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The Mississippi Lawyer Spring 2015 61 Martin T. Smith Martin T. Smith 80 of Poplarville died February 26 2015. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1958. Smith served as the attorney for the PRCC Board of Trustees for approximately 30 years beginning in the mid-1960s. Smith served as the first chairman of the PRCC Development Foundation. He was recognized as Poplarvilles Citizen of the Year and was named PRCC Alumnus of the Year in 1983. He also served in the state Senate for 20 years with the last eight years as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He also served as attorney for the City of Poplarville for the past 24 years. In 1958 he opened a general law practice in Poplarville. He represented Pearl River County and surrounding areas in the Mississippi Senate from 1968 to 1988 and served as the first administrative director of the Administrative Office of Courts from 1993 to 1997. He then returned to Poplarville and again served as attorney for the Board of Trustees of Pearl River Community College and then as City Attorney for the City of Poplarville a position he had also previ- ously held both which he held at the time of his death. He was a past recipient of the Bars Distinguished Service Award and of the Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justices Award. He was also a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He was President of First State Savings Loan Association and served as Chairman of its Pearl River County Division Advisory Board. Smith was a Past President of the North Pearl River Chamber of Commerce. He was the first Chairman of the Poplarville-Pearl River County Airport Board. He was also the first Chairman of the Pearl River Community College Development Foundation. He was a long- time member of the Rotary Club of Poplarville and was an active member and past Chairman of its Administrative Board of the First United Methodist Church of Poplarville. William H. Stubblefield William H. Stubblefield 65 of Oxford died April 27 2015. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1979. Stubblefield served in the U.S. Navy from 1971-1975 where he reached the rank of Lieutenant and served two deployments in the Far East including service in Vietnam. In 1979 he joined Holcomb Law Offices in Clarksdale. He moved to Memphis TN and had a long career with Dunavant Enterprises where he started as General Counselor in 1983 and retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2010. E. Russell Turner E. Russell Turner 47 of Jackson died April 4 2015. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1994. He was a recipient of the E. Kerby Bowling Award in Labor Law. He was associated with Bryan Nelson PLLC in Pascagoula Phelps Dunbar in Jackson and Balch Bingham LLP in Jackson. Turner was Chairman of the Bars Labor Employment Section 2004-2005 Governmental Affairs Director for the Mississippi Society for Human Resource Management 2012-present Chief lobbyist for 1300 members of Mississippi SHRM and Co-Author Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements in Mississippi. He was a presenter at numerous seminars on labor and employment related topics. Edmund J. Walker Edmund J. Walker 72 of DIberville died October 22 2014. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1966. John A. Williams John A. Williams 52 of Salt Lake City UT died September 16 2014. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1990. He served as a missionary for 2 years in Cali Colombia. Lampton ONeal Williams Lampton ONeal Williams 96 of Poplarville died April 14 2015. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1942. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve and served during World War II. After his military service he began practicing law with his father in Poplarville. Williams served as a Commissioner of the Bar in 1947-1948 and 1975-1976. He was a member of the American Bar Association Pearl River County Bar Association Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association and Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association. He was named Citizen of the Year for 1967 by the Chamber of Commerce. He was an active member of the Poplarville First United Methodist Church. Williams was also involved in the mission of Brothers Keepers. Michael Paul Younger Michael Paul Younger 61 of Brandon died February 9 2015. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1979. He twice served as president of the Bulldog Club and was on the executive board for many years. He practiced law for 36 years. He served as the Brandon Municipal Judge for 31 years. Younger taught Sunday school at the First Methodist Church for 18 years. IN MEMORIAM