IN memoriam Bradley D. Carter
former associate provost Bradley D. Carter of Lexington, Ky., director of the University of Kentucky’s Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments, died Jan. 15 after a long illness. He was 61. Carter was associate provost and chief information officer at Mississippi State from 2000 to 2003. He also served for three years as interim executive director of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center at MSU, and prior to that, he was coordinator of the engineering college’s computational engineering program. Carter joined the engineering faculty in 1971 as an assistant professor and rose to full professor in 1980. An Olive Branch native, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering at MSU in 1967 and 1968, respectively, and a doctorate at the University of Arkansas in 1972.
HUBERT B. DUCKWORTH (’33)—93, Jackson; retired general manager of the Jackson division of the Borden Co. and past president of the MSU Alumni Association, Nov. 1, 2004. RICHARD W. ELLIOTT SR. (’33)—94, Oxford; retired funeral home director and mayor of Oxford for 16 years, Dec. 3, 2004. MOSES MCWILLIE COLE (’34)—95, Gainesville, Fla.; retired University of Florida entomologist and professor and World War II and Korean War veteran, July 22, 2004. ALBERTA FRANCES WEEMS (’35)—89, Reno, Nev.; homemaker and former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee, July 20, 2004. CHEVIS RAYMOND BOONE JR. (’38)—89, Kosciusko; retired electrical engineer for South Central Bell and World War II and Korean War veteran, Aug. 31, 2004. MATTHEW MANUEL MITCHELL (’38)— 88, Southaven; retired businessman and World War II veteran, Oct. 2, 2004. DONALD M. DOCKERY III (’40)—85, Ridgeland; partner in the Mississippi Bottled Water Co., retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and World War II veteran, Sept. 7, 2004. ELMER W. GWIN (’41)—Lafayette, La.; manager for Pennsylvania Life Co., Aug. 16, 2004. JOHN HENRY MURPHY (’41)—85, Ridgeland; retired plant quarantine inspector for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and World War II veteran, Sept. 13, 2004. JOHN BRICE KERR JR. (’43)—80, Oxford; retired construction superintendent and World War II veteran, Jan. 11, 2004. CHARLES HARDING WELLS (’43)—81, Greenwood; retired draftsman for Bowman & Bowman and World War II veteran, Oct. 10, 2004. CLIFTON D. HUNTER (’47)—85, Agricola; retired from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, farmer and World War II and Korean War veteran. JOHN MCCALL NORSWORTHY (’48, M.S. ’52)—81, Hattiesburg; retired associate professor of special education at the University of Southern Mississippi, Oct. 29, 2004. RICHARD EDWIN CAMPBELL (’49)—81, Gloster; retired senior adjuster for General
Adjustment Bureau and World War II veteran, Oct. 2, 2004. WILLIAM HOWARD EAST (’49)—85, Brookhaven; retired engineer with McMullen and son, former pharmacy owner, and World War II veteran, Sept. 19, 2004. DOUGLAS S. GOFF (’49)—81, Lucedale; retired manager for Sperry Marine Systems and World War II veteran, Nov. 2, 2004. JULIUS JOHN HAYDEN JR. (’49, M.S. ’50)—84, Pass Christian; retired president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and World War II veteran, Oct. 10, 2004. HARPER STEWART JOHNSON JR. (’49)— 78, Weatherford, Texas; retired salesman for Stauffer Chemical Co. and World War II veteran, Aug. 19, 2004. GEORGE FRANK OAKES (’49)—76, McComb; retired Pike County economic development professional and community volunteer. J. LARRY SHOOK (’49)—79, Keystone Heights, Fla.; retired prison system chaplain and World War II veteran, Sept. 24, 2004. MORRIS G. BLOCKER (’50)—80, Benoit; farmer and manager at Dahomey Plantation and World War II veteran, Dec. 11, 2004. WILLIAM G. MCKEITHEN (’50)—Garland, Texas; retired senior electrical engineer for Brown & Root Inc., Oct. 2, 2004. CAROLYN BYRD NYMAN (’50)—78, Lucedale; retired English teacher at George County High School, Oct. 6, 2004. JAMES LEWIS GARNER (’51)—78, Pascagoula; retired vocational teacher for the Pascagoula City School District and World War II veteran, Oct. 8, 2004. DANIEL MARSTON BONNEY (’52)— Quitman; retired owner of Standard Cotton Gin Co. and Quitman Bonded Warehouse and World War II veteran, Sept. 9, 2004. RICHARD A. LEWIS (’52)—67, Starkville; retired dairy farmer, former Oktibbeha County supervisor, and World War II veteran, Nov. 21, 2004. CHARLES WESLEY BOUCHILLON (’53)— 73, Starkville; retired Mississippi State mechanical engineering professor and Korean War veteran, Sept. 13, 2004.
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