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TexasTowelie

(116,897 posts) Sat Sep 8, 2018, 07:27 PM Sep 2018

University of Ark. at Monticello gets $6 million gift

LITTLE ROCK—University of Arkansas at Monticello officials say the school has received a surprise $6 million donation—the largest private gift in its history.

The school's chancellor, Karla Hughes, said Friday that the donation was from the trust of the late Merle and Deloris Peterson, who lived in Dumas.

According to an online obituary, Deloris Peterson died in February at age 100. She and her husband ran a car dealership in Dumas, where they had lived since 1939.

http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2018/sep/08/university-ark-monticello-gets-6-million-gift/742354/
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University of Ark. at Monticello gets $6 million gift (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2018 OP

From the DemGaz story, TomSlick Sep 2018 #1

TomSlick

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1. From the DemGaz story,

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 08:48 PM

Sep 2018

these folks didn't live like they had that kind of money.

Good for them leaving so much for education.

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