OSEOLA MCCARTHYA MISSISSIPPI

PHILANTHROPIST

BORN:1908 IN HATTIESBURG,

MS

WORK:HAND WASHEDCLOTHING FOR

MODEST EARNINGSSINCE AGE 8

MONEY MANAGEMENT:OSEOLA SAVED EVERY

PENNY OUTSIDE OFHER LIVING EXPENSES

RETIREMENT:SHE RETIRED IN 1995

AND DONATED$150,000 OF HERSAVINGS TO THEUNIVERSITY OF

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

SCHOLARSHIPS:TO PROVIDE STUDENTSWITH THE EDUCATIONTHAT OSEOLA ONCE

DESIRED, THE SCHOOLNOW PRESENTS FULL-

TUITION MCCARTHYSCHOLARSHIPS