Ole Miss loses beloved junior Thomas Hayes Mayo
Thomas Hayes Mayo, a junior finance major and Oxford local, passed away on Thursday, April 14. He turned 21 years old only 12 days before his tragic death. “We mourn the passing
Ole Miss loses beloved student, Caroline McCollum Simrall Hood
Caroline McCollum Simrall Hood, a senior integrated marketing communications major from Vicksburg, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 11 after a fatal car accident. She was 22 years old. “Caroline was a beloved member
UM mourns life of admired journalism professor
Nancy McKenzie Dupont, a beloved professor, passed away on Dec. 25, 2021. The university community, along with faculty, staff, students and alumni of the School of Journalism and New Media, are mourning
Unita Blackwell, civil rights pillar and first black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86
Unita Blackwell, the sharecropper who later became the first black woman mayor in the state of Mississippi and advised six U.S. presidents, died Monday at age 86. Her son Jeremiah Blackwell Jr.