IN MEMORIAM
personal papers donated to archives over the period 2001-2010. Lucinda "Cindy" Anne Faulkenberry Youngs, 1957, of Beaumont, Texas, died Feb. 26, 2011. She retired as a librarian with Bingman Elementary in Beaumont. Frances Holland Andrews, 1959, of Carlsbad, Calif., died Oct. 16, 2010. She received a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and earned a master’s in business administration from San Diego State University. For many years she was director of finance at GA Technologies in San Diego. In that capacity, she was a member of the team instrumental in securing the contract to execute the RQ-1 Predator UAV program for the U.S. Air Force’s weaponry arsenal. The Rev. James Dabbs, 1959, of Hattiesburg, died Jan. 2, 2011. He was a retired Methodist minister who most recently served at Main Street Methodist Church in Hattiesburg. He also served at Porter’s Chapel Methodist in Vicksburg, Taylorsville United Methodist Church, Poplar Springs Drive United Methodist Church in Meridian, First United Methodist Church in Picayune, Central Methodist in Meridian, Level Woods United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Capitol St. United Methodist Church in Jackson and First United Methodist Church in Canton. Miriam O’Ferrall McAlilly, 1959, of Pearl, died Feb.15, 2011. She worked for many years as a secretary at the OB-GYN Clinic at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Dr. William “Bill” Pennington Jr., B.A. 1959, of Cleveland, died Nov. 29, 2010. He was a retired professor at Delta State University. Malese Smith Brunson, B.A. 1960, of Biloxi, died Dec. 1, 2010. She sold real estate along the Mississippi Gulf Coast for many years. Sally King Jackson, B.A. 1961, of Hattiesburg, died Dec. 21, 2010. She was an accomplished artist and lifelong community volunteer. She served on the Hattiesburg Public School District Board for five years and played a key role in Parent Teacher Associations at several schools in Hattiesburg. Patsy Mayo, B.A. 1962, of Raymond, died Nov. 19, 2010. After graduating from Millsaps in three years, she earned a masters degree at the University of Mississippi. She taught in cities in Texas, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and was a principal with Hinds County Schools. She also worked as an administrator with Starkville City Schools. She retired as the Workforce Development coordinator of Hinds Community College . Cora Minor Jordan, 1963, of Oxford, died Jan.10, 2011. She was a lawyer and author and helped to found the first Quaker meeting in Mississippi. Bob Rutledge, B.S. 1964, of Mobile, Ala., died April 14, 2011. He went on to receive a master’s degree in education from Florida State. He was head football coach and athletic director at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland,
and then worked at St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile where he coached, taught, and served as headmaster. After he retired, he served as interim headmaster at St. Andrew’s. He was inducted into the Millsaps Sports Hall of Fame in 1977. William G. Tabb III, 1965, of Mandeville, La., died Oct. 8, 2010. He was a counselor at law and a graduate of Tulane University. Robert Edwin Cunningham III, 1970, of Greenville, died Feb. 14, 2011. He and his wife, Searcy, operated Robert Cunningham Realty in Greenville, which he founded in the late 1970s. William D. Potter, B.A. 1973, of Wilmington, N.C., died Dec. 6, 2010, at his home. He was a jeweler for many years. Patty Owen Love, 1974, of Yazoo City, died April 2, 2011. She was employed by the American Cancer Society and was a former teacher at Manchester Academy in Yazoo City. Elizabeth Lyons Howkins Tarkington Gordon, B.A. 1975, of Metairie, La., died March 12, 2011. After holding several chemistry-related positions, including one at the Tulane Primate Center in Covington, La., she became editorial assistant for the Neuroscience Center at the Louisiana State University Health Science Center in 1993. She held editorial positions within the same institution in the departments of orthopedics, pediatrics and ophthalmology. In 2008, she became grants administrator at the University of New Orleans in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
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