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POST:.HUMOUS HONOR FOR ONE OF SCOTT~COU~/Tfi//f) O.RE~.TEST ATHLETES ~ ~ Howard Sessu01s Will Be Inducted Into Hall Of Fa01e

·Scott county hearts pounded With pride this week when it was announced that Har– perville native Howard Sesswns, one of the alltime greats in state basketball history, would be post– \lumously inducted March 2 in tbe Mississippi College Sports Hall of Fame. 0At the same time, there were e n talgic tears in the recollection of his tragic deatq in an automobile accideri('· Aiigust 25, 1963, and the

the top , pointmakers on the' junior high team. Howard and Nan graduated in the same class at the . old Harperville High school. He went on the Ea6t. Central Junior College and Mississippi College on basketball scholarships. He and Nan married July 9, 1951, while he was still in school. There •as only a day's difference in u.etr ages. Howard was 32 whEit' be " .. (Continued On Back Page)

passihg just fifteen 'months later of the childhood sweetheart who became his bride, Nan Britt Sessums, . victim of a terminal malignancy. When told she was doomed, Nan signed legal papers giving her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Britt of Forest, full authority for rearing their three children, administering in– surance, and handling the proceeds from benefit basketball games and other

The second boy, Kim, nearing 16, and a sophomore at Forest High, already is a great basketball performer. He is tall and may approach his ·father's 6-1 height by the time he graduates in two more years. This is his second year with the varsity and he could wind up with four letters in high school basketball. Another potentially great basketball star is the daughter, Karole, 14, an eighth-grader at Forest Middle School, one of

projeets that created a fund to help with their education. Britt, who retired several years a'go, said the older boy, Kevm, nearly 18, is now using some of this money at Millsaps College, where he is developing his talent for dramatics . Although he played on the basketball team before graduating at Forest, he was short of stature and shifted his emphasis to the theatre. He has won acclaim for outstanding performances. · ,~ii t .