith III
Charles N. Moore †
Mooty and Associates, P. C.
The Estate of John L. Morrison
The Estate of Margaret Porter Murfee
Edwin and Susan N. Passmore
John N. and Shawn Dee Patronis III
Royal Leigh and Martha Pegues †
Dorothy A. Poston
Scott T. and Ann Price
Tyler Wayne and Teri Prim, Jr.
James W. and Mandy Rane, Jr.
Stanley James and Linda Rodimon
William Hughes and Carolyn Satterfield, Sr.
James S. and Andrea Kaiser Shilston III
Lewis Albert † and Shirley Shirley III
Ronald L. Shuff
Clyde W. † and Mary Spence, Jr.
Curtis and Limanman Armstrong Strange
Deborra Long Street
James F. Suttle III †
James H. Suttles
Will Hill Tankersley †
Thomas L. and Virginia Tate
Charles D. Thomas †
Tractor and Equipment Company
Lucille P. Tutwiler
Paul S. and Lisa Underwood
Reginald I. † and Mary Eleanor Vachon
Dominic A. Versaggi †
Weatherford Printing
John R. Webb
Robert C. Webb †
Stanley H. and Gerri Richardson Webb
Wells Fargo
Justus Perkins and Jennifer White, Jr.
Arthur F.† and Stella Wilkerson III
Howard C. Wilkinson †
Robert George Williams
Jeffrey L. and Faye Wishik
Martha Binion England Yarbrough †
William Rex and Martha Zeanah
† Deceased
The James Thomas Murfee Legacy Society
Membership in the James Thomas Murfee Legacy Society recognizes those donors who have made provisions for the MMI Foundation in their estate plans. Such provisions may be in the form of bequests, trusts, annuities, life insurance policies or other means.
Wayne Thomas and Shirley Adams
Walter R. Adkins†
George B. Alexander†
Harrison Clarke Allison†
John C. and Margaret M. Bahnsen, Jr.
Susie Geneva Blackburn
Buford L. Bowen†
James E. and Catherine† Brady, Jr.
Robert O. Breitling†
Michael Zinn and Rosy Brenan
Jeffrey A. and Joanne Brown
Alva C. Caine, Sr.
Eric O. and Anne Cates III
Boyd E.† and Sara Christenberry
George and Elaine Clark
Roy J. and Beverly Crawford
Burton King and Stacey Standifer Curry
Jeane Davis†
Jim D. Duvall III
Paul Allen and Ellie Tutwiler Fox
Robert H. and Barbara Fuller
Robert B. and Susan Geddie, Jr.
Steve D. and Melody Golding
Elliott H. Griffith†
June L. Grube†
Thomas Morris and Brenda Hackney
Cecil Stanford and Frankie Harrell
James and Claudia Hendrick†
John M. and Bernice W. Hightower†
Joel R.† and Elizabeth E. Hillhouse
Eloise Holifield†
John L. and Zoe Hunter, Jr.
Robert H. Hurt†
William R. and Faye Ireland, Sr.†
Kenneth W. and Pamela Ann Johnson
Alfred and Dorothy C. Jones†
Hurley W. and Sarah Jane Knott
Samuel P.† and Clarinda R. Marshall
Joseph P. Martin†
Joseph William and Melinda Mathews, Jr.
Carolyn S. McCormick†
John W. McCoy
Ashley Brian and Cynthia Audrey Miller
David J. and Ingrid Mollahan
Woody S. Moore†
Daniel P. and Ashley Moran
Stewart C.† and Evelyn C. Nichols
Joseph Alan Nolin, Sr.†
Nells A. Parsons†
Kenneth J. Peters
William A. and Sue M.† Pogue
Lawrence C. Radford†
Kenneth L. Robinson
Percy Dayton and Kathryn B. Sadler
Charles W. Seignious, Jr.†
Joseph and Lucille Severance, Jr.†
Hoke Sisk†
Minnie Lee Snow†
Martha Suttles†
Will Hill Tankersley†
Sadie Lou Walters†
Lynn M. Wilkins
William Rex and Martha Zeanah
†Deceased