Rhodes McCranie Named Winner of 2025 J. Steven Walraven Scholarship

Congratulations to Rhodes McCranie, Teller at Community Banking Company, Fitzgerald, winner of the 2025 J. Steven Walraven Memorial Scholarship. Rhodes has been accepted to Georgia Southern University and will attend in the fall. He was nominated by Corey Gibbs, President & CEO, Community Banking Company, Fitzgerald. 

The $500 scholarship is awarded to a Georgia community bank employee attending a college or university within the state of Georgia. The goal of the scholarship is to assist those employees interested in furthering their education to enhance their career in community banking.

The scholarship is named for the late J. Steven Walraven, a former community bank president who dedicated much of his life to his community and community banking.  His wife Rebecca and their sons developed the scholarship in his memory.