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Lon Morris College (LMC) was a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and was the only school affiliated with the United Methodist Church that was owned by an individual conference and not the denomination as a whole.
Dropped at the onset of World War II, football was reinstated at Lon Morris College in 2009. Its final directory shows that L.M.C. offered men’s and women’s basketball and soccer, volleyball, softball, football, cross country/track, and baseball.
Dec 13, 2018 · For 158 years, Lon Morris College nurtured the minds, hearts, and souls of the young men and women who crossed its threshold in search of an education; They were not disappointed. According to former Lon Morris president, Dr. Faulk Landrum, the school was named one of three of the best two-year colleges in the United States by U.S. News and ...
Hundreds of schools were established in East Texas before the Civil War. Lon Morris College outlasted them all until it closed its doors in 2012. The college had its beginnings in the early 1850s, as a Masonic School located in the community of New Danville, in Rusk County.
Aug 16, 2009 · Hundreds of schools were established in East Texas before the Civil War; Lon Morris College alone still exists as the oldest two year college in the entire state. This month marks its 100th anniversary as a junior college in its current location.
Aug 31, 2021 · Lon Morris College was founded in 1854 as the New Danville Masonic Female Academy near Kilgore. In 1873, under the leadership of Dr. Isaac Alexander, a young Methodist minister, the school moved into Kilgore and became Alexander Institute.
Nov 15, 2018 · Lon Morris College: Stories from the past. During a video interview in Dallas, college classmates Barbara Hugghins and Don Benton discuss 1948 school days. Former college president Faulk Landrum discusses his days as a student in 1954-56. Time goes by; memories fade.
