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50 Winter 2016 The Mississippi Lawyer Bobbie Joe Blair Bobbie Joe Blair 68 of Memphis TN died January 26 2016. A graduate of the University of Memphis School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1989. Charles Gray Burdick Charles Gray Burdick 71 of Hattiesburg died November 9 2015. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admit- ted to practice in 1971. Burdick spent the majority of his legal career serving as a Mississippi State Prosecutor Assistant District Attorney in seven districts. In addition he taught as adjunct pro- fessor for ten years at the University of Southern Mississippi in Criminal Justice. He also developed a new course in the field of Environmental Law. In 1995 he received the Adjunct Faculty Award in Criminal Justice. He was a member of the American Bar Association Mississippi State Prosecutors Association and South Central Mississippi Bar Association SCMBA. Burdick was a guest lecturer for National College of District Attorneys Mississippi Prosecutors Conference Police Academies Justice Judges Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Training Division. He retired in January 2008. E. Harvey Fitzpatrick Jr. E. Harvey Fitzpatrick Jr. 92 of Natchez died November 26 2015. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1950. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church where he taught Sunday school for 40 years served on the administration board and was a lay reader. Fitzpatrick was a member of the Lions Club and Jaycees for many years. He was a former president of Adams County Bar Association and was vice president of Mississippi State Board of Ethics Committee. Fitzpatrick served in the U. S. Army from 1942 to 1945 as a staff sergeant in headquarters detachment 12th Army in the European Theater. James H. Gabriel James H. Gabriel 67 of Madison died February 4 2016. A graduate of Mississippi College School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1981. Gabriel was a member of Alta Woods Baptist Church serving as a deacon choir member Sunday school teacher and church leader. He was a partner at Pyle Mills Dye and Pittman and served as an attorney for the City of Ridgeland. Gabriel served in the U.S. Army Reserves for 27 years retiring as Colonel. He started in the 2nd MTC and ended in the 2nd Brigade 87th Training Division. John T. Jacks John T. Jacks 69 of Madison died January 24 2016. A graduate of Mississippi College School of Law he was admit- ted to practice in 1973. He served in the Army National Guard for several years. In 1973 he began a nine year private prac- tice in which he was solo and then partnered with others in a firm. From 1979-1982 Jacks held the position of Managing Attorney for the Southwest Legal Services office in Natchez MS. In 1982 he became the newest staff attorney and writer for the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. He was promoted to Senior Attorney in 1995. In 2012 Jacks was appointed an Administrative Law Judge in the agency and would remain in that position until his retirement in September. Walter Rayford Jones Walter Rayford Jones 84 of Gulfport died September 18 2015. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admit- ted to practice in 1958. He volunteered for the US Navy in 1951 serving four years on the USS Yorktown. He served as County ProsecutingAttorney for Neshoba CountyYouth Court Counselor for Neshoba County Attorney for the Board of Supervisors of Neshoba County and City Attorney for Gulfport. He served as Special Chancery Court Judge for Neshoba Winston and Attala Counties by appointment from Governor Paul B. Johnson. He was also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Rayford also earned a Mississippi Real Estate Brokers license. Deborah Mary Kazal Deborah Mary Kazal 63 of Pascagoula died May 4 2015. A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law she was admitted to practice in 2008. Kazal had been a professor of economics at Arizona State University as well as the University of Texas at Austin. She was currently a teacher at Resurrection Catholic High School. Alfred E. Moreton III Alfred E. Moreton III 81 of Oxford died January 18 2016. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admitted to practice in 1961. Moreton served in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956 as a quartermasters mate on the U.S.S. Hawk AMS-17. He was the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi from 1962 to 1963 and 1969 to 2004. He attended Oxford-University United Methodist Church. Peggy C. Newton Peggy C. Newton 71 of Madison died November 30 2015. A graduate of Mississippi College School of Law she was admit- ted to practice in 1988. Newton worked as a pediatric nurse and then taught pediatric nursing at the Mississippi State College for Woman for several years. She then moved to Jackson to work as Associate Director for Higher Education. Beginning in 2003 she served as a federal prosecutor with the United States Attorneys Office. In 2008 she retired. She was a communicant of St. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral serving as a Eucharistic Minister and on the Altar Guild. Peggy was also very active in Cursillo and served on many weekend staffs. Samuel E. Scott Samuel E. Scott 78 of Hazlehurst died November 21 2015. A graduate of the University of MS School of Law he was admit- ted to practice in 1961. He practiced law for over 50 years and taught at the graduate level at both the University of Mississippi and Jackson State University. He was a member of the Methodist Church the Fellowship of St. John the Devine and the Boston Club of New Orleans. IN MEMORIAM