J.T. Steele ('25)-94, Starkville; retired president and board chairman of the former Security State Bank, Nov. 12, 1997.
Charlie Rabb Ashford Sr. ('27, M.S. '49)-95, Starkville; retired extension soil conservation specialist and the oldest Mississippi State student body president, Dec. 31, 1997.
Claude B. Conn ('29)-95, Greenville, Ala.; retired soil conservationist, Nov. 29, 1997.
Paul Armand Frederic Jr. ('30)-90, Vicksburg; retired civil engineer for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District and World War II veteran, Oct. 2, 1997.
William John Martin Sr. ('30)-93, Indianola; retired farmer and merchant, Oct. 13, 1997.
Ralph Lucas "Chicken" Webb ('30)-91, Columbus; retired soft drink bottler and distributor and past president of the Columbus public school board, Aug. 16, 1997.
Robert H. Young ('30)-90, Jackson; retired consulting engineer and head of Robert H. Young and Associates, Nov. 17, 1997.
Frank Donaldson Spencer ('31)-88, Little Rock, Ark.; retired engineer with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nov. 10, 1997.
James H. Simpson ('32)-88, Winona; retired postmaster for U.S. Postal Service, July 3, 1997.
John H. Teunisson Jr. ('33)-86, Greenville; former city engineer and senior project engineer for state Highway Department, Nov. 26, 1997.
Benjamin Oscar Holmes ('34)-85, Chattanooga, Tenn.; retired manager and head of Cartographic Section of Maps and Surveys for Tennessee Valley Authority, Sept. 3, 1997.
Charles A. Lehmann ('34)-85, Fayette; retired farmer and businessman, former Fayette alderman, and World War II veteran, Dec. 5, 1997.
Lawrence L. McLemore ('35)-86, Waynesboro; retired Soil Conservation Services employee and World War II veteran, July 16, 1997.
William Vernon May ('36)-86, Madison; minister, former school superintendent, and former president of Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, Sept. 10, 1997.
Kenneth W. Wilkey ('36)-83, Grenada; retired employee of Collins Bait Shop and former owner/operator of Wilkey's Bait Shop, Dec. 9, 1997.
John A. Blanchard ('38)-80, Madison; retired vice president for Coca-Cola Co. and World War II veteran, July 26, 1997.
Sylvia F. Kasdan ('38)-Louisville, Ky.; retired co-owner of Four Seasons Travel, July 25, 1997.
Littleton Upshur Jr. ('38)-80, Leland; retired research chemist for Burlington Industries, Oct. 20, 1997.
James W. Abernethy ('39)-79, Booneville; retired manager of Prentiss County Electric Power Association, former president of North Mississippi Industrial Development Association, and World War II veteran, Aug. 24, 1997.
Kermet H. Applewhite ('39)-79, Houston, Texas; retired Army colonel and World War II and Korean War veteran, Nov. 12, 1997.
Earl W. Edwards ('39)-79, Tchula; former headmaster at Cruger-Tchula Academy, retired Army colonel, and World War II veteran, Aug. 9, 1997.
Henry Charles Finley ('39, M.S. '52)-87, Kosciusko; retired teacher and principal, Nov. 12, 1997.
Lawrence Thomas Mallette ('39)-80, Memphis, Tenn.; retired technical services engineer for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., July 15, 1997.
Thomas Cooper Walton ('39)-80, Jackson; retired Mississippi Farmers' Home Administration loan officer and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum employee, Oct. 4, 1997.
Robert Earl Hopper ('40)-80, Albuquerque, N.M.; retired director of plant engineering for Sandia Labs, Feb. 18, 1997.
Henry W. Berry ('41)-78, Jackson; industrial development executive, retired Mississippi Power & Light Co. executive, and World War II veteran, Oct. 1, 1997.
John Benedict Buescher ('41)-77, Falls Church, Va.; retired civilian engineer with Department of the Navy and chief engineer of the Navy's Special Projects Office, Sept. 26, 1997.
Henry A. Cain ('41)-78, Rolling Fork; retired teacher, coach, and Sharkey County superintendent of education, Aug. 27, 1997.
Granville P. Harrison ('41)-80, Franklin, Va.; retired teacher, coach, professional football player, and World War II veteran, Dec. 13, 1997.
William E. Christian Jr. ('42)-Houston, Texas; retired economist for Uncle Ben's Food, Nov. 19, 1997.
William S. Cox ('42)-76, Bentonia; retired planter, former legislator and mayor of Bentonia, and World War II veteran, Oct. 31, 1997.
James S. Holliday ('42)-77, Jackson; Methodist minister and World War II veteran, Dec. 7, 1997.
John C. Segrest ('42)-76, Hermanville; farmer, cattleman, businessman, and World War II veteran, Aug. 20, 1997.
George C. Varnado ('42)-77, Hattiesburg; retired president of Varnado Timber Co., World War II veteran, and member of Mississippi State's 1940 Orange Bowl team, Oct. 2, 1997.
O.E. Bradway Jr. ('43)-76, Vicksburg; retired partner in Kleisdorf-Bradway Inc., Naval Reserve Commander, and World War II and Korean War veteran, Nov. 30, 1997.
Carey M. Brickell ('43)-Jacksonville, Fla.; retired underwriter, April 27, 1997.
Foster B. Duggan ('43)-76, Jackson; horticulturist and florist, Dec. 6, 1997.
Otis Guy Smith ('46)-80, Greenville; retired Mississippi Employment Security Commission employee and World War II veteran, Dec. 4, 1997.
J. Edsel McCarty ('47)-74, Stringer; retired salesman for Royster Fertilizer, former teacher, and World War II veteran, Nov. 12, 1997.
Robert C. Burke Jr. ('48)-75, Big Creek; retired farmer, former Grenada County supervisor, and World War II veteran, July 17, 1997.
William Clarence Chisholm ('48)-75, Aberdeen; retired county agent for Monroe County and World War II veteran, Nov. 20, 1997.
Charles Jack Haley ('48)-70, Houston, Texas; retired Exxon geophysicist, Aug. 26, 1997.
Charles H. Henderson ('48, M.Ed. '53)-86, Starkville; retired elementary principal at French Camp Public School, Oct. 3, 1997.
Boyce Clayton Monk ('48)-72, Lake Charles, La.; retired chemical engineer and World War II veteran, Dec. 31, 1997.
Lockett L. Peyton ('48)-75, Jackson; real estate investor, Dec. 2, 1997.
Herbert Shepherd ('48)-77, Philadelphia; retired vocational agriculture teacher and former entomologist at Mississippi State, Dec. 12, 1997.
Marty D. Barfield ('49)-70, Vicksburg; supervisor for Citgo Terminal and World War II veteran, Oct. 12, 1997.
Hulon McCoy Buckalew ('49)-Seattle, Wash.; retired cost accountant for Boeing Co. and World War II veteran, Sept. 8, 1997.
Hilton L. Ladner ('49)-72, Jackson; retired petroleum geologist, oil company executive, and World War II veteran, Aug. 8, 1997.
William Cledith Thomas Jr. ('49)-70, West Point; retired certified public accountant and World War II veteran, Nov. 20, 1997.
Newman Dudley Young Sr. ('49)-73, Amory; retired, World War II veteran, July 18, 1997.
Robert E. Atkinson Sr. ('50)-69, Jackson; retired power plant operator, Sept. 22, 1997.
William E. Dorroh ('50)-68, Gulfport; retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and Korean War and Vietnam War veteran, Sept. 2, 1997.
Harold Thomas Hardee ('50, M.S. '55)-76, Ellisville; former teacher, county agent for Jones County, and World War II veteran, Sept. 19, 1997.
Charles Dalton Havens Jr. ('50)-Huntsville; retired employee of Redstone Arsenal's U.S. Army Guidance Missile School, Aug. 23, 1997.
Addie Holmes ('50)-94, Morton; retired public school teacher, Dec. 1, 1997.
Melvin E. Honeycutt ('50)-74, Tishomingo; retired conservationist for U.S. Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran, July 23, 1997.
Fred G. Johnson ('50)-75, Houston, Texas; retired petroleum engineer and World War II veteran, May 6, 1997.
Thomas L. Wilkerson ('50)-75, Starkville; former Cooperative Extension Service Farm and Home radio show host and World War II veteran, Aug. 16, 1997.
Henry C. Speir Jr. ('51)-72, Picayune; retired mechanical engineer and director of security with Capital Security and World War II and Korean War veteran, Dec. 3, 1997.
Ralph Andrew Steele Sr. ('51)-89, Greenwood; owner of Steele Furniture Co. and World War II veteran, Sept. 16, 1997.
James M. Hall ('52)-68, Meridian; appraiser and realtor, July 12, 1997.
John C. Catron ('54)-73, Laurel; Texaco and Catron Oil executive and World War II veteran, Nov. 16, 1997.
Lenton W. Strong ('55)-65, Utica; realty specialist for U.S. government, Dec. 5, 1997.
James K. Sparks ('56)-New Site; retired principal of New Site High School, March 25, 1997.
James C. Tisdell Jr. ('56)-67, Paris, Texas; retired manager for Westinghouse, rancher, and Korean War veteran, Nov. 9, 1997.
Ray Grisham ('57)-64, Aberdeen; business consultant and owner of Grisham's Equipment Co., Dec. 13, 1997.
Robert L. Hipps ('57, M.Ed. '62)-68, Tupelo; retired schoolteacher and superintendent, July 29, 1997.
Robert B. Prather ('57)-66, Columbus; attorney, Lowndes County public defender, and Korean War veteran, Aug. 26, 1997.
James Francis Broadwater ('58)-68, Jackson; retired district engineer for state Department of Transportation and president of Criterium-Broadwater Engineers, Dec. 27, 1997.
Billy Gene Fulton ('58)-64, Louisville; insurance agent and district manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance and business owner, Sept. 10, 1997.
Roland Woodward ('58)-62, Louisville; former owner of Starkville Ready Mix, Dec. 21, 1997.
W.O. Nelson ('59, M.Ed. '65)-72, Baldwyn; retired counselor and director of the Corinth Extension Center of Northeast Mississippi Community College and World War II and Korean War veteran, Nov. 27, 1997.
Dan C. Jordan Sr. ('60)-75, Louisville; retired counselor and World War II veteran, Dec. 7, 1997.
Carl Campbell Sikes ('60)-59, Jackson; president and co-owner of Performance Paperboard, July 13, 1997.
Charles Phillip Buffington ('61)-60, Canton; co-owner and president of Shackleford Brothers and Fortenberry Inc. and former Canton alderman, Sept. 6, 1997.
Charles E. Hudnall Sr. ('61)-68, Columbus; retired president of Charles E. Hudnall Consulting Engineers, former Columbus city engineer, and Korean War veteran, Sept. 24, 1997.
William Edward McCully ('61)-58, Altamonte Springs, Fla.; attorney, Sept. 29, 1997.
Dan R. Merritt ('61)-59, Brandon; retired teacher, coach, principal, and interim superintendent of Jackson schools, Nov. 9, 1997.
McNair W. Perry ('61)-64, Annandale, Va.; retired unit chief for Federal Bureau of Investigation, vice president of Fact Finders Inc., and former deputy sheriff, April 19, 1996.
Bruce H. Landreth ('64)-56, Tupelo; retired auditor for USF&G, Jan. 14, 1998.
Hershell Clyde Tubb ('64, M.A. '77)-56, Amory; retired teacher, coach, band director, and sales representative, Sept. 20, 1997.
Sidney Martin White ('66)-57, Jackson; former owner/operator of Rankin Fabricators and formerly associated with White Metal Crafters, Dec. 9, 1997.
Elliott H. Weir Jr. ('68)-50, Austin, Texas; financial consultant for Health Finance Group and former vice president of Healthcare International, Aug. 20, 1997.
David L. Bucciantini ('70)-48, Jackson; floral designer, Sept. 17, 1997.
Craig Henderson ('71)-48, Clinton; Rainbow Casino employee, former oil industry lease broker, and Vietnam veteran, Aug. 16, 1997.
Martha Ann Ashley Bone ('72)-59, College Park, Ga.; schoolteacher and librarian, Dec. 30, 1997.
Robert Randal Embrey III ('73)-52, Jackson; engineer and director of monitoring, training, and certification for Division of Water Supply, Mississippi Department of Health, Aug. 12, 1997.
Anita F. Fulton ('73, M.S. '80)-45, Memphis, Tenn.; teacher, Nov. 2, 1997.
James Lewis Black ('74)-45, Nettleton; medical technologist at North Mississippi Medical Center, Oct. 4, 1997.
Jimmy Rex Pulley ('74)-65, Pontotoc; retired professor of economics at Arkansas State University, Nov. 2, 1997.
Danny Ray Funderburk ('76)-44, Amory; landscape architect and operator of the Village Green in Amory, Nov. 1, 1997.
Robert W. Dawson ('78)-40, Booneville; major in the U.S. Marine Corps, July 1, 1997.
Betty Jane Hearn York ('78)-71, Vicksburg; retired elementary special education teacher for Vicksburg Warren School District, Aug. 19, 1997.
Paula Sue Barham ('79)-42, Philadelphia; interior designer, Sept. 19, 1997.
Melissa Mock Fort ('80)-39, Longwood, Fla.; certified public accountant, Oct. 12, 1997.
Emma Lee Andrews Jones ('80)-66, Meridian; retired teacher at West End Harris Elementary School, Dec. 15, 1997.
Robert Daniel Henry ('82)-38, Madison; certified public accountant and Boy Scouts of America leader, Nov. 13, 1997.
Elizabeth Buford Toler ('87)-59, Jackson; teacher and counselor in Jackson Public Schools, Nov. 14, 1997.
Marsha Bass McKelphin ('88)-34, Newnan, Ga.; employee of Paces Ferry Medical Clinic in Atlanta, July 28, 1997.
Kenneth Francis Schrage ('88)-54, Jackson; licensed professional counselor for Counseling Associates of Mississippi, Aug. 19, 1997.
Linda Iverson Smith ('89)-30, Jackson; administrative assistant for Mississippi Hospital Association, Oct. 6, 1997.
Richard Neil Gore ('90)-30, Gautier; mechanical engineer at Ingalls Shipyard, Aug. 26, 1997.
Michele Dunaway Walker ('90)-29, Atlanta, Ga.; former senior account executive for A.D.A.M. Software and Medical Illustrations, Sept. 9, 1997. Because of her role in the success of A.D.A.M. Software, the company has created two permanent electronic laboratories at Mississippi State in her honor.
Olen Batchelor (attended)-63, Germantown, Tenn.; attorney and judge, Nov. 27, 1997.
James Curtis Bell (attended)-78, High Point, N.C.; retired employee of Borden Inc. and World War II veteran, Oct. 7, 1997.
Audie C. Bishop (attended)-90, Atlanta, Ga.; retired Methodist minister.
John Paul Crechale (attended)-67, Raymond; retired owner of Crechale's restaurant, Sept. 26, 1997.
Lee Gibbs Jr. (attended)-88, Yazoo City; retired postal employee, Oct. 17, 1997.
David K. Lee (attended)-40, Jackson; owner of Industrial and Commercial Controls, Nov. 21, 1997.
Dovie E. Lee (attended)-94, Corinth; retired Alcorn County schoolteacher, Sept. 10, 1997.
Willie Cordell West (attended)-86, Aberdeen; retired teacher, Sept. 15, 1997.
Joe Max Wright (attended)-62, Houston; co-owner of Telacap Co. and retired postal worker, Dec. 9, 1997.
Michael Dale Wilkinson (student)-25, Rolling Fork; senior at Mississippi State, Nov. 25, 1997.
Robert Billups (former employee)-69, West Point; retired employee of MSU Food Services, Sept. 2, 1997.
Susan Dell Taylor Jordan (employee)-43, Starkville; director of student services for College of Forest Resources at Mississippi State, Aug. 17, 1997.
William M. "Bud" Miley (former employee)-99, Starkville; retired major general in U.S. Army, former assistant professor of military science at Mississippi State, and World War I and World War II veteran, Sept. 24, 1997.
Jean Parks Overcash (former employee)-80, Starkville; professor emeritus of horticulture, Sept. 22, 1997.
Allan Gordon Wehr (former employee)-66, Starkville; retired professor of chemical engineering at Mississippi State, Oct. 5, 1997.
Bernice Elizabeth Boon Black (friend)-63, Jackson; former secretary at Riverside Independent Methodist Church, Dec. 10, 1997.
Howard Langfitt (friend)-78, Jackson; retired radio broadcaster and executive and World War II veteran, Sept. 24, 1997.
Alta B. Veitch (friend)-89, Starkville; homemaker, Dec. 20, 1997.
