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1960s

Charles W. Pickering Sr. (LLB 61) joined Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz as senior counsel. He is a former U.S. federal district judge for Mississippi.

Edward C. Prisock (65) retired as chancellor of the Sixth Chancery Court District after 30 years. He will take senior status and hear cases assigned by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
1970s

Roger T. Clark (70) was appointed circuit judge for the 2nd Circuit Court District of Mississippi. He was previously a partner at Bryant, Clark, Dukes & Blakeslee in Gulfport .

Leonard Van Slyke (70) was elected to the board of Meritas. He is a partner in Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis in Jackson .

Charles P. Quarterman (72) is Special Assistant Attorney General, Divison of Medicaid in Jackson .

M. Keith Starrett (74) was appointed U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.

William O. Brown Jr. (77) is a partner in Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush in Ridgeland. He is one of the first Mississippi attorneys to be admitted to Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises.

John M. McCullouch (78) was inducted into the Mississippi Business Hall of Fame. He is president of BellSouth-Mississippi.

Cynthia Hewes Speetjens (78) opened her own law office in Jackson .

Steven H. Smith (79) joined Dunbar Monroe in Jackson .

1980s

Robert D. Gholson (80) and Craig N. Orr (94) announce that the Laurel firm Gholson and Orr has merged with the regional law firm Burr & Forman.

Robert H. "Bob" Harper (80) has left Holcomb Dunbar in Southaven to form Baskin, McCarroll, McCaskill & Campbell.

Thomas C. Lacey Jr. (82) is a partner in Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush in Ridgeland. He is one of the first Mississippi attorneys to be admitted to Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises.

William A. "Bill" Baskin (83) has left Holcomb Dunbar in Southaven to form Baskin, McCarroll, McCaskill & Campbell.

Julie Sneed Muller (84) is an associate with Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes in Jackson .

Peter C. Abide (86) is a shareholder at the newly opened Currie Johnson Griffin Gaines & Meyers in Biloxi .

William Perry McGaugh Jr. (86) was named vice president, legal with Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company in their Jackson office.

John T. Kitchens (87) joined Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott in Jackson .

Michael M. Taylor (87) was appointed circuit court judge for the 14th Circuit Court District composed of Lincoln, Walthall and Pike counties.

1990s

H. Burton Baker (90)
was appointed circuit public defender for the Cordell Judicial Circuit of Cordell, Ga.

David W. Baria (90) of Baria, Hawkins & Stracener has relocated from the firm's Jackson office to the Bay St. Louis office.

Robert P. Chamberlin (90) was appointed circuit court judge for the 17th District. He is a state senator.

John R. "Mac" McCarroll III (91) has left Holcomb Dunbar in Southaven to form Baskin, McCarroll, McCaskill & Campbell.

Jimmy McClure (91) serves as president of the Mississippi Municipal Judges Association. He served for ten years as municipal judge for the city of Sardis .

Jeffrey S. McCaskill (92) has left Holcomb Dunbar in Southaven to form Baskin, McCarroll, McCaskill & Campbell.

Tamara Taylor Pitts (93) has opened her own law office in Burlington , Ky. Her husband James Pitts (92) is General Counsel with Fidelity Investments in Burlington .

Eugenia Gaerig "Gigi" McGown (94) has joined Baskin, McCarroll, McCaskill & Campbell of Southaven .

Craig N. Orr (94) and Robert D. Gholson (80) announce that the Laurel firm Gholson and Orr has merged with the regional law firm Burr & Forman.

James J. Crongeyer Jr. (95) is a member of Watkins & Eager in Jackson .

John R. Mobley II (95) is the circuit public defender for the Tifton Judicial Circuit in Tifton , Ga.

David F. Maron (95) and Scott W. Pedigo (97) were elected shareholders in the Jackson office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Rajita Tyer Moss (96) announces the formation of Owens Moss in Jackson .

Adam Stone (96) is a shareholder of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis in Jackson .

Billy C. Campbell (97) has left Holcomb Dunbar in Southaven to form Baskin, McCarroll, McCaskill & Campbell.

John William Eads (97) was selected to oversee elections across Mississippi as an assistant secretary of state.

David K. Pharr (97) has joined the Jackson office of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White.

Randy Grant Pierce (97) was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour as one of the chancery court judges for the 16th District.

Dale G. Russell (97) is a shareholder at Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush in Jackson .

Daniel L. Ballou (98) serves as judge of the 34th Judicial District for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Wiliamsburg , Ky.

R. Richard Cirilli Jr. (98) is a member of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes in Jackson .

Margaret Sams Gratz (98) is an associate at Mitchell, McNutt & Sams in Tupelo .
Elizabeth Ann Horton (98) is an ethics advisor in the White House Counsel's Office in Washington , D.C.

Jarret P. Nichols (98) is owner of Title First in Jackson .

Warren K. Rogers Jr. (98) is a member of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes in Jackson .

Emily Wade Turner (98) has joined Baskin, McCarroll, McCaskill & Campbell of Southaven .

Robert Quentin Whitwell Jr. (98) is a shareholder in the newly renamed Stroud Harper & Whitwell in Southaven .

Andy T. Arant Jr. (99) opened his own office, Arant Law Firm, in Oxford .

J. Dennis Coleman (99) is an associate with Dunbar & Associates in Oxford .

George Frazier Gates (99) is an associate with Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes in Jackson .

Bradley M. Glaze (99) is an associate with Wells Marble & Hurst in Jackson . He served as Judge Advocate with the U.S. Army and as a special assistant U.S. attorney.

Tara McCallum Polleys (99) is an administrative law attorney with the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate at Fort Lewis , Washington .

Maretta Martin McLeod Walley (99) was appointed to the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy.

Enrique "Rick" Yabor (99) is an associate with the Coral Gables, Fla., law firm Welbaum, Guernsey, Hingston, Greenleaf, Gregory, Black & Rune.

2000s

S. Ray Hill III (00) is a member of Clayton O'Donnell Walsh & Davis in Oxford .

Jason E. Weeks (00)
is an associate at Page, Kruger & Holland, P.A., in Jackson .

Bradley A. Wellborn (00)
is an associate with Latham & Burwell in Jackson . He served four years with the U.S. Navy JAG Corps.

April R. Black (01)
is a political appointee of the Bush administration and is working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a congressional affairs specialist.

Kelly Pendergrass Dees (01)
is an associate with Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes in Jackson .

Chad M. Doleac (01), Marvell M. Gordon (03), Allyson L. Nelson (02)
and Marvin L. Sanders (04) are assistant district attorneys in the Hinds County District Attorney's Office in Jackson .

John Hinkle (01)
is an associate at Markow, Walker and Reeves in Ridgeland.

David "Whit" Whitmire Waide Jr. (01)
has joined the Mississippi Treasury Department as counselor to state treasurer Tate Reeves. He is also an adjunct constitutional law professor at Millsaps College .

Sharon A. Witty (01), J. Adam Powers (02)
and Mary Helen Wall (02) are assistant public defenders in the Hinds County Public Defender's Office in Jackson .

Jennifer Nan Hale (02) is an associate with McGlinchey Stafford in the business section in Jackson .

R. Kevin Hamilton (02)
is an associate with Christovich & Kearney in New Orleans .

Carter C. Hitt (02)
is a partner in the Oxford law firm of Hughes & Hitt.

Carlos D. Palmer (02)
was recently sworn in as interim justice court judge for Leflore County .

Amanda Benefield Quave (02)
has transferred to the newly opened Currie Johnson Griffin Gaines &
Meyers office in Biloxi .

Noel A. Rogers (02)
and James S. McCoy (04) are associates at Burr & Forman in Laurel .

Brandi L. Brown (03)
is a law clerk for Judge Winston Kidd with the Hinds County Circuit Court.

Susan O. Carr (03)
and Kristopher A. Graham (02) are associates at Page Kruger & Holland, P.A., in Jackson .

Katherine Pugh Hinkle (03)
is an assistant district attorney with Hinds County .

R. Shane McLaughlin (03)
and Nicole Harris McLaughlin (03) have opened McLaughlin Law Firm in Tupelo .

Jeremy Paul McNinch (03)
is an associate with Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles in Gulfport . He is a former law clerk to Chief Justice James W. Smith Jr. of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

Pepper A. Pearson (03)
is an associate in the Biloxi office of Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott.

Nathan L. Prescott (03)
is an associate in the Biloxi office of Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott.

Brett A. Schubert (03)
is clerking for Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge J.C. McLin in Memphis .

David B. Denison (04)
is an associate with the Jackson law firm Mockbee Hall & Drake, P.A.

Jeremy T. Hutto (04)
is an associate at Currie Johnson Griffin Gaines & Myers in Jackson .

Joshua L. Rogers (04)
joined the Voters' Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in Washington , D.C.

Andrew Seger (04)
graduated first in his class in Fordham University 's master's program in international business trade.

Marriages

Sharon Lorraine Walters (03) to T.L. "Smith" Boykin III (04) , April 9, 2005, at Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson .

Robyn Sydney Kirksey (81) to Jimmy McClure (91) , July 8, 2004, in Destin , Fla.

Tina L. Hill (98) to William "Bill" Walker , November 12, 2004, in Naples , Fla.

Tameka Wilder (04) to Tondre T. Buck, December 29, 2004.

Brynna Clark (04) to Scott Kenton Cool, March 12, 2005, in Jackson .

James Douglas Foster (02) to Jillian James, October 23, 2004.

April Roberts (01) to Michael Stewart Black on September 18, 2004, in Chesapeake , Va. , at Great Bridge Baptist Church .

Erin Christ Rodgers (99) to Bradley Clay Rodgers on September 14, 2004, in Greece . Erin is an associate at Young Williams, P.A., in Jackson .

Meredith Morgan Scott to Jason Edward Brown (05) on May 21, 2005, in New Albany .

Kathryn Lindsey Battle to Kelly Wyche McMullan (01) on May 28, 2005, at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson .

Shannon Marie Bringer to Moss Butler Melton (00) on May 21, 2005, at Jefferson United Methodist Church in Jefferson , Ohio .

Laurie Nicole Ratcliffe to William Henry Barbour III (94) on May 7, 2005, at First Presbyterian Church in Natchez .

Caroline Sinclair Ellender to Jonathan B. Compretta (99) on May 21, 2005, at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Hattiesburg .

Births

Elizabeth Jane Beckett, daughter of Sara Katherine Ott Beckett and Patrick Ryan Beckett (99), Aug. 27, 2004.

Hudson Ross Hadley, son of C. Elizabeth Ross Hadley (99) and Bryan Hadley, Feb. 13, 2005.

Alexander Roy Rider, son of Wendy A. Rider and Ronald T. Rider (88), Aug. 26, 2004. Their son William Edward Rider was born Feb. 2, 2002.

John Bailey Hill, son of Kathryn Goss Hill (00) and Sidney Ray Hill (00), December 23, 2004.

William Aiden Dorman, son of Janice Lynn McLauchlin Dorman (03) and William "Bill" Dorman, January 4, 2005.

Stevens Leggett Roberson and Shelby McIntosh Roberson, daughters of Kelly McIntosh Roberson (96) and Richard James Roberson Jr., September 6, 2003.

Chandler Perrin Harrison, daughter of Sharon and William Christopher Harrison (97), December 29, 2004.

Emily "Emma" Sanders Shelton , daughter of Emily and David W. Shelton (99), November 22, 2004.

Emma Walsh Couch, daughter of Michelle Godwin Couch and Allen B. Couch Jr. (96), September 2, 2004.

Mollie Ann Robertson, daughter of Rachel Poole Robertson and M. Craig Robertson (99), April 26, 2004.

Katherine Layne Kennedy, daughter of Patricia Fleming Kennedy (01) and Gregg Kennedy, December 9, 2004.

Ceralene Rose Payne, daughter of Sasha K. Payne (04) and Robert Payne, February 21, 2005.

Arthur "Aden" Dennis Spratlin III, son of Liz Mavar and Arthur D. Spratlin Jr. (91), March 31, 2005.

Deaths

Linda Carol Slade (81) of Diamondhead, Feb. 17, 2005.

Dixie Aldrich Bearden (73) of Florence , March 2, 2005.

Joe Hardeman Daniel (LLB 40) of Jackson , February 1, 2005.

Richard Dear Foxworth (LLB 64) of Columbia , January 18, 2005.

William J. "Pete" Gamble III (80) of Hattiesburg , January 22, 2005.

Lynn Milam Granberry (81) of Madison , December 11, 2004.

Robert Charles Trainor (LLB 55) of Jackson , December 24, 2004.

William L. Denton (65) of Gulfport , December 3, 2004.

Overton A. Currie (LLB 49) of Hattiesburg , February 26, 2005.

Joseph Eason Wroten (LLB 48) of Aberdeen , March 17, 2005.

Billy Wayne Hood (78) of Gulfport , April 12, 2005.

Alton H. Harvey (LLB 58) of Fort Myers , Fla. , April 23, 3005.

To submit Class Notes, please contact Natashia Gregoire at natashia@olemiss.edu.

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