The Darrel Way Endowed Scholarship in Agriculture

Darrel was a 1944 graduate of Carlisle High School and enjoyed attending reunions through the years with fellow classmates. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, in the fall following graduation. He went on to Arkansas State University, where he earned his BSE in 1949, graduate studies at Fayetteville, University of Arkansas in 1950, and then on to Oklahoma State University, where he received his Master’s Degree in 1954. He began teaching Vocational Agriculture in Harrisburg, Ark., and married his high school sweetheart, Earline, who was also teaching in Harrisburg. They raised their children there before moving to Little Rock, Ark., in 1963, when he took a position with the Arkansas State Department of Education. He also spent over 20 years in the Arkansas Army National Guard, retiring with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 2. Darrel and Earline were life time members of the United Methodist Church, and he was a life time Mason. After retirement, they enjoyed traveling to all 48 states in their converted mini-van, and flying to Hawaii and Alaska. He enjoyed both the Razorbacks and the Red Wolves; he and his wife were great fans. Darrel was still gardening up into his nineties, growing okra and tomatoes, with which he made gumbo to share with family and friends. He was a man of many talents in his “shop”, which he kept even upon their move to Parkway Village, and he continued to help both family and residents at Parkway ‘fixing things’ that needed to be repaired. Mr. Darrell Way, passed peacefully into Heaven on June 9, 2022.