W.S. "Runt" Hunt ('23)-95, Starkville; retired underwriter for Lamar Life Insurance and former member of the Mississippi Hospital Commission, Dec. 11, 1996.
Henry Alford ('27)-91, Clinton, N.C.; retired electrical engineer for Tennessee Valley Authority and Rural Electric Administration and World War II veteran, Feb. 7, 1997.
Leo H. McGee ('27)-91, Aberdeen; retired farmer, justice of the peace, and former member of Bolivar County School Board.
Joseph Benson Moorehead ('28)-89, Starkville; retired salesman for William R. Moore Dry Goods in Memphis, Jan. 9, 1997.
Harold C. Lucas ('29)-88, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; retired executive vice president for American Creosoting Corp., tree farmer, former member of Walton County (Fla.) Commission, and founder, along with his late wife Claire, of the Harold C. and Claire Lucas Endowment for Wood Preservation at Mississippi State, Nov. 2, 1996.
Marcus C. Cox ('30)-89, Jackson; retired self-employed food broker, Feb. 15, 1997.
Marvin P. McReynolds ('30)-88, Starkville; retired dairyman and farmer, Dec. 12, 1996.
Vernon R. Deason ('32)-87, Vaughan; retired farmer, Dec. 12, 1996.
William S. McCormick ('35)-85, Walla Walla, Wash.; retired teacher and World War II veteran, Nov. 22, 1996.
George Watkins Fatherree ('36)-83, Huntsville, Ala.; retired colonel with U.S. Army Reserve, World War II veteran, and co-captain of the 1935 Mississippi State football team that defeated Army, Jan. 5, 1997.
James Curtis Ball Sr. ('37)-86, Calhoun City; owner and founder of Ball Building Supply and World War II veteran, Nov. 20, 1996.
Stephen Alexander Lott ('37)-81, Ottawa, Kan.; retired administrator of Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa and World War II veteran, April 15, 1997.
William P. Mellen ('37)-81, Van Nuys, Calif.; former research physicist with Corning Glass Works, retired Air Force colonel, and World War II veteran, April 4, 1997.
James Paul Newman ('37)-81, Covington, La.; retired owner and president of Capitol Tobacco Co. and World War II veteran, March 22, 1997.
Thomas Hubert Vardaman ('37)-83, Birmingham, Ala.; retired agriculture teacher and research veterinarian for USDA at the poultry disease laboratory at Mississippi State, Nov. 22, 1996.
Joseph Bedent Baird ('38)-80, Inverness; retired farmer, businessman, and Sunflower County supervisor, Dec. 12, 1996.
Watt Carter ('38)-86, Jackson; retired vocational agriculture teacher, school administrator, and state land commissioner, Feb. 28, 1997.
Hubert F. Worley ('38)-86, Jackson; retired engineer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Administration, April 11, 1997.
Robert Young Wright Jr. ('38)-80, Inverness; farmer, former Inverness mayor, and World War II veteran, Dec. 25, 1996.
Jasper Earl Cain ('39, M.A. '52)-80, Waynesboro; retired vocational agriculture teacher and administrator in Mississippi public schools spanning a 39-year career, Dec. 5, 1996.
George E. Clark ('39)-80, Columbus, Ga.; retired Army lieutenant colonel and World War II veteran, March 16, 1997.
John Edward Sullivan ('39)-84, Winona; retired extension agent, Nov. 18, 1996.
Perry L. Bruton ('40)-Dallas, Texas; March 8, 1997.
Joseph W. Bullen ('40)-79, Canton; chief of Rural Housing for U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Administration, April 9, 1997.
Jasper G. Hammons ('40, M.S. '48)-83, Monroe, La.; former researcher for Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, retired professor of agronomy at Northeast Louisiana University, and World War II veteran, April 14, 1997.
Oscar H. Lowery ('40)-77, Plainfield, Ind.; former executive director of the Central Indiana Council on Aging and agricultural engineer and World War II veteran, Jan. 15, 1997.
Joseph Vernon Pace ('40)-78, Forest; former owner and editor of The Morton Pelahatchie Advertiser and World War II veteran, Dec. 13, 1996.
Russell Harmon Wilson ('40)-81, D'Iberville; former owner of Russell Wilson Pest Control, former agronomist at Keesler Air Force Base, and World War II veteran, April 12, 1997.
James Rudell Henry ('41)-76, Bruce; retired Farm Bureau agent and World War II veteran, Jan. 31, 1997.
Sam Power ('41)-82, Kosciusko; retired sales manager for O.K. Power Ford, former Kosciusko parks commissioner, and World War II veteran, Jan. 25, 1997.
Richard D. Watson ('41)-76, Tunica; planter and World War II veteran, Jan. 14, 1997.
Walter Eugene Hensleigh ('42)-76, Alpharetta, Ga.; retired director of flight operations for Lockheed, former test pilot, and World War II veteran, March 3, 1997.
Jeff Edwin Segrest ('42)-76, Hermanville; farmer, cattleman, and World War II veteran.
Edward L. "Bud" Siegrist ('42)-76, Diamondhead; retired production supervisor for General Mills in Toledo, Ohio, and World War II veteran, March 1, 1997.
Alfred Cleon Moore ('43)-74, Gulfport; independent oil and gas wildcatter and World War II veteran, Feb. 23, 1997.
Ernest Wardlaw Pettis ('43)-Madison, Ga.; retired minister of the Presbyterian Church USA and missionary, Jan. 17, 1997.
James H. Hoyle ('48)-Huntsville, Ala.; Nov. 3, 1996.
Esse D. Langston ('48)-74, Jackson; consulting actuary with Latta, Langston & Dyer and World War II veteran, Feb. 5, 1997.
James Harold McMinn ('48, M.S. '55)-75, Clinton; retired teacher and coach and former employee of the Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Department, Aug. 31, 1996.
Royce Mitchell Aust ('49)-72, Detroit, Texas; rancher and former farmer and World War II veteran, April 10, 1997.
Milton D. "Pete" Dunn Sr. ('49)-71, Duncan; farmer, past Scoutmaster, past director of Delta Oil Mill, and World War II veteran, Dec. 9, 1996.
Jesse Grice Henry ('49)-79, New Market, Ala.; retired U.S. Air Force colonel, World War II veteran, and former chief of the Saturn V Test Program for Boeing Co. in Huntsville, Dec. 17, 1996.
Johnnie O. Hollis ('49)-71, Olive Branch; vice president of J. Strickland and Co., retired major in the Air Force Reserve, and World War II and Korean War veteran, March 31, 1997.
Calvin Tennyson ('49, M.A. '51)-79, Eupora; retired principal and school teacher for Eupora Middle School, Jan. 31, 1997.
Charles W. Tingle ('49)-74, Rolling Fork; retired Farm Bureau insurance agent and World War II veteran, April 30, 1997.
John L. McVey ('50, M.S. '69)-71, Starkville; retired agricultural engineer with Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service, retired owner of McVey Irrigation Enterprises, and World War II veteran, March 24, 1997.
Wallace O. Miles ('50)-75, Bay St. Louis; retired businessman, education department employee at Parchman State Penitentiary, and World War II veteran, Jan. 12, 1997.
Clinton Harlan Whittington ('50, M.Ed. '59)-73, Greenwood; retired conservationist for U.S. Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran, Jan. 27, 1997.
Will Whatley Johnson ('51)-69, Seattle, Wash.; commercial real estate developer and World War II and Korean War veteran, April 9, 1997.
Finley B. Shelton ('51)-67, Belzoni; retired office manager for First Federal Savings and Loan, Jan. 17, 1997.
Charles E. Moore ('52, M.S. '58)-Memphis, Tenn.; regional manager for Lilly Research Laboratories, November 1996.
Cleo Sumrall ('52)-93, Newton; retired teacher for Newton City Schools, Feb. 22, 1997.
Milton A. Biedenharn Jr. ('53)-65, Poplarville; owner and operator of Biedenharn Farms, March 19, 1997.
Annie Lou Ford Hall ('53)-86, Ellistown; retired teacher, Dec. 31, 1996.
Woodrow Chow ('56)-63, Greenville; businessman and co-owner of McKie and Chow Consultants, Nov. 27, 1996.
James Gwinn Jones ('57)-64, Magnolia; owner and operator of Dennis Ready Mix Concrete Co. and retired engineer with the state Department of Transportation, Feb. 2, 1997.
Homer W. Pittman ('57)-60, Meridian; salesman for F.A. Hulett & Son Wholesale Furniture, Dec. 6, 1996.
Millard E. Greene Jr. ('58)-67, Columbus; home designer and owner of M.E. Greene Plan Service, Nov. 29, 1996.
Ernest Wade Pickett Jr. ('58, M.Ed. '65)-60, DeKalb; retired teacher and coach at Kemper County Schools, Jan. 15, 1997.
Leo R. Seymour ('58)-62, Jackson; retired bank examiner with the Comptroller of Currency, April 1, 1997.
Stanley Levertice Partain ('60)-73, Shreveport, La.; retired Federal Housing Administration employee.
Jack B. Burnett ('61)-58, Forest; medical technologist supervisor at G.V. Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dec. 16, 1996.
Roy R. Moore ('61)-57, Fulton; retired public schoolteacher, entomologist, and businessman, Dec. 31, 1996.
Douglas L. Mauldin ('62, M.A. '63)-56, Waynesboro; owner of J&B Appliance, Feb. 1, 1997.
William Jerome Huskey ('64)-60, Greenwood Springs; District 20 state representative, retired Army lieutenant colonel, cattleman, and Vietnam veteran, Jan. 29, 1997.
Kerth O. Keck Jr. ('65)-55, Jackson; retired administrative supervisor for USF&G, Feb. 3, 1997.
James Lytle Carballo ('67)-73, Madison; retired counselor and director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind and former teacher and football coach, April 11, 1997.
Philip Godfrey Gousset ('67)-54, Grenada; plant engineer for Newsprint South, Jan. 1, 1997.
John Richard Matthews Jr. ('67, Ed.S. '68)-53, Louisville; guidance counselor and civil defense volunteer, Feb. 28, 1997.
Philip Archel Kimbrough ('70)-50, Itta Bena; farmer and owner of Quito Plantation and 1980 Outstanding Young Farmer of Leflore County, April 18, 1997.
Erin M. Ring ('70)-78, Vicksburg; retired teacher in Costa Rica and Warren County Schools and World War II veteran, Nov. 24, 1996.
Janet Armstrong Bunton ('72, M.A. '77)-45, Meridian; former teacher, Dec. 16, 1996.
Ralph R. Carter III ('72)-46, Jackson; physician at G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center and assistant professor at University Medical Center, Feb. 19, 1997.
Marguerite Harlow Taylor ('72)-71, Aberdeen; retired music education teacher at Aberdeen High School.
Mildred Kathleen White Craig ('73)-77, McComb; retired English teacher at Southwest Mississippi Community College, March 11, 1997.
Larry Davenport ('73)-46, Vicksburg; environmental engineer and Cooper Lighting Co. employee, Jan. 16, 1997.
Henry Gerald Williams ('73)-45, Jackson, Tenn.; engineer with Porter Cable Corp., Feb. 14, 1997.
Elizabeth Stuart ('77)-55, Carthage; retired schoolteacher, April 16, 1997.
Sheila James Newell ('79)-39, Tupelo; medical technician, Dec. 23, 1996.
David Allen Barnes ('84)-32, Leon, Kan.; office manager, Jan. 19, 1997.
Philip L. Oxner III ('89)-33, Anguilla; owner of Oxner Farms and manager of Anguilla Farm Services, March 9, 1997.
Steven Powell Holloway ('91)-28, Melbourne, Fla.; Harris Data Computer System employee, March 1, 1997.
Dale Roger Popichak ('96)-23, Jackson; senior airman in the Air National Guard, March 26, 1997.
Cecil Ward Abel Sr. (attended)-70, Mooreville; former head of the business departments at Northeast Mississippi Community College and Itawamba Community College, cattle farmer, member of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Board, and World War II veteran, March 25, 1997.
Albert Glen Ashmore (attended)-34, Caledonia; warehouse manager at Thompson Machine in Columbus, April 1, 1997.
Johnson Ater (attended)-90, Memphis, Tenn.; retired accountant, Feb. 12, 1997.
Dennis B. Baxter (attended)-36, Ackerman; Dec. 14, 1996.
Robert Buchanan (attended)-21, Cleveland; student at Wood Community College, March 19, 1997.
Linda Alley Fortner (attended)-43, Jackson; homemaker, March 7, 1997.
Milton Howard Grisham (attended)-87, Booneville; retired cotton classifier and buyer and former state representative, Feb. 20, 1997.
John Jacob "Bully" Holland (attended)-73, Jackson; retired auto salesman and World War II veteran, April 20, 1997.
Joe Edd Kea (attended)-57, Carthage; retired teacher, coach, school principal, and former Leake County superintendent of education, Feb. 27, 1997.
Jack Mason (attended)-71, Brooksville; retired teacher, school administrator, and businessman, former Brooksville mayor, World War II veteran, and retired National Guard colonel, Nov. 29, 1996.
Henry "Peter Rabbit" McGarrh (attended)-64, Merigold; retired farmer and past president of the Bolivar County Planters Club, Jan. 5, 1997.
Lila Anne Peyman (attended)-73, Starkville; retired professor of nursing at Mississippi University for Women, April 4, 1997.
Paul L. Polk (attended)-80, Vicksburg; retired president of Merchants Bank of Vicksburg and World War II veteran, Dec. 30, 1996.
James H. Rutherford (attended)-33, Derma; self-employed carpenter, Feb. 26, 1997.
William Sanford Sellers (attended)-82, Meridian; owner of Sellers Oldsmobile dealership in Meridian, March 6, 1997.
Louise McCullar Steele (attended)-82, Lambert; retired teacher for Quitman County Schools and farmer.
Suzy Kim Taylor (attended)-41, Bolton; dental technician and co-owner of Med-Dent, Dec. 21, 1996.
Cynthia Sullivan Dickens (employee) -48, Starkville; assistant professor of educational leadership, Jan. 20, 1997.
Thomas E. McNair (former employee) -73, Waldorf, Md.; retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, former assistant professor of aerospace science at Mississippi State, and World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veteran.
Rebecca Mae Adams (former Phi Kappa Tau housemother)-94, Gloster; Jan. 20, 1997.
Durward Dunn Jr. (friend)-New Orleans, La.; president of Durward Dunn Inc., March 4, 1997.
