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Early Years
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry was born on June 5, 1825, in Lincoln County, Georgia. He was the son of William Curry, a merchant and member of the state legislature, and his first wife, Susan Winn Curry. As a young man he changed his middle name from Lafayette to Lamar. His mother died in 1827, and two years later his father married a widow with one son. Curry was educated in the local schools and for one year at Willington Academy, a school in Abbeville County, South Carolina, established by the noted educator Moses Waddel. In 1838 Curry’s family moved to Talladega County, Alabama.
Judson College board of trustees vote to close school By WBRC Staff | May 6, 2021 at 3:33 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 4:55 PM
MARION, Ala. (WBRC) - The Judson College board of trustees voted May 6 to close the 183-year-old institution. Board members called it “heartbreaking.”
The vote follows months of fundraising to try and keep the college open. In December 2020, WBRC reported Judson had raised more than $500,000.
The Alabama Baptist reported 18 members of the 24-member board voted in favor of suspending academic operations and to move through an orderly closing through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Only about 80 students are registered for the fall, down from 145 in December.
Judson College board of trustees vote to close school By WBRC Staff | May 6, 2021 at 3:33 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 10:26 PM
MARION, Ala. (WBRC) - The Judson College board of trustees voted May 6 to close the 183-year-old institution. Board members called it “heartbreaking.”
The vote follows months of fundraising to try and keep the college open. In December 2020, WBRC reported Judson had raised more than $500,000.
The Alabama Baptist reported 18 members of the 24-member board voted in favor of suspending academic operations and to move through an orderly closing through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Only about 80 students are registered for the fall, down from 145 in December.
Judson College, fifth-oldest women’s college, closing
Updated May 22, 2021;
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Judson College, the fifth-oldest women’s college in the United States, is closing after 183 years.
The Judson board of trustees voted today to close the Baptist-affiliated school for women in Marion, The Alabama Baptist reported.
Judson College was founded in 1838.
But today, the board voted to suspend academic operations and move toward filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the school faced mounting debt pressure. “New donors did not materialize, student retention is much lower than expected,” President Mark Tew told The Alabama Baptist.
About 80 students were registered for the fall, down from 145 in December and only 12 new students had been recruited for the fall.