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52 Summer 2015 The Mississippi Lawyer Kendrick Raytron Kennedy Kendrick Raytron Kennedy 43 of Biloxi died June 18 2015. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admit- ted to practice in 2011. Kennedy worked with Conway Associates of Gulfport. He served as President of the Gulf Coast Chapter and board member for The National Federation of the Blind of MS. Lawrence M. Magdovitz Sr. Lawrence M. Magdovitz Sr. 77 of Clarksdale died May 24 2015. A graduate of Vanderbilt Law School he was admitted to practice in 1961. He opened up the Law Offices of Lawrence Magdovitz in 1962 at the Stephens Building. His law practice spanned 52 years. He was also a residential contractor and real estate broker. In 1980 he bought a small commercial building leased to the United States Postal Service in Dundee. After this first purchase he acquired more post offices and even started building several in rural Mississippi including Ashland and Lake Cormorant. By 2002 he had amassed a portfolio of several hun- dred post offices. He then managed to become the largest single owner of post offices buildings in the United States second only to the United States Postal Service itself. In 1980 Magdovitz moved his family to Germantown TN while still working in Clarksdale. He gave to various charities including the Boy Scouts and the Institute for Southern Jewish Life. James Frank McKenzie James Frank McKenzie 84 of Hattiesburg died July 17 2015. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admit- ted to practice in 1958. He served in the United States Navy from 1951-52. Upon graduation he joined a law firm in Hattiesburg where he engaged in the active practice of law until his retirement on Dec. 31 2000. McKenzie served as president of the South Central Bar Association a commissioner of the Mississippi Board of Bar Commissioners president of the Hattiesburg Kiwanis Club director of the Hattiesburg Arts Council board member of the HattiesburgForrest County Public Library and the Court of Honor for the Emmett Lee Irwin Province Kappa Alpha Order. He was also a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity the Hattiesburg Civic Association and served as King Zeus LXI for the Mystic Krewe of Zeus in 1981. McKenzie remained active in the U.S. Naval Reserve until his retirement on July 1 1970 at which time he had attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He currently served as an Advisory Board Member for BancorpSouth a member of the Board of Directors of Forrest General Healthcare Foundation commissioner of Forrest County Industrial Park Commission and member of the USM Foundation Honor Club. Jimmy was member of the Advisory Board for the Southern Mississippi Partners for the Arts and served as chair for the organization in 2003-04. Philip Mansour Philip Mansour 95 of Greenville died June 23 2015. A gradu- ate of Tulane University Law School he was admitted to practice in 1948. Mansour entered the US Army and served overseas in Italy during WWII earning the Purple Heart. He was honorably discharged in 1944. He opened his practice in Greenville in 1950. He was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1986. He served as President of the Washington County Bar Association. He served on a number of Federal Judiciary Committees and Panels. James T. Metz James T. Metz 66 of Ridgeland died April 3 2015. A graduate of Mississippi College School of Law he was admitted to prac- tice in 1978. Metz worked in the petroleum industry for a num- ber of years for Shell Oil Company. He later served as an Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Mississippi Transportation Legal Division under Mike Moore and later as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Litigation Section for a total of seven years. After leaving the Attorney Generals office Metz was in private practice as a partner in Purdie Metz PLLC in Ridgeland. Metz served in the Special Forces in Vietnam with a United States Marine Corp Force Recon team earning a Bronze Star for valor and three Purple Hearts. Cecil M. Mitchell Cecil M. Mitchell 89 of Madison died July 14 2015. A gradu- ate of Mississippi College School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1952. He served for a brief time in the Army. An active member of Alta Woods Baptist church he served as deacon on various committees and taught mens Sunday school classes. Oliver Marvin Oates Jr. Oliver Marvin Oates Jr. 86 of Bay Springs died August 17 2015. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1956. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Air Force in 1952. Oatess legal career included serving as Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney before returning to private practice. He was the attorney for the Jasper County Board of Supervisors during which time both Bay Springs and Heidelberg Industrial Parks were established. In the late 1970s Oates helped establish the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association he was elected president in 1978. He was both Member and President of the local Rotary Club and the Bay Springs Chamber of Commerce President of the Southeast Industrial Council and Member and President of Bienville Recreational District. Oates served as President of the Bay Springs Cemetery Association for many years. He was a member of Bay Springs Baptist Church since 1942. Oates served as a Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent Member and President of the Board of Deacons and Member of the Lay Renewal Team. He was also a choir member. He joined The IN MEMORIAM