John Willis Memorial Scholarship

The John Willis Family and the Tennessee Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers are announcing the 9thAnnual John Willis Memorial Scholarship to a College Sophomore, Junior or Senior.  Two scholarships will be awarded this year on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Tennessee Young Farmers Conference Banquet.  Each scholarship is for $1,000 for the year 2011-2012 which will begin this September.  This is a great opportunity for agriculture students to receive funds to help pay their registration fee or purchase textbooks. 

Click here to see the guidelines for the scholarship. to download the John Willis Scholarship Application and Guidelines in a Word Document or PDF Format.The application must be postmarked by June 17, 2011.  Please mail the completed typed application to Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, Attn: Charles Curtis, Special Programs Department, PO Box 313, Columbia, TN 38402-0313. 

We will notify all scholarship applicants and invite them to attend the Tennessee Young Farmers Conference in Columbia on July 22-23, 2011.  That is when we will announce the winner of the John Willis Scholarship.