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he Clarion-Ledger I Monday, September 9, 1985 DEATHS i Frank M. Kinard Frank M. "Bruiser" Kinard, 70, of 5737 Pepper Ridge Road died Saturday at Veterans Administration Medical Center. Funeral services are 2 p.m. today at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park.

Mr. Kinard was a native of Pelahatchie. He was graduated from Central High School in 1933, and in 1938, graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he made All-Southeastern Conference and All-American in football as a tackle during his junior and senior years. He was a charter member of and the first Mississippian to be admitted to the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. He also was a charter member of the Mississippi Sports of Fame and the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame.

He played professional football with Brooklyn of the old National League and with the New York Yankees of the All-American Conference. He was named All-Pro six times and was inducted into the Pro Football I Hall of Fame in 1971. Mr. Kinard was assistant coach for the University of Mississippi football team under former head coach and athletic director Johnny Vaught from 1948 until Vaught's retirement in 1970. Kinard then took over as athletic director until 1972 and remained at Ole Miss as assistant dean of student personnel until he retired in 1978.

Mr. Kinard was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Midge Kinard of Jackson; sons, Frank M.

Kinard Jr. of Jackson and John M. Kinard of Pascagoula; brothers, Ernest Kinard, George Kinard and Billy Kinard, all of Jackson; sister, Mrs. P.V. Chisholm of Jackson; and five grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for Alzheimer research. Mrs. Katie Wilbanks COLUMBUS Mrs. Katie Wilbanks, 84, died Sunday at Golden Triangle Medical Center. Services are 3 p.m.

today at Gunter Holmes Funeral Home with burial in Friendship Cemetery. She retired from Wilbanks Interiors as an interior decorator. Mrs. Wilbanks is survived by her son, George Laurin Wilbanks of Columbus; and several nieces and nephews. Miss Jeannette Frazier STARKVILLE Miss Jeannette Frazier, 77, died Saturday at her home.

Services are 4 p.m. today at Welch Funeral Home chapel with burial in Sturgis City Cemetery. Miss Frazier retired after teaching public school for 38 years. The Oktibbeha County native was a member of Sturgis United Methodist Church, the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Personnel. She was active in First United Methodist Church of Starkville, and was a member of its Glen Miller Sunday School Class and Circle Three organization.

is survived by her brother, Andrew Ervin Frazier of Oklahoma City, Okla. Memorials may be made to Wood Junior College in Mathiston or to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. YOUR CHOICE 'FREE! Rotiss, Wok or 'Griddle when you purchese any JENN Grill Range Model S106, S125 or D140 ONLY! CLIMATE MASTERS 939-9090 Mrs. Georgia Mathews Mrs. Georgia Mae Bunzy Mathews, 71, of 3203 James Hill St.

died Wednesday at her home. Services are 11 a.m. today at Cade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Mount Charity Cemetery in Madison. Peoples Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mrs.

Mathews is survived by her husband, S.L. Mathews of Jackson; daughters, Mrs. Bernice Martin of Reno, and Mrs. Dorothy Seaton of Tougaloo; sons, Sherman Mathews Jr. and Albert Mathews, both of Jackson; sister, Mrs.

Rena Jones of Memphis; and 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchil- dren and one niece. John C. Freeman PARCHMAN John Carl Freeman, 67, died Saturday at North Sunflower Hospital in Ruleville. Services are 10 a.m. today at Drew Baptist Church in Drew with burial and graveside services at 4 p.m.

today in the Masonic Cemetery at Newton. Williams Lord Funeral Home of Ruleville is handling arrangements. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jo Cork Freeman; daughters, Mrs. Jo Ann Tisdell of Isola and Miss Lillian Freeman of Parchman; son, John Carl Freeman Jr.

of Parchman; sisters, Mrs. Audrey Murff of Jackson and Mrs. Larry Pitre of New Iberia, and brothers, Hartwell Freeman of Ocala, and Roscoe Freeman of Bellflower, Calif. Hollis E. Copelin GREENWOOD Hollis Edwin Copelin, 63, died Saturday at his home.

Services are 10 a.m. today at Christ The King Lutheran Church with burial in Rowley Cemetery in Darvin. Williams Lord Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mr. Copelin was a native of Toledo, Ohio.

He had lived in Greenwood since 1949. He was a member of Christ The King Lutheran Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. The World War II Army veteran retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 39 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Ida Mae Copelin; sons, Clyde L. Copelin Washington, N.J., Larry E. Copelin Vicksburg and Timothy R. Copelin of Atlanta, mother, Mrs. Marie Copelin of Toledo; sister, Mrs.

Jeanette Young of Cincinnati, Ohio; brother, Vernon D. Copelin of Toledo; and four grandchildren. V.R. Williams W.R. "Bill" Williams, 66, of 333 Wesley Ave.

died Friday at Veterans Administration Medical Center. Services are 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Mr. Williams was a native of Crystal Springs and a resident of Jackson for 31 years. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army.

He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and the Masons. He was part owner of Interstate Mortgage Co. He is survived by his daughters, Mrs. Sherry Montgomery and Mrs. Lorraine Boyle, both of Jackson; son, Roddy D.

Williams of Jackson; brother, R.D. Williams of Silver Spring, sister, Mrs. Rubye Berbiglia of San Antonio, Texas; and one grandson. Interstate Concrete Supply "Compare our prices" Ucact CONCRETE Air conditioner pads Parking bumpers 948-7215 MAPLE LEAVES KRUGERRANDS Bought-Sold Gold Silver Coins Wanted BYRON W. COOK 355-7331 1717 Deposit Guaranty Bldg.

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Monday MR. CLIFFORD (KIP) MACGOWAN MR. J. SCOTT SIMMONS 534 Broadway Ave. Atlanta, Ga.

Formerly of Jackson 3:30 p.m. Monday Chapel Arrangements to be announced Lakewood Memorial Park MR. FRANK M. (BRUISER) Visit: 12 noon Monday Memorials: Twin Lades Camp 1st Presbyterian Church 5737 Pepper Ridge Rd. formerly 1390 N.

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PERKINS Visit: After 12 noon Alzheimer Monday 363 Heritage Memorials: UMC Arrangements to be announced Research MEMBER BY NATIONAL INVITATION MORTICIANS ONSH SELECTED Mrs. Rudelle P. Dale PRENTISS Mrs. Rudelle P. Dale, 65, died Saturday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.

Services are 3 p.m. today at Prentiss Baptist Church with burial in Prentiss Cemetery. Saulters-Moore Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mrs. Dale was a native of Pontotoc.

She and her husband, John S. Dale, owned Dale Insurance Co. in Prentiss for 28 years. She was a member of Prentiss Baptist Church and the Women's Missionary Union and was a charter member of the Sororis Club, in which she served as president. She attended Blue Mountain College.

She was preceded in death by her brother, A.B. Phillips of Batesville. Other than her husband, she is survived by her daughters, Mrs. James (Peggy) Dumas, Mrs. Charles (Jan) Beck and Mrs.

Mike (June) Harrison, all of Prentiss; sister, Mrs. Vertie Mae Tutor of Pontotoc; and 10 grandchildren. Maxie E. Sturgeon Maxie Eugene Sturgeon, 51, of 3279 Bienville Drive died Saturday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Services are 10 a.m.

today at Belvedere Church of Christ with graveside services at 4 p.m. today in Evergreen Cemetery in Woodville. The Wilkinson County native had lived in Jackson since 1983. He had formerly lived in Hattiesburg. Mr.

Sturgeon was graduated from Southwest Junior College, University of Southern Mississippi and Whites Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies. He taught school in the Adams County school system and was a representative for Allyn Bacon Inc. Mr. Sturgeon was a veteran of the Korean War and retired from the Mississippi Army National Guard. He was a member and officer of the state Democratic Executive Committee, the Masons and Belvedere Church of Christ, where he served as education director.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gloria Sturgeon; son, Sgt. Hiram Evan Sturgeon of Jackson; daughters, Mrs. Susan Sturgeon Idom of West Monroe, and Miss Starla Elizabeth Sturgeon of Jackson; parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Alonzo Hacket Sturgeon of Woodville; and brothers, John Henry Sturgeon of Natchez, Alonzo Homes Sturgeon of Woodville, Lt. Col. Charles Ellis Sturgeon of Hattiesburg and Louis Virgil Sturgeon of Crosby. Clifford Macgowan Clifford "Kip" Macgowan, 68, of 534 Broadway Ave. died Sunday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.

Services are 3:30 p.m. today at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Mr. Macgowan was a native and lifelong resident of Jackson. He retired as owner of Macgowan Coffee Co.

He was a graduate of Central High School and Millsaps College, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. He served as a major in the U.S. Army. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Thelma Thompson Macgowan of Jackson; sons, Clifford Macgowan III of Jackson and Charles B. Macgowan II of Covington, and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Twin Lakes Camp, First Presbyterian Church, 1390 North State Jackson, 39202. Send a "Sunshine Basket" for Every Occasion! Delivery Anywhere from the Sunshine Shop. N.

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10:00 a.m. Monday Belvedere Church of Christ Graveside Services 4:00 p.m. Evergreen Cemetery Woodville, MS. Memorials to Student Fund Whites Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies or to Belvedere Church of Christ MR. ROY L.

MADDOX, JR. 208 Stonegate Drive Clinton, Ms. Services 11:00 Monday Baldwin-Lee Chapel Interment Lakewood Memorial Park SERVICE MEASURED NOT GOLD BUT THE CAN DEN RULE Mrs. Bessie K. Horowitz DALLAS Mrs.

Bessie Katz Horowitz, 75, a former resident of Jackson, A died Saturday in Dallas, Texas. Services are 10 a.m. today at the Northwest Highway Chapel of SparkmanHillcrest Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park. She is survived by her sons, Ronnie Horowitz and Jay Horowitz, both of Dallas; and eight grandchildren. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.

Mrs. Lucy C. Holmes COLUMBUS Mrs. Lucy Carter Holmes, 84, died Saturday at Pickens County Nursing Home in Pickens County, Ala. Graveside services are 4 p.m.

today at Friendship Cemetery with Memorial Funeral Home handling arrangements. Mrs. Holmes was born in Macon and raised in Columbus. She attended Franklin Academy and was graduated in 1921 from Mississippi State College Women, now Mississippi University for Women. Her post-graduate studies in English were performed at Columbia University in New York City.

She married Hubert B. Holmes of McComb in 1925. She began attending First Methodist Church in Columbus as a child, and was a sponsor of the Lee Guard Fraternity at Mississippi now Mississippi State University. She is survived by her son, Hubert B. Holmes Jr.

of Lakeland, and four grandsons and one niece. Ralph R. Mattade COURTLAND Ralph Raymond Mattade, 77, died Saturday at South Panola Community Hospital in Batesville. Services are 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church in Batesville with burial in Shiloh Cemetery in Batesville.

Wells Funeral Home of Batesville is handling arrangements. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Loretta Cafiero Mattade; daughters, Mrs. Patricia Lowery of Port Orange, Mrs. Barbara McDermatt of Wayne, N.J., and Mrs.

Pixie McCord of Batesville; and four grandchildren and one great-grandson. Mrs. W.F. Wells Mrs. W.F.

(Arsie) Wells, 84, of 2141 Lynnwood St. died Sunday at Manhatten Health Care Center. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home chapel with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation begins at 2 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Mrs. Wells was a resident of Jackson for the past 60 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She is survived by her sons, Woodrow W.

Wells of Fort Worth, Texas, and Earl C. "Buddy" Wells of Biloxi; and three grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Patrick R. Conn COLUMBUS Patrick Ray Conn, 39, died Saturday at Golden Triangle Regional Medical Center. Services are 10 a.m.

Tuesday at Gunter Holmes Funeral Home chapel with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Conn was a boat mechanic at Buster Beneke Marina. He is survived by his daughters, Mrs. Leann Simpson and Mrs.

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Johnson City, Kansas Funeral Insurance Since 1925 886 N. Farish 969-3040 Parchman rodeo fans told not to bring money orders money orders after the amounts have By MARY DIXON Clarion-Ledger Delta Bureau been altered. PARCHMAN If you plan to go to "Inmates are known to be altering the State Peni- the money orders from a face value of the rodeo this month at tentiary at Parchman, don't bring any $1 to as much as $700," the flyer distribU.S. Postal money orders with you. uted Sunday noted.

At the gate Sunday, a warning was Ken Jones, public information offidistributed to visitors informing them cer at the prison, said guards will be prison's 10-year-old postal scam looking closely for visitors bringing any and of the consequences if they were contraband onto the prison grounds during the prison's annual rodeo, which "Persons involved in the mon- began Sunday and will continue for the caught participating. illegal ey-order scheme being operated by the next three Sundays. at the Mississippi State Peni- Jones said the rodeo, which someinmates will be subject to arrest and times attracts up to 5,000 visitors to the prosecution," read a flyer distributed at prison, normally does not cause any the gate. "Conviction could result in a major security problems. He said secusentence of up to five years and a rity is beefed up a little with guards who prison fine." volunteer their time.

The warning was from the United Jones said inmates are kept separate States 1 Postal Inspection Service. from visitors during the as a rodeo The scam, which has been operating means to cut down on smuggling or othsince 1975, involves inmates altering er possible problems. U.S. Postal money orders. Inmates par- While cameras usually are prohibitin the scheme usually get ed on the prison grounds, Jones said ticipating visitors or jailers to smuggle the money visitors to the rodeo are permitted to orders inside the prison and I to cash the bring cameras.

Parchman, from 1B The free world and inmate cowboys, competing separately, will continue playing buckaroos for the next three Sundays at the prison. The rodeo will start at noon each of those days, with all proceeds used to buy recreational equipment for the penitentiary. Events include saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, steer wrestling and barrel-racing. And then there's that favorite of the inmates, known as "money the hard way." The prisoners are put into the arena with a wild steer, which has a bag of money tied to its horns. The inmate who yanks the bag off the charging bull gets to keep the loot, sometimes up to $1,000.

Female inmates compete to see who can milk a cow the fastest. About 100 inmates usually give the rodeo a try. The inmates can compete if their behavior records are good and if they volunteer, said Corrections Department spokesman Ken Jones. Archie Johnson, 21, convicted of strong-arm robbery, said he'll try to hold up bulls in the bull-riding event. Johnson, who has no rodeo experience, said he is participating because "It's dangerous, but it sure looks fun to me." Larry Hunter, 29, of Pascagoula, who was convicted of grand larceny, said he'll use past experience in the prison rodeo to steal the show each Sunday in four events wild horse racing, Update- the mad scramble, bull riding and "money the hard way." Hunter has been at Parchman for three years and has one more year to go.

The rodeo, he said, "helps the time pass by. It's something new for us to do." Carl Odom, 26, of Tupelo, a convicted armed robber, said he's hoping to win "money the hard way." Odom said he's one of the few inmates who has real cowboy experience outside of the prison. "It's going to be very easy for me. Some of these guys have never been on a creature in their lives," he said. The first day of the four-Sunday event attracted about 5,000 persons.

All sweated in 100-degree temperatures to see the wrangling and hear singer B.J. Thomas, best known for Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, and comedian Jerry Clower, best known for his crazy Delta stories. While prison visitors mostly huddled under umbrellas or under the grandstands to escape the sun, inmates in the stands enjoyed the entertainment opportunity to the fullest by swinging and swaying to the music. "This is by far the biggest social event for the prison," said Jones. Several other prisons around the country also hold rodeos, he said.

Last year, the prison made about $15,000 from the rodeo. Jones said he expected this year's event will bring in about the same amount. Ex-chief's, from 1B Mayfield city $1,479.19 and had misspent $2,935 from the Police Benefit Association, a non-profit organization formed by Coulter in 1981 for the benefit of police officers. Included in the repayment to the city was $339 for checks written on the department petty-cash fund and $659.69 for federal surplus property. Surplus federal property is made available to local governments through the state Surplus Property Commission and is intended for government use only.

An investigation was done by Wayne Lester, state surplus property commissioner, who took an inventory of the equipment purchased by Coulter. The report said Lester found that Coulter paid $2,600 for surplus property with an original cost of $26,649.28. Kenneth R. Loudermilk, an investigator for the Inspector General's Office, said his office made no independent investigation and relied solely on the district attorney's office. The report said Mayfield based his decision on whether to prosecute Coulter on an audit by Carroll L.

Quin and Co. of Yazoo City. The March 14, 1985, federal report said Mayfield advised Inspector General investigators by phone that, "during this time, Coulter had a major heart attack and has enrolled in seminary school. Mayfield was of the opinion it would serve no justice to further persecute or prosecute Coulter for what were minor violations which have been rectified." Mayfield said, "I got an audit and it was my opinion after reviewing the audit that it wasn't something that would be worth pursuing." said he did not present evidence about misuse of the benefit association money to a grand jury because "that was a matter involving a private, non-profit organization. I did not determine that the organization ever received or had any public funds." He said, "If he had been a private citizen rather than public official, and the same information had come to me, I would have done the same thing." Mayor Blackie Fulgham said, "Everybody makes a mistake, everybody needs to make one.

Hopefully they never make one again." Of Mayfield's decision, he said, "I thought it was a wise one because if it went to a jury it never would have made it anyway." Police Chief Doyle Jones, who replaced Coulter, said, "I'm a law enforcement officer and I believe whoever violates the law should be punished My personal feelings are, he should have had to answer for the crimes he committed whether it be me, you or anybody else, none of us are above the law." Coulter, reached in his dormitory at the seminary, said, "Well, things worked out the way they did, so we'll just leave them as they are." He said his decision to enter the seminary was not based on his problems as police chief. "It's not a matter of just going to the seminary, I had a feeling of the calling long before," he said. "Perhaps it presented me an opportunity for me to do what the Lord was leading me to do that I might otherwise hadn't." Coulter, 45, who is working part-time as a security guard, said, "I'm studying the ministry. I don't know where the Lord leads from there." Planetarium gives preview of pass of Halley's Comet By JOHN DINGMAN The Associated Press When the "dirty snowball in space" known as Halley's Comet goes streaking by the earth this fall and spring, it may be a bit hard to see. But patrons of the Russell Davis Planetarium in Jackson are getting a special preview of the pass the comet will make, along with a look into what the comets are all about.

They have been a mystery for centuries, with references back to about 250 B.C., according to Richard Knapp, director of the planetarium. The "dirty snowball" description is one often used by astronomers to describe a comet, basically a large solid body with a luminous tail caused by the sun vaporizing some of its material. The comets follow an elliptical path around the sun at set intervals. Halley's comet appears at 76-year intervals and has appeared time and time again in history. "I'm a little concerned when people refer to this appearance of the comet as the astronomical event of the century," Knapp said.

"It certainly will not be that easy to see, a delicate visual thing. But if people know where to look, they will be able to say they saw it." The planetarium show is designed to help viewers find the comet in the sky in the fall and the spring. Halley will be visible to binoculars in November, until it moves into the sunset sky in January when it will be obscured. It will appear again in the sunrise skies in January. "The best time for people as far south as we are fortunate to live will be in the first week and a half of April," Knapp said..