Scobey Family endows scholarship for nursing students
Chris Pepple |
Lipscomb University trustee David Scobey and his wife Debbie have established a $100,000 endowed scholarship in memory of Heather Knox Barber, a graduate of the Harding University School of Nursing. Barber, cousin to Debbie Scobey, was a pediatric nurse at the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., and a pediatric home healthcare nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., prior to her untimely death at age 27 as the result of an automobile accident in 1999. Barber had also used her professional skills and demonstrated her Christ-like concern for others by participating in medical missions to Nigeria and Guyana.
“Heather was a very special young lady who lived life with an eternal purpose and was always thinking of others,” said Debbie Scobey, who is Barber’s cousin. “It’s our hope that Heather’s legacy will live on through this scholarship.”
The Heather Knox Barber Nursing Scholarship will be awarded to nursing students who are rising juniors and who are enrolled in the program full-time. Recipients will also participate in a Health Talents International mission during each year they receive the nursing scholarship.
Barber was also memorialized at Sacred Heart Hospital’s service providing home healthcare for children called “Just for Kids.” The agency’s office was named in her memory. Nona Wainwright, then a clinical coordinator for Sacred Heart stated during an interview, “She loved kids and wanted to be a pediatric nurse so that she could be a positive force for them during an illness.”
She is survived by her husband, Donnie, and son, Jakob, who was eight months old at the time of the accident and survived the crash.
To contribute to the scholarship fund for Lipscomb University nursing students, send a gift by mail to the development office or donate online using our secure form. Funds should be earmarked for the Heather Knox Barber Nursing Scholarship.