In Memoriam Mississippi State University

  • Lester H. Newell ('26)—98, Lakeland, Fla.; retired sales engineer with Westinghouse, July 13, 2000.
  • Roy S. Saunders ('27)—96, Dallas; retired civil engineer, Aug. 30, 2000.
  • James Harrison Lambdin ('28)—94, Jackson; retired executive vice president of Mississippi Valley Gas Co., May 9, 2000.
  • Felix Ewing Edwards ('31)—94, Starkville; professor emeritus of agricultural engineering at Mississippi State University, Aug. 14, 2000.
  • Nathaniel Vick Robbins Jr. ('35)—86, Gulfport; retired engineer and farmer, Sept. 4, 2000.
  • Gerald D. Calloway ('36)—88; retired draftsman engineer, Sept. 21, 2000.
  • Mary Virginia Miller Simrall ('36, M.S. '58)—85, Starkville; assistant professor emerita of chemistry, Sept. 19, 2000.
  • Joseph Roland Denton ('37)—84, Cleveland; retired owner and president of Denton Dairy Products.
  • Julius Kirk Morgan ('37)—85, Jackson; retired cotton buyer, Oct. 15, 2000.
  • William Edwin Holcomb ('39)—82, Holcomb; retired U.S. Coast Guard commander, World War II veteran and mail carrier, July 11, 2000.
  • Harry R. Mullins ('39)—87, Jackson; retired sales executive, Aug. 7, 2000.
  • Victor James Daniel Jr. ('40)—83, Gulfport; served as president of the Southeastern Electric Exchange and as a director of the Mississippi State University Alumni Foundation, July 19, 2000.
  • C.B. Betterton Jr. ('41, M.S. '51)—81, Houston; retired county agent, Oct. 10, 2000.
  • Samuel Hayes Gunter ('41, M.Ag. '54)—82, Clinton; retired manager and World War II veteran.
  • George S. Hazard ('41)—81, Columbus; retired owner of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Oct. 10, 2000.
  • William H. McIntyre ('41)—82, Columbus; business owner and World War II veteran.
  • Robert Price ('41)—St. Petersburg, Fla.; physician, Aug. 11, 2000.
  • Troy Elbert Weathersby ('73)—50, Twin Lake Circle; owner of Weathersby Properties Inc., Sept. 18, 2000.
  • Elgie Wilks Chatham ('74)—83, Meridian; retired educator and counselor, Aug. 5, 2000.
  • Jeffrey L. McCaskill ('76)—47, Leland; farmer.
  • William Austin Wallace ('78)—45, Jackson; sales representative for Wolf Camera, July 27, 2000.
  • Elizabeth Ashleigh Arnold Dehmer ('87)—34, Jackson; teacher and artist, June 10, 2000.
  • Joseph S. Latham ('94)—30, Hollandale; technologist.
  • Willie Charles Wansley ('94)—28, Valley Park; farmer and partner in Redwood Custom Services.
  • Von Brent Sumrall ('95)—31, Madison; Aug. 30, 2000.
  • Robert Bentley (attended)—88, Mobile, Ala.; retired member of the Pipefitters Local 119, Aug. 10, 2000.
  • Meriwether T. Black (attended)—45, Jackson; July 1, 2000.
  • Lewellyn David Dean (attended)—92, Ridgeland; civil engineer, Aug. 17, 2000.
  • Leo Elias Frankel (attended)—75, Leland; retired farmer, Sept. 1, 2000.
  • Marilyn B. Hampton (attended)—47, Meridian; retired banker.
  • Carroll Hines (attended)—81, McComb; retired manager of Sammons Communications Co., Sept. 23, 2000.
  • William S. Hobson (attended)—72, Iuka; pastor, Aug. 22, 2000.
  • Russell Gilbert Kahl (attended)—80, Aberdeen; retired farmer and World War II veteran, Aug. 8, 2000.
  • Hugh Kinard (attended)—79, Columbus; Farmers Supply Store owner and World War II veteran, Sept. 10, 2000.
  • William Moore (attended)—77, Onward; farmer.
  • Stephen R. Patterson (attended)—53, Evans, Ga.; pilot and flight instructor, Aug. 4, 2000.
  • Thomas Coleman Peterson (attended)—57, Whitney, Texas; real estate, July 26, 2000.
  • James L. "Sonny" Scruggs (attended)—55, Tupelo; retired president of Stepping Stone Manufacturing in South Carolina, July 20, 2000.
  • Jessie S. Shumaker (attended)—94, Kosciusko; retired mechanic with Yellow Cab Co. in Chicago and World War II veteran; Aug. 28, 2000.
  • George W. Sills (attended)—79, Brandon; Texas Eastern Gas Corp. retiree.
  • Robert M. Stallworth Sr. (attended)—83, Monroeville, Ala.; retired, Sept. 24, 2000.
  • Mary Austin Triplett (attended)—94, Brooksville; retired dietician.
  • Clifford H. Anderson (friend)—87, Hattiesburg; business owner and World War II veteran, Aug. 18, 2000.
  • Vernon Elbert Guynes (friend)—81, Brandon; former executive vice president of Jitney Jungle Stores, Aug. 26, 2000.
  • Virginia McAlister Holmes (friend)—90, Starkville; homemaker and charter member of the Mississippi State University Women's Club, July 14, 2000.
  • Harris S. Swayze (friend)—85, Benton; business president and farmer.
  • Marshall Treppendahl (friend)—75, Woodville; owner of Treppendahl Realty and SW Loans.
  • James E. Hill Sr. (former employee)—78, Starkville; retired head of the Mississippi State University poultry department, July 23, 2000.
  • Guy Theron Peden Jr. (employee)—76, Starkville; professor and director of the Bureau of Economic Research at Mississippi State, Sept. 22, 2000.
  • James E. Sweeney (employee)—Shreveport La.; Air Force colonel and Mississippi State Air Force ROTC instructor.
  • Dorothy Ann Tate (employee)—43, Starkville; console operations supervisor for MSU Telecommunications Department, June 12, 2000.