Mr. Hunter Huss

This scholarship was established in 1968 in honor of Mr. Hunter Huss for years of service as an educator.

Often called the patriarch of Gaston County education. Webb Hunter Huss was born March 5, 1902 in Cherryville, North Carolina.
Huss started his career in education in 1923 in Cramerton after graduating from the University of North Carolina. From there he went to Cherryville and was principal of Cherryville High School for seven years.
In 1932 he was named superintendent of Cherryville City School. Hunter Huss died April 2 1971. Huss had talked about a Community College in Gaston County as far back as 1940.