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The program planners at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute wasted no time getting things rolling for the fall semester. In addition to seminars, classes and field trips, a Friday Travel eries will be launched ept. 11. his series will he travelers to four countries. Participants will learn from experts how to travel like a native.

A fifth program will deal with traveling in general, focusing on cruise ship travel. The series runs through Oct. 23, with sessions from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the OLLI headquarters at 3601Pearl Hattiesburg. There is no harge for OLLI members or non-members.

Atrip to Ireland kicks off the series on Sept. 11, with speaker Father Tommy Conway, a native of Ireland who has taken groups to visit the country for many years. He ill share details about Ireland that only a native would know. On Sept. 18, Tony Rhodes will share Italy with the travelers.

He was born in Italy and spent his early years along with some recent ears traversing the countryside. Rhodes will share sites to visit from a historical perspective, as well as tips on lesser- known places of interest. Bill and Mary Nolan invite all to come aboard on Sept. 25 for a session ealing with cruise ship travel. The Nolans are a vid cruisers and have ore than 30 cruises under their belts, including river and ocean cruises.

In this session, travelers will learn tips and tricks, as well as and about cruise ship travel. Participants will go off to Belize on Oct. 2 ith J. Michael Sellers. ellers has traveled to elize many times and as taken groups to study the ecosystem, as well as to do service.

Avisit to England will round out the series on Oct. 23, with speaker Eve Wilkie. Having recently relocated to Hattiesburg from the Wilkie will share tips for touring the United Kingdom with a different starting point than Heathrow Airport, i ncluding National Trust sites. OLLI Travel Series to 4 countries SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN If you go SHER LIFELONG LEARNING RAVEL SERIES 11:30 a.m.-1 Fridays starting Sept. 11 OLLI headquarters, 3601Pearl Hattiesburg The Travel Series is offered at no cost to members and guests, but registration is required as the class size is limited to 50.

Contact the OLLI office at (601) 264-2780, visit www. usm.edu/olli, email olli. or visit the OLLI headquarters. New members can join OLLI at any time. SUBMITTED PHOTO J.

Michael Sellers, second from right, is joined by a group of University of Southern Mississippi students he led on a trip to Belize. On Oct. 2, Sellers will lead a presentation about Belize uring the upcoming OLLI Travel Series. 4A 23,2015 Hattiesburg American Smithpassedinto gloryonWednes- peacefullysur- roundedbyhislovingfam- ily. MajorSmithwasborn HejoinedtheNavyatage 17intheaftermathofWorld WarIIandwaslatercom- missionedasasecondlieu- tenantintheUSArmyin thesummerof1952.Ma- includesatourofdutyin serviceinGermany.

Hisbraveryandhero- ismearnedhimmultiple awardsanddecorations, includingtheWorldWar OccupationMedal(Berlin), NationalDefenseService MedalwithOakLeafClus- ter(RepublicofVietnam), CampaignMetalwith3 tionMedalwithOakLeaf MedalforserviceinViet- nam. MajorSmithwasamem- beroftheadvancedROTC programatTheUniversity wasthefirstUSMgraduate toreturnasaROTCinstruc- tor.Heearnedbothhis BSandMSdegreesfrom USM.Afterretiringfrom SmithworkedinContinuing EducationatSouthernMiss for10years.Hesupported theUniversityanditsath- leticprogramsfrom1949 untilhisdeath.Hecould befoundcheeringonthe GoldenEaglesatPeteTay- lorParkeveryseason! MajorSmithissurvived tor. Serviceswillbeheldbeat FirstPresbyterianChurch Donationsmaybemade totheFirstPresbyterian ChurchBuildingFundor thePalmerHomeforChil- Smith RICHTON 601-788-6000 Ms Linda Michelle Garner Arrangements Incomplete www.jonesandsonfh.com Services will be held at 10 A.M. Tuesday at Hulett- Winstead Purvis Chapel for Mr. Raymond Kyle Bounds, age 50, of Purvis, MS, who died Friday, August 21, 2015.

Interment will be in Pleasant Home Cemetery. Raymond was employed with South MS Electric Power. He was a loving pawpaw and an avid hunter and fisherman. He was of the Baptist faith. He is preceded in death by his father, Willis R.

Bounds. Raymond is survived by his wife, Michelle Byrd Bounds of Purvis; his mother, June Dobson Bounds of Purvis; two daughters, Jessica Bounds Camp (Jake) of Purvis and Chelsea Bounds Smith (Jeremy) of Shreveport, LA; one sister, Ramona Bounds Murphree of Purvis; one brother, Ronald Bounds of Rector, AR and two grandchildren, Harper June Camp and Collin Kyle Smith. Visitation will be 5-9 P.M. Monday at Hulett Winstead Purvis Chapel. Raymond Kyle Bounds Purvis Mrs.

Helen Faye Boone Wiggins Services 10 a.m.Tuesday Old Sand Hill Baptist Church Interment Church Cemetery Mrs. Nellie Breland Wiggins Services 2 p.m.Tuesday Cypress Creek Baptist Church Interment Fairley Cemetery Mrs. Debbie Eubanks Wiggins Arrangements Incomplete See full obituaries on our website www.moorefuneralservices.com Hattiesburg Wiggins Petal Purvis (601) 544-2141 Mr. Raymond Bounds Purvis, MS Services 10 A.M. Tuesday Hulett Winstead Purvis Chapel Interment Pleasant Home Cemetery Mr.

Hubert Smith Hattiesburg, MS Services 4:00 PM Sunday First Presbyterian Interment Roseland Park Cemetery Mr. Verlon Robert Bourn, Sr. Hattiesburg, MS Services 2:00 PM Tuesday Mount Olive Baptist Church See full obituaries on our website www.hulettwinsteadfuneralhome.com Hulett Winstead Funeral Home, Inc. 601-582-1571 205 Bay Street OBITUARIES Name AGE Town Died Arrangements Bounds, Raymond Bridges, Edna 78 19-Aug-15 A A Memorial Chapel Collins, Ernest L. 88 Collins 22-Aug-15 Billy M.

King-Colonial Chapel Holder, Hester 95 Lumberton 19-Aug-15 A A Memorial Chapel Little, Kyra Loye Hydrick 77 Magee 21-Aug-15 Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, Miller, Billy Ray 57 Richton 20-Aug-15 A A Memorial Chapel Smith, Major Hubert L. 86 Hattiesburg 19-Aug-15 Hulett-Winstead Additional information in display obituaries Obits appear in print and online at www.hattiesburgamerican.com/obituaries. An electronic guest book is available for display obituaries for 30 days and may be sponsored for one year or permanently to preserve condolences offered by friends and family. Obituaries are submitted by the funeral home by 4:00 p.m. each day for the next edition.

For assistance please call 601-584-3032. For information on services please contact the funeral home listed. OBITUARIES OBITUARIES RECORDS PETAL Saturday calls Officers responded to five building checks, one disturbance, two medical calls and one noise complaint. LAMAR COUNTY Saturday calls Deputies responded to seven alarm calls, one acci- ent without injuries, one accident with injuries, four a nimal calls, five disturbances, three domestic disturbances, three petit larcenies and four vandalism calls. MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL Saturday calls Troop responded to hree accidents without injuries.

Crime report Lonny Kenneth Spence in the general election. ississippi Power $6.2 billion Kemper County power plant has dominated Public Service Commission races this year. ew commissioners will likely be asked to vote how much money the unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. spent pru- ently, obligating ratepayers to pay for it. Smith of Picayune, currently a state senator, said he wants to charge over- uns to Mississippi Power.

overruns need to be paid for by the stock- olders, not the he said. Britton of Laurel is less ocused on penalizing the utility. When it comes down to it, the issue is the cost of electricity to the ratepay- he said. Lamar County Democrats in Lamar County have any races to cast their ballots in come Tuesday. Republican runoffs in the county include the races for circuit clerk, county attorney, District 1 supervisor and District 3 constable.

Purvis Alderman Martin Hankins will meet Lamar County Maj. Mike Harlin in the race for circuit clerk. The eventual Republican winner will move on to the Nov. 3 general election to face Democrat Patrick D. Jordan and inde- endent candidate Ladonn a Townsend.

Hankins has said he ants to build on the suc- ess that longtime Circuit Clerk Leslie Wilson, who did not seek re-election, a nd his staff have established. He also wants to follow the trend of count ies going to an electronic online filing system to help with keeping records for the circuit and county ourts. Harlin has said he wants to continue the efficiency of the office and the services provided, inc orporate new technology to the court filing system and continue the strong orking relationship with the judges, staff and agencies within Lamar County. Jonathan Farris and Joseph Parker will ace off Tuesday, with the winner taking the county seat. There are candidates from other parties in the running.

Priority areas for Farr is include addressing child abuse and domestic violence, bullying, animal cruelty and crime prevention. Parker has said his top goal is to help educate, protect and raise area youth to be productive and successful members of society. Troy Cobb and Steve Lampton are vying for the Republican nomination for the District 1seat on the Lamar County Board of Supervisors. The winner will face Democrat Arthur McLaughlin in the general election. top goals inc lude addressing traffic issues, replacing the ortheast Lamar Comm precinct and passing an ordinance where outside entities annot spray chemicals into Lamar County.

priorities i nclude fostering a working relationship with the Lamar County School Board and county resi- ents. He also wants to create an environment that is supportive to business and industry and help meet the challenges a growing county. Incumbent District 3 Constable Danny Edw ards meets E. L. Coker in runoff.

he winner will face Democrat James E. Dickinson in the general election. Forrest County Only one county race is headed to a runoff in Forr est County: circuit clerk. Afour-way race in the Republican primary resulted in Sherri Oswalt Reid and Gwen Conway Wilks meeting in runoff. The runoff winner will face Democrat Keitha Sparkman-Scott and independent candidates Samuel Paul Calvin and Forrest Phillips Jr.

in the general election. Wilks has said her priorities are online filing, online payment systems and maintaining a public access computer system that can be generated outside the office. eid has said she wants provide a courteous, efficient office and a friend- and knowledgeable taff, while continuing to modernize the office and working to educate the ublic on election codes. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Runoff Continued from Page 3A AMERICAN FILE PHOTO Voters return to the polls Tuesday or the Democratic and Republican runoffs.

Winners will advance to the Nov. 3 general election. John Grisham says being on the los- i ng side of a Mississippi political fight gave him plenty of time to write big chunks of his first two leg al thrillers, Time to and risham took part Saturday in the first Missis- ippi Book Festival at the state Capitol. He recounted how, as a young state representative in the uilding during the 1980s, he was powerless after upporting a losing candidate for House speaker. So, instead, he listened and took notes as politic ians drank coffee or something stronger a nd told tall tales.

a storytelling tradition that goes hand- in-hand with our literary Grisham said. ore than 3,000 people attended the daylong ook festival on the grounds of the state Capitol to celebrate the storytelling legacy of Missis- ippi, the home state of William Faulkner and oth- literary greats. Throughout the day, panelists discussed a wide range of topics, including outhern fiction, sports, ood writing and civil rights history. A ram Goudsouzian, chairman of the history department at the University of Memphis, discuss- his book, to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, lack Power and the Meredith March Against It recounts a 1966 Memphis-to-Jackson reedom march started James Meredith, whose 1962 enrollment as the first black student at the University of Mississippi had been met with iolent protests. Meredith survived being shot a few miles into the 1966 march.

Hundreds civil rights activists ompleted the 220-mile alk in his name. About 15,000 people rallied at the ississippi Capitol at the end of the march, and Meredith spoke to the crowd there. oudsouzian said more than 4,000 African- A mericans registered to vote in Mississippi during the march, which happened a year after pass age of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. peaking of the march, Goudsouzian said: exposed the depth of black grievances and the height black Grisham talks politics, tradition at inaugural Mississippi Book Festival EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS ASSOCIATED PRESS AP The Jackson State University band, Sonic Boom of the marches off the front steps of the state Capitol on Saturday after opening the Mississippi Book Festival..