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Former PHS basketball standout named to EC Athletic Hall of Fame

A Philadelphia native is among three former outstanding basketball players chosen for induction into the East Central Community College Athletic Hall of Fame. Sherrell Ray Marshall, 51, former– ly of Philadelphia and now of Jackson, Jeff U>per ofDecatur and Richard Harris of Hickory will join other honorees who will be recogniz– ed during the college's Qomecoming activities Saturday. During Marshall's East Central playing days in the 1958-59 and 195~0 basketball seasons, he was commonly referred to as the ''War– rior Gunner". And what a "gunner" he was. Marshall blistered the junior college backboards and became the league's second-leading scorer with a 24.6 per game ave r age his · sophomore season. During that 1959-60 season, Mar– shall. a 6' 3" forward, led the War– riors to the North Mississippi Divi– sion Championship. At East Central, he A'aS coached by AU-American Denver Brackeen. ~larshall's basketball skills were ftrst developed at Philadelphia High School where he played for Coach Frank Hodges. Marshall received numerous honors at Philadelphia fullOio\"Ing the 1957-58 season, in– cluding all-state and all-district and be was selected on the Mississippi Hi;h School All-Star Team which he sen'ed as captain. The biggest highlight of that 195--~ season was Philadelphia's -:-.....- = ~ v.in over Coffeeville c.- tne £U~e championship. Going -. ~he 5tate championship battle, ldl:lal:ie!;lhia posted a 394 record Coffee;Jlle bad notched 50

officer (assistant cashier) at First Mississippi National Bank in Hattiesburg. Marshall left First Mississippi in 1976 and went into partnership with his wife, Mary, to form Automobile Recovery Bureau Inc. in Jackson and Biloxi. " I really owe a lot to Paul McMullan (then chairman of the board at First Mississippi) for get– ting me started in the automobile recovery business," Marshall said. who a lso operates Mississippi Detectives out of Jackson. Marshall' s success in the automobile recovery business is well recognized as he was recently elected president of the National F inance Adjusters Inc. of Colorado Springs, Co., for 1990-91. The cor– poration is a trade association that sets guidelines for the recovery in– dustry nationwide. The Marshalls have two daughters, Pamela Marshall Leech of Mobile and Mischelle Alderman Martin of Jackson; a son, Sherrell " Butch" Ray Marshall Jr. of Hat– tiesburg ; and four grandchildren, Brittney Rae Martin, Curtis ''Trey" Vaughn Martin III, John "Scooter" Harman Leech Jr. and Jordan Mar– shall Leech. Others who will be honored during the noon luncheon and program on theDecatur campus include Mrs. Jo McMullan Taylor of Forest, selected ' 'Alumna of the Year" ; Larry Hogue of Flowood, chosen "Alumnus of the · Year''; Mrs. U>is Foster McMullan, East Central math instructor who was named "Academic Instructor of the Year" ; and WallaceKeen, ECCC automated manufacturing technology instructor whowas voted ''Outstanding Vocational-Technical Instructor".

Sherrell Ray Marshall

boys' and girls' teams, and teaching social studies. In 1970 he was selected to coach the Mississippi High School All-Star Team and in the same year he was chosen "Coach of the Year " in the DeSoto Conference. Marshall is one of the few people to have played and later coached in a Mississippi High School All-Star game. " I 'm really proud of the fact that I was fortunate enough to play and coach in the All-Star game. ft's an honor I will always cherish,'' Ma r– shall said. Marshall retired from coaching and teaching in 1970 a nd accepted a position as collection and recovery

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