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pecnou and all d rumentsuon reqmred for gr.tding, pa' mb and bridtc hi,.h,,ay pwject~ ... he 'tated. ''Later on°1 wa' responsible for engi– neering detatl<. and authorit) for the ·on the job· admmhtration n~cc~sary' for the !.ati'>factof) completion of a high\\ay coru.tructlon proj.ect and pa) ment for that project, \\ htch ofte~ times was in the million.., of dollar.>. James is an active memher of Crosseate~ Baptist Church in Brand~n. where he is a volunteer in the Bene,olence \1inistry and Outreach Mim~tr). He abo <;ef'l:es a church greeter and \JSitmg home– bound church memben.. He was married for almost 37 \ear<. to the former Elizabeth (Lihb)) Smith of .Meridian. who died m December 200~. He ha'> a 'itep--.on. tephen Hague"ood of Brandon: and two eranddaughte~. Amanda Parter of Clinton and Al>hlee Flynt of Pun i-,: and three great grandchildren. Amanda is married to Selb) Parker and they have two children. Logan and Landon. A-.hlee i-. married to Bobby 1-l)nl and they ha'e a daugh– ter. Ka)ee. ·-

··1 am just one pla)er of m:1l'lY thJl it tal;e~ to make a ucces ful t team. It wa'> Cooch Cla)ton Blounl and m) teanunate" lhJl made thiS honor pc:N,ible.- he stated. -I .am also most grateful to Ketlh Bl:il ~k. \\~o '" a hfelon!! friend and da"mate. tor nommating me to be in..:Judcd in this elite group of athlete,:· James, \\ho came to £a.,t Central followmg a stellar career at Lnion Hleh School and wa<, chosen honor· able mention Ali-ChoctJ\\ Conference, ...aid htghlights duri.ng hh 1\\ o-vear tenure as a Wamor included ~onsecuuve \\IDS over arch– rh al Ea.'t ~ltssissippi (39-0. 13-7) and a 13-7 victory' over a highl) re<>arded H nd~ team on the e Raymond campu He also menaoned pi<~) mg l~r Coach Blount and hh selection as the Warrior~· mo't 'aluable player ru. memorable e-.em of hh EC experi- ence. James i' probabl) one of the h!w pl:l) ers -e-.peci:illy du~ng .that era– '' ho has dl!-.cribed pia) mg tootball a' "fun and enjo)able... "although he admitted that lhe first two "eeks of practice \\ere "the v;orst pan" of the

lit addition to tu mere on the football team. Jame e:ccelled in nca– dem, and \\aS imohed in "~:ariou' campu' acth ttie'. .He "a' a member of Phi Theta Kappa. the intemauonal honor <.OCie– tV for the two-year college: ~erved a'> pre~ident of Alpha Alpha Ep~ilon. '1lle Enginee~··: \\as vtce pre<.t~cnt of the sophomore class: and recetved the mathematiC!'> achie\ement a\\ard. In addition. he ..ervcd as' ice pres– ident of the ~ophomore of the Men's Council: and \ ._., Jllember of the election committee. James wa~ ...elected a sophomore c ,, a\ "nte and recet\ ed the high– e\t honor presented at East Central by being named to the College\ Hall of Fame James. who stated hi" favorite subje~.ts .\ere mathem~tic~ anll chemistrv. said \\hat he hked mo'>t about the EC campus was it" "home– hke am· ~pher~. ... He added. ~It wa-. eas~ 10 make friends here. and pro– fes~ors gladly pro~ided assistance to student<> if a_~o,ked to do so:·