A Belhaven student at Beaufort County Community College has been chosen to receive a scholarship awarded from an endowment established in memory of long-time BCCC Controller Rita Boyd Toler. Rydia M. Spencer has been chosen for the award.
Spencer, 56, is a student in BCCC’s Accounting and Business Administration programs. A graduate of John A. Wilkinson High School, she hopes to continue her studies after graduating from BCCC. Spencer is the daughter of Maggie Moore of Belhaven. She and her husband, Willie, have four children.
“I would like to thank the Toler family very much,” she said. “This scholarship will definitely help me.”
Following Mrs. Toler’s death in October 2003, her husband, Gary W. Toler, and her daughter, Kelly Toler Harding, established the endowment in memory of Mrs. Toler’s long association and love for Beaufort County Community College.
From 1968 to 1970, Mrs. Toler worked as a bookkeeper and secretary for J.D. McCotter Marina at Broad Creek before joining the staff at Texasgulf Sulfur, now PCS Phosphate, in 1971. Mrs. Toler later joined the staff at Beaufort County Community College as controller, a post she held for more than 30 years before retiring in 2003.
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