Melton McMorris, Sr.

  • B.S. from Jackson State University 
  • M.S. from Utah State University 
  • Lincoln County Schools -  teacher, basketball and baseball coach 
  • First African American to serve on Lincoln County Genealogy and Historical Society Committee 
  • WW II  Victory Medal 
  • President of Local American Red Cross
  • President of local branch of NAACP 
  • Deacon at New Zion Union M.B. Church in Bogue Chitto 
  • Married Mary Frances McMorris -  9 children, 21 grandchildren, 27 great- grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild
  • Died 2013
Melton McMorris, Sr.