Capital Contributors

Capital Campaign Categories

Citizens and businesses of North Central Louisiana are working together in order to raise money to renovate the historic Dixie Theater in downtown Ruston and make it a state-of-the-art regional arts center.  Your participation is greatly needed.  It is our hope that the benefits enjoyed by you and your family alone would make this contribution one of the most valuable you will ever make to our community.

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Below are the donors who generously contributed to the restoration and promotion of the Dixie Center for the Arts.  To join this wonderful group in restoring and promoting the Dixie Center for the Arts, please contact Marlen Waters (Contact Us)

 

 

Platinum Benefactor   ($50,000)

The State of Louisiana - Randy Ewing
The State of Louisiana - Jay McCallum

Ruston-Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau

Diamond Benefactor  ($25,000)

Frances & Thomas Folk

Fran & David Hedgepeth

Tommy & Marion Folk

Mike & Roni Haddox

The Russ Town Society

Dr. Lyndon Erroll Dawson, Jr.

Bruce & Tyrette Cowan

 

 

 

Gold Benefactor  ($10,000)

James & Dianne Davison

Chase Bank

Willamette Industries, Inc.

Marvin & Rusty Green

Terry & Donna Ewing

Kitty & Travis DeFreese

Bank of Ruston

Mr. & Mrs. G. W. James, Jr.

Hunt, Guillot & Associates, L.L.C.

Mr. & Mrs. Lue Charles Napper

Lincoln Financial Advisors

Mildred & Lucius McGehee

Clarence Faulk

George & Callie Parkman

Roberta Green Hinton

Community Trust Bank

Don & Carolyn McGehee

Russell & Cynthia Woodard

Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Hogan

Tommy & Sissy James

Terry & Gary Nix

Jo Anne & Johnny Maxwell

 

 

 

 Silver Benefactor  ($5,000) 

Security 1st National Bank

Don & Debbie Cochran

Mr. Sam Wyly

Ruston Community Theatre

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Marbury, Jr.

David Hedgepeth Interiors           

Carole & John Harris

Bill & Kelly Hogan

Dr. & Mrs. John E. Maxwell, II

North Central Louisiana Arts Council

J. Gale & Helen M. Chumley

Dan & Michele Sills

Jacqueline J. Hanks

Lincoln Builders, Inc.

Sallie & John Emory

Triad Builders of Ruston, Inc.

Dr. Allen J. & Josie Herbert

Elizabeth English

Winston & Catherine McVea

 

 

 

Bronze  Benefactor  ($1,000)

American Society of Interior Design, La. Tech

Dr. & Mrs. Benson A. Grigsby

Bill & Beth Vosburg

Mrs. Claire A. Brown

Hogan Hardwoods & Moulding

Eddie & Lisa Barnes

Dr. & Mrs. George A. Pankey

Carolyn Turner

Jim & Dorothy Goff Hoogland

Martin C. & Adrienne Bozeman

Pat & Connie Stuckey

Mr. & Mrs. Richard LeBlanc

Robert & Mary Parrott

Mr. & Mrs. Sammy White

Dr. & Mrs. William Wilder

Miss Ruth Johnson

Frank & Faye Miller

Karl & Shannon Puljak

Mr. & Mrs. Skip Russell

Hollis & Cathy Downs

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest L. Young, III

Mrs. Maggie Carter

Mr. & Mrs. William A Jones

Mr. Charles Killgore

Albritton Service

Mickey & Carolyn McHale

Mr. & Mrs. H. H. Smith, Jr.

Mary Ann Woods

W. K. & Millicent McConnell

Annie & Peter Richardson

Dr. C. L. & Nelda Neal

Gannett Foundation – The News Star

Jimmy & Meeda Harrison

Martha Talley

Randy & Rosemary Ewing

Mr. & Mrs. Foster L. Harris

James Eugene & Tommy Dean Hearne

Mrs. W. A. J. Lewis

Anne & K. D. Kilpatrick

Carmelite Smith 

Dr. & Mrs. F. Jay Taylor

Friday Night Bridge Club

Bill & Christie Weeks

Mrs. Charlotte Davis Parrott

Mr. Gil Birch

Marlen and Roy Waters

Art Stewart

Beth & Ron Riley

Caroline Lewis Hunt

Dave & Mary Ellen Cowling

Dr. & Mrs. David Slay

Drs. Edward & Karen Jacobs

Jayne Black

Jean Beard Grable

Katherine W. Carter

Mary James Burkhalter

Lincoln Loans, Inc.

Richard & Erma Hudson 

Ron & Gwen Barron

Sandra Woodward Parks

Civic Guild of Ruston

Ann M. Boyd

Brandon & Susan Ewing

Beta Sigma Phi, Eta Omicron Chapter

Dr. Susan Roach

Benny & Carol Denny

Frederic & Margaret Hoogland

Sallie & Chris Allen

Ruston Kiwanis Club

Bankers Life of Louisiana

Kelly Hogan–The Fashion of Ruston

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Flournoy

The Cleaners of Ruston

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Giles

Russ Town Band

Bill & MaryAnn Willoughby

Dr. & Mrs. David W. McGehee

Evelyn & James Atkins Tarver

Mr. John Hood

Mr. David Gulledge- Ruston Glass & Mirror

Mr. Thomas M. Hunt

Mr. & Mrs. James Evans

Mr. & Mrs. John A. O’Neal

Pat & Duddy Garrett

Susan R. Shirley

John & Nancy Wallace

Mary Anne Lewis

Dr. & Mrs. James D. Green

T. L. James & Company, Inc.

William & Lynne Gnemi

American Horizons Bank

Paul Woodard Piano Service

B. Garland McKee, Jr.

Rotary Club of Ruston

Charles & Jo Ann Barham

Dr. & Mrs. David Atchison

Mrs. Dorothy Ritchie

Nix & Company, L. L. C.

Mary Margaret Sour

Dr. & Mrs. Jerry C. Johnston

M. Gail Hubley

Neil & Doris Jordan

Dr. Randy Wright

Mr. & Mrs. Robert James

Mr. & Mrs. Ronny Graham

Terry & Carol Hudson Plamondon

Mark & Hong Cross

Bruce & Maggie Hudson Blau

John Sachs

Dr. Reba K. Neel

Dr. & Mrs. Darryl Johnson

Bill & Terrie Queen Autrey

Hank & Betsy Teuton

Cosmos Club

Ruston Civic Symphony Society, Inc.

Mr. Dale Marrs

Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Love

Mr. Doug Crawford

Margaret G. Shadow

Lincoln General Hospital

Phil & Donna Waltz

Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Evans

Dickie & Jo Crump McGee

Mrs. J. D. Carlton

Linda & Bill Graham

Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Davis

Diane Griffith Hoogland

Tom & Mary Kilpatrick

Virginia & Jack Love

Mr. & Mrs. Dan Hollingsworth

William D. Green

Miriam & Walter Savage

Mrs. H. Cecil Kilpatrick, Jr

Mr. & Mrs. Tom B. Jones

Ain’t Misbehavin’ Band

Bank One Corporation

Ms. Kim Birch

 

Sponsor  ($500)

Best Western King’s Inn

Frank & Kathie Cordaro            

Jason C. Owen

Mrs. Maureen Herbert

Lincoln Asphalt Paving, Inc.

Interdenominational Alliance for Ministries

Woman’s Department Club

Steve & Jean Hollis

Dianne H. Wilkinson

McKinney Saw & Cycle

Sylvia L. Stroops

Mr. & Mrs. Lamar Buffington

Dr. Kenny & Shirley Crump

Bobby & Patsy Price

Mr. & Mrs. David Marchman

Rev. & Mrs. Byrd Terry

Mr. & Mrs. Harry D. Napper

Joan L. Warren

Walpole Tire

Sarah Watt Brown

Dr. & Mrs. Wes Lynch

The Lincoln Agency

The Happy Gardeners

Mrs. Dixie S. Norris

John Tom & Beverlee James

Foxxwood Neighborhood

Dr. & Mrs. Douglas L. McGuire

Alex T. Hunt, Jr.          

Ruston Lions Club

Keg Package

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Tull, III

Lenora D. Miller

Randall & Shirley Barron

Smurfit-Stone Container

BellSouth

Riley Baker

BAB Enterprise

Mr. & Mrs. James Fallin

John & Vergie Shealy

Mr. William V. Best

Garland & Alice Gregory

Dr. & Mrs. Ben P. Haley

National Jewelry

 

 

 

Patron  ($100)

A - Wireless Communications

Delta Kappa Gamma

Dr. & Mrs. Richard Hutson

Jefferson Corner Construction

A. O. Chapter of P. E. O.

Mr. & Mrs. Ansel M. Winham

Beverly Thurow Doucet

Bob & Kathy Packman

Bruce & Signe Smale

Mr. & Mrs. C. Reagan Sutton

Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bourgeois

Clayton & Gayle Barns

Cynthia A. Murry

Donnie & Ellen Watson

E. N. & Mildred F. May

Emory & Judith Watson

Mr. & Mrs. Garland Decell

Genice & Leslie Raiford

Gerry Lambright

Grace Spinks

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Mitchell

Herbert & Carolyn Estes

Mr. & Mrs. J. N. Walpole

Jane C. Stephenson

Acres & Avenues Realty, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs., Jim Owens

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Glasgow

Mr. & Mrs. John Perritt

Col & Mrs. Joseph Brotherston

Mr. & Mrs. Justin Garrison

Kathryn F. Allen

Coca- Cola

Mr. & Mrs. Lawson Swearingen

Lillian McDonald

Maggie & L. P. McLane

Mark & Kitty Miller

Dr Mary Ann Goodwyn

Michael & Barbara Carothers Ulmer

Mike Bryan

Randy Fallin

Mrs. Pat Goins

Patricia R. Edwards

Ralph Feazel

Richard & Linda Storms

Robbie Willard

Beta Sigma Phi, La. Laureate Omega

Steve & Jackie Grayson

Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Mounger

Dr. & Mrs. William C. Deese

Yvonne & Mike Craft

Mr. & Mrs. Earvin Ryland

Sallie Rose Hollis

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hoffman, Sr.

Gerald & Shirley Cobb

Kate & Wiley Hilburn

Mr. & Mrs. O. L. Waltman, Jr.

Sara M. Colvin

Backus True Value Hardware

Angie & Troy Biscomb

Bill & Nancy McIntyre

Bonnie L. Peel

David & Ginger Manuel

Edwin & Dawn Pinkston

Steve Saunders

Dr. & Mrs. James Moncrief

Mr. & Mrs. L.,D. Napper

Laura White Lewis

Mary D. Murad

Neal McFadden

Reagan & Dorothy DeFreese

Sarah Albritton

Dr. Thomas & Eva Morris

Celia Jones

Littera Club

Ruston Broadcasting Co. , Inc.

Floral Accounting Systems, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E Givens

Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Torbet

Becky & James Gleason

Dr. & Mrs. Dan D. Reneau, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Gary Luffey

Jim & Mary Shepherd

Lee Evelyn Tannehill

MaryBelle T. Holstead

Teri Lee Arthur Fulton

Ursula G. Hannibal

Ayres & Connie Bradford

Jesselynn P. Oest

Piney Hill Harmony

Dennis & Malise O'Banion

The Culture Guild

CatherineDavid Floral Designs

Dr. Saul Zalesch

Robert & Carolyn Smith

Ben's Wrecking Yard/White Motors

Episcopal Churchwomen

Fuqua Paper Supply

The Cleaners of Ruston

Ann McCane Fraser

Becky Crawford

Bill & Alexa Baldwin

First National Bank

C. Gray Hipp

Candee & Joe Anderson

Christopher & Lisa Barr

Cedar Creek School

David & Nancy Darland

Drake & Ann Marie Mills

Elizabeth Moreland Lewis

Ms. Eve Peden

Gary D. Carlisle

Mr. & Mrs. George Stone

Glenn & Lori Cox

Delta Kappa Gamma - Theta Chapter

Henry & Halene Roy

Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Reese, Jr.

James & Charlotte Christian

Dr. Jarrett Hudnall

Jay & Kathy Ellington

Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Love

Joe & Mary Richardson

John & Marsha Ellis

Josh Fallin

Justin & Jill Gordon

Kathy Tait

Kenneth & Roserita Lefevre

Leon & Rachel Barmore

Louise Roemer

Marcus & Lynnette Bailey

Marlette DeSordi

Mary Scott Hobdy

Michael & Donna McKee

Mike & Miriam Stone

Dr. & Mrs. Owen Jean Hall

Pat & Linda Moyers

Peggy S. Yates

Ray & Jane Sterling

Rick Gallot

S. Andrew Shealy

Sharon S. Tusa

Pack & Mail

Warren & Barbara Bryan

William & Eugenia Golden

Sean & Elizabeth Peterson

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Mize

Hooshang Khorasani

Mrs. Donald Hammock

Mrs. John A. Cawthon

Mary Helen Anderson

Mrs. Priscilla Bowman

Dr. & Mrs. William W. Wicker

Ruston Fire Fighters Association

Ben James

Billie Ingram

Danny W. Tatum

Don & Lynn Kessler

Cargill Harris Corporation

Mrs. Gordon P. Hogan

Blue Bell Creameries, L. P.

L. Green & Catherine Long

Mable H. Rayfield

Mrs. Melba Jones, CPA

Mr. & Mrs. O.P. Morgan

Rodney Driggers

Dr. Mrs. Shaun McIntire

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Smith, Jr.

Dianne Douglas

Ben & Julie Fallin

Westlake Reed Leskosky

Dr. & Mrs. John H. Broocks

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Judd

Ruston Business & Professional Woman's Club

Charles & Sandra Hart

Ed W. Stinson, III

Harold & Kay Naff

Lincoln Bricklayers

Mark & Martha N. Freeman

Richard & Laura McKinney

Thermon & Anne Holstead

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. McIntyre

Daniel E. Maddux

Russ & Janet Nolan

Nora's Flowers

Justin & Jeanette Hinckley

Peter Jones

Mr. Jane C. Calhoun

Ben & Diana Humphries

Alexander Contractors, Inc.

Federal Home Products

Gibsland Bank & Trust

Mrs. Alice Herrmann

Jane Worthy

Beth & Hisham Hegab

Bob & Elaine Levy

Bruce & Rosalyn Pack

C. R. & Melba Thompson

Catherine Jones Williams

Clay & Christy Hipp

Craig & Christi Dickerson

Dr. & Mrs. Don Kaczvinsky

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Anderson

Elizabeth & Steve Turnley

Fred & Sally Leachman

Gary M. Hammon

Geri Taylor

Glennie Shearer

Guy & Stephanie Carwile

Henry R. Mays

J. G. S. Williams

Jan & Randall Murphy

Dr. & Mrs. Jason Dupree

Jerry & Martha Callender

Mr. & Mrs. Jodie Williams

John & Jeanne Armstrong

Johnny Hudson

Zion Hill Baptist Church

Karen Johnson

Kathy & Chris Stone

Laura K. Waltz

Lester & Diane Singletary

M. L. Smith, Jr.

Mrs. Marguerite Garrett

Martha & Jerry Callender

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Jones

Michelle Allen

Neil Ron White

P. K. Smith , Jr.

Patricia Tippit

Mr. & Mrs. Pete Thiels

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Jones

Rick & Cathy Godley

Dr. Sally Sartor

Ruston Junior Auxiliary

Thomas & Louella Howard

Mr. & Mrs. Warren Watson

Mr. & Mrs. Willie Green

Beth Middleton

Ed & Jane Shell

Bette H. Wallace

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Price

Johnny & Karen Armstrong

The Arts Club

Mrs. Ruth Read Calhoun

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dawkins

Al Brasuell

Betty & Frank Jerome

Bobby & Lora Conville

Dicky & Marcia Nealy

Dorothy K. Jewell

Elisabeth Cawthon

Hoye & Jane Grafton

Jim & Margaret Davison

Laura A. Smith

Martha Chase Moss

Mike & Pam Walpole

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Semon

Ron & Carol Leblanc

Sue & Jewette Farley

Dr. & Mrs. Walter E Jakiela

Phil & Renea Roper

Albertson's

Dot & Herschel Vinyard

Mr. Richard Lewis

V. Davis Hunt

Ann Carolyn Davis

Connie A. Watts

Esther M. Lazarus

Jan Hill - Jan's Optical

Larue B. Napper

Mary E. Price

Ruth & Hugh Gamble

Thomas W. Rogers

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bradford

Mr. & Mrs. Dixie Griffin

Ruston High Class of 1957

Evers, Cox & Gober, P. L. L. C.

Lavaga H. James

Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Terry

Junior Guild

Hawkins Photography

 

 

Friend  ($50)

Alpha Delta Kappa– Epsilon Chapter

Anesthesia Associates of Ruston

Lt. Col. & Mrs. Benjamin P. Kincannon

Bill Rogers

C. J. Matlock

Carolyn & Humes Grossman

Lt. Col. Carroll G. Biggs, USAF, Ret.

Cecelia Hedrick           

Charlie Green Colvin

Choudrant Exxon

Christy Garrett

Sean & Linda Dwyer

Cranford’s Grocery

Dan & Myssi Stange

Dillingham Optical of Ruston, Inc.

Mrs. Jean G. Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Drewett

T.D. Carey, MD

Douglas & Lynda Steed

Capt. & Mrs. Edward O. Rolf

Elizabeth R. Roane

Elizabeth & Tom Post

Ena Margaret Martin

Erica Gulley

George B. Holstead

Guyette Barham

Mrs. H. L. Whitten

Dr. & Mrs. J. Mecom

Robert & Shelia Bordelon

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Malone

Jane T. Price

Title One Media Center

T.J. & Dianne Britt Adkins

Shirley Henderson

Jesse & Shannon Roberts

Jim & Jane Ball

John H. Brynsvold

John & Mary Boston

Joy Tait

Mary Alice Metzler

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Coyle

Peggy Fallin

Paul & Lisa Nelson

Radian L Henningan, CPA

Rita C. Hamblin

Peacemakers Quilt Club

Rolanda M. Howe

Dr. & Mrs. Ron Anders

Doris Gallagher

State Farm Insurance

Shelby McDuff