Peoples Bank, headquartered in Mendenhall, recently established the Danny Moseley Memorial Annual Scholarship with the Co-Lin Foundation. Moseley, who passed away in 2023, was a 1974 graduate of Co-Lin and worked as an insurance executive and real estate developer.
Moseley was active in numerous business and economic development endeavors. He and his business partner, David Keyes, founded Insurance Associates in Magee in 1977. Moseley served in leadership roles in numerous community and industry organizations. He served 20 years on the Simpson County Economic Development board, including two terms as president. He was president of the Magee Chamber of Commerce and the Magee Lions Club. He served on the Charter HealthTrust Board of Magee General Hospital and as President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi. He was most recently the Chairman of the Board of Peoples Bank. He was a former member of Dry Creek Baptist Church, where he was a Sunday School teacher and a member of the choir. He later became a member of First Baptist Church of Magee.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to three students attending the Co-Lin Simpson County Center. Each student must be a graduate of an accredited high school in Simpson County and have achieved at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. These students must be on an academic track to achieve a two-year degree or plan to transfer to a four-year institution following the completion of their coursework at Co-Lin. Applications for the scholarship are online at colin.edu/students/financial-aid-and-scholarships.
CUTLINE: The Danny Moseley Memorial Annual Scholarship was recently established with the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Foundation by Peoples Bank. On hand for the presentation were (from left) his children: Melanie Moseley Rankin, Charity Moseley Wallace, Ashley Moseley; Peoples Bank President/CEO Dennis Ammann; Co-Lin President Dr. Dewayne Middleton, Co-Lin Simpson County Center Vice President Dr. Anika Floyd, and Co-Lin Foundation Executive Director Angela Furr.
