The Merle S. and Jean H. Solomon Scholarship  was established in 1995 to encourage Person County students who have shown a high degree of ability and interest in a vocational or technical field to continue their education after high school.   
 This endowment scholarship provides students with up to a maximum of $1500 per year, and may be renewable for a second year if the recipients meet certain conditions after his/her first year of postsecondary education.  The Solomons established this scholarship to “help people who work with their hands.”  

solomon scholarship criteria

• Student must be entering a vocational or technical program of study at a Community College, a 2-year or a 4-year institution of higher learning, or a recognized trade school specializing in teaching students a trade or vocational education program.
• Student must be a citizen and resident of Person County, NC for 12 months prior to applying for scholarship.
• Evidence of financial need shall not be considered.
• Renewable a second year of study if scholarship committee deems that student’s progress justifies a second year of study.

Solomon Scholarship Recipients

1995 - ​April Thompson	1997 - ​R. K. Burke	1997 - ​Michael Newcomb
1998 - ​Charles Burke	1998 - ​Paul Weaver	1998 - ​Nicholas Cannada
1999 - ​Justin Boone	1999 - ​Joey Snead	1999 - ​Ely Cook
2000 - ​Caleb Newton	2000 - ​Jeffery Bowes	2000 - ​Jason Tyndall
2000 - ​Eric Cooke	2000 - ​Nick Solomon	2001 - ​Travis Bullock
2001 - ​John Canty	2001 - ​Justin Farmer	2001 - ​Tony Harris
2001 - ​Kim Burton	2002 - ​Jeremy Ray Tyndall	2002 - ​Billy Humphries
2002 - ​Ryan Whitfield	2003 - ​Brandon Thomas Clayton	2003 - ​Chasity Lynnette Gentry
2003 - ​Brittany Lea Gentry	2003 - ​Corey Max Maldanado	2003 - ​Traci Kathleen Byrd
2004 - ​John Herbert Barber	2004 - ​Ronald Sean Bowes	2004 - ​Matthew Sumner
2004 - ​Thomas Austin	2004 - ​Stuart Clark	2005 - ​Jacob Newton
2005 - ​Michael Andrews	2006 - ​Codie Kendrick	2006 - ​David Davis, Jr
2007 - ​Heidi Clark	2007 - ​Nicholas Fox	2007 - Allison Jones
2008 - ​Paige Cox	2008 - ​Samantha Daniels	2008 - ​Travis Garrett
2008 - ​Kyle Kapp	2008 - ​Jasmine King	2008 - ​Lauren Morton
2009 - ​Casey Lin Horton	2009 - ​William Orin Hutson	2009 - ​Nicholas Shanne Long
2009 - ​Casey Lynn Raymer	2010 - ​William Dickerson	2010 - ​Brooke Elizabeth Allen
2010 - ​Justin Glenn Martin	2010 - ​Whitney Stallings	2010 - ​Jeremy Bowen
2011 - ​John Kyle Gentry	2011 - ​Taylor Fox	2011 - ​Meagan Whitfield
2011 - ​Scott Alan Brooke	2014 - ​Gabrielle Taylor Dunn	2014 - ​Tyler Coleman Suitt
2015 - ​Hudson Dean Brooks	2015 - ​Hunter Tracy Brooks	2015 - ​Brandon Lee West
2016 - ​Blake Adam Sanford	2017 - ​Hunter Cox	2018 - Ryan Lee Riddle
2019 - Dalton O'Brien	2020 - Colby Sanders	2021 - Christopher Albright.
2021 - ​Oliver Silverio	2022 - ​Daniel Majors	2022 - ​Josiah Majors
2024	Value	2026