Richard L. Stewart Memorial Scholarship

The Academy of Graduate Embalmers of Georgia, Inc., at its annual educational clinic in Macon, Georgia on April 18, 1989, established the RICHARD L. STEWART MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, honoring Mr. Richard Stewart, a pioneer in funeral service education, who was very active in the founding of the Academy of Graduate Embalmers of Georgia. For several years, Mr. Stewart taught on the faculty of the Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Service in Nashville, Tennessee, and he was later the founder of the Georgia Casket Company in Macon, Georgia.

The Scholarship was established to provide financial awards to students enrolled as full time mortuary science students to assist them in obtaining their professional education. Scholarship amounts will be determined annually by the AGEG Board of Directors and one award will be made to a member of each graduating class.

Selection of scholarship recipients is competitive. Each year a number of students apply. Selection is made by the AGEG Scholarship Committee and approved by the AGEG Board of Directors.

Our scholarship application submission period has closed.