Jolly P. McCarty was the beloved husband of Evelyn McCarty for 40 years. He certainly was one of lifes greatest champions. Known throughout the Gulf Coast for the generous donation of his time and energy for many charities and organizations to better individuals lives and ensure countywide educational progress, McCarty served on numerous boards of directors. At the time of his unfortunate death, he was enthusiastically serving as Secretary-Treasurer for the Bacot Foundation.

 

The family and numerous friends of Jolly McCarty noted the similarity and compatibility of the many areas of community outreach in which Jolly was contributing his personal leadership and effort with those causes supported by the Bacot Foundation.  Accordingly, as a way to perpetuate these mutual efforts, they were merged into the renamed Bacot McCarty Foundation, Inc.

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Recently, the Foundation name was changed back to the Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi as the foundation's reach now extends all across the region. It is governed by the same board of directors and has the same general purpose of addressing the unmet needs in our region.