MARION, Ala. – Judson College has awarded the second annual Gloria Huey Crawford Scholarship to Courtney Tindale of Bremen, Ala. Tindale is the daughter of William and Connie Tindale and a 2010 graduate of Cold Springs High School.
Tindale transferred to Judson from Wallace State Community College in Hanceville. She is majoring in music and psychology at Judson, and is involved in choir and intramural field hockey.
Long-time Marion resident George Crawford established the scholarship in honor of his mother, Gloria Huey Crawford. He wants the scholarship to benefit students in the department of music.
“Mother was a wonderful coloratura soprano at Huntingdon College and I heard her beautiful voice growing up, Crawford said. “She also sang the dedicatory concert when the new organ was installed at Marion Methodist Church years ago.”
Mrs. Crawford grew up in Enterprise, the daughter of George Bolling and Vonceil Huey. She enrolled at Huntingdon and later met and married Lawrence Crawford, a veterinary student at Auburn University.
The Crawfords moved to Marion in 1946, where Mrs. Crawford assisted her husband in the operation of his new practice, the Crawford Clinic, as well as help manage the family farm. Dr. Crawford died in 2004.
Mrs. Crawford still makes Marion her home. She is a member of DAR and the Marion United Methodist Church.
“I wanted to honor my mother and Judson College,” George Crawford said. “This scholarship will assist music students in their studies.”
“Judson College remains ever grateful to Mr. George Crawford for his long-standing support of Judson College,” said Dr. David Potts. “We count it a privilege to honor his mother in the establishment of this generous scholarship for students in the music department of the college. We believe the music department to be a fitting place for her recognition because of her accomplishments as an artist and the family’s love of music,” Potts said.
