The Charles H. Futrell Endowed Scholarship, a recent gift from Tim Futrell of Cadiz, Kentucky, will provide annual support to students from Trigg and/or Clinton counties who want to pursue agriculture education at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Futrell is establishing this scholarship in memory of his uncle Charles H. Futrell who died in 1991 and received an agricultural B.S. degree from UK in the 1940’s.
The fund supports scholarships for two or more undergraduate students enrolled in the college who demonstrate academic excellence. A committee will be designated to approve the scholarships for qualified students.
About Charles H. Futrell
Humble, compassionate, business-minded and community-oriented, Charles H. Futrell grew up on a Cumberland River farm near Cadiz in Trigg County. He made an immeasurable impact in Clinton County, pursuing his career after serving in the military during World War II.
He was a long-time vocational agriculture teacher at Clinton County High School in Albany, Kentucky and a cattle farmer. Futrell believed in teaching land conservation, emphasizing farming as an economically viable enterprise. For approximately 22 years, he taught cattle farming and instilled land stewardship among his students and young farmers.
In the early 1950s, his family donated most of the land to the Clinton County Hospital, where the facility remains today. For many years, Futrell served as a board member of the hospital, county fair, cattlemen's association and Lions Club.
Growing up during the Depression, Futrell observed his community’s financial struggles and the difficulties accessing education. Before he passed in 1991, he wanted to help more youth from his native and adopted counties access funding to pursue agriculture-related education.
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