Living Legacy and Memorial Trees
Class of 1920
Petrified Log
Found near Ackerman, Mississippi
Approximately 50 million years old
Christopher Armstrong
9/26/1978 – 5/8/2006
Autumn Blaze Red Maple
John T. Moore &
H. E. Blakeslee
Nuttall Oak
(Quercus nuttallii)
Given in Loving Memory by
Ed & Marilyn Blakeslee
In Memory of
Kelly Alexander Bufkin
August 26, 1986
February 9, 2021
Joseph Blakeney Burgess
November 24, 1997- February 20, 2020
... weeping may endure for the night, but joy
cometh in the morning. Psalm 30:5
Given in loving memory by the PSPA Alumni
and Friends
Dedicated to
Dr. Milo Burnham
Extension Horticulturist
Tulip Poplar
For service to the Starkville
Gardens Club 1970 -1996
Lung Hua Chen
March 15, 1940 - Jan. 19, 2022
Fringetree
Chioanthus virginicus
In Loving Memory by His Family
Professor of Agricultural and
Biological Engineering
August 1976 - June 2000
Hail State
Robert Temple Clapp, M.S.
Oct. 3, 1908-July 24, 1992
First Dean M.S.U. College of Forest Resources
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Given with love and respect by Family
We learned from him to see both the forest
AND the trees.
In Loving Memory of
Thomas (Tommy) Coleman
Given with love by family
In Honor of
The Courtney and
Jones Families
October Glory Red Maple
Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
Given by
Robbin Courtney Jones
Roger LaMoyne Dabbs
6/3/13 – 2/25/90
Willow Oak
Given in loving memory by
his wife Elizabeth
George P. Dampeer Jr.
March 5, 1939 - Jan. 14, 2024
Nuttall Oak
Quercus nuttallii
Given In Loving Memory by
His Family
In Loving Memory of
Patrick Cooper Davis
Kappa Alpha PC'16
1998-2020
Bracken Magnolia
Magnolia gradiflora
'Bracken's Brown Beauty'
LT. David Merrick Dowdell, Jr.
Port Gibson, Mississippi
317 Infantry – 80 Infantry Division
Died Near Falquemo, France
November 27, 1944
MSU Student Association President 1943
Given in Memory of their Uncle David Dowdell
by David Easley and Marianne Montgomery
Harold B. Easterwood ‘55
10/14/32 – 11/14/05
Ginko
Given in loving memory by family, friends,
MSU teammates and former student athletes
that Dr. Easterwood taught or coached
Donald R. Ford
(Class of 1960)
Awards from MSU School of Agriculture and
Life Sciences:
2005 Achievement Award
2013 Alumnus of the Year
Given in love by the family of his brother Jim.
James N. Ford
Class of 1961
Loyal Alumnus - U.S. Air Force
White Oak
Quercus alba
Given with Love by
The Donald and Phyllis Ford Family
Thomas Nelson George
Initiated Kappa Alpha Order 1975
4/14/56 – 4/5/2013
Nutall Oak
(Quercus nuttallii)
Given in loving memory of our dear friend
and fraternity brother who left us much too
soon, but touched all of our hearts in a very
special way
Dedicated to
Dr. William L. Giles
President, Mississippi State University
1966-1976
For outstanding service to agriculture
By the Mississippi Section American
Society of Agronomy
June 1996
Ulysses S. Grant
(1822-1885)
Memorial Tree
Nuttall Oak
Quervus nuttallii
Given in honor of the 18th President of the
United States on the bicentennial of his birth by
the Ulysses S. Grant Association
April 27, 2022
Timothy James Hallman
Jan. 2, 1990-Feb. 22, 2020
Given in Loving Memory by
Ann Roper & Barbara Roper
MSU Cheerleader 2011-2014
Forever Maroon & White
In Memory of
Bob Hartley
Our Friend
John Steven Hawkins
4/17/83 – 5/6/09
John 3: 16
Given in loving memory by
his dad, mom and sister.
James E. "Jim" Henry
Mechanical Engineer 1977
Nuttall Oak
(Quercus nuttallii)
Given in Loving Memory by
Elaine and Ticket Henry
In loving memory of
Michael Bruce “MB”
Given In loving memory by
his friends and family
In Loving Memory of
Meteorologist
Alex Herbst
2017-2018 NWA/AMS
East MS Chapter President
'Armstrong' Red Maple
Acer rubrum 'Armstrong'
Kittye Delle
Robbins-Herring
Oct. 1, 1943 – Dec. 30, 2014
Teddy Bear Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora 'Southern Charm'
Given in Loving Memory by
Stuart and Rebecca Herring
Dr. Daniel T. Holt, LTC
(R) USAF
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Given in Memory by his
MSU Friends and Colleagues
J. Dudley Hutchinson, III
10/18/61- 4/28/91
Sawtooth oak
(Quercus acutissima)
Given by Family and Friends
In Loving Memory of
Joe and Jeane Iupe
Canton, MS
White Oak
Quercus alba
Given in Loving Memory by their
Children and Grandchildren who
proudly continue the Bulldog Tradition
Susan T. Jordan
1/8/54 – 8/17/97
Pecan
Carya illinoensis
Given in loving memory by students,
faculty and staff, College of Forest Resources
In Honor of
William F. Lacey
MSU Class of 1959
Given with love by
Craig, Ava, & Wesley Reed,
Lacey & Cole Gordon
Doris Kinard Lee
10/10/32 – 10/17/96
Cherrybark Oak
(Quercus pagoda)
Given by family and friends
John Christopher Longest
5/29/23 – 12/19/98
Willow Oak
Given in loving memory by
the Student Health Employees
Samson Mabry, Jr.
Class of ’39 and
Marjorie Stokes Mabry
Loyal MSU Supporters
Nuttall Oak
Given by their children
Given in Honor of My Wife
Susan Hamlin Martin
By
William C. Martin, III
Ryan Everett McCauley
February 12, 1999
September 8, 2020
Armstrong Red Maple
Acer rubrum 'Armstrong'
Given by
Jon McCauley '93
Nutall Oak
Quercus nuttallii
In Loving Memory of
William H. and Frances Clark
McGee
Given by
Glen, Linda, Lisa, Laura, Eric, and Angela
Frederic F. Mellen
Class ‘34
Ginko Biloba
The Moon Sycamore
(Platanus occidentalis)
This tree grown from seed that was one of
many that Major Stuart Roosa took to the moon
aboard the Apollo XIV spacecraft in 1971. A
former US Forest Service smoke jumper
Roosa’s effort to honor the Forest
Service stands today as a living tribute.
Edwin E. Moore, Jr. CPA
4/18/31 -2/3/02
Class of 1956
Willow Oak
Given in Loving Memory by his family
Wink Morgan
April 4, 1953-June 16, 2022
Nuttall Oak
Quercus nuttallii
Given in Loving Memory by
Friends and Family
Go Dawgs, and GTHOM
Jason M. Morris
10/16/79 – 4/25/2005
Baldcypress
(Taxodium distichum)
Given by family and friends
MSG George A. Nowlin
9/30/89 – 12/7/63
Army ROTC Drill Instructor
1919 – 1936
Billie Nowlin
2/20/20 – 12/11/2000
Given in loving memory by friends, classmates,
former cadets and
Associates of Billie and her father.
Elizabeth Forbes Paschall
June 19, 1965 - Jan. 6, 2023
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
BSEE MSU
NASA Manager
Communications Service Office
In Loving Memory by Her Family
Jane Player
12/7/25 – 7/29/2003
Black Walnut
(Juglans nigra)
Given in loving memory by students,
faculty and staff, College of Forest Resources
Frank C. Rasco, Jane Rasco,
and Pamela Rasco
Magnolia grandiflora
'Claudia Wannamaker'
Given in Loving Memory by
Chris and Melanie Sobczak
Clyde McRay “Chip” Rauch, Jr.
3/9/69 – 8/4/95
Southern Magnolia
(Magnolia grandiflora)
Given in loving memory by:
Mississippi State University and
The Poultry Science Department
Neal Denton Rogers
“Papa Pete”
Swamp White Oak
Given in loving memory by
Family and friends
David C. Schoggen, P.E.
MSU Class of 1977
Sawtooth Oak
Quercus acutissima
Given in Loving Memory
by His Family
Dr. Jung P. Shim
9/3/47-12/1/21
Given in Loving Memory by the
Department of Management & Information
Systems
Dr. Kent Sills
April 13, 1934 – May 3, 2006
MSU Band Director/Asst. Director
1967 – 1999
Nuttall Oak
(Quercus nuttallii)
Given in Loving Memory by
the Sills Family
The Freedom Tree
With the vision of universal freedom
For all mankind this tree is dedicated to
Major Richard E. Smith
And all prisoners of war
And missing in action
1972
In Memory of
Tony Lee Thompson
6/17/47-8/6/2020
Given by his loving family and future bulldog
children
Professor Mfanya Tryman
1/26/48 – 2/23/05
Sawtooth Oak
Given in loving memory by his many friends
at Mississippi State University.
He was our colleague, teacher, mentor and
friend.
Joseph (Joe) Grady Turner, Jr.
1939-2022
BSEE 1962
In Loving Memory by His Family
Hail State!
In celebration of the U S Constitution
1787 -1887
Centennial Chapter
Motor Board
April 6, 1988
Charles Randolph
Weatherly
July 3, 1963-Nov. 27, 1986
Swamp Post Oak
Quercus similis
Given in Loving Memory by His Family
and Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Colleen White-Woodring
4/21/66-3/26/19
Teddy Bear Magnolia
Magnolia gradiflora 'Southern Charm'
Given in Loving Memory by Her Family
In Memory of
Robert "Bob" Wiley
Placed in Loving Memory
by His Family
W. H. Howard Wilkerson
6/13/23 – 8/19/2003
Willow Oak
Given in loving memory by family and friends
Lisa Dodson Williams '89
Alpha Kappa Alpha - LH
Shun Van Buren Williams '89
Omega Psi Psi - TDD
Given in the Love of God,
Each Other, Family and MSU
Claudi Wannamaker
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
'Claudia Wannamaker'