Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Communications
OXFORD, Miss. – Each spring, the University of Mississippi conducts a memorial ceremony to commemorate the lives of students, faculty, staff and emeriti who died during this academic year.
This year’s ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday (April 30) at Paris-Yates Chapel. The community is invited and encouraged to attend.
Honoring the lives of the loved ones lost over the last year provides an opportunity to bring the Ole Miss family together in unity, said Brandi Hephner LaBanc, vice chancellor for student affairs.
“The most difficult aspect of our job is dealing with death,” Hephner LaBanc said. “Every year, we lose many individuals who have had an important and lasting impact on our community. Whether they have been here one semester or numerous years, they were an important part of the Ole Miss family. The memorial ceremony is our opportunity to remember their contribution and celebrate their lives.”
This year’s ceremony honors these 14 members of the Ole Miss family:
Students
John Fenton Kottkamp
Grant Womack
Luke Phillips
Tanner Chapmon
James McCastlain
Faculty and Staff
Andrew Stefani
Kerby Ladner
Burl Hunt
Charles Treas
Esther Sparks Sprague
Larry Taylor
Roy Sheffield
Russell Stokes
Robert Marlon Bates