NTCC Firefighter Academy graduates eight students

  • Pictured (front row from left) is: Russ Marshall, Fire Chief Athens, TX; Gerald Clark, MPFD instructor; Landon Bevins, Caleb Hall, Ryan Lounsbury, Larry McRae, Chief, MPFD. Back row (from left) is: Deputy Chief Danny Beard, MPFD; Carson Beard, Marcus Carlock, Manuel Diaz, Clinton Hockaday, Thomas Hughes and Shannon Hughes, MPFD. Not pictured is Deputy Chief, Brad Eubanks, MPFD; David Abernathy Texas Forestry Service (Retired), and Ranson Pipes, MPFD. COURTESY PHOTO
    Pictured (front row from left) is: Russ Marshall, Fire Chief Athens, TX; Gerald Clark, MPFD instructor; Landon Bevins, Caleb Hall, Ryan Lounsbury, Larry McRae, Chief, MPFD. Back row (from left) is: Deputy Chief Danny Beard, MPFD; Carson Beard, Marcus Carlock, Manuel Diaz, Clinton Hockaday, Thomas Hughes and Shannon Hughes, MPFD. Not pictured is Deputy Chief, Brad Eubanks, MPFD; David Abernathy Texas Forestry Service (Retired), and Ranson Pipes, MPFD. COURTESY PHOTO

    Northeast Texas Community College Continuing Education Department is pleased to announce that eight students graduated from 2021 Firefighter Academy on Monday, July 19. A commencement ceremony was held and Russ Marshall, Fire Chief of the Athens Fire Department, was the guest speaker.

    Graduates included: Carson Beard of Mount Pleasant, Landon Bevins of Clarksville, Marcus Carlock of Mount Pleasant,…