John Clarence "Skeepie" Scarborough, III

Education:

Whitted Elementary School

Westtown Prep School

Palmer's Memorial Institute

University of Ohio

 North Carolina Central University, B.S. Degree

 Eckels College of Mortuary Science (Branch of Temple University, Philadelphia Pennsylvania)

Institute for Leadership Development, sponsored by the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce

Hillside High School (attended for seven weeks)..

Employment:

North Carolina Central University, Physical Education Department

Scarborough and Hargett Funeral Home, Inc., Memorial Chapels and Gardens (President)

Professional Affiliations:

Chairperson, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc.,

  History Committee

Chairperson, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Associations, Inc., \

North Carolina History Committee

Board of Directors, St. Joseph's Heritage Foundation

Member of the Board of Directors of Daisy E. Scarborough Homes, Inc. Member of the Board of Directors of Mechanics and Farmers Bank

Member of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce

Member of the Funeral Directors and Morticians Association of North

  Carolina, Inc.

Member of the Central District of the Funeral Directors and Morticians \

Association of North Carolina, Inc. Life Member of the Durham Chapter of NAACP Life Member of the North Carolina Central University Alumni Association,

Member of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People

Member of the James E. Shepard Sertoma Club

Member of Alpha Tau Boule, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity

Member of Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity

Member of the Executive Committee of the Occheneechee Council, Boy Scouts of

America

Member of the Durham Business and Professional Chain

Member of the Advisory Board of Directors of the American Cultural Complex, . Raleigh, North Carolina

Member of St. Joseph's Hayti Heritage Board

Member of NCCU One Thousand Eagles Campaign

Member of the Roads, Inc.

Member of NCCU Quarterback Club

Former Affiliations

Assistant Boy Scout Master, Troop #137

Member of the Board of Director of WAFER Radio Station

Member or the Advisory Board or Ambulance Service of North Carolina (the

    first Black)

 Member of the Advisory Recreation .Board .for the City and. County of Durham . (Vice Chairman)

 Lay Member of National Funeral Directors. and Morticians Association, Inc,  (youngest person elected)   

District Three Governor, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc

Member of Bright Leaf Toastmaster

Member of Durham Chamber of Commerce, Human Relations Committee

Vice Chairman or Durham Recreation Board

Vice President National Funeral Directors and Morticians Associations, Inc.

Secretary of the Board,. National. Funeral. Directors and. Morticians Association, Inc.

Member of the Stagville Board

President, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Associations, Inc.

 Member of the Board of Directors of North Carolina Central University Foundation

 Member of the Policy Advisory-Board of  Operation-Breakthrough

Member of  the Durham Jaycees

Member of the Under 40 Group of the NFD & MA, Inc.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Durham Business and Professional Chain

Assistant Explorer (Boy Scouts of America) Advisor, St. Joseph's AME Church

Member of the "Board of Directors (of  the John Avery Boys' and Girls’ Club

Member of the Board of Director of the Durham YMCA

Member of the Board of Directors of the United Durham, Inc.

NCCU Foundation Board Member

Fraternal Affiliations:

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc

Mason, FAM Doric Lodge #28

Durham Consistory #218

Shriner, Zafa #176

Awards:

Spirit of Hayti Legacy Award 

District Award of Merit for B9Y Scouts of America, Inc. 

Professional of the year for the FD & MA, NC, Inc., 

Morning Star Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall named in honor of the Scarborough-Family .

Professional-of-the-Year Award, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc.,   "Personalities of the South"

Professional of the Year Award, Funeral Directors and Morticians Association of  North Carolina, Inc.,  at the NFD& MA.54th Convention, Memphis, TN

On the "Wall of Fame" of  the Advisory Board of the African American Cultural Complex (AACC) and NCCU

The first Black on the Ambulance Board of Nortb Carolina, 

Community Connection Award (NAACP) 

Lamplighter Award,   Galilee Baptist Church

Stagville: "An Honored Elder" Community Connection Award

'Certificate of Award, presented by Funeral "Directors and Morticians Associations,

Appreciation for Outstanding Service Rendered,-presented by District. III. of  the NFD & MA,

District m Governor. Dedicated Service. presented by Tennessee State FD and MA, Inc.

Presentation by Calvin Williams, Tennessee State President, 

Presentation. by FD" & MA, NC.,- IDC.,.. District ID. Governor

The United States Jaycees - Spoke Award

Outstanding Contribution, Funeral Directors and Morticians Association of North Carolina, -Inc., 

Honor Award for Running for Durham County Commissioner, presented by State President Horton. and.Members of North Carolina Funeral Directors  and. Embalmers Association,­

Certificate of Appreciation, presented by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Durham- Section

Certificate of Appreciation for generous Contributions and serving as Guest Lecturer, Presented- by Mortuary Science Department,.University of the District of.Columbia,­

Hall of Distinction - Inducted into African American Heritage Preservation Cultural  Complex in- the" Hall of Distintion Outstanding- Contributions made for Advancement of Human Rights and Development of African Americans,  UDI Certificate of Appreciation for 21 years of Devoted and Dedicated Service,

Outstanding Service and Contributions to the Durham County Friends of Black Children,

NCCU Honors as a member of the James E. Shepard Society,

Certificate of Recognition of Outstanding Community Service,

Certificate of Appreciation, presented by the Minnie S. Pearson Women Missionary Society Of St. Joseph's AME Church,

The Minnie S. Pearson Women's Missionary Society Distinguished Service Award,

                In Recognition of and Appreciation for Outstanding, Devoted and Dedicated Service Rendered to St. Joseph's AME Church, Rev. Philip R. Cousin, Jr. Pastor,

Appreciation Memento from Funeral Directors and Morticians Association of North  Carolina,     .

Two Most Memorable Awards:

      Religious Award at Palmer Memorial Institute, presented by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins

      Brown, President Emeritus, and Dr. Wilemenia Crosson, President

Best All Around Athlete at Westtown Quaker School, Westtown, Pennsylvania,   (Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, and Track)

Presentations Made To:

The President of the United States (President Richard Nixon),

Veterans' Administration Hospital; Durham, North Carolina

Presentation before the Senate Subcommittee on behalf of NFD&MA, Inc.,

National Council of Negro Women

Hobbies:

An advocate spokesperson of Black History Enthusiasm for reading