In Memoriam Mississippi State University

 

Obituaries

  • Enoch Robert Norton ('24)-94, Shreveport, La.; retired grocer, March 6, 1999.
  • Aubrey Sigrest ('27)-94, Forest; retired farmer, organizer, and president of the Mississippi Dairy Association and the Mississippi Sheep Growers Association, and former coach and teacher in the Neshoba County School District, Feb. 13, 1999.
  • Odea Evans ('29)-93, Jackson; retired general manager with REA and retired Air Force colonel.
  • Horton Gayliston Taylor Sr. ('29)-93, Calhoun City; retired U.S. Department of Agriculture employee, March 25, 1999.
  • James H. Hudson ('30, M.S. '54)-94, Memphis, Tenn.; retired vocational agriculture teacher, Feb. 12, 1999.
  • John Richard Naugher ('32)-89, Jackson; retired dairy farmer and World War II veteran, May 18, 1999.
  • Walter C. Nelms ('33)-89, Clinton; retired assistant state conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service and World War II veteran.
  • Dave Flowers ('34)-93, Laurel; retired Army colonel, Feb. 13, 1999.
  • Gibson Bobb Head ('34)-85, Texas City, Texas; retired owner of a public accounting firm, May 23, 1999.
  • Thomas H. Maxwell ('37)-92, McComb; retired teacher and Baptist minister.
  • Sam T. Batton ('38)-Lake Providence, La.; retired farmer.
  • Emmett McIlwain ('38)-84, Starkville; retired hardware merchant, alderman, mayor of Artesia, and World War II veteran, Feb. 19, 1999.
  • Eva Krouch Welch ('38)-92, Chevy Chase, Md.; Feb. 9, 1999.
  • Randal R. Craft ('39)-81, Madison; real estate agent and World War II and Korean War veteran.
  • Joel Reese Eakens Sr. ('39)-84, Hattiesburg; retired director of University of Southern Mississippi Physical Plant, retired brigadier general in the Mississippi National Guard, and World War II and Korean War veteran, April 3, 1999.
  • D.W. Snyder ('39)-83, Cumberland; former Northern District public service commissioner and former sheriff of Webster County, April 14, 1999.
  • R. Solon Polk ('40)-80, Mount Olive; former vice president of Federal Land Bank of New Orleans and World War II veteran.
  • Garnett Wilson Webb ('40)-82, Jackson; retired financial supervisor and office manager for General Electric, Feb. 15, 1999.
  • H. Frank Green ('41)-82, Jackson; retired founder and president of Delta Fan Co. and World War II veteran,
  • Frank Z. Jemison ('41)-78, Memphis, Tenn.; realtor, builder, and chairman of the board of Jemison Inc., Feb. 22, 1999.
  • James Robert Agnew ('42)-77, Canton; retired mechanical engineer for Tennessee Valley Authority and World War II veteran.
  • Robert Payne Bays ('43)-Shreveport, La.; retired physician, founder, and first president of the Louisiana Society of Internal Medicine, and World War II veteran, June 7, 1999.
  • Sue Cowsert Harper ('43)-76, Wilmette, Ill.; licensed medical technician, Feb. 13, 1999.
  • Ike Russell Laird ('43)-90, Cottonwood, Ariz.; retired U.S. Department of Agriculture employee and World War II veteran, April 22, 1999.
  • William R. Parkes ('43)-76, Louisville; retired owner of WLSM radio station, advertising manager for Taylor Machine Works, Winston County Journal staff member, and World War II veteran.
  • Joe M. Warlick Jr. ('43)-76, Memphis, Tenn.; retired assistant superintendent for the Department of Supplementary Educational Services for Memphis City Schools and World War II veteran, Feb. 4, 1999.
  • Evan Bell Allen Jr. ('47)-78, Starkville; retired Air Force colonel and World War II veteran.
  • Thomas Benjamin Conger ('47)-75, Benoit; retired mail carrier, cattleman, and World War II veteran.
  • Jack Herbert Deaton ('48)-75, Hazlehurst; retired area coordinator for the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission, former sheriff of Copiah County, former Hazlehurst police chief, and World War II veteran.
  • George W. Johnson Jr. ('48)-75, Coffeeville; retired construction engineer for Gulf Oil Co. and World War II veteran
  • Donald Kealhofer ('48)-83, Coila; retired principal of Yazoo City Junior High School and World War II veteran.
  • Thomas Hudson Scarbrough ('48)-75, Water Valley; retired farmer and past president of the Yalobusha County Farm Bureau, Dec. 25, 1998.
  • William B. Webb ('48)-75, Tunica; retired Tunica County tax assesor and collector, businessman, and farmer, Feb. 23, 1999.
  • Walter Douglas Garland Jr. ('49)-71, Jackson; retired furniture store owner.
  • J.C. Goodwin Jr. ('49)-78, Aberdeen; retired project manager for the Soil Conservation Service and World War II veteran.
  • Charles S. Hill ('49)-83, Durant; retired Agricultural Soil Conservation Service employee and World War II veteran.
  • Granville Mays Martin Jr. ('49)-78, Greenwood; retired certified public accountant, Boy Scouts leader, and World War II veteran.
  • James Haskel Shettles ('49)-76, Memphis, Tenn.; retired colonel in U.S. Army Reserve and insurance representative with Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, March 20, 1999.
  • Stanley Womack ('49)-73, Tupelo; retired insurance adjuster and former schoolteacher, April 23, 1999.
  • Herschel E. Lane ('50, M.S. '51)-77, Brandon; retired petroleum engineer, vice president and partner at Harmony Oil Co. in Laurel, and World War II veteran.
  • William W. Martin Jr. ('50)-72, Oxford; retired insurance adjuster and World War II and Korean War veteran.
  • C.G. Morton ('50)-73, West Memphis, Ark.; retired executive with Woodson & Bozeman Inc. in Memphis and World War II veteran, June 15, 1999.
  • John Bufkin Barlow ('51, M.S. '57)-70, Longview, Texas; retired independent right of way agent and Korean War veteran.
  • Arnold Evans Parsons Sr. ('51)-77, Mobile, Ala.; founder of Mobile firms Polyengineering and Polysurveying and World War II veteran, Jan. 29, 1999.
  • Clifford E. Hough ('52)-73, Mount Olive; farmer.
  • Earl W. Terrell ('52)-85, Starkville; professor emeritus of industrial education at Mississippi State.
  • Lola Bell DeVaughn ('53)-87, retired schoolteacher and writer, Feb. 7, 1999.
  • Mary Joy Fortunato ('53)-65, Natchez; retired schoolteacher.
  • Frank Wright III ('53)-67, Lambert; retired farmer and past commissioner of the Quitman County Soil and Water Conservation Service.
  • James L. Garrett Sr. ('54)-66, Meridian; retired city engineer and director of public works in Meridian and former Corps of Engineers employee, June 2, 1999.
  • James S. Lewis ('55)-75, Starkville; retired chemical engineer for the Petroleum Products Laboratory at Mississippi State and World War II veteran, April 5, 1999.
  • Ronald Meyers Mann ('57)-67, Starkville; retired electrical engineer.
  • Jack M. McSwain ('57)-64, New Augusta; former mayor of New Augusta, retired engineer for the state Highway Department, and Korean War veteran, Feb. 23, 1999.
  • George Leo James ('58, M.S. '62)-69, Oxford; retired schoolteacher and principal.
  • Thomas J. Stricklin ('58)-62, Yazoo City; logger.
  • John J. Erickson III ('59)-64, Yazoo City; retired farmer.
  • Lila Hodges Hull ('59, M.A. '64)-70, DeKalb; retired schoolteacher; March 7, 1999.
  • Barbara Burgin Pilkinton ('59)-60, Starkville; homemaker, March 22, 1999.
  • William Max Rhoades ('59)-Kossuth.
  • Thomas Richard Howard ('60)-61, Columbus; owner of Thomas Howard Investments and former president and CEO of Dr. Pepper and Pepsi Bottling Co. in Columbus, May 6, 1999.
  • Virginia Swoope Beall ('61)-76, Columbus; retired elementary schoolteacher, May 11, 1999.
  • James William Tennyson ('61)-68, Ackerman; retired director of cooperative education at Mississippi State and Korean War veteran, Feb. 27, 1999.
  • Margaret Cooper Dunlap Crimm ('62)-81, Eupora; former schoolteacher at Pearl High School, April 13, 1999.
  • Janet Blanche Cheek Carter ('63)-57, Aberdeen; bookkeeper.
  • Richard Lee Fallin ('63)-58, Natchez; teacher and administrator in the Natchez Adams County School District.
  • Henry Bailey McClellan Jr. ('64, M.B.A. '68)-56, Goodman; an executive vice president at Holmes Community College.
  • Morgan Kimbrough McGeoy ('64)-57, Brandon; Lamar Life Insurance Co. agent and real estate agent.
  • Alton Price Holmes Jr. ('65)-56, Tallulah, La.; businessman and civic leader, May 22, 1999.
  • James V. Smith Jr. ('67)-54, Stone Mountain, Ga.; earthquake specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  • Richard Daniel Humphries ('68)-52, Portland, Ore.; general manager of OCP Publications, April 27, 1999.
  • Nannette Strain Longest ('68)-Montgomery, Ala.; Aug. 5, 1998.
  • H. Clifton Watson ('68, M.S. '69)-54, Benton; U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist.
  • Frances Clark Campbell ('69)-79, Quitman; retired co-publisher of Filter Press.
  • Sammye A. Crowson ('70)-52, Jackson; retired special education teacher for the Jackson Public School System.
  • Juanita Perkins Egger ('71)-82, Columbus; retired schoolteacher at Caledonia Elementary School, Feb. 15, 1999.
  • Cheryl L. Goodwin ('72)-52, Lumberton; associate professor of medical technology at the University of Southern Mississippi and former president of the Mississippi State Society for Medical Technology, April 19, 1999.
  • Iva Hodges ('73, M.S. '75)-58, Kosciusko; elementary schoolteacher.
  • Bobbie Ruth Magee Watts ('73)-51, Collins; retired schoolteacher and poet, May 9, 1999.
  • Gary E. Thornton ('76)-45, Madison; certified public accountant in the state Auditors Office in the technical assistance division, March 4, 1999.
  • Anita Reynolds Covington ('77, Ed.S. '79)-73, Quitman; retired schoolteacher.
  • Bettye J. Hopkins ('81)-51, Hattiesburg; public schoolteacher for 28 years, most recently with the Hattiesburg Public School District, March 31, 1999.
  • Kathy Lynn Crenshaw ('83)-Austin, Texas; veterinarian, Feb. 17, 1999.
  • Cindy Hardin Murphy ('85)-37, Brandon; receptionist for the Mississippi Bar Center, March 9, 1999.
  • Fidelia Alexander ('87)-Jackson; veterinarian, April 7, 1999.
  • Ronald Scott Moore ('89)-32, San Antonio, Texas; accountant with Valero Energy Corp., April 21, 1999.
  • Danita Davis ('90)-33, Jackson; civil engineer for the Department of Public Works in Jackson, March 7, 1999.
  • Cathleen Elaine Cliffe-Mike ('92)-St. Louis, Mo.; program promotions coordinator for Continental Cablevision, Feb. 10, 1999.
  • Wade D. Fisher ('98)-23, Sebastopol; human resources and poultry worker, May 12, 1999.
  • Joseph Elmer Young ('98)-Columbus; graduate student in accounting at Mississippi State, May 4, 1999.
  • Penny Ball Black (attended)-38, Brandon; homemaker.
  • James Perkins Colbert (attended)-82, Orlando, Fla.; retired engineer and draftsman.
  • Walter Ellis Cooper Sr. (attended)-93, Monticello; retired Pure Oil Co. employee and service station owner.
  • Charles Francis Franklin (attended)-80, Coffeeville; retired Mississippi Highway Patrol officer, recipient of the Governor's Distinguished Mississippian Award in 1978, and World War II veteran.
  • O.B. Jeffreys Jr. (attended)-79, Flora; World War II veteran.
  • Hal Land (attended)-77, Macon; retired engineering technician for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services and World War II veteran.
  • Howard Nailer Lee (attended)-44, Vicksburg; self-employed processing analyst.
  • John Lee (attended)-71, Amory; retired district service manager for Signode Corp. and World War II veteran.
  • Lanell Olivia Gaddis Long (attended)-87, Starkville; retired home economist for the Louisiana Extension Service, March 26, 1999.
  • Lewis Ernest Martin (attended)-89, Anguilla; retired lumberman, owner of Martin-Ewing Lumber Company, and coordinator of Sharkey-Issaquena American Red Cross.
  • Louis A. Martin (attended)-71, Calhoun City; retired owner of a Sears Merchant Store and a former Citgo consignee.
  • Phillip Lee Millwood (attended)-56, Glendale, Ariz.; retired maintenance supervisor for the Arizona Graduate School of International Management, March 28, 1999.
  • Hilliar A. Reynolds (attended)-90, Starkville; retired district director of Facilities Management.
  • Fred P. Sage (attended)-75, Memphis, Tenn.; retired Campbell Clinic orthopedic surgeon, professor at the University of Tennessee Medical School, and World War II veteran.
  • Tommie Wilbur Taylor (attended)-88, Hazlehurst; owner of Dees Hardware Co., April 18, 1999.
  • Kevin Alan Thornton (attended)-37, Tunica; electronic service technician.
  • Christy Nye Duplain Ware (attended)-43, Clinton; accountant for Phelps Dunbar Attorneys.
  • Walter M. Watkins (attended)-70, Jackson; retired sales representative for Nabisco, cattleman and farmer, and World War II veteran.
  • Jack Clinton White (attended)-75, Hattiesburg; retired electrical engineer for General Electric Co. and Aubrey Silvey Enterprises.
  • Russell Vee Palmer Dorman (student)-23, Tupelo; junior at Mississippi State majoring in business management, May 19, 1999.
  • Brooke Karsten Patterson (student)-22, Starkville; student at Mississippi State, June 2, 1999.
  • John Eric Wheeler (student)-senior at Mississippi State majoring in mechanical engineering, March 6, 1999.
  • Mary Ann Dazey (former employee)-70, Columbus; retired associate professor of English at Mississippi State, director of freshman English, and adviser to Chi Omega Sorority, May 1, 1999.
  • A.W. "Slick" Morton (former employee)-84, Jackson; former head football coach at Mississippi State (1949-51).
  • David R. Pingrey (former employee)-75; former livestock judging coach at Mississippi State, cattleman, member of the Mississippi Agricultural Hall of Fame, former executive secretary of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, and World War II veteran, April 9, 1999.
  • Christine M. Weaver (former employee)-94, Columbus; retired Mississippi State University housemother for McKee Hall (1960-70), Feb. 4, 1999.
  • Sam A. Carollo (friend)-88, Leland; retired wholesale and retail merchant.
  • Eleanor Wilson Cooley (friend)-97, Marked Tree, Ark; March 21, 1999.
  • Ernest R. Hutson (friend)-Corinth.
  • Isaac Read King Jr. (friend)-85, Lexington; retired U.S. Army colonel, April 7, 1999.
  • Joe Davis King Jr. (friend)-70, Greenville; auto salesman and high school sports official.
  • J.P. "Jake" Mills (friend)-63, Tupelo; member of the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning, former chairman of the State Parks Commission, and founder of J.P. Mills Inc., April 17, 1999.
  • Joseph Burleson "Mr. Mutt" Peavey (friend)-86, Meridian; retired owner of Peavey Melody Music Co. in Meridian and composer of Mississippi State's fight song. Peavey wrote the words and music to Hail State in a 1939 contest, for which he won $55 as the winner, and the song was first performed by Kay Kyser's band at the '39 spring formal on campus.
  • Thomas Irwin Rice Jr. (friend)-82, Sumner; retired farmer.
  • Amalie Fair Robinson (friend)-89, Jackson; civic leader and first woman member of the board of trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

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