Atlanta, GA – Dr. Gloria Gary, co-founder of the Gary Foundation, was recently honored as a Mother of Distinction by the Barbara Lewis King Scholarship Committee in Atlanta, Georgia. The event raised scholarship money to benefit high school students who wish to attend college.

Gary was one of eight outstanding women who were recognized during the Mother’s Day “Hat Affair” luncheon. She was applauded for her dedication to public service and for helping young people achieve a college education.

Other honorees included: Deloris Jordan, author and philanthropist and mother of Michael Jordan; Lucille O’Neal, president of My Sister/My Friend and mother of Shaquille O’Neal; Christine E. Johnson, motivational speaker and mother of Magic Johnson; Xernona Clayton, president/CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation; Carole A. Dortch, chief operating officer of TWD and volunteer; Kysha Cameron, CEO of the Ryan Cameron Foundation; and Tanya “Ski” Rodriguez, gospel radio show host.

“I am honored to be recognized along side these very exceptional women,” said Gary. “We all share the same goal of educating young people and encouraging them to pursue their dreams.” The Barbara Lewis King Scholarship Fund was established in 1997.

The purpose of the fund is to invest in the future of young men and women through a scholarship program at Hillside Chapel and Truth Center, Inc.

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Willie Gary knows better than anyone that tough times never last but tough people do. Growing up in a poor migrant family, Gary beat the odds to become a multi-millionaire nationally renown attorney, who is known for giving back to the less fortunate. 

Gary keeps rising out of the shack he and his ten sisters and brothers shared. Gary  was the first black male to go to college from the small town of Indiantown where his family labored in the cane fields. He still remembers the tiny shack where he lived in the Silver City settlement of Pahokee, Florida. Gary often drives by the shack with a clear vision of those times.

Gary, Williams, Finney, Lewis, Watson & Sperando, P.L., is headquartered in the Waterside Professional Plaza, a historic art-deco landmark on the St. Lucie River in Stuart.

Gary bought the building in 1988 and executed $3 million in renovations to the property. The firm's Ft. Pierce offices are on the Intercostal Waterway, just south of the Fort Pierce inlet.

The Gary Foundation is committed to enhancing the lives of youth and steering them away from crime and drugs.

Through scholarships and funding for agencies such as the Gertrude Walden Center and other educational institutions, the foundation instills the desire to learn.