Posted 10/9/2013

From proud mom,  Debbie Lake Hinkle — “photo is of  Gary after his  graduation with my parents, Horatio & Thelma Lake.  Gary is the fourth and youngest grandson.  We were blessed with all boys, no girls.”

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNER FOR 2013:

***GARY HINKLE, II OF THE WASHINGTON, DC CHAPTER  was the Winner.  (He is the Son of Gary Hinkle, Sr. & Debbie Lake Hinkle)

Runners up for 2013 were:

Madeline Jones- Greenville, SC – 1st Runner Up

Zachary Lake – Greenville, SC

Charmayne Edmunds – Greenville, SC

Jaylan Davis – Columbus, Ohio

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNER AND ALL OF THE RUNNER’S UP FROM OUR FAMILY

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BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM GARY’S WINNING ESSAY:

“In conversations with my elders, they stressed they didn’t have the opportunities that’s available to us today. My grandfather (Horatio Lake), shared with me, that after some schooling, the boys in his family had to work. This was either on the farm or in the military. Coming from a household of nineteen – seventeen children, a wife and husband to feed, was a lot! As an African American male, I believe that it’s important to strive for things that were not afforded to our forefathers. Education of any kind, yet the college experience and college education were by far an experience that my forefathers were not given the opportunity to experience. Yet something they wanted!  This alone, has been my motivation and encouragement to obtain the college experience and college degree. Based on the major news outlets, a high school diploma is not going to cut it today or in the future. In order for me and other young men and women to get ahead in the coming decades, we will have to hit the books and obtain a college degree.”

Respectfully Submitted by Gary and Debbie Lake  Hinkle of the Washington, DC Chapter of the Wilson Lake Herbert Family Reunion Circle

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