Grateful For What God Has Done

  Jacksonville College was established in 1899 and is the only remaining private Christian Junior College in the state of Texas. Dr. J.M. Newburn, a founding trustee and third president of Jacksonville College, stated that the college was established with an...

Updated Look and Mission

Thank you for visiting our new website at www.jacksonvillecollege.edu. Our new social media name for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter is jcollege1899—very soon our old accounts will merge into our new ones. Our updated mission at Jacksonville College is “To provide...

Mr. Priddy’s Phonograph

President Dr. Lightner With The Priddy Family In 1942, Raymond L Priddy, was a student at Jacksonville College. At the time, there was an RCA Victor Phonograph at the college that he loved immensely and bought for $1.50. Raymond kept the phonograph until his death in...