December 16, 2013
Northeast Texas Community College held its December 2013 commencement at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts Friday, Dec. 13. A total of†105 students were awarded associate degrees and 69 earned certificates of competency in their chosen fields. Gerran Peoples of Pittsburg gave the commencement address. Jimmy Smith (pictured) of Mount Pleasant delivered the student response.
Peoples was born and raised in Pittsburg and is the son of Carolyn K. Rogers and the late Roy Lee Peoples. He graduated from†Pittsburg†High†School in 2002 before attending NTCC. He received his Associate of Applied Science Degree with Honors from NTCC and then went on to receive a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University-Texarkana, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Peoples has worked at Cypress Bank in Pittsburg for the past 11 years, where he currently holds the position of Loan Officer.†
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Smith is the son of Jimmy and Estell Smith of Mount Pleasant and a graduate of Chapel Hill High School. During his time at NTCC, he has been an active member in Student Government Association, ENACTUS, Brother to Brother, and the NTCC Student Ambassadors. Smith is a member of the Mount Pleasant Optimist Club and also serves as a musician and youth choir director at Greater Hope Church of God in Christ.
