Obituaries

Robert V. Miller Sr. ('19)--95, Austin, Texas, retired chief for the Texas Agricultural Department, March 21, 1995.

James Veale Gammage ('25)--91, Lucedale, retired community college teacher, March 26, 1995.

David Eli Rainey Jr. ('27)--91, West Point, retired manager of West Point Country Club and World War II and Korean War veteran, Feb. 19, 1995.

Frank L. Culley ('28)--Durant, retired engineer, Nov. 15, 1994.

Sterling H. Floore Sr. ('29)--90, Macon, former circuit clerk, sheriff, and chancery clerk of Noxubee County, Feb. 12, 1995.

Charles Abner Henderson ('30)--91, Starkville, retired entomologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, May 27, 1995.

Walter Richmond ('30, M.S. '32)--92, Jackson, retired U.S. Department of Agriculture employee and World War II veteran, Feb. 26, 1995.

Roscoe Smith ('30)--89, Shivers, retired high school principal and coach, April 6, 1995.

Fulton S. Mills ('34)--82, Brookhaven, cofounder and former president of Engineering Service and Mercury Maps in Jackson, April 17, 1995.

Milton Cannon Mobley Jr. ('35)--80, Laurel, retired chief of the laboratory division of the Federal Communications Commission's authorization and standards facility at Columbia and a World War II veteran, Feb. 9, 1995.

Shed H. Weeks ('35)--Madison, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, April 16, 1995.

Louie Westbrook Jr. ('35)--83, Ruleville, retired rice farmer and World War II and Korean War veteran, March 27, 1995.

Jim Byrne ('37)--78, Prentiss, retired dentist and World War II veteran, March 16, 1995.

Carl A. Ball ('40)--Atlanta, Ga., founder and owner of Ball Material Co. and World War II veteran, March 17, 1995.

George R. Higginbotham ('40)--Dayton, Ohio, retired engineer, Nov. 1, 1994.

Guy H. Leach ('40)--80, Canton, retired county supervisor for the USDA Farmers' Home Administration and cattleman, April 3, 1993.

Charles Edward Strahan Jr. ('40)--81, Lumberton, retired sales engineer for Mississippi Power & Light Co. and World War II veteran, April 28, 1995.

Walter B. Miley ('41)--76, retired county agent for Lawrence County, Jan. 4, 1995.

Monroe Roberts ('41)--76, Amory, retired land and timber manager for Roberts Farm, Feb. 26, 1995.

Arthur C. West ('41)--75, Cleveland, retired farm equipment dealer and community leader, Feb. 8, 1995.

Charles Clayton Cresap ('42)--St. Marys, Ga., retired public works director and World War II veteran, Dec. 18, 1994.

John Robert King ('43, M.S. '52)--78, Oxford, retired MCES county agent and World War II veteran, April 14, 1995.

C. Marion Ueltschey ('43)--73, Forest, retired general manager of the state Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran, Feb. 25, 1995.

Martin S. Frohn ('44)--76, Vicksburg, retired teacher and football coach, Feb. 15, 1995.

William M. Knobles ('47)--72, Lake Providence, La., retired president of Evans and Knobles insurance agency and World War II veteran, April 14, 1995.

John Wood Billups ('48)--70, Columbus, retired owner of Billups Petroleum and World War II veteran, April 4, 1995.

Charlie B. Purvis ('48)--73, Pearl, retired U.S. Department of Agriculture supervisor and World War II veteran, April 17, 1995.

Egbert W. Jones ('49)--Holly Springs, realtor and appraiser, Jan. 19, 1995.

Betty Smallwood McNeel ('49)--69, Atlanta, retired university mathematics teacher and the first woman to receive a graduate degree at Mississippi State, April 25, 1995.

Jeff J. Underhill ('49)--71, Nettleton, retired U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development employee, March 15, 1995.

John Nelson Covington Jr. ('50)--66, Coffeeville, retired farmer, April 16, 1995.

Edward M. Lee ('50)--72, retired 4-H youth agent for Perry County, Aug. 10, 1994.

Winfred E. Tullos ('50)--69, Gulfport, retired electronics instructor at Keesler Air Force Base, Jan. 13, 1995.

Saunders Billups Carson Jr. ('51)--64, Columbus, prominent Lowndes County farmer and businessman, past president of the Lowndes County Farm Bureau, former director of the Federal Land Bank, and Korean War veteran, April 17, 1995.

Jerry Harpole Sr. ('51)--67, Clarkesville, Ga., retired president and general manager of Mississippi Federated Cooperative Services, March 26, 1995.

Harry C. Huey Sr. ('51)--70, Hattiesburg, retired engineer for U.S. Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran, March 7, 1995.

James Edwin Lipe ('51)--71, Kosciusko, retired manager for environment and ecology for Monsanto Corp. textile division, Boy Scouts of America volunteer, and World War II veteran, Feb. 15, 1995.

Edward Nelms Pitner ('51)--65, New Albany, heavy equipment dealer and Korean War veteran, March 20, 1995.

Charles B. Gross ('52)--65, Natchez, dentist, April 12, 1995.

Jack L. Beall ('53)--63, Starkville, Air Force veteran and former mathematics teacher, May 1, 1995.

William David Harper ('54, M.S. '59)--62, Houma, La., retired geologist for Texaco Petroleum and Boy Scouts of America volunteer, March 5, 1995.

Robert B. Wilson ('54)--63, Tupelo, retired businessman, March 10, 1995.

Charles Scott Shaw ('55)--85, Leland, retired cotton research scientist at the Stoneville Experiment Station and World War II veteran, Jan. 31, 1995.

Larry Hulon Clark ('56)--61, McComb, president and owner of L.H. Clark Civil Engineers and Surveyors and former president of the Mississippi Association of County Engineers, Feb. 21, 1995.

Carlos Edward Ginn ('56, M.S. '62)--59, Golden, agency manager of Tishomingo County Farm Bureau and former executive director of Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District, Jan. 22, 1995.

Beverly Bean Griffis ('57)--61, Starkville, former physics and foreign language instructor at Mississippi State and president of Phi Mu Sorority House Corp., Feb. 27, 1995.

Richard C. Maynard ('57)--65, Tupelo, retired claims supervisor for USF&G Insurance Co. and Korean War veteran, March 30, 1995.

William G. Clark ('59)--61, Florence, structural engineer, manager of engineering for Delta Steel Corp., and president of Clark Engineering, March 11, 1995.

Bobby Frank Clay ('60, M.S. '67)--57, Richland, entomologist, teacher, and insurance salesman, April 10, 1995.

J. Fred Spencer ('61)--68, Fulton, owner of Spencer Real Estate and other businesses, and World War II veteran, April 22, 1995.

James L. Warner Sr. ('62)--72, Louisville, retired grocer and World War II veteran, Feb. 26, 1995.

Vassie G. Seitz ('63)--81, Fulton, retired elementary teacher, May 3, 1994.

Joe Wayne Carley ('67)--51, Ellisville, instructor and assistant dean of vocational and technical education at Jones County Junior College, March 26, 1995.

Paul R. Pride ('67)--50, Jackson, certified public accountant, Feb. 19, 1995.

Hector Lee Townsend Jr. ('68)--57, Greenville, mechanical engineer and owner of Townsend Equipment Sales and Service Co., April 20, 1995.

Freda Marie White Lloyd ('71)--53, Ocean Springs, Ocean Springs High School teacher, April 14, 1995.

Michael S. Whitehead ('75)--46, Starkville, a chief accountant with Holnam Inc. at Artesia, Feb. 9, 1995.

Steven Leo Hardage ('79)--37, San Jose, Calif., digital design engineer for Aydin Corp., Oct. 3, 1994.

Charlotte Kay Odom ('83)--32, Waynesboro, teacher at William J. Berry Elementary School in Heidelberg, March 6, 1995.

Oliver Karl Lion Jr. ('84)--34, New Orleans, La., director of tourism for the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau, May 3, 1995.

Mark Kevin Barge ('85)--36, Macon, shipping administrator for Barge Forest Products, March 30, 1995.

Gary R. Langley ('92)--27, Batesville, laborer, April 8, 1995.

Oliver J. Hawkins (attended)--86, Clarksdale, retired farmer, April 19, 1995.

Roy A. Kelly (attended)--73, Tupelo, founder of Tombigbee Surveying Co. and World War II veteran, April 18, 1995.

George Payne Oakman Sr. (attended)--72, Greenville, architect and World War II veteran, Feb. 3, 1995.

Harris Bailey Peyton Jr. (attended) --48, Hollandale, farmer, April 12, 1995.

Flora Joiner Rimmer (attended)--70, Canton, retired president of Canton Exchange Bank and a director of Trustmark Corp. in Jackson.

Charles Stockner Stern (attended)--80, Greenwood, retired manager and cotton classer for Staplcotton and World War II veteran, March 27, 1995.

Raiford Walsh (attended)--88, Jackson, retired automobile business owner and manager of oil and gas interests, April 28, 1995.

Mary Louise Bennett (employee)--44, extension home economist for Claiborne County, Aug. 4, 1994.

L.E. Brooks (former employee)--Starkville, retired director of the Mississippi State University Laundry.

Pearl B. Burkett (former employee)--retired extension home economist for Forrest County, Dec. 27, 1994.

Milton E. Dean (former employee)--84, retired associate county agent for Winston County, Sept. 13, 1994.

Frances E. Fortenberry (former employee)--78, retired extension employee, April 15, 1995.

Maudine Nickels Howell (former employee)--89, Starkville, retired MCES secretary, April 5, 1995.

Raynor C. Paige (former employee)--86, Prentiss, retired MCES county agent for Lawrence County, former chairman of the Brookhaven Housing Authority, and trustee of the Prentiss Institute, April 12, 1995.

Hazel Allen (friend)--Jackson, wife of the late Doug Allen, who was a former director of development at Mississippi State, April 11, 1995.

Richard C. Allen (friend)--78, Philadelphia, retired forester and regional vice president for the Weyerhaeuser Co., World War II veteran, and the Mississippi Wildlife Association's 1982 Conservationist of the Year, Feb. 26, 1995.

William Venoy Byars Sr. (friend)--85, Starkville, retired partner of Smith and Byars Men's Wear, Jan. 28, 1995.

Jean McArthur Davis (friend)--70, Miami, Fla., chairwoman of McArthur Management Co., Jan. 13, 1995.

Harry Gresham Mock Sr. (friend)--50, Starkville, sales executive with Lanier Worldwide Inc., Jan. 24, 1995.

Frank E. Puryear Sr. (friend)--76, Senatobia, retired State Tax Commission employee and World War II veteran, April 23, 1995.