About The Major Larry J. Bauguess, Jr. Scholarships

Applications for the 2025 Major Larry J. Bauguess, Jr. Memorial Scholarships will begin soon. Please contact the guidance office of Wilkes Central High School for forms or for more details.

2009 was the first year that one female and one male student from Wilkes Central Senior High School were awarded $1,000 scholarships in honor of Major Larry J. Bauguess, Jr. Thus far, $32,000 in scholarships have been awarded to graduating seniors.

These scholarships were created to encourage students to develop leadership skills that Larry embodied, as well as rewarding positive attitudes in our young people. Every single recipient presented themselves as extraordinary young people with strong grade-point averages and powerful leadership in extra-curricular activities.

To qualify for the Major Larry J. Bauguess, Jr. Memorial Scholarships, deserving students must, above all, exhibit the core character traits which were embodied by Major Bauguess and that are encouraged in all of our students by the Wilkes County School System: Responsibility, Respect, Self-Discipline, Kindness, Good Judgment, Perseverance, Courage, and Integrity. A short essay about a time in their life when they have relied on, or exhibited, one of the above traits is an important requirement for this scholarship.

These scholarships are part of the core mission of Major Larry J Bauguess, Jr. Memorial Fund, and why we raise funds to eventrually establish an endowment that can provide this service to the youth of Wilkes County in perpetuity in memory of Major Larry John Bauguess, Jr.