The Rex Bouldin Scholarship Fund Dinner and Auction was held April 1 at St. Mary Church in Paragould. The dinner and auction, which was attended by more than 120 people, raised more than $20,000. The scholarship fund offers tuition assistance for needy families at St. Mary School in Paragould and was named after Deacon Rex Bouldin, an advocate for Catholic education and St. Mary's first permanent deacon. Bouldin died in 2012.