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- in; on to Drew H g.'l School where his fooiliall teams won the Delta ValfeyConference title three of the fow- ye21S be le d the program His baskethall and traCk teams also cap– tured conference champiOnships. Durmg lh 1s period essums re– ceh ed ..Coach ofthe Year" honors. He later served two years as princi– pal at Nagee High School before assuming the same duties at Prentiss High School from 1957-67, He left the field ofeducation to be- · come persormel director and later plant manager at Mississippi Indus– tries for the Blind, where he was em– ployed until 1972. At this time he began his career with the Miss. De– partment of Education that contin– ued until his retirement in 1990. While serving with the education department, Sessums was elected to the Public Employees Retirement board, serving a six-year term. He also served as Board president for two-years. Through the years Sessums has mainta ined his love of sports by officiating that football games from 1955 to I 990 and basketball con– tests for three years during that pe– riod. He currently serves as secre– tary ofthe Mississippi Football Of– fic ials Association where his duties including recruiting, training, and evaluating officials in addition to assigning them to games. He has served the past six years as State Director of the Nati o na l High School Officials AssocJation. Sessums, who was inducted into the Mississippi College Sports Hall of Fame in 1981, is a former national president of the MO Alumni Asso- ciation and played a major role in helping raise funds to construct the college's new footba ll stadium. In addition to his associates degree from East Central and bachelor's degree from MC, Sessums holds a master's degree in school adminis-

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He tS married to the former Manon 1omson oi Haidelberg. who re– ~tl) retired folloY.ing a 31 -year career in the feild of education • have two grown chtldren. Dr. H ud ~urns, Jr., a family ph)– ~&an m \Jc~g and Dr. Cath) ~essums, an OB G);-. in Hatuesbur; Dr HoY.ard Sessums 1s married to the former Lisa Caner ofGreenwood and they have three sons, I fildon IlJ, Carter and Rob– ert.

- thletic Hall of Fame" Ses.s;;;:::ns, a former standout at Mor– Scbool. was a four-sport let:::ern!:3l'l al East Central, excelling l""'<..U4U. basketball. baseball, and :the 19.!6-47 and 1947-

r basketball team. In ad– be won first place in the I 00- "ard dash and the 200 yard es m tile state track meet sophomore season. At the end ·~season. Sessums was _J,~f'fi ... 1ost Athlt:uc" m recog– tloo ofhis accomplishments in all four spa; Sessums contmued his athletic ca– reer at Ussissippi College, where he was a ftrSt team All Dixie Con– ference :)election in footba ll and basketbalL He also served as bas– ketball team captain. m addition, he agam excelled in track, wmmng top honors in the I 00-and -200 yard runs and 22U ) ard low hurdles in the Dixie Conference track meet. He set a ne\\ record in the low hurdles \\hich remained until the Following graduation from MC in 1950, Sessums began a successful career as a teacher, coach, a nd conference was abolished.

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