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Obituaries

Natalie Barber Brown ('27)--89, Brookhaven, retired elementary teacher, May 21, 1995.
John Martiniere Jr. ('31)--86, Laurel, former port director for the city of Biloxi and civic leader, May 19, 1995.
O.H. McFarland ('31)--Laurel, retired electrical engineer, Sept. 20, 1994.
F.F. Becker II ('32)--84, Brookhaven, retired bank official and civic leader, July 25, 1995.
Thomas A. Breland Sr. ('32)--89, Macon, farmer and retired teacher, July 4, 1995.
James S. Smith ('32)--86, Jackson, retired regional insurance director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, July 18, 1995.
L.J. "Doc" Vincent ('32)--86, Marks, former Marks mayor and alderman, businessman, civic leader, and World War II veteran, June 2, 1995.
H.V. Mahan ('33)--Newton, retired research engineer for the state Highway Department, June 2, 1995.
Morris Cohen ('34)--84, Moscow, Russia, former Soviet spy and Spanish Civil War veteran, June 23, 1995.
Alton C. McLemore ('34)--86, Brewerton, Wash., retired electrical engineer for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and World War II veteran, July 30, 1995.
Marcus F. Wichman ('34)--83, Aberdeen, retired chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Aberdeen football coach, June 6, 1995.
Robert F. Cochran ('35)--Poplarville, retired, Jan. 20, 1995.
James William Barnett ('37)--82, Cleveland, retired U.S. Department of Agriculture employee.
William B. Darnell ('37)--Northport, Ala., July 16, 1995.
Seaborn Reynolds ('37)--82, Clinton, civil engineer, president of his own engineering firm, and Korean War veteran, July 10, 1995.
M.B. Cobb ('38, M.S. '50)--81, Kewanee, former teacher, Lauderdale County Chancery Clerk, and World War II veteran, June 15, 1995.
Milton T. Evans ('38)--79, Gulfport, former Gulfport mayor, retired Air Force colonel, and civic leader, July 9, 1995.
Henry S. Montague Jr. ('38)--Blacksburg, Va., Nov. 4, 1994.
Ed M. Stiles ('38)--81, Natchez, retired Natchez city engineer and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers major, June 19, 1995.
Delma M. Boyd ('39, M.A. '52)--80, Carthage, retired teacher and Leake County sheriff, Aug. 3, 1995.
Thomas H. Collier Jr. ('40)--77, Brandon, retired pension worker for the state Public Employees Retirement System, July 3, 1995.
James Calvin Craig ('40)--Brandenburg, Ky., retired, March 2, 1995.
Joseph Thomas Dent ('40)--78, Oviedo, Fla., retired electrical engineer for General Electric Corp., March 26, 1995.
George C. Duckworth ('40)--76, Modesto, Calif., retired executive for MFC Corp. and World War II veteran, Feb. 14, 1993.
Willie Weems ('40)--Forest, retired, June 23, 1995.
Joel DeValle ('41)--Marietta, Ga., retired chief engineer for Southern Railway and World War II veteran, Sept. 8, 1995.
Harry B. Morrison Jr. ('42)--San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 4, 1994.
Henry F. Butts ('43)--72, Saint Joseph, La., retired owner/operator of Helena Plantation Inc. and World War II veteran, Feb. 18, 1995.
Steve Lee Windham Jr. ('43, M.S. '48)--72, Lena, retired horticulture superintendent for the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station in Crystal Springs and World War II veteran, Aug. 4, 1995.
George W. Spence ('45)--75, Baton Rouge, La., retired teacher, July 17, 1995.
Uluse Leon Hearn ('47)--North Little Rock, Ark., retired sales engineer, June 12, 1994.
David C. Hull ('47)--74, Memphis, Tenn., retired National Cotton Council executive and World War II veteran, July 15, 1995.
John P. Saxton ('47)--75, North Little Rock, Ark., civil engineer and former director of the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, civic leader, and World War II veteran, July 29, 1995.
Addie Pearl Gary ('48)--83, Eupora, retired schoolteacher, June 22, 1995.
Albert Reid Smith ('48)--73, Dallas, Texas, retired from Oilwell Division of U.S. Steel Corp. and World War II veteran, Aug. 2, 1995.
James H. Chisholm ('49)--69, Tupelo, retired safety coordinator for North Mississippi Medical Center and World War II veteran, Aug. 8, 1995.
Surry A. Grafton ('49)--74, Milton, Fla., retired hospital administrator and World War II veteran, June 29, 1995.
Lola Jeanne Lindsey ('49)--67, Shawnee, Kan., homemaker, May 7, 1995.
Hugh Vernon Pierce ('49)--69, Jackson, retired vice president of Trustmark National Bank and World War II veteran, March 8, 1995.
John Albert Stevens ('49)--72, Columbus, retired electrical engineer and minister and World War II veteran, Aug. 4, 1995.
Lee Austin Watts ('49)--67, Schlater, farmer and former president of Leflore County School Board, Aug. 2, 1995.
Bryce D. Jordan ('50)--74, Hattiesburg, retired associate professor of finance at the University of Southern Mississippi and World War II veteran, July 11, 1995.
Clyde Smith ('50)--72, State Line, retired guidance counselor, teacher, and principal, May 10, 1995.
Joe Pharis Styles ('51)--66, El Paso, Texas, retired Army lieutenant and Korean War and Vietnam veteran, July 18, 1995.
Grady S. McAlexander ('52)--67, Holly Springs, former foreman for Wurlitzer Co. and Marine Corps veteran, April 20, 1995.
James R. White ('52)--63, Charleston, partner in Arnold Tractor Co. and W&A Farms, farmer, and Korean War veteran, Feb. 17, 1995.
Aksel Kiiss ('53)--67, Northport, N.Y., president and CEO of MITEQ Inc. and founder of the Foundation for the Betterment of Estonian Life and Education, April 20, 1995.
Sara Felicia McReynolds ('53)--65, Starkville, retired library employee at Mississippi State, June 28, 1995.
William M. Pannell III ('53)--68, Mooresville, N.C., retired senior engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corp., June 27, 1995.
James L. Brown ('55)--64, Jackson, business owner, May 31, 1995.
Frank Santmyer Sr. ('55)--65, Purvis, district engineer for the state Highway Department and Korean War veteran, June 27, 1995.
Rex Polk ('56)--63, Petal, retired owner of Rex's Malco Service, Aug. 22, 1995.
Joe K. Barber Jr. ('58)--Memphis, Tenn., supervisory structural engineer for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, May 24, 1995.
James Hugh Gardner ('58)--57, Aberdeen, retired materials manager for Walker Manufacturing Co., July 16, 1995.
Jack Douglas Turner ('58)--66, Columbus, retired public health environmentalist for the state Department of Health and Korean War veteran, May 12, 1995.
Willard Knox Dudley Jr. ('59)--Scooba, Dec. 16, 1995.
Robert A. Tucker ('59)--Vienna, Ill., retired forester.
Jimmy Phillip Johnson ('60, M.S. '66)--57, Brandon, retired area director for Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service, July 13, 1995.
Herman Harold Snell Sr. ('61)--62, Cleveland, owner of lawn-care business and Korean War veteran, June 16, 1995.
Earl M. Gray Jr. ('62)--Orlando, Fla., auditor for U.S. Defense Contract Audit Agency, Aug. 5, 1995.
Patsy Anne Little Stennis ('62)--55, Gulfport, teacher for Mother's Morning Out, Sept. 17, 1995.
Philip Patrick Pittman ('63)--56, Jackson, real estate broker and appraiser, June 24, 1995.
Robert L. Collier Jr. ('66)--Memphis, director of public services for University of Memphis, Jan. 22, 1995.
Maureen S. Thompson ('67)--49, Egypt, retired deputy clerk.
W.K. Herring ('68, M.A. '74)--Starkville, retired, May 6, 1995.
Robert C. Truitt Jr. ('70)--47, Greenville, safety environmental manager for Uncle Ben's Foods, July 19, 1995.
Donald A. Cameron ('71)--Point Clear, Ala., Dec. 13, 1994.
Glennita Gentry ('71)--47, Crawford, florist and owner of Country Creations Inc., June 13, 1995.
Benny V. Weeks ('71)--Columbus, Nov. 22, 1994.
Barbara Ann Ward Barnett ('72)--45, Smithville, Ga., accountant for Infolab Inc., Aug. 24, 1995.
Glenn Kirk ('76)--40, Chattanooga, Tenn., nuclear engineer and owner of Glen Tech Resources Inc., Jan. 10, 1995.
Kathy Barton Jones ('79)--38, Yazoo City, secretary, May 22, 1995.
Charles Harold Moor Jr. ('79)--38, Greenwood, farmer and past president of Greenwood Farmers Club.
William Dwayne McDaniel ('86)--Hollandale, artist, Dec. 1, 1994.
Lester Leigh Barbee III (attended)--49, Lula, Municipal Securities employee, June 25, 1995.
Bryan Adelia Crews (attended)--94, Hazlehurst, retired Copiah County circuit clerk and World War I veteran.
Augustus B. "Bubba" Fort (attended)--79, Columbus, retired farmer, Aug. 20, 1995.
George Frank Hollowell (attended) --74, Greenville, owner of Hollowell Mercantile Co. and World War II veteran.
Thyrza Branton McCollum (attended)--83, Greenville, retired teacher, June 14, 1995.
Joe Edward Morgan (attended)--55, Greenville, retired salesman for Vickery Chevrolet Co., May 30, 1995.
Harry W. Sims (attended)--61, Brandon, retired X-ray technician and chief of radiology at Mississippi State Hospital, June 21, 1995.
Sidney Stribling (attended)--52, Philadelphia, dentist, May 15, 1995.
Bobby L. Wells Jr. (attended)--30, Horn Lake, Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol officer, June 27, 1995.
Siriporn Kaewsuriya (student)--food science and technology major, July 22, 1995.
Clyde M. Rauch (student)--Lexington, S.C., graduate student in poultry science, Aug. 4, 1995.
Monica J. Sneed (student)--Batesville, psychology major, June 11, 1995.
Homer Vester Bell (retired employee)--91, Starkville, retired employee of Mississippi State's Physical Plant Department, July 8, 1995.
Ouida Midkiff Burrus (retired employee)--100, Winona, retired clothing specialist for Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service.
Gilbert Lewis Haralson (retired employee)--83, Starkville, retired Food Services employee, April 17, 1995.
Jan Kennedy (friend)--McComb, May 1995.
Lorene Koen Moody (friend)--79, Hollandale, retired bookkeeper, Aug. 1, 1995.
Joe T. Pursell (friend)--74, Jackson, retired architect, April 1995.

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