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• Melvin Wooten, Gilbert Barham are new radio voices for ECCC football. _ Spedal to the Record A new voice will be heard on the radio this season broadcast– ing football games for East Cen– tral Community College in Decatur. Veteran broadcaster Melvin Wooten of Carthage will call the action for Warrior gridiron bat– tles, which can be heard on KICKS 98 (98.3) in Carthage. He will be joined in the booth by game analyst Gilbert Barham of Philadelphia, a longtime sidekick of Mike Goodwin of Carthage who served as the radio voice of the Warriors for 19 years. Good– win recently sold his WSSI-FM (98;3) station to Boswell Broad– casting in Kosciusko, which now operates under the call letters WCKK-FM. Wooten previously served as the broadcast voice for Holmes Community College football games and continues to serve as the radio voice for high school foo tball action on KICKS 98. He is also a former public address announcer for Leake Academy sports events. His involvement in sports also mcludes 20 years service as an

on· the radio • East Central Community College begins the 2004 campaign by trav– eling to Northwest Mississippi Community College on Thursday, Sept 2. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on the Senatobia campus. official for high school football , basketball and baseball games. Wooten is a graduate of Missis– sippi State University and East Central Junior College (Class of 1969). He and his wife Yolanda have three daughters, Dana Wilcher of Carthage, DeAnna Russell of Tupelo and Hayley Wooten of Meridian. Melvin and his wife also have three grandsons, Logan, Chandler and Jon Dylan Wilcher. Barham has served the past 10 years as a color analyst for War– rior football games broadcast on WSSI-FM and most recently on WZKR-FM (103.3) in Meridian. He is employed with the Missis– sippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and current– ly holds the rank of master sergeant. He spent 15 years as an educa– tor and coach at schools in Leake and Kemper counties. Barham is a 1972 graduate of

Gilbert Barham (left) of Philadelphia and Melvin Wooten of Carthage serve as the rad1o vd.k:Ps for East Community College football games, which can be heard on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) in Garth: I(

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sissippi. He is married to the former Sheila Coleman of Clarkdale. They have two daughters, Casey, 17 and Codee, 15. The Barhams are members of Madden Baptist Church where Gilbert serves as

Sebastopol Attendance Center. He was a member of the ECCC football team during the 1972 and 1973 seasons 'and graduated in 1974. He later earned a bachelor of science degree in English from the University of Southern Mis-

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