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CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE
RIME OF GENOCIDE

(Approved by the United Nations Gene ral Assembly on December
0, 1948).
Articl e II -- In the present Convention, genoc ide means any of the
f llowing acts committed with intellt to destroy, in whole or in part, a
national, ethnical, racial or r eligious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members
of the group ;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of
life calculated to bring about its physical destruction
in whole or in part;
(d) IMPOSING
MEASURES INTENDED TO PREVENT
BIRTHS WITHIN THE GROUP ;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

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We oppose the ratificathn by the United States

of the Genocide Convention of the United Nations. "
from the

'PLA TFORM and PRINCIPLES of the

/MISSISSIPPI STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ' June 30, 1960

The Shldent Nonviolent Coordi1/4ting Committee

6 Raymond Street, N. W.
Atlanta, Geor:ia

30314

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Senator James O. Eastland is exerting his considerable
power in the V.S. Senate to prevent Negroes securing the minimal
protection of the pending civil rights le gislation, his staff assistant
in Mississippi is designing and implementing a program of genocide
against the Negroes of that state.
On Mar ch n, 1964, when the tactics of Senator Eastland and his
cohorts were just beginning in the V.S. Senate, the Mississippi House
of Representatives was voting on a bill designed to drive Negroes
from Mississippi, and to render those who refused to leave incapable
of having children. The bill was introduced by seven representatives,
one of whom identifies himself in the current Hand Book of the Mississippi Legislature as (( staff assistant to Senator James 0. Easnarur
when the Legislature is not i n session ." (see Exhibit 2)
Exhibit 1 is a reproduction of the text of Hous e Bill 180 which passed
the Mississippi House on March 11 by a vote of 72 to 37. One is
urged at this point to turn to Exhibit 1 and familiarize oneself with the
provisions of HB 180.
The bill was
introduced in the Mississippi House by the seven
representatives whose names appear in the upper left hand corner
of Exhibit 1.
Representative Pierce is the staff assistant to V.S.
Senator James O. Eastland. All seven sponsors of th e bill are comparatively young men, two in their twenties, four in their thirties,
and one 44. All are married. Two are attornpys, and the other four
list themselves as cattlemen and farmers.( see Exhibit 2)
11 s originally introduced, the bill would have penalized the birthof an illegitimate child by imposi rg a prison sentence of 1 to 3 years
on the parents. During floor debate the bill was amended to permit
one illegitimate birth before the penalty provisions apply . Another
floor amendment provided for sterilization in lieu of the
prison sentence.
The sterilization amendment was offered
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by R p. Ted McCullough, a Todd cotton buye r , me rchant and druggist
wh i ' chairman of the board of deacons of his Baptist Church ane:
a SUllday School teac her here.
In ar guing for passage of the bill, Rep. Buck Meek,of vVebster
ounty , who managed the bill on the floor , provided a list of statistics
purporting to show that Negro illegitim ate births far outnumber those
01 white s. He made no attempt to disguise the anti-Negro nature of
th bill.
Rep. Horace L es ter, Hinds County, tried to get the bill killed with
a motio n to r ecommit. He was concerned that t he bill would "embarr ass white girls who had already had enough trouble ." (Jackson,
Miss . , Clarion-Ledger , 2-13-64).
Howe ver , the House, " which was in a boisterous mood" (C-L ,
3-13-64), refus ed.
Mrs. Gordon White, prominent clubwoman r e pr esentin g L aude rdale County, took offense at the mood of levity in
th e House .
" This is no laughing matter ," s he said. " We have a
we lfare problem that is hurting our state. We are trying to l et p eopl e
know that we do not approve and we are not going to continue to pay
for it. I very much favor this bill."
Some of the backers of the bill said they felt the m easure would
cut down the ris e of illegitimate children on the welfare rolls and
fo r ce many Negroes to leave the state. (New Orleans Times -Picayune,
3-13-64)
- Rep . Russ ell DaviS of Hinds County, objec ting to a bill which would
have c harged a license fee of $500 to employment agencies which
r ecruit Negr oes in Mississippi for employm ent outside the state,
said that " one day the House passes a bill (HB 180) to get rid of th em
(Ne groes) and th e next day i.t makes it cost $500 to take them away. "
(C-L,3-13-64)
Rep. Stone Barefield, prominent Hattiesburg l awyer and member
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, observed during floor debate
on the bill: " When the cutting starts , they'll (Negroes) head for Chicago. "
Thus the Mississippi House made it clear that HB 180 is dir ec ted
against Mississippi Negroes; thatit is an attemptto r educe the number
of Negroes in Mississippi either by destroying their capacity to
reproduce, or by driving them from the state. That it is,in short,
a program of officially supported and sanctioned genocide.
On the surface the legislation is designed to dis courage illegitimacy. Most Americans would probably agree that this is a SOCially
and ethically commendable objective, though many would argue that
mandatory sterilization
(1 to 3 years in a Mississippi prison is
hardly an alternative) raises more social and ethical problems than
it solves.
However, HB 180 is clearly something quite differ ent from the
ordinary welfare measure one expects in dealing with what is , pragmatically at le ast, a welfare problem. In the first place, the arguments of the le gislators who supported the bill indicate that the intent
of the measure is to eliminate the population of Negroes from MissiSSippi. There is other evidence.
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In both Mississippi houses, the bill was referred to the Judiciary
Committees. The Rules of the Mississippi Legislature do not specify
the subject matter which is to be within the jurisdiction of each committee. However, each House has a welfare committee to which
genuine welfare measures are customarily referred. Legislative
bodi es whose rules do spe c ify the jurisdiction of committees, invariably use the judiciary committee for penal matters (see, for
example , Rule 12 , Rules ofthe House of Representatives, U.S. Congress)
a nd neve r for welfare matters, unless a partIcularly lmportant POlllt
oLh~s involved (~nd then only with respect to that !JOint of law;
never with respect to the substance of the bill). It might-beargued
that this was the procedure in the Mississippi Legislature, except that
the bill was never considered by the Welfare Committee of the House.
Furthermore, HB 180 was immediately referred to the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate when it was introduced there. Earlier in
the session a planned parenthood bill designed actually to deal with
the problem of illegitimacy was considered and killed by the Senate
Health and Welfare Committee. That bill had provided for setting
up -planned parenthQod Glinics throughout the- state- and had i-mposed
c riminal penalties upon parents of illegitimate children who did
not attend the clinics after the birth of the child. Sterilization was to
be strictly voluntary under the Senate bill. It was not referred to
the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, though the point of law involved in mandatory attendance at planned parenthood clinics where
sterilization might be strongly advocated, closely parallels that involved in mandatory sterilization.
Whether or not HB 180 reaches final passage in the Senate during
the current session, the fact that a substantial majority of the elec ted
repr esentatives in the Mississippi House favored such a measure is
an ominous portent for the future of the state, and of the Negroes who
make up 40% of its population.
Exhibit 3 shows Mississippi, its counties, and the numbers of Negroes and whites in each county. As indicated on the map, 26 of the
72 affirmative votes on HB 180 came from counties which have subs tantial majorities of Negroes.
Except for the disfranchisement
of Negroes in the counties from which these 26 votes came, it is
politically inconceivable that the bill would have passed the House .
If Negroes could vote in these counties, no elected representative
would dare vote for a bill designed to destroy or drive out Negroes.
Indeed, if Negroes were free to vote in these counties, it is likely
that a large proportion of the 26 legislators would be Negroes.
There is no stronger argument for the speedy passage and rigorous
enforcement of the civil rights bill which the Senate is ((debating"
now, than this experiment in genocide by the Mississippi Legislature
under the leadership of Senator Eastland's assistant. Indeed, such
criminal irresponsibility on the part of those who govern Mississippi
argues persuasively for the strengthening of the voting sections of the
civil rights bill.
And Jhe struggle for additiollal civil rights legislation must not
be permitted to obscure the fact that the President and the Attorney
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General have legal weapons now which they have never used to
protect the right to vote in the ~outh. Section 594, Title 18, U.S.
Code provides: "Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts
to intimidate, threaten or coerce , any other person for the purpose
of interferring with the right of such other person to vote ... shall
be fined not more than $1, 000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both."
If the statute had been enforced in Mississippi (it has been
n the books since 1948), we may be certain that the genocidal legislators presently in power would long since have been retired to the
political boneyard where they belong.
The President and the Attorney Gener a l have refused to use the
criminal statute quoted above, preferring to seek injunctions against
officials who interfere with voting rights. The total bankruptcy of
this policy should now be apparent to everyone. At the time the
genocidal Mississippi House was elected last fall, 22 voting suits
had been filed by the Attorney General against Mississippi registrars
and other officials.
Yet fewer Negroes were registered to vote
than had been registered in the previous election.
The case of Forrest County registrar Theron Lynd is classic.
An injunction ordering him to cease discrimination against Negroes
was issued by a Federal court more than a year ago. He refused to
comply and was cited for contempt. He has been under this citation for
more than six months now (with no sanctions of fine or imprisonment imposed against him), and his discriminatory tactics continue.
This piling of injunction upon injunction has been going on since the 1957
and 1960 civil rig-hts bills were enacted. Negroes still can't vote in
Mississippi.
Now they are faced with action by Mississippi government which
literally threatens their existence as a people.
If the President and the Attorney General were placed, themselves,
under a similar threat, what could be their reaction? If they had
used every conceivable stratagem, had faced police dogs and fire
hoses and billy clubs and prison for the right to vote, and if all their
efforts resulted only in a wor s ening of their condition, would they, would
Americans generally, react with a strengthened conviction of the efficacy of such peaceful persuasion; or would they begin to think in pure
terms of self -defense, peaceful or no, violent or nonviolent?
This question the President and the Attorney General must ask
themselves, as must all Americans. As they answer it for themselves,
so must they answer it for Negroes in Mississippi. As they would act
for themselves, so must they act for those Negroes.
Else let them not wring their hands and gnash their teeth and roll
their eyes heavenward when Mississippi Negroes begin doing for themselves what their government has refused to do.

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Exhibit 1
MISSISSIPPI LEGISIA'IURE
By: Messrs. ~wek, Pierce, Swindoll,
Cook. Mitchell (Walthall). Lee;
and Harned.

REGULAR SESSION 1964
To: Judiciary ''8''
Rereferred: Judiciary "A"

HOUSE BILL NO. 180
(As passed by House)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO SHliLL BECOME THE PARENT OF AN
ILLEGITIMATE CHILD SHALL BE GUILTY OF A FELONY AND TO PROVIDE THE PUNISHMENT
THEREFOR.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISIA'IURF OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. If any person, who shall have previously become the natural
of an illegitimate child within or without this State by coition within
or without this State, shall again become the natural parent of an illegitimate
child bern within this State. he or she shall be guilty of a felony and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary
for not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3) years. A' subsequent conviction hereunder shall be punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not
less than three (3) years nor more than five (5) years. Provided. however. that
for the purpose of this act, roul tiple births shall be construed to be the birth
of one (1) child. Provided that the emotional and psychological make-up of the
offender shall be taken into consideration by the court of jurisdiction. Provided.
however. that any parent convicted hereunder may submit to sterilization in lieu
of iroprisorunent.

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SECTION 2. The circuit court of the county in which said illegitimate
child is born shall have jurisdiction of any action brought under this section,
but no male person shall be convicted solely on the uncorroborated testimony of
the female person giving birth to the child.
SECTION 3. On or before the tenth day of each month, the Mississippi
State Health Department shall notify in writing the district attorney of each
district in Mississippi of the name and address of each person shown as a parent
on the birth certificate of any illegitimate child filed with said department
during the preceding month.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force frem and after
ten (10) mo~ths after its passage.

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E xhibit 3
Ho w Mississippi Counties
Vote d on the Genoc ide Bill

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representatives voted for

III Split vote
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« I All representatives abstained
All representatives voted against

Exhibit 2

Representatives Who Voted for the Genocide Bill
ALLEN, CHARLES BRENHAM, JR. (Charlie), Box 344. Amory,
Monroe County. Born November 19, 1904 at Rosedale, Miss.;

~~!dTG~:en<;:li~irt1iliraO~eJA~d~~1~i~~r~e~~i:ir~i~~p~}iaMjs~r~~h

LLB degree 1927; SEA; Kappa Beta Phi; Rotnry; Golf Clun;
National

Football

Rules

Committee

years); Married; House 1960-1964.

(Miss.

Representative

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ANDERSON, ROBERT EDWARD (Bob), Route 3, Box 2.11 Wesson, Copiah County. Born November 30, 1914 .t Haziehurst
Miss.; Farmer and Dairyman; Baptist; Lions Club; Touchdow~
g~~:~61.' Bl!r~; Mis:!. Milk Producers' As.n.; Married; House
l! EiliNETT. DAVID HOLMES (David), Lamar, Benton County.
Bon> May 15. 1921 .t Chalyhellte, Mi ... ; Fanner; BaPtis~;
. , . eEresident, Miss. ~~';'1n Bll!~ :~'!Jrcsidentt Bent.oIt-Co\lnt:Y:
Moson; PIA; ]\!'l'C~~~~E.!':!'~ M~iT!e<l;trouse 1960-1~

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BLACKWELL, CHARLES C'RAY (Ch.rlie), 790 Northwood Dr.,
Laurel, Jones County. Bom MRfCh 4. 1939 at Ellisville, Miss .•
Lawyer' Ba.l'tist; Civitn" Club; P alliolic AmericnnJouth; Na.
(!'!".!\~.lWLl!l; Citiz£ns. Council; .t>ust )'rc.< iJent orFiitrIiiUc:A1llCri'·
c an. __. ,o!lth; J!ast_C!lmrmnn, . Oxf(' rd.... Citil.cJl~ . Caun~il; Gradunte,
U mverslty of Miss .; Campus Scnute 3 years; -Past President, Stu...s.~lJt..!I.9~~()f.1_o~~s_ C.O\~tY.. Junior C~lIege; Married. - - - - - - BOTELER EDGAR LEE, JR, (E. L.), Riverside Farms, Grenada,
Grenada County. Born FebruarY 4. 1920 at Grenada, Miss.;
i9S6::~6l.resbyterian; notary; Farm Burea u; Married; House
BRADY, TULLIUS (Tully), Box llS, Brookhaven, Lincoln County.
Born June 16, 1906 at llrookbaven, Mi ... ; AttomeYi Presbyterian;
Psi Upsilonj Mason; Civit.an; Lion; Brookhaven l.;ountry Club;
Jackson Country Club; American Numismatic Society; ..,Sons of

the Confederacy;
Sons O!t the American
... "- .", .......
. . . Revolution; Marnea.-BRANCH, ELWOOD L . (Elwood), 414 Michigan Ave., McComb,
Pike County. Born November 30, 1909 at Smitbdale, Miss.;
Construction Contractor; Baptist; ucr;. Married.
BRISTER, MILTON E. (Milton), Kilmichael, Montgomery County.
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Born April 6, 1917,in :M ontgo m.. eery ~\IDty. Miss .; Asst. Cashier;
Cattle Farmer; Baptist;--.A.me~ aJ:L...1&J:lCU]; £ann Bureau; Aberdeen
Angus Breeders Assn.; Ma~son; Q),llp1ber of Commerce; Lions Club;

Married; House 1960-1964.

CALLICOTT, WILLIAM EDWAnD (Bill), Senato"i., Tate County.
Born June 16, 19~4 "t West Point, Miss .; Insurnnce Agent;
Presbyterian; Arnerie!!n Legion; V.F.W.; 40 &: 6; Rot ary; National
GJlard.j Married;HOuseJl960C1.964:- -..

CAMMACK, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. JR. lB. F.l. Route 1. Hazlehurst. Copiah County. Born June 16, 1906 at Rockport, Miss.;
Farmer and Cattleman; Merchant; Methodist; Farm Dnrea],l;..
Pres ident. Copl8.1i- -County Farm Bureau; Hazlehurst toucbdown '
Club; Marrl~·d .
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CARRUTH, GEORGE SIMMONS (Doc), R .F.D., Summit, Pike
County . Born November 6, 1 906 at Summit, Miss.;-.J. C. Rail-

..road( Methodist; Mason; Shriner; Eastern Star;

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,Employees Seryj~e_ C!uh~; Married; House 1952·1964.

CASE, GEORGE MILTON (Milton), 126 Cisnie Ave., Canton ,
Madison County. Born July 5, 1934 at Canton, Miss.; ~J.torney;
~~~:~;19K6<Lgf9€w~f Pythias; Mason; Elk; Lion; Jaycees; SingTe;
COSSAR, GEORGE PAYNE, Charleston. Tallahatchie County. Born
August 26, 1907 at Webb, Miss .; J.,awyer; Methodist; Sigma Nb.;
Phi Alpha Delta; ODK; Mason; Shriner; Rotary; fucees; Married;
House 1944-1948, 1952-1964.
CRAIC CARL H. (Carl). Box 404, Brookhaven, Lincoln County.
Born' August 16, 1905 at Olive Brancb, Miss .; PoultrYman ;
Cattlemani Feed Miller; J\.fethodistj. ,C)l_a~~c:r_?!._ C.?~~~~;
Cattlemen s Assn'1 ~e"-~; Mamed.
RAYMOND, Box 272, Decatnr, Ne"~ n"
. ''' 'y. Born
March -20, 1930 at Dixon. Miss. ' Owner & I, " .-.lior. Retail
Furniture Business; Baptist; J!uiQU-.C.~amb.eF_o.(.C(I~)I !il ('_rCc; Mason;
American Legion; Fenn Bureau; MarrIed.
. HARVEY marvey), Box 235. Weir, Choctaw
Cou~ty. Born November 29, 1937 at French Camp, Mi••. ; Student and Farmer; Baptist ; Mason; Ma17ied.

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DALLAS DeVAN (Van ), 123 W . Oxford St., Pontotoc, Pontotoc
CountY. Born Marcb 4, 1926 at Okolona, Miss.; Automobile I!<
Implement Dealer; Baptist; ,I.ennessee and Mississippi Sheriffs
and Peace Officers Assn.;. American Legion; VFWj 40 &: 8; -I'on';-totoc Boosters' Club; Lion; F!..ml lureau; Marnea.
FINNIE, HUBERT NOEL (H. N.). Courtland, Panoln Counly. Born
June 13, 1900 in Panola County, Miss.; Cattle and Cotion
Fanner; Teacher, Merchant; Board of Supervisor. 1940-1946;

Bapti:Jti W .O.W.; Lion; ,l}'\!.esville !,;hilmber of Comm~rcet' Fa nn
Bureau; Citizens _.., Couw::u.:... ~~Hss:-" Cattlemen's . As sn.;
rustee.

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Eleemosynary Institutions ; '-MilI'ried',' House -1956~1960.
FOX, RUSSELL, LAMBERT (Russell), Pattison, Claiborne County.
Born July II, 1909 at Jackson, Miss.; Farmer; Livestock Breeder;
Presbyterian; Sigma Chi; Mason; Lion ; £tate Board of Direct~rs
.. fann .~ur c;t ~~State Board of Directors-cDC; "'1.-farrIea ;··· House '
continuously since 1936.

GEOGHEGAN, JAMES FRANCIS (Francis), BOJ 236, Fayette,
Jefferson County. Born August 17, 1927 at McNair, Miss.: Insurance: Cattleman: Methodist: Mason; Shriner; Kiwanis; Married;
House 1960-1964.
GIPSON, THOMAS ZACHARIAH (Hoot), Route 4, Box 90, Columbia Mnrion County. Born October 2, 1923 at Baton Rouge,
Lo~isinna: PharnlRcist: Baptist; Mason; Chapter Rnd Council;
The Gideons lntl.; ..x..:E.).Y~~_<:i~~~~ns, . C.?unci.l.....~.iss . State ~bn~a­
ceuticlll ~ Assn •• MIss. Cattlemen s Assn.j-V-tlrlon Coun~ Hlstoncal

"Society; ..Cham!>er _of_. C.o.lTI.",e"""L~a~_ !l.w:e!~: Married.

HOOKER. EDWIN WILBUfu'll.

SR. (Wilburn), 103 W all St. ,
Holmes County. Born July 17, 1913 at New O rleans,
La. ; FJlmter; Cattleman; Genera) Insurance j Methodist; Mason;
Lexin gton

Shrine1';

Pnl

D<>lta

I net.a ;

Lexmgton

Chamber ...o f

COlllIJle.rce ;

Director. Delta Council; Rotary; Amt'ric3JL..~gi9.!!.i.-Y.F . W . ~
!l_ureau:,Married: House 1956-19OC-

HOUGH, JOHN HOWARD (John), Indianola, Sunflower County.
Ilom

Decemh e 1' 22,

1900 at Magnolia ,

Mi ss .•

Fanner'

Ginner;

Realtor .and Developer; lla.Pti~ J?ast,. Presiden!.. Indianoll1 . Hotn!y
~hJ.b.... Ptl~t . PreSident, In(hnnolil Investment \ ..;Jub; Alderman'-- 3
terms; Colonel.. Mis.s .___State Guard ; President, Indianola Cham her
of Commerce; Director, Delta Council; ~·fEC; Citizens CouTlcili
1.fi'i. ' Cattlemen:s Assn.; Farm Bureau: Sons of Confederacy:
~oo~seof9~o..i~64~ Revolution;.. .Indianola _Country. .CluJ:>; Married;

GRAHAM, MACK, Box 2.05, Sumrall, Lamar County. Born Iune 12,
1924 at Sumrall, Miss.: Merchant and Farmer: BaptistS' World
War II VeteraD: .Y.F'r~: ~ Americap Legion: 40 & 8; oard of
Directors, Miss. Assn, 0 Retarded Children;- P.T.A.; Lion; VicePresident, P .T. Council Miss. School for Blind: Married: House
1961-1964.
GRAHA~·I
THOMAS ESTUS (Estus), Route 2. Ellisville. Jones
County.' Born No'-'ember 10, 1904 at Ellisville, Miss .: Farmer:
Baptist: Mason: Eastern Star; Jones <:Quoty Wild Life uague:
Mnrried: House 1952-1956.

HUGHES, PEASTER LEO (P. L. ), Mannsdale Road, Mndison,
Madison County. Born August 28. 1910 at West. Miss.: .farmer
and Cattleman; Baptist; Elk; Madison-Ridgeland Optimist Clubr
"'L1Oii; "Citizen-s' Councili Miss. Cattlemen's Assn .•_ Canton Chamber
of C ommercCC"ommiss io npr'?' 1vtadison County Soil Conservation.p~~!;.! tMaTrjed; House 1960-1964.
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HARNED, HORACE H .. JR. (Holace), Route I, Box 27. Starkville,
Oktibbeha County. Bom July 27, 1920 at State College, Miss.;
Dairy and Live,tock Farmer; Baptist; Rotary; Mason; Kappa
Sigma; AmeTic~1I4 Legion, 40 &. 8; Married; Senate 1952.1956,
House 1960-106 .

JONES, JESSE FRED (Fred), Box 45, Invemes~, Sunflower
County. Born AUl::tlst II, IH94 nt Inverness. Mls~ . ; Flumer;
Methodist; Scottish Rite Moson; Shrinerj I.\otnryj M is!'t .
ctatic .. E~ccutive Committee . 8 yenr<; SIIP('rvISOf 4 terms ' mn.. r
Prcsidrnt Sli'n nowci - County Board "'()f Supervlsorsj Past Fre.i-4:dent.
Mi!l: •. 1;)E>lt,\ POUl"1' Ass ll .,; Mnrried: S('unte 1944.1952.

HARVEY, DANIEL, Roule 3, !\.[allee, Smith County,
tcmbt~ r

Born Sep-

16. 1927 at Mt. Olive. Miss.; School Administrator; BapAfason, 32nd Deureej Shriner;

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HERRIN. RALPH HERMAN (Ralph), Box 367, Collins. Covi'lgton
Cuunty. Born December 3, 1908 at Sanford, Miss .; Fonner. "Business Man; Baptist; Rotary; Collins Businf..ss and Professional Club;
President, Coving,tqn County Baptist Brotherhoodj F a nn Bureau;

Mnrried; Home 19.56-1960.

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HICKS, HERVEY OWINGS (Hervey), Route I, Box 64, Benton,
Yazoo County. Born August 9, -1900 at Ben,t on. Miss.; Planter;
Livestock Denier; Methodist; ~-fasonj Din; ctor, Yazoo County ~ann
.Bureal,li Methodist Men's Club; Benton" Farmers Club; ~rarried!"
House 1932-1931>: 1948-1964.
HOLLINGER,

JOHN

FIELDING

(John).

Route

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Meadville,

Franklin County, Born May 25, 1917 at l\-if"adville, Miss.; Merchant. Fanne r and Sawmill Operator; Methodist; American . Lpg-ion;

JONES, HEX KENTON (II ... ), lInx 120'1, Ilattl('.dl\lr~ , Fnrn'!!
CountY. Born NoYcOilicr 10. lU33 At IIntth'shuTIl. Mb~.; .AtLuTlWYi
Methodist. Pbi Alpha Deltu; 1nl'ceS5' American Bnr Ann.; ~..!.i~~~ __
~~~~_~D:!~inile.
_ .•_ ..- ., -" " -"" - .. LADNER, HIRAM GRIFFIN, JR. (Griffin), 120 Jefferson St.,
Ripley, . Tippah County. Born January 17, 1918 at Gulfport,
Miss.;

A.hom~aud _Insu.ra~.ce

Ag~nt;

Pr~sbyterian: .l!~iss...

Bar. . .

Assn. ' ~ncrDegTee Mason; Phi-'Kappa PSi; Chamber of Commerc~: Pine Hill Golf and Country Club; Anlerican Legion: Boy
Scout Council Imember; Ripley Football Boostercru"O; " Married.
LASSITER,. ROBERT L.

(Bob), Route 2, Richton, Perry County.

Born October 19, 1920 at Jackson, North Carolina. Farmer;' Carpenler: Baptist: p~acon, _ G_o~<I._ Ji~~ ~.~: Married.
LEE, BILLY JOE, Route I , Box 190A, ~i1ver Creek, La.wrence
County. Born March 14, 1929 at Arm, MlSs,;" Farmer' Cat leman:

Miss, State Alumni Assn.: ' ggt!

Merchant; Baptist; Mason; Farm. B.utf;lllui...£hamber of Commerce;
J aycees; Married ; House lQ62-1964. ---------- -.- .' .

HOLYFIELD. ROBERT LEE (Boh) , Rose mil, Jasper County.
Born July 4, 19:22 at lvferidian, Miss.; Cattleman ; Methodistj Pi
j(appa Alpha; besj den ~L . So uthea st :Miss. Ind us hi a l D E"velop1l1ent
CouncE1-P..~rector. Mi s~ ':.. Fann Bureau Fc~ :ration ; Sin gle .' .. "-.-.,

LONG, BETTY JANE <Betty). 2219 49th Ave .• Meridian, Lauderdale County. llom May 8, 1928 at Electric Mill., Miss.: .L_a.~er.i..
Presbyterian: Miss. FannBureau; Pilot Club: B. & P. W. Club:
Salvation Army-Board, Cerebral" Palsy Board; A.A.U.W.; Who's
Who of American Women 1958-1959; Single; House 1956-1964.

F!!!!!.L.Burea~i\i7,ens_ Cou~~il;
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LOVE,. JAMES PERCY (J. P -! , Tchula. Holmes County. Bo rn July
12. 1902 at McAdams. MIss .; P lanter and Cattleman; BB,Etist;
ODK; Natl. Cotton Prod ucers I nstirut ~; Delta Council; .r~arm..
..!l.u_reaj!j MIss. Li vestock Assn .; Natl. Lives tock Assn ... Miss . HerelordAssn .; America n Herefo rd Assn .: Married; House 195 6-1964.
MABRY, MALCOLM H " In. (Malcolm), Duhlln, CoahomA County.
Born June 28, 1933 at Dublin, Miss.; School Teacher and
Farmer; Methodist ; .Miss. Educntion Assn.; Fann Durca u' SonJ
of ~A~.~ri~,"~ ..•~..~~~ I~~c:.n i · -Ci vi tcm "' CluOj-single.

MILLER, JOSEPH ABRAHAM, JR. (Ahie). Box 487. Leakesville,
Creene County. Bom Septembe r 10, 1914 a t Fruitdale, Alabamai
T elephone Com p any Owne~ .•~AA Manage r; Church of the Bre thren;
Lion; Rotary; Married.
MITCHELL. HENRY RE DMAN (Redm on), Amory, Mon roe Coun ty.
Born Decemher 6. 1906 at Am ory. Miss .; Fanner and Dairy Bar
Ope rator; Baptist; De ac~~ " ~!]d~. :rCil<;h~~ .of .YounJt ~. ~eop~~; Mason;
~1nrri e d.

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MlTGHELL, WILLIAM HE NRY (WiIlinm)J n oute 2, Tylertown,
Wnlthall County. Born AUgllS t 23. 193" at Tylertown, Miss.;
Faml e r and Cattlem an; Bnptis tj \V .O .\V.; .. J ayceesj Fann Bureau;
Chnmh<:'r of Comm erce; Miss, C a ttl em en's Ass n.; M a rri e d; H ous e
1960-1964 . . .
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MATHIS, JAMES W ES LEY (Jim), Box 26. Carthage, Leake County.
Born Septemher 17, 1934 at Lena, Miss. ; General Insurance;

MOSS, JOSEPH GIBSON (Joe) . Box 144 , Raymond, Hind. County.
Bom April 26. 1922 at Jnckso n. Miss .• . Lawyer; Fonn er; Methodist;
YL~~~lr6cl~n KKI>flt1j Llon ;: .f:'n.nl).Jlurt'iul; y: F.~.j Morried; House

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MASSEY, ALTON. Box 189, Kosciusko, AUal. County.
cemher 18. 1909 n t L obu tcha , Miss.;

.Att on'~

Born De-

Tau Om ega; Eastern Start' Mason; S'IlrIner;-W .O .W.; V.F . ~;
~m eric ..n Legio!'; D.A.V .;
ion; Single; Senate 1936-1940'.-

Baptist ; Sigma Nu; W.O.W.; Rotary; ,ayct;!e..-s.; Leake County
Cha mb e r o f Commerce; £rcsident, E3s t---c'""entral Jr. C o ll('g~
Alumni - Assn .; C jtizens' Council; Travelers ' Club; --CentraI- Miss.

Archery Club; Married ; House·1960-1964.

McALLISTEn . LEWIS LESLIE, JR. (Mack). 2402 46th St .. Merid ian . Laude rdale County. Born September 25; 1932 at Jackson,
Miss .; C. P,A.; Meth odist; Miss. Society of C.P.A.; AICPA; Kappa
Alpha ; ODK; Married; House 1963-64.
McCOY. CH AR LES ELVIS (Charley), Bo. 56, Wheeler, Prentiss
County. Dorn OClober 7, 1lHD at Booneville, Miss.' Construction; Methodist; Married.
'

MUT HS. SHERMAN LEWIS, JR. (Sh",man) Box 127, Gulfport,
Horrison County. Born N ovemhc r 22. 1932. a t Gulfport MISS.;
I.awl'.rr· Methodi.t; Sib,"," Nu; Phi Alph" Deltn; JI~YC<:l;~; Clllfport
Tiu,,: ht Cluhi (:hn.m '!~ r o f c..(l rnme~~1 i y . ~1.n.c'..i U.S.A .}'. Il cs<:rvl""
UIIIYc'r." lty (If ~rlli ,"I . 1\11111 111 1 A . . .. ll .; . Jl n rn .' itl ll ( :OIIII'r' Mls!I . Slllll~
.p ,.. J :f\dln.'l!!~.Ut_~'!L, ~ ' ;" ~i v~ ! y!nr,. ~\,( ~!~~.~~I~)l~.~ ~~.i·

Marne.

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OWEN. BEN, Box 1001, Columbus, Lowndes COllnty.

Born July

~~i l5~}a a~h?:olL~!~~~~·1":12~.~:ntt.tof0~ ~~Xtilt~1:;?~;\~e~t:r ~~~~~i
BUreiltlj !!:i\"a'nis; ·- All1ericml ~,_v..E. VL~ - Ole'" 'Miss.
Ahmrrrr Assn.;· M-Club; Marrieo:·.. ·..

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McCULLOUGH. WIL LIAM TODD (Todd), Box 82, Pope. Panola
County. Rom October 28. 1903 at Ba tesville . Miss.; Cotton
.BUyc"!.~_,M e.rcbOlnt; Druggis t.i.. Baptist; ChaJ.nnon •. Boa rd of D cacon'i
S'li"naay . School Te:lcher ; .l'"ann Bureau; Chamber 'ci r - Commerce;
Married; H ouse 194 8-1 95'6, 1960-1964 . -_.
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PHILLIPS, JOHN ALTON (Alton ) , Macon. Noxu hee Cou nty. Born
June 8, 1905 at Carrollton, Alahama ; Lawyer; Trte Farm.. ; BaI?tist · Shriner ; DKP ' R o t ary; Chum b.e.r--or:-commE' rCE'j Economic
Co~cil; American . te~ion; B,u Assn. ;. Married; House 1932-1940,
1944-1964.

McGAUGHEY, NOEL DOUGLAS (Noel), Route 2, Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County . Born O ctober 8, 1916 at Tylertown, Miss.;
M8~a .s::er of Sunfl<?wer F ood Store; Baptist; Mason; " ~J!le!'i~1(I
~; PTA; Marn ed .

PIERCE, CLARENCE ALBERT (Clarence). Box 277, Voiden,
Carroll County. Born Octoher I, 1928 at Thornton, Miss.; ~
o\ut . to Sen a tor E:lstlnnd wh('n Les:islat ure not , in st:'ssion; ODA ;
Bpt;li'IleT.rr;-SoilS': of the American Revolution; Mnson; Epi.copalian; Single; lIouse 1?52-1964'; '- ., . •...- . - ._,

McGREW, JO liN WESLEY (Johnl. Route I, Vouhuri ClArke
County. !lorn Jun e 7, 1917 at Stonewall, Miss.; Bnptist i,.1~ ;
Baptist j Moson ; Married.
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PUC KETT. THOMAS W . (Tom), ROllte 2, DeKalb, Kemper
Count y. Born August 23, 1892 a t Porterville. Min.; Fanner;
~t('rchltn t ; BAptist; Scottish Rite. 3 2 nrl Degree; Shriner; Am f>riC i\ n
Lf>llion; Pos ~ . C omm .. n~ler Twice. Fonner _ District _ .s.- 'Co~~--:-­
iiIaildcr; former .Super- isor; Form er :'1embPr, Game ancr .... h
Comm.i ssion; Lion ; Mnrrie cL

ME E K. WALTER BUCHANAN (Buck). Route I, Eupo ra, Wehster
C OU\l ty. Bo rn Jan ua ry 13. 1926 at Mem phiS, Tennessee' Atto rncy..i~ Ins\!~nn~~_Agen~; F an ner; Methodist; Pi Kappa Alph ao,.;L'ast
Prc') H.h :nt. l\f lss. Ja r.c,ee§; Rotary; Am ('rican Legio n ; American--nar
.. "~ SSfl ~"!""· ~i ~s·: · B ar· A... sn ',L .F.'~~. ~~~lU i PTAjf..1'u n-i'C u. -·

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MILLER. AL BERT VIRGIL (Alhert). Rolli ng F ork, Shnrkey County.
Born August 12. 1926 at Gainesville . Mi ss .j ... Lawycr; Baptis t; Phi.
Delta Phi; Ame ri can Legion; F:lnn Bureau; Miss. StAte Bar Assn.;
Rota ry ; Mason; Delta C ouncil; Marric di House 1956-1964 .

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Miss. Shlle AluumJj Fnm~l' Jo'urlHl'r
Married.
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SEARROOK. STERLING WITHERS (S terling ), Route I, Tunica,
Tlllli c; ~ Cou nty. Bo m Octo be r 13, 1923 a t M emphi s. Tennessee;
Jo'arm er; Episcopalian; Rotary; Married; ,House 1960-1964.

SI~IPS01\:,

JAMES CHA HLES

(Jim), 706 W.

n

neh Blvd., PIlSS

C hri sti an , Harrison County . Born May 18 , 1930 :I t Gu lfport,
Miss. ; Seafood Canner; Catholic; Phi Kappn T au; C hnmh c r of

,COU11Ucu:.C;' VFW; Pass Christian Yach t Clu b; Marricd:--- - SLAYD E1'. MRS . EVERETT ( G ladys), The Mnp'olias, Holly
S pri ngs , Marshnil County. Born in MIIl'shull Coun ty, M iss. ;
F arm e r; Baptist;, Life Memb e r, Natl. Ga rden Clubs ; Life M emb e r
ilnel Past Presidenl;'-Cardcn Clulls of Miss. ; Farm Bureau; DAR;
ODC; '- J>nst "Pres ident and Pil~rima gc C hairman, Holly Spiir'lgs
Carden Club; Widow; House 1960-1964.
SMITH, WADE ORCHIN (Wade), Route 2, Box 168 , Poplarvilie.
Pt.·arl R iver County.
Born FeblUnry 16. 1911 nt Poplarville,
~Ii.(j; s .;
Fanner; Ba ptist; President" .Fam1. BureAu; Pearl RiveT
C() unty D irector, Wolf Ri'ver Wildlife Council; Married.

SWINDOLL, GEORGE MITCHELL (George ), Box 158. Calhoun
City, Calhoun . COlmty . i Hon) }unc 1 ~, H~31 ot Slutc Spring:~,
~ti.>;s.; AItOnlCYi Dupllstj Betn I hctR PI; MIss. Bar Assn .; Am(,fI(,lin lhi.{· A.~.~I ·I ·.; Toostmustcrs InternAtionol; FnfUl Burl'allj Milson j
~r ;' rr i e d;Ilouse 1900-1964,
-_._-_._.,TIIIGPIO: N. JUDSON AHLEDGE, JH. (Bud), 601 DecrinK St.,
CIC"t'lllUd . Holivnr C:nHnty. Bon, NovemheT 29, 1920 nt Shuw,
Mi.>;".; t'tll!~(.h.'.~(! ._C) iI •. <;tJ. ·.t\W:II.ti He'III Estlll~' lIrokc'r; Bnpli."Itj
V .. l:',\\,:". AlIlCrJCHlI ..Lc"l.O.H.... GIII""I.l~ Cuuuci1; (,\c\'t,lllntI VoJ'lIlt(: l~r
fire Dept,; Married.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM ISAAC SHELBY (Bill), 715 Brookwood
Rd., Jackson, Hinds County. Born November 24, 1936 at Jackson,
Miss. ; Life Insu rance Salesn~ani Methodist; Mason; Kappa Sigma;
l..i:1IT~cs; Jackson Exch<1nge Club; Jackson Citi7.cns Band Radio
~Alumni Assn. of Miss. State, Millsaps & Ole Miss.; ~I(arrjed.
TRUE, JAMES BENJAMIN (Jim), 1110 Thirty First Ave., Gulf-

[~~' 1~:~f~~on~.1~~t'i:~~o& goe.~ein~~;r ~~y. l~t~5 L~~i~eL~2;~cN~·:

429 F. & A. M.; Gulfport Consistory· Colonial Patriots Chn~
S,AJt, ; Gulfport Chapter, Alumni Assn~ii1r-co;..st Junior College
'blS~ricf;' ,Cha!"ber of COITl!1}!:rcei Cjt:i;i:W~ lo~
§.g~ Marned.
WALL, FRANK TRACY (Frank), Route 2, Liberty, Amite County,
Born March 5, 1908 at Gillsburg, Miss,; Dairy Fanner; Bapist;
Married; House 1952-1960,
WARREN, JACK A., JR, (Jack), D'Lo, Simpson COW1ty. Born
Novemher 29. 1907 at D'Lo~ Miss.; Cattleman Rnd Farmer;
Puhlic Relationsi Methodist; Mason; Shriner; O.E.S.; President,
Si)llpSOn ..
Spil ~ Conservation District Com.; First ,...,rice.·
ifn :siclcnt. S,E, Livcstoc.k A:<;5n.; DucctOfJ ~ )'·OJ.n.l . »~ln'IIU~ ' ·M.i.~ .
Lund & 'rimhcr. CVfp .... .:M~'lIdCI1hall School Bonn'f; Chamber of
rCOlnilTefc~rLj'on; . ~f(lrrjed.
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WHITE, MRS. GORDON (Berta Lee), Route I, Bailey. LAuderdale
Connty. Born June 27, 1914 at Obadiah, Miss. Sl:!:retary .aruI
Direct0!J. H;\~~('s_~T~l<:l)bone__ .(::_Q!l~.J?a~; Pres.byterian; 4-H. Club
Lca:de'r; DTHldiah Home DemonstraTion; CElP.ter Hill ..c.J.I~nity
De~~l~.l2.'!'."!l; Lnuderdale County CR,!ccr cr:-Meniiiri1Cahh BORro/'
~rcnilliUl B. & P. W.; MIss. Women 5 Cabmet; State Director 0
Ff!.!.'~~.£ruli.. Trustee of. ~erid~~}:_ P~!l~I~~.Jd!,1I:'.!l&~.~'£::·t.!!"!nrt
Coml~lSSl(ln; America:n' " Library 'Trllsf~.e; Associated Coulltty
Women-of 1lic'"World' (Delegate to 'Australia 1962); Married.
WILBURN, EDWIN J. (Jerry), Mantachie, Itawamba. County, Born
September 18, 1940 at Mantachie, Miss.; Farmer; Methodist;
Single.
WILKERSON, WILLIAM AVERY (Bill). Benndale, George County.
Born Mf\rch 9, 1938 at Benndale. Miss.; Teacher; Timber Fanner;
Methodist; Masonic Lodgej Geor,ge _. QJ>uqtY..-..Jny.£~; Ge~rge
County Sportsmanship and Boating Club; Fann"l3Ureau; Marned.

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