In Memoriam Mississippi State University

 

Obituaries

  • Howard Lacy King ('17)-103, Tupelo; retired teacher, businessman, and farmer and World War I veteran, Sept. 28, 1999.
  • Charles Donald Davis ('25)-98, North Carrollton; retired postmaster, business owner, and World War II veteran, Dec. 9, 1999.
  • William C. Gavin Sr. ('25)-Waynesboro; retired mathematics teacher, Sept. 26, 1999.
  • S.R. Evans Sr. ('26)-96, Greenwood; retired business owner, farmer, cattleman, past president of the Mississippi State Alumni Association, and former member of the Board of Trustees, state Institutions of Higher Learning, Oct. 14, 1999.
  • Bishop D. Pepper ('30)-92, Jackson; retired federal employee for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and member of the Mississippi War Board during World War II, Nov. 3, 1999.
  • George A. Chancellor ('32)-91, Hattiesburg; retired lumberman and owner of Chancellor Lumber Co., July 13, 1999.
  • James R. Buntyn Sr. ('33)-San Antonio, Texas; retired U.S. Army colonel, Aug. 18, 1999.
  • John Stanley Tyler ('35)-86, Old Tappan, N.J.; retired U.S. Army colonel and securities broker and World War II veteran, Oct. 21, 1999.
  • William Edward Spengler ('37)-83, Houston, Texas; retired Exxon Corp. employee and World War II veteran.
  • Robert Eugene Rankin Sr. ('38)-86, Poplarville; retired Mississippi Highway Department employee and World War II veteran, Oct. 18, 1999.
  • Hoke Stone ('38)-82, Lambert; retired attorney, former district attorney of the 11th Circuit Court, and World War II veteran.
  • C.D. Watts ('38)-88, Albuquerque, N.M.; former head of the circulation department at MSU's Mitchell Memorial Library, former U.S. Postal Service employee, and World War II veteran, Nov. 10, 1999.
  • Vivian Murray Carpenter ('39)-83, Greenwood; retired salesman and World War II veteran, Jan. 3, 2000.
  • Oscar Weed ('39)-84, Jackson; retired teacher for Escambia High Systems in Pensacola, Fla., and World War II and Korean War veteran.
  • Cline B. Gray ('40)-85, Longwood, Fla.; retired manager for General Motors Acceptance Corp., Dec. 30, 1999.
  • J.P. Overstreet ('40)-82, DeKalb; retired merchant and member of the board of directors of Commercial Bank, Sept. 20, 1999.
  • William C. Robinson ('40)-Falls Church, Va.; retired vice president of the Electrical Systems Center of Westinghouse Electric Corp., Aug. 17, 1999.
  • Earl Buford Williamson ('40)-86, Leland; retired supervisor of cotton mechanization research for USDA at Stoneville and World War II veteran, Nov. 19, 1999.
  • Leonard C. Crowe Sr. ('41)-86, Carthage; retired rural mail carrier, former schoolteacher, and World War II veteran, Nov. 17, 1999.
  • Webster Manning Watson ('41)-79, Drew; farmer and cattleman and World War II veteran.
  • James Dillard Cox Jr. ('42)-80, Jackson; retired merit systems supervisor for the state Employment Commission and World War II veteran, Dec. 27, 1999.
  • Douglas E. McLean ('42)-79, Meridian; retired Miami Dade (Fla.) Communcation College professor and World War II veteran, Nov. 10, 1999.
  • Tom C. Lauderdale ('43)-Shannon; mechanical engineer for Shannon Steel Service, Jan. 30, 1999.
  • James C. Byrd ('46)-78, Long Beach; retired auditor and district supervisor for state Tax Commission and World War II veteran, Dec. 29, 1999.
  • Hilton Horace Abernathy ('47)-79, Kingston, Tenn.; retired Union Carbide employee and World War II veteran, Oct. 25, 1999.
  • Carl Smith Draughn ('47)-78, Liberty; retired district conservationist for USDA Soil Conservation Service and World War II veteran, Nov. 13, 1999.
  • Douglas B. Floyd Jr. ('47, Ph.D. '74)-74, Brandon; retired coach and school administrator, most recently as superintendent of the Indianola School District, Oct. 5, 1999.
  • Joseph M. McDonald Jr. ('47)-76, Brandon; retired administrator for the Mississippi Employment Security Commission and World War II veteran.
  • Chris M. Elmore Jr. ('48, M.S. '55)-Oxford; retired medical entomologist, June 28, 1999.
  • James Earl Ross ('48)-74, San Antonio, Texas; retired electrical engineer, Sept. 24, 1999.
  • J.C. Williamson Sr. ('48)-78, Meridian; retired Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service county executive officer for the Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran.
  • Ulmont T. Ammon Jr. ('49)-77, Vicksburg; retired supervisory civil engineer for the Corps of Engineers' Mississippi River Commission and World War II and Korean War veteran, Nov. 14, 1999.
  • Bob H. Bassett ('49)-74, Vestavia Hills, Ala.; retired control branch manager for General Motors Acceptance Corp., Nov. 11, 1999.
  • Gene Leflore Bidwell ('49, M.S. '60)-79, Itta Bena; retired teacher and guidance counselor and World War II and Korean War veteran.
  • James W. Dixon ('49)-75, Yazoo City; retired civil engineer and World War II veteran, Dec. 19, 1999.
  • Robert Conner McNeel ('49)-72, Ackerman; retired major general in the U.S. Army, owner of Ackerman Furniture Co., and World War II veteran.
  • William Latham Morris Jr. ('49)-74, Greenville; employee of Central Tobacco and Candy Co. and World War II veteran.
  • Eugene Tennison ('49)-73, Booneville; retired pastor of Tishomingo Baptist Church, former schoolteacher and principal, and World War II veteran, Sept. 23, 1999.
  • James Irwin Sessums ('50)-78, Lena; former Lena alderman and World War II veteran, Dec. 1, 1999.
  • Johnie F. Williams ('50)-73, Lexington; retired GMAC district representative, Nov. 17, 1999.
  • Albert H. Brett ('52)-73, Kosciusko; retired inspector for the state Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran.
  • Thomas Grady Stephenson Jr. ('52)-68, Meridian; retired owner of Credit Bureau of Meridian and Credit Bureau Collection Service, Sept. 26, 1999.
  • Alton Leger Jr. ('53)-73, Roslyn, Pa.; retired mechanical and electrical engineer for Kulicke & Soffa and World War II veteran, Sept. 30, 1999.
  • Mike D. Gamblin ('54)-68, Jackson; retired employee of Mississippi Power & Light Co., Dec. 17, 1999.
  • Carl D. Robison ('54)-68, Brookhaven; retired field representative for Mississippi Chemical Corp. and a former assistant county agent, Nov. 9, 1999.
  • Bobby L. Adams ('55)-67, Smithdale; co-owner and operator of Adams Logging, cattleman, and farmer, Dec. 1, 1999.
  • Robert A. Boland ('56)-70, Vicksburg; retired civil engineer and chief of the Estuaries Division for the Waterways Experiment Station and Korean War veteran, Oct. 29, 1999.
  • John William Keyes ('56)-73, Clinton; retired soil conservation scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran.
  • Bill M. Rowan ('56)-69, Senatobia; retired teacher and coach and Korean War veteran, Oct. 29, 1999.
  • W.M. Felix Suttle Sr. ('56)-76, Mashulaville; retired field technician for USDA's Agriculture Market Administration and World War II veteran.
  • Thomas Irvin Wood ('56)-64, Mission, Texas; geophysicist, Dec. 7, 1999.
  • George H. Isbell Jr. ('57)-70, Shannon; geologist and Korean War veteran, Oct. 11, 1999.
  • M.E. Jaggers ('57)-Cave Spring, Ga.; retired employee of Inland Container Inc., Oct. 8, 1999.
  • Roy Nickels ('57)-84, Columbus; retired owner of Nickels Furniture Co. and World War II veteran, Nov. 17, 1999.
  • Carlton Parrish Russell Jr. ('57, M.S. '60)-64, Huntsville, Ala.; retired aeronautical engineer.
  • W.K. Brewer ('58)-74, Jackson; retired horticulturist, owner of Bo-Kays Florist, and World War II and Korean War veteran, Nov. 16, 1999.
  • Clarence Ramsey Anding ('59)-82, Jackson; retired accountant for University of Mississippi Medical Center, Sept. 22, 1999.
  • James Lynn Hester (M.S. '61)-60, Ruston, La.; retired head of the management and marketing department and former dean of the Graduate School at Louisiana Tech University, Oct. 31, 1999.
  • Pascal Lamar "Pat" Watson Jr. ('64)-56, Bogart, Ga.; assistant football coach at the University of Georgia and former Canadian Football League player, Sept. 25, 1999.
  • Rubel Grady Fears ('65, M.A. '69)-79, Amory; retired English professor at Jacksonville (Fla.) Community College and World War II veteran.
  • William R. Anderson ('67, M.A. '69)-Washington, D.C.; administrator of professional programs for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sept. 11, 1999.
  • Haden Jones ('69)-53, Hattiesburg; engineer for Hercules, Oct. 9, 1999.
  • John C. Derrington ('70, M.B.A. '74)-52, Huntsville, Ala.; forestry consultant, former teacher, and Vietnam War veteran, Oct. 16, 1999.
  • Joe Rex Dennis ('72)-56, Forest; operations manager for Industrial Installations.
  • James Merlin Solomon III ('72)-Carruthersville, Mo.; farmer, Aug. 5, 1999.
  • Troy Parsons ('73)-48, Vicksburg; management support specialist for the Social Security Administration.
  • Basil H. Willis ('77)-53, Philadelphia; teacher at Pearl River Indian School, Dec. 30, 1999.
  • Mark S. Walker ('78)-44, Oxford; farmer, Oct. 27, 1999.
  • William Eades Hogue ('81)-46, Greenville; service technician.
  • Thomas G. Ramey ('81)-41, Brandon; president and CEO of the Ramey Agency in Ridgeland, Oct. 4, 1999.
  • Mitchell Wirt Brackin ('83)-39, Starkville; doctoral student at Mississippi State and employee of Brackin Paint Service, Oct. 5, 1999.
  • Hayward Mearl Phillips Jr. ('84)-Starkville; director of the Starkville Parks and Recreation Commission.
  • Ralph Arthur Salomon ('84)-49, Katy, Texas; Amoco Oil Co. employee.
  • Patricia Hester-Duke ('90, Ph.D. '94))-60, Amory; special education director for the Nettleton School District, counselor, and owner of PHD Learning Services, Oct. 30, 1999.
  • Tyler M. Segrest ('99)-23, Hermanville; Sept. 23, 1999.
  • Lester Carr (attended)-58, Benoit; former owner of Wholesale Motor Co. in Greenville, Dec. 5, 1999.
  • Gerald H. Denley (attended)-87, Coffeeville; publisher of The Coffeeville Courier and World War II veteran.
  • Charles Henry Estes Jr. (attended)-76, Yazoo City; retired owner of a motor parts company and World War II veteran, Oct. 22, 1999.
  • Zellene Eaves Flynn (attended)-73, Louisville; retired music teacher for Noxapater High School, Nov. 14, 1999.
  • Cary M. Henderson-Lewis (attended)-47, Memphis, Tenn.; schoolteacher with Memphis city schools and former computer programmer.
  • Johl William Klein (attended)-94, Lyon; retired Nabisco employee, Oct. 30, 1999.
  • Rose Miley McQuinn (attended)-70, Covington, La.; retired office manager, Oct. 17, 1999.
  • Charles Vincent Michell Sr. (attended)-62, Greenville; retired district sales amanger for Life of Georgia Insurance Co., Oct. 20, 1999.
  • James A. Miller (attended)-72, Jackson; retired chairman of the board of Miller Transporters, Sept. 27, 1999.
  • Arthur Mills (attended)-75, Columbus; retired Air Force master sergeant and World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam veteran, Nov. 14, 1999.
  • John T. Montgomery (attended)-88, Jackson; retired regional sales manager for Phillip Morris Inc. and World War II veteran, Nov. 9, 1999.
  • Leonard A. Pepper (attended)-82, Madison; farmer, retired purchasing agent for Southern Stone and Slag Co., and World War II veteran.
  • Ray Paxton Richmond (attended)-84, Memphis, Tenn.; World War II veteran.
  • Lesley Carson Slaton (attended)-45, Jackson; owner of the Ink Spot printing company in Florence, musician, and community volunteer.
  • Eldrew P. Smith (attended)-76, Union; retired farm implement dealer and World War II veteran.
  • Halsey E. Wesley (attended)-73, Gulfport; World War II and Korean War veteran.
  • Carrie O'Lydia Hobson (student)-22, Lexington; student at Mississippi State, Oct. 31, 1999.
  • Jennifer Rose Nickles (student)-22, Greenville; psychology student at Mississippi State, Nov. 12, 1999.
  • Jason Andrew Powell (student)-21, Florence; mechanical engineering student at Mississippi State, Nov. 12, 1999.
  • Joseph Frank Killebrew (employee)-55, Starkville; plant pathologist with the Mississippi State Extension Service, Oct. 4, 1999.
  • Louie Putt (former employee)-90, Starkville; retired MSU food service employee, Oct. 14, 1999.
  • Juanita Rivers Williamson (former employee)-85, Leland; retired secretary for the Delta Branch Experiment Station at Stoneville and homemaker, Nov. 3, 1999.
  • Margarette Welch Bailey (friend)-Columbia, S.C.; retired employee of the human resources department of Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, Nov. 15, 1999.
  • Hollis C. Kinsey (friend)-93, Tupelo; former owner of Pepsi-Cola franchise and former chairman of Mississippi Game and Fish Commission.
  • Billy Wooten (friend)-71, Laurel; retired U.S. Postal Service employee, baseball coach and umpire, and World War II veteran, Nov. 2, 1999.

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