POPLARVILLE  - During Pearl River Community College's 95th commencement exercises this May in M.R. White Coliseum, some 400 students were awarded their degrees in either Associate in Arts, Applied Science or Certificates of Proficiency.

     Three services were held with approximately 250 students attending the career-technical ceremony, 150 students graduating at the academic ceremony, and 38 candidates at the Associate Degree Nursing Pinning Ceremony.
The graduates who received diplomas included (listed alphabetically by hometown): 
FOLEY, Ala. - Kreg V. Huite.
BOGALUSA, La. - Ricky D. Keller.
FRANKLINTON, La. - Cindy Wills.
PRAIRIEVILLE, La. - Erin Brown.
BASSFIELD - Peggy H. Booth, Clayton A. Dykes.
BAY ST. LOUIS - Alison R. Bourne, Donald Lane Whitney.
BEAUMONT - Glenda Bolton, Yasheia Y. Lawrence.
BILOXI - Rachel McDaniel, Staci Eileen Penn.
BROOKLYN - Brandon Scott Baker, Aaron L. Baughman, Virginia Yi Burns, Whitney N. Slade.
CARRIERE - Karon Barron, Aaron C. Boutwell, Jason A. Daigle, Caycee A. Davis, Michael P. Frink, Alisa D. Graeter, Austin T. Haas, Celia Diane Highland, Mary E. Howard, Catlin T. Lee, Jeffrey Bruce Lorens, CaSondra D. Matthews, Lisa D. Matthews, Keri N. Miller, Cody A. Nilsson, Kathy M. Porter, Kellie Marie Seal, Timothy King Simpson, Carmen B., Sones, Rebecca Spencer, John Jr. Stafford, Kenneth R. Thompson, Lacey R. Ulmer, Jared L. Wilkerson.
COLLINS - Laurin S. Guilbert, Aleasha McCullum.
COLUMBIA - Alan M. Bryant, Gerald S. Christopher, Larissa L. Cooper, Andrea D. Coulter, David W. Declement, Lakisha Y. Dillon, William Ford, Christopher M. Gravelle, John Steven Hedgepeth, Ronald Cornelius James, Lakesha N. Jefferson, Nikesha Lacold Jefferson, Derage L. Johnson, Jeremy K. Kilpatrick, Bryant K. Lee, Suzanne Lott, Willie Louge, Shayla Magee, Shirley McLendon, Frank D. Moses, Kendall Newsom, Tommie Elaine Patterson, Robin Ramshur, Robin Lou Rowell, Keysha Yvette Sims , Rita J. Sistrunk, Joel A. Smith, Melissa Speights, Brian K. Temples, Jacqueline Nicole Turnage, Falon Wells, Samantha Whalum.
D'IBERVILLE - Jamie Ann Collins.
ELLISVILLE - Lisa M. Whited.
FOXWORTH - Donovan L. Blackwell, Mica Breeland, Sharacus Fairley, Anna M. Fortenberry, Emily Teneal Kennedy, Patricia Pittman, Kristina Smith, Rolanda Brent Swarptue, Eric W. Thomas, Bryan Warren, Kelli D. Williams .
GULFPORT - Kerri E. West.
HATTIESBURG - Michael Howard, Crystal Miranda Allen, Robert G. Allhoff, Lionel Amerson, Annette Barnes, Kimberly A. Hyde Bennett, Tanya Hester Bond, Samuel J. Bradley, Lindsey Michelle Bryant, Jasper Buffkin, Cheryl Lynn Bullock, Milton Carson, Adrian D. Ducksworth, Lori D. Dyas, Juaquita D. Eashmond, Jennifer J. Esser, Luke Felts, Emily C. Foreman, Charles A. Franks, Nicholas Dante Golden, Tara A. Grieco, Marlon D. Hamilton, Christina R. Harris, Dustin Hartfield, Marcus Dewayne Hudson, Branda Faye Husband, Maghan J. James, Danielle Johnson, Kacy Lassere, Karen Lawrence, Broderick Leonard, Lashonda Denise Lofton, Sherron D. Lunford, Phillip Moore, Randell Moyer, William Glen Neel, Donald L. Newsom, Larissa O=Flynn, Collette D. Porter, Kyle Eran Purvis, Robert A. Rainey, Jason Z. Rushing, Ashley N. Schrader, Keshia Margie Silas, Angela L. Taylor, Kaylan B. Trotter, Karen L. Wells, Nicole White, Hunter G. Williamson, Shyri Letissia Wilson.
JACKSON - Betty Anne Heatherly.
KILN - Jonathan A. Cooley, Deborah Lynne Duncan, Lacey L. Grimes, Marcus A. Ladner, Kimberly M. Ray.
KOKOMO - Angelia Davis, Cretia L. Martin.
LIBERTY - Kayla Nicole Baker.
LONG BEACH - Carol Knight, Heather Denise Rodgers, Colleen Timmons.
LUCEDALE - Alicia Carol McLeod, Laci L. McLeod.
LUMBERTON - Jason Bullock, Brandy N. Cameron, Ruby J. DiGiovanni, Justin Ladner, Webster A. Ladner, Angela Mackey, Amanda R. Pullen, Stacey Marie Pullen, Keon S. Rodgers, Raphael Essex Rogers, Tabitha A. Taylor, Vivian Denise Tumey, Dania J. Williams, Daniel C. Williams, Leonette D. Wynne.
McNEILL - Terin M. Rester, Lesley R. Macaluso.
MONTICELLO - Shearra Laneka Sullivan.
MORGANTOWN - Allison Leanne Speights.
NEW AUGUSTA - Dorothy M. Clifton.
PASS CHRISTIAN - Richard D. Ladner.
PERKINSTON - Stacey H. Bethea, Diane Hariel, Mallerie Ladner, Kyle J. Necaise, LaShell Deann Paige.
PETAL - Linda Nicole Byrd, Tiffany Cuevas, Joseph A. Elmore, Weston G. Hill, Stephanie R. Hurd, Tyrone M. McSwain, Norma Jean Moore, Brenda Joyce Reed, Denise G. Smith, Melissa A. Sutton, Barbara Ann West, Kenneth Wade Wilson, Kiana Shanece Young.
PICAYUNE - Jill Anderson, David Anthony Bell, Michelle P. Bergeron, Sarah E. Berry, Kimaka J. Bowens, Dustin W. Brooker, Rebecca A. Bullard, Marci L. Celino, Patrick Collins, Dianne Dean, Jackie R. Dyle, Tamla Nicole Green, Bryan J. Guchereau, Ross P. Guilbeau, Norma Patricia Hamann, Ashley M. Harper, Mario T. Huderson, Michelle Edwina Keen, Misty Leann Kirby, Katherine LaHaye, Daniel Christian Ladner, Teresa Brumfield Lewis, Dawn McMahon, Ashley Dianne Mitchell, Jamie C. Mitchell, Sandra L. Mitchell, Dana L. Morrison, Amanda R. Penton, Daniel A. Penton, Karen M. Purvis, Laurie N. Purvis, Steven L. Savoy, Monique N. Sims, Loren D. Spiers, Stephen Justin Stasik, Reagan Jay Stockstill, Regina L. Taylor, Jade A. Tedder, Juketha Loretta Thomas, Kristy Ann Tingstrom Taylor, Tenesha N. Tyner, Laura White, Shelly L. Wilson, Natalie J. Woods.
POPLARVILLE - Christy M. Askins, Katey Brooke Barlow, Janice Marie Bolton, Holly R. Braswell, Nikki K. Breland, Kristen N. Bridgers, Tommy C. Caughey, Linda B. Collier, Casey J. Cotton, Brandon M. Freeman, Kerri Knight, Amber R. Ladner, Karmen Christeen A. Lee, Holly Nuccio, Lisa Marie Poole, Paul William Pullen, Teasha Lynn Ritchie, Rebecca Lynn Rome, Chris Thomas Roussel, Heather Marie Shubert, Samuel Ethan Smith, Kimberly A. Stanford, Joyce L. Thornhill, Whitney D. Vamos, Byron Nicholas Wells, Emily A. Wells, Justin A. Wells. 
PRENTISS - Kayla Deanne Bates, Jarvious Hall, Nakenzie Faith Hall, John D. Hutchinson, Zachary Forrest Polk, Nicole Lachell Washington. 
PURVIS - Melissa K. Tillery, Daphne E. Anderson, Beverly Ann Brooks, Annette Clark, Traci Comesana, Nicklaus Dantzler, Jennifer K. Davis, Robert Evans, Brandon S. Gipson, Lauren L. Hamilton, Kelvin L. Jenkins, Chaz H. Ladner, Leshia Mitchell, Latrisa A. Morris, Brandi N. Myers, Damian Lane Patton, Tysee R. Prince, Scott Michael Putnam, Beatrice M. Smith, Robert G. Southerland, Rebecca C. Williams.
RICHTON - Amanda Diane Barnes, James Douglas Contizano.
SANDY HOOK - Ryan E. Ball, Patrick K. Evans, Brandi L. Freeman, Carrie Olivia Temple.
SEMINARY - Jerry Wayne Baker, Amber Adrianne Fairchild, Dustin A. Owens.
SMITHDALE - Amber Nicole Burris.
SUMMIT - Regina Carole Jordan.
SUMRALL - Crystal D. Aultman, Chadwick Lamar Bounds, Ginny R. Hudson, Delane D. Pace, Jason A. Pitts, Convener Keenise Preston, Stephanie Renee Raine, Alicia D. Watts.
TYLERTOWN - Elizabeth Lee Payne, Erika Tenae Ratliff, Justin Sellers.
WAVELAND - Alvin J. Kingston, Sharmaine Genevieve Rieux, Brian Doyle Webb, Gaberial Willis.
WAYNESBORO - Tonya Renee Everett, Jessie Denise Smith.
WIGGINS - Chelsa Fauquier, Carl Herrien, Michele Morrison.