Barnes, of Mountain Brook, Ala., received bachelor and master's degrees from Mississippi State in 1970 and 1974, respectively.
He served on the national board of directors of the Mississippi State Alumni Association and was the 1990 Alumni Fellow for the College of Arts and Sciences.
While a student at Mississippi State, Barnes was editor of The Reveille and president of Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma. Upon graduation, he joined the Army and received the Army Commendation Medal.
Following his discharge, he received a doctor of law degree at Cornell University, where he was editor of The Cornell International Law Journal.
He was named staff attorney for the Comptroller of Currency in Washington, D.C., and later became general counsel for the Comptroller of Currency in Cleveland, Ohio.
He became a partner in the law firm of Lange, Simpson, Robinson, and Somerville in Birmingham, Ala., before joining First Alabama Bancshares.
Barnes served on the boards of directors of Camp Fire and the Birmingham Chamber Music Society. He was a member of the advisory committee for the Birmingham Museum of Art and was a member of the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations and of Operation New Birmingham's Retail Committee.
Davis served for eight years as assistant to the late Dr. Louis Wise, and was acting vice president for a brief time before retiring in 1986.
A native of Kennedy, Ala., Davis served a three-year tour of active naval duty during World War II before completing his bachelor's degree from Auburn University. He earned master's and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University, and in 1950 joined the research and teaching faculties of The Ohio State University.
Davis won distinction at Ohio State as a turfgrass and pasture research scientist. He was named associate chairman of the Agronomy Department in 1961, and was named assistant director of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in 1969. He retired in 1978 in order to join longtime friend Louis Wise's administrative team at Mississippi State.
A recognized national leader in agronomy, Davis was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Agronomy, and Crop Science Society of America.
Gaddis received a bachelor's degree in home economics from Mississippi University for Women in 1930, and for the next five years taught at high schools in Poccopola and Philadelphia.
She went to work for MCES in 1935 as a home demonstration agent. After 30 years of ascending responsibilities, she retired in 1965 as state leader of home economics programs.
Gaddis was heavily involved in state, regional, and national home economics and women's organizations. She was secretary of the home economics division of the National Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Southern representative on the national committee of the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy, and president of the local chapter of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees.
In 1959, she was listed in the first edition of Who's Who of American Women. That same year, she attended the Associated Country Women of the World Conference in Europe.
The Progressive Farmer magazine honored her as its Woman of the Year from Mississippi in 1962. Also in 1962, she received the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Superior Service Award, its highest honor.
In 1986, she received Mississippi University for Women's Alumna Achievement Award.
Adams received his bachelor's degree from Mississippi State in 1940. In addition to his ongoing involvement with the Alumni Association, he was a former member of the board of directors of the MSU Foundation.
A Tishomingo County native, Adams served for 20 years as highway commissioner. He also was a former personnel director for Mid-South Packers Inc. of Tupelo and was executive director of the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
He was a World War II veteran and, in 1971, made a bid for the office of governor. He was a Mason, a Rotarian, and a member of the American Legion.
Wier attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point prior to receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Mississippi State in 1944. He later earned a master's degree at Louisiana Tech University.
He joined the engineering faculty at Mississippi State in 1958 after having worked for Mississippi Power Co. and for Reliance Electrical and Engineering Co.
While teaching at Mississippi State, Wier conducted research for the U.S. space program and contributed to NASA's efforts during the first moon landing. He also was director of the Meter School at the university, and he published numerous articles and technical papers. He retired in 1985.
Wier was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Chi fraternities.
She was the widow of Charles S. Whittington, first president of the Mississippi State University Foundation and a prominent Delta farmer and businessman.
Mrs. Whittington, a homemaker, was a charter member of Matinee Musicale and a member of the Greenwood Garden Club, Greenwood Woman's Club, and Greenwood Country Club.
A Pickens native, she grew up in Jackson and graduated from Belhaven College. She moved to Greenwood in 1918.
William Dallas Fisher Sr. ('24) -- 91, Memphis, Tenn., retired planter and merchant and retired postmaster at Dundee, Feb. 17, 1994.
J. Cyril Glover ('26) -- 89, Bay St. Louis, five-time city commissioner of Bay St. Louis and former U.S. government employee, Dec. 27, 1993.
Monroe McElveen ('29) -- 90, Liberty, retired Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service employee, Jan. 18, 1994.
Benjamin Dobbyns Pate ('29) -- 89, North Augusta, S.C., retired supervisor-inspector for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jan. 13, 1994.
Thomas J. Reed Sr. ('30) -- 85, Natchez, retired personnel manager for Johns Manville Corp., former state legislator, and World War II veteran.
Charles Porter Carothers ('31) -- 84, Memphis, Tenn., retired owner of Sav-Mor Shoe Store in Memphis, Jan. 22, 1994.
James B. Majure ('31, M.S. '32) -- 88, Forest, retired Soil Conservation Service employee, Feb. 13, 1994.
Van Henry Smith ('31) -- 83, Monticello, Ark., retired field representative for the Social Security Administration, Jan. 20, 1994.
H.E. "Earle" Golden ('32) -- 83, Hattiesburg, retired engineer with American Sand and Gravel Co., March 25, 1994.
Louis H. Stubblefield ('32) -- 86, Springhill, retired agricultural agent for Illinois Central Railroad, civic leader of Tallahatchie County, and former two-term state director of Farmers Home Administration, Nov. 16, 1993.
Lester H. "Johnny" Flurry ('34) -- 82, Winona, retired Soil Conservation Service employee, March 22, 1992.
Walter K. Langley ('34) -- 82, Huntsville, Ala., retired electrical engineer and World War II veteran, Jan. 21, 1994.
Woodrow W. Reagan Sr. ('34) -- 80, Jackson, retired attorney, former assistant secretary of state, and World War II veteran, July 9, 1993.
Walter T. Smalley ('34) -- 83, Bay Springs, retired USDA Soil Conservation Service employee, Dec. 4, 1993.
Lloyd Ellington Turner ('34) -- 84, Jackson, retired timber buyer for Harris-Wilcox Timber Co., Feb. 22, 1994.
Thomas Franklin Bell ('35) -- 79, Tupelo, retired general manager of Central Services Association, founding member of the George Rifles at Mississippi State, and first president of Sigma Chi chapter at MSU, March 19, 1994.
William Howard Brown ('35) -- 82, New Albany, retired Soil Conservation Service employee, Jan. 26, 1994.
Kenneth Bates Davis ('35) -- 87, Magnolia, retired principal of Magnolia Elementary School, April 7, 1994.
Thomas Travis Carpenter ('36) -- 81, Cleveland, retired sales manager for Mississippi School Supply Co. in Jackson, Oct. 26, 1993.
Bert I. Minyard ('36) -- 79, Jackson, retired program specialist with USDA Soil Conservation Service and World War II veteran, Jan. 31, 1994.
Lonnie H. Davis ('37) -- 83, McComb, retired vice president of Gulf States Theaters and World War II veteran, Jan. 20, 1994.
Ulric Lee Day ('37) -- 78, Brookhaven, retired executive, Feb. 24, 1994.
John Enrique Windham ('38) -- 78, Hattiesburg, retired area supervisor for Mississippi Employment Security Commission, Dec. 12, 1993.
C.A. Bozeman ('40) -- 80, Rolling Fork, retired forester with Mississippi Forestry Commission and Army Air Corps veteran, Dec. 12, 1993.
Homer P. Swayze ('40) -- 76, Jackson, retired chief of technical services for Mississippi Employment Security Commission and World War II veteran, Dec. 26, 1993.
Willie Mason Foster ('41) -- 79, Houston, retired teacher and superintendent of education for Chickasaw County schools and World War II veteran, July 19, 1993.
James W. "Jim" Gannaway Jr. ('41) -- 74, Nesbit, retired U.S. Postal Service employee and World War II veteran, Feb. 12, 1994. His beloved wife of 50 years, Becky, passed away the same day.
Nicholas P. Harvey Sr. ('41) -- 73, Ridgeland, S.C., retired vice president of sales for Arthur Tickle Engineering Co., motel-restaurant owner, and U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II, Dec. 29, 1993.
Clarence G. "Tanny" Sutherland ('43) -- 72, Jackson, retired surgeon and World War II veteran, Jan. 1, 1994.
James A. Bruce ('47) -- 73, Ackerman, retired owner of Ackerman Chevrolet and World War II veteran, Feb. 4, 1994.
William T. "Ted" Shuff Sr. ('47) -- 71, Lafayette, La., underwriter for Prudential Life Insurance Co. and World War II veteran, Dec. 1, 1993.
James Rayford Williams ('47) -- 76, Madison, retired program specialist for the Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, March 22, 1994.
Aubrey Morris Briscoe ('49) -- 88, Senatobia, retired teacher at Northwest Mississippi Community College, April 17, 1994.
R.L. Mann Jr. ('49) -- Louisville, Ky., civil engineer and retired controller for D.D. Williamson Co. in Louisville, Feb. 9, 1994.
William Still Taylor ('49) -- 70, Como, retired owner of Como Lumber Co. and World War II veteran, Feb. 22, 1994.
Charles Calhoun Boutwell ('50) -- 68, Laurel, retired credit manager for Sanderson Farms and Army Air Corps veteran, March 27, 1994.
Richard Heard ('50) -- 70, Mobile, Ala., retired employee of Brookley Air Force Base Supply Depot and World War II veteran, Feb. 4, 1994.
Stephins E. "Eddie" Smith ('50) -- Columbus, Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, January 1994.
Milton Thomas Spencer ('50) -- 67, Columbus, registered professional engineer, retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, and veteran of World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam Conflict, Feb. 20, 1994.
Donald F. Fitzgerald ('51) -- Starkville, retired engineering professor at Mississippi State, Feb. 25, 1994.
Lawrence Custer ('52) -- 71, New Iberia, La., assistant vice president of New Iberia Bank, retired president of Pelican Creamery, and U.S. Navy veteran, Oct. 11, 1993.
Mildred Ruth Ellis ('55) -- 80, Carthage, retired teacher and basketball coach, Dec. 28, 1993.
George Freeman McNeill ('55) -- 60, Lucedale, retired county agent for George County, Dec. 21, 1993.
James Samuel Tynes Sr. ('56, M.S. '62, Ph.D. '64) -- 64, Baton Rouge, La., entomology specialist with the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and Korean Conflict veteran, Jan. 15, 1994.
Robert Ernest Reed ('60) -- 66, Norman, Okla., engineer, Dec. 27, 1993.
Marion Carroll Moore ('61) -- 54, Brooksville, cattle rancher and Farmers Home Administration employee, Jan. 1, 1994.
James B. Sloan ('61) -- 56, Shreveport, La., finance manager, Dec. 20, 1993.
Marjorie P. Sanders ('62) -- 70, Newton, retired counselor for Meridian High School, Feb. 11, 1994.
James Holland Sutton ('62) -- 53, Columbus, president of Sutton Co.,
Nov. 2, 1993.
Kenneth Paul Wilkinson (M.A. '62, Ph.D. '65) -- 55, State College, Pa., distinguished professor of rural sociology at Penn State University, Nov. 18, 1993.
Madeline Scott Callahan ('63) -- Meridian, homemaker, March 27, 1994.
Aaron J. Langston ('63, M.Ed. '71) -- 56, Columbus, former director of East Mississippi Junior College Vo-Tech Center in Mayhew and Boy Scouts volunteer, Feb. 23, 1994.
Margaret McReynolds Chamblin ('64) -- 53, St. Louis, Mo., March 20, 1994.
Patrick Collins ('65) -- 49, Satellite Beach, Fla., former owner of Aqualux Water Center, Sept. 25, 1993.
Thornton Mortimer ('65) -- Swiftown, retired farmer, Sept. 4, 1993.
Thomas F. Lowery III ('66) -- 50, Brooklyn, retired principal and superintendent, Feb. 21, 1994.
Felix Schaffner Rhodes ('69) -- 46, Houston, Texas, retired history teacher and advertising director, Feb. 2, 1994.
Louis Wayne Hutto ('72) -- 43, Ellisville, nuclear health physicist and former teacher, Nov. 18, 1993.
Louis McPherson Aden Jr. ('74) -- 43, Valley Park, disabled farmer, March 29, 1994.
Dr. Kenneth L. Simmons Sr. ('77) -- 64, Lorman, professor of industrial technology at Alcorn State University and former chair of the department, Jan. 19, 1994.
Edward Joseph Bass ('78) -- 46, El Dorado, Ark., cardiologist, Nov. 4, 1993.
Herman E. "Bud" Miller III ('81) -- 37, Brandon, self-employed in home improvements field, Feb. 16, 1994.
Sammy Orren Cranford (Ph.D. '83) -- 50, Cleveland, history professor and director of Delta State University archives, Feb. 15, 1994.
Caren Sullivan ('85) -- 38, New York, N.Y., social worker, Dec. 19, 1993.
Joey Chris McDonald ('90) -- 26, Starkville, general manager of WKOR-AM and WMSU-FM radio stations in Starkville, March 6, 1994.
Willie Warren Walker (retired employee) -- 85, Starkville, Feb. 11, 1994.
Thomas Paul Williams (retired employee) -- 56, Starkville, retired librarian at Mississippi State, Dec. 10, 1993.
Larry B. Aycock II (student) -- McComb, senior in forestry, Nov. 7, 1993.
Melvin McLemore Jr. (attended) -- 28, Pensacola, Fla., clerk for Nugget Oil Co., March 4, 1994.
Robert H. "Buddy" Wade (attended) -- 68, Petal, retired aerospace aircraft production worker, businessman, and World War II veteran, Feb. 10, 1994.
James N. Williams (attended) -- 72, Plantersville, retired engineer and World War II veteran, Feb. 12, 1994.
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