In Memoriam

Robert Lyon Peel ('26)-96, Long Beach; retired salesman for the Merchant Co., Feb. 25, 2000.
Earl Hicks Bailey ('27, M.S. '30)-98, Starkville; former botany professor at Mississippi State and retired agronomist with American Potash Institute, Feb. 14, 2000.
Edwin Volney Chapman ('28)-94, Clarksdale; retired farmer, former professional baseball player, and World War II veteran.
James Harrison Lambdin Sr. ('28)-94, Madison; retired executive vice president for Mississippi Valley Gas Co. and consulting engineer.
George Clayton Brown Sr. ('31)-90, Brookhaven; retired Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Administration employee and World War II veteran, Jan. 18, 2000.
John Sherman Crubaugh ('34, M.S. '42)-86, Brewer; retired teacher, coach, and president of Itawamba Community College, Jan. 19, 2000.
Mary Margarete Peebles ('34)-89, Starkville; retired head of acquisitions at MSU's Mitchell Memorial Library.
James Hobart Sanford Sr. ('34)-89, Louisville; retired Air Force colonel, former Internal Revenue Service employee, and World War II veteran.
Eugene Sumter Towles Jr. ('36, M.S. '64)-85, Starkville; retired chemist for the State Petroleum Lab, March 9, 2000.
Ferrill D. Battley ('37)-Madison; retired municipal bond broker, accountant, and World War II veteran, Feb. 22, 2000.
D.D. Wood ('37)-85, Tallulah, La.; retired president of Wood Agricultural Service, locksmith, and woodworker, April 17, 2000.
William S. Harper Jr. ('38)-84, Batesville; retired optometrist and World War II veteran, Feb. 20, 2000.
Jack C. Kean Jr. ('38)-Starkville; Feb. 4, 1999.
James Berkeley Maury Jr. ('38)-Houston, Texas; retired microbiologist for Anheuser-Busch and World War II veteran, Feb. 10, 2000.
K. Ramsay O'Neal ('38)-82, Hattiesburg; physician and founding partner of Hattiesburg Clinic, Feb. 6, 2000.
Mack Andrew Rowzee ('38, M.S. '53)-89, Starkville; retired specialist for the state 4-H staff at MSU, Feb. 28, 2000.
Jesse D. Smith ('38)-85, Jackson; retired appraiser for Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Administration and World War II veteran, Feb. 4, 2000.
James Allen Spraberry ('38)-90, Oliver Springs, Tenn.; retired soil scientist with USDA Agricultural Research Service, April 12, 2000.
Charles O. Little ('39)-83, Clinton; retired supervisor for South Central Bell and World War II veteran.
Marshall Johnson Marble ('39)-88, Hurley; retired electrical engineer for the U.S. Navy and owner of Marble Boat Manufacturing Co. and Marble Nursery, March 15, 2000.
Woodrow O. Owen ('39)-85, Long Beach; retired U.S. Department of Agriculture employee and World War II veteran, Feb. 21, 2000.
William David Thompson ('39)-82, Florence, Ala.; TVA Office of Power employee and World War II veteran, April 1, 2000.
George Melvin Walker ('39, M.S. '52)-86, Starkville; retired associate professor of agricultural education at Mississippi State, Dec. 28, 1999.
Henry W. Dille ('40)-81, Highland Village, Texas; retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and World War II and Korean War veteran, Nov. 10, 1999.
Raymond C. Hunt ('40)-81, McAllen, Texas; retired consulting engineer and former partner in the engineering firm of Melden & Hunt, March 24, 2000.
Ray Parish ('40)-81, Pascagoula; retired U.S. Navy civilian director of quality assurance at Litton Industries and World War II veteran, April 1, 2000.
George K. Blackwood ('41)-82, Cherokee Village, Ark.; World War II veteran and former civilian adviser to the U.S. reconstruction team in Japan, April 2, 2000.
J.C. Hillman ('41)-80, Columbus; retired cattle farmer, member of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, and World War II veteran, Feb. 15, 2000.
Sam Jones Cox Jr. ('42)-80, Memphis, Tenn.; retired certified petroleum landman, former chancery clerk of Tallahatchie County, and World War II veteran, April 18, 2000.
Samuel Joshua Creekmore Jr. ('42)-83, Amory; retired building contractor and owner of Monroe County Tractor Co.
William Ward Filgo ('42)-79, Chattanooga, Tenn.; retired civil engineer for Tennessee Valley Authority and World War II veteran, March 13, 2000.
Marye Cobb Revell ('42)-78, Gulfport; retired elementary schoolteacher with the Gulfport School System, Feb. 22, 2000.
J.T. Black ('43)-79, Jackson; land developer and business owner, former professional football player for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bisons, and World War II veteran, May 4, 2000.
Tom Main ('43)-79, Tupelo; retired conservationist for Soil Conservation Service and World War II veteran, March 22, 2000.
Gene B. Eason Sr. ('47)-76, Jackson; retired schoolteacher for Jackson Public School Sysyem and World War II veteran.
Robert Y. Hammond Sr. ('47)-76, Kosciusko; former president of Merchants & Farmers Bank and World War II veteran.
Burton Truesdale ('47)-71, Rolling Fork; retired Farmers Home Administration and BankPlus Bank employee and World War II veteran, March 24, 2000.
Ellis W. Clark Jr. ('48)-78, Carlisle; retired employee of Port Hardware in Morgan City, La., and World War II veteran, Feb. 9, 2000.
Howard S. Allen ('49)-78, Belzoni; retired Presbyterian minister, former owner of Allen Lumber Co., and World War II veteran, Jan. 24, 2000.
Erle S. Breeden ('49)-77, Raymond; retired district manager for Agricultural Chemical Division of U.S. Steel and World War II veteran, Feb. 4, 2000.
Nicholas Michael Ellis ('49)-75, Port Gibson; retired executive vice president of the Bank of Port Gibson and World War II veteran, Jan. 29, 2000.
Otis Glenn Lancaster ('49)-76, Columbus; retired office manager for the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service in Lowndes County.
Tim Mauldin ('49)-76, Huntsville, Ala.; retired engineer for Thiokol Corp. and World War II veteran, Dec. 27, 1999.
Lois Creel Bostick ('50)-Golden; retired teacher with Golden and Belmont schools and principal at Golden School, April 6, 2000.
Jefferson D. Dickson III ('50)-76, Brandon; retired insurance salesman for Mutual of Omaha and World War II veteran, Feb. 3, 2000.
Samuel Mullins ('50, M.S. '56)-Tyronza, Ark.; Oct. 28, 1999.
Fred D. Rogers ('50)-72, Nettleton; retired postmaster, member of Nettleton BankCorp South board of directors, member of Board of Commissioners of TVA Housing Authority, and World War II veteran.
Quilla Percell Simmons ('50)-74, Louin; retired teacher.
Hansell N. York Jr. ('50)-74, Baytown, Texas; retired engineer for Hydrocarbon Construction and World War II and Korean War veteran, April 22, 2000.
Warren R. Blomeley ('51)-71, Winston-Salem, N.C.; retired Air Force colonel and retired AT&T Technologies engineer, Jan. 11, 2000.
K.D. Leech ('51)-71, Smithville; supervisor with the Vocational Education Division of the state Department of Education.
Henry W. Boardman ('54)-67, Gulfport; retired Air Force colonel and former wing commander of Strategic Air Command at Keesler Air Force Base, Jan. 13, 2000.
Julian Hansel Hogan ('54)-67, Batesville; retired assistant vice president and mortgage loan broker for Magnolia Federal Savings and Loan and Korean War veteran.
Bluford L. Moor Jr. ('55)-68, Cincinnati, Ohio; former mechanical engineer for General Electric, March 23, 2000.
Calvin Orlando Boone ('56)-71, Amory; retired international sales and management employee of Ralston Purina Feed Co. and Korean War veteran, Jan. 20, 2000.
Charles C. King ('57)-64, Sulligent, Ala.; quality control manager for Glenn Enterprises in Sulligent, Jan. 25, 1999.
Paul B. Wilkinson ('57)-63, Stuart, Fla.; aerospace engineer, Oct. 20, 1998.
James S. Shill ('59, M.S. '61)-64, Brandon; former director of research and curriculum development and associate dean of the College of Education at MSU.
Tommy Stanley ('59)-62, Pelahatchie; retired schoolteacher with Jackson Public Schools, Feb. 12, 2000.
James T. Ward ('59)-68, McCool; retired Mississippi Oil and Gas Board and Chevron Drilling employee and Korean War veteran, Jan. 19, 2000.
Billy Arden Tohill ('61)-61, Hoover, Ala.; retired teacher and football coach, April 11, 2000.
Charles L. Richards ('63)-64, Forney, Texas; retired electrical engineer for Boeing and Texas Instruments, Feb. 2, 2000.
James R. Carson Jr. ('64)-57, Iuka; rural mail carrier, farmer, and commissioner for USDA Soil Conservation Service, Jan. 23, 2000.
Leo V. Crook ('64, Ph.D. '78)-64, Holcomb; retired professor of business administration at Delta State University, March 4, 2000.
Jack E. Gary Jr. ('65, M.S. '67)-58, Eupora; retired farmer and former member of the state House of Representatives, March 7, 2000.
O.F. Still Jr. ('65)-57, Vicksburg; Vicksburg Water and Gas Department employee and former owner of Vicksburg Frozen Foods.
Arthur Lamar Rodabough ('66, M.Ed. '67, Ed.S. '69)-56, Amory; retired counselor and educator for Aberdeen and Amory schools, Jan. 20, 2000.
William R. Anderson ('67, M.A. '69)-54, Lusby, Va.; manager of member and career activities for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA, Sept. 11, 1999.
Lawrence Green Farrar ('67)-70, Amory; retired supervisor for True Temper Sports and Korean War veteran, Jan. 18, 2000.
Thomas William Eubank II ('68)-54, Lamont; farmer and Vietnam War veteran.
W. Charles Walden ('68, M.S. '70)-54, Starkville; agriculture economist with the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service, March 22, 2000.
Ellen Gentry Shoemaker ('69)-73, Okolona; retired schoolteacher at Shannon, Okolona, and Chickasaw Academy.
C. William McKee ('70, M.S. '72, Ph.D. '82)-52, Philadelphia; registered forester and owner of McKee Wildlife and Forestry Services.
Lawton Kermit Owens ('70)-81, Friendswood, Texas; retired Delta State University business professor and department head and World War II and Korean War veteran.
Albert Norris Waltman II ('72)-49, Rolla, Mo.; industrial engineer and captain in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Joseph Lawson Sluder ('73)-49, Aberdeen; businessman.
Richard Alan Howell ('74)-47, Tupelo; attorney with the law firm of Pipkin and Greer, Feb. 8, 2000.
Kerthalia Evelyn Pierce ('74)-64, Shannon; retired teacher for the Oxford and Tupelo public school districts, Feb. 22, 2000.
Pamela Jan Thornton ('77, M.Ed. '81)-44, Carthage; special education director and coordinator.
Rose Reynolds Finley ('81)-61, Starkville; retired home health nurse.
Billy Howard Miller ('84)-Memphis, Tenn.; veterinarian, Feb. 10, 2000.
James Matthew Sikes ('96)-31, Indianola; industrial engineer for Modern Line Products, Jan. 13, 2000.
Charles B. Colbert (attended)-84, Brooksville; retired farmer and World War II veteran, Jan. 14, 2000.
Cooper Joe DeLoach (attended)-68, Leland; insurance salesman, Feb. 19, 2000.
Henderson Strain Hall Sr. (attended)-83, Grenada; retired commercial manager for BellSouth and World War II veteran.
William A. Head (attended)-74, Natchez; retired salesman for Corr-Williams Tobacco Co. and World War II veteran, Nov. 17, 1999.
Orley Mason Hood Sr. (attended)-84, Vicksburg; retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draftsman and World War II veteran, Jan. 27, 2000.
Iyanda Horton (attended)-49, Booneville; assistant director of radiology at Holy Cross Hospital in Nogales, Ariz.
Steven A. McMurry (attended)-53, Alta Loma, Calif.; retired safety manager for Roadway Trucking Co., Feb. 10, 2000.
Joseph M. McPherson (attended)-66, Columbus; wholesale hardware employee.
Thomas Stewart Mikell (attended)-71, Brandon; retired businessman and World War II and Korean War veteran.
William Thomas Person (attended)-21, Ridgeland; vice president of Gourmet Market & Home Accents Computer Services in Jackson.
Dixon Lee Pettigrew Jr. (attended)-90, Houston; retired owner of Houston Hardware, Feb. 3, 2000.
Glenn Denson Pounders (attended)-53, Columbus; supervisor for Gencorp.
Frances Sloan Rhodes (attended)-81, Vicksburg; retired secretary and City of Vicksburg employee.
Frances Ray Scales (attended)-89, Columbia, S.C.; retired medical technologist for Midlands Technical College.
Frederick Arthur Shaw Jr. (attended)-78, Jackson; retired cattle ringman/marketer and World War II veteran, Feb. 24, 2000.
Chester William Spigener (attended)-92, Ocean Springs; retired business manager, March 14, 2000.
Herbert N. Worley (attended)-89, Madison; retired manager with G&O Manufacturing and World War II veteran.
Judith Pierce Beard (employee)-56, Laurel; area extension agent and special programs coordinator for the Mississippi State Extension Service, Southeast District, Jones County, Feb. 18, 2000.
Lester J. Dreesen (former employee)-84, Starkville; professor emeritus of poultry science at Mississippi State, Veterans Administration employee, and World War II veteran, April 23, 2000.