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December 31 Dean Hunter to retire

Church. He and his wife Lenora have two children, Martha Hunter Morrow and Alan Frank Hunter and one grandchild, Angela Morrow, age 9. After 33 1 12 years in education, Hunter plans to keep up a one acre yard with 54 trees during his new leisure time. Smiling again, Hunter relates other plans, "I have a greenhouse and will work with plants and flowers with my wife. I want to go fishing, visit nursing homes and watch cattle sales." After a pause for breath, he continues, "I want to continue to be active in church work and civic organizations, and do quite a bit of gardening and housepainting." Somewhere, sometime he will find time to relax, but usually retirement isn't retirement in the true sense of the word. About his replacement, Eddie M. Smith, current dean of instruction on Co-Lin's Natchez campus, Hunter says, "He's a wonderful young man." Smith, who received his doctorate from the University of Southern Mississippi after receiving degrees from East Central Junior College and Mississippi State University, will take over his new duties at Co– Lin on January 1, 1980.

"I have mixed emotions about leaving," says Dean B.F. Hunter when speaking of his retirement. As he will become 65 on January 1, Hunter decided to retire after this fall semester. He has been the dean of instruction on Copiah-Lincoln Junior College's campus since 1964. Before that he was the registrar from 1958 to 1963. "I'll miss the young people most of all," says Hunter, a native of Decatur, Miss. and a graduate of Decatur public schools, East Central Junior College and the University of Southern Mississippi where he received his master's degree in 1950. "I have faith in young people," continues Hunter who still believes young people are getting better-not worse as many sources say. With a smile, he remembers that he was once younger and a college student affectionately known as the ''East Central Kid." With a thoughtful pause, Hunter says, "Every boy and girl becomes a part of my life." Involved in the Copiah-Lincoln Education Association, Mississippi Association of Education, and the i Mississippi Personnel and Guidance Association, Hunter demonstrates his interest in the betterment of education. Hunter also participates in the Wesson Lions Ciub, the American Legion and the Decell Methodist

B.F. Hunter, dean of instruction on Co-Lin's campus, will retire after this semester where he has served since 1964. Before holding this position, he was the registrar from 1958-63. Dean Eddie Smith of the Co-Lin campus at Natchez will replace Hunter in Janu.ary. /