Louis Hutchens Stubblefield, 86, a civic leader of Tallahatchie County, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, at his home in the Springhill community. Funeral services were Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 11 a.m., at St. John Catholic Church in Charleston, where he was a communicant, with the Rev. Peter Machesky officiating. A special prayer was offered by the Rev. J.C. Cox of Springhill Baptist Church, a friend and neighbor. Newsom Funeral Home was in charge. Mr. Stubblefield was a native of Yazoo County, where he finished agricultural high school at Benton. After graduating from Mississippi State A&M (now Mississippi State University) with a degree in entomology in the School of Agriculture, he did master work in livestock production and animal genetics at Oklahoma State University. Later he attended livestock judging school at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. In 1935 he was one of the first Agricultural Adjustment Administration employees hired by the United States Department of Agriculture. From 1935 to 1943, he served as assistant county agent in Grenada and Tallahatchie counties, being in charge of 4-H activities. For 27 years he was agricultural agent for Illinois Central Railroad, working in livestock production and developmental work with beef and dairy cattle, sheep and swine. After his retirement from the Illinois Central Railroad, Mr. Stubblefield joined the Mississippi State Department of Agriculture under the direction of Jim Buck Ross until 1973. He was a director of the Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association, where he served as chairman of the board; director of the Tallahatchie County Farm Bureau, serving as vice president at one time; and served two terms as state director of the Farmers Home Administration. Mr. Stubblefield was a lifetime member of the State 4-H Club Council, a lifetime member of the Mississippi State University Alumni Association, and a member of the National Abrcdecn Angus Association. He served as a trustee of the East Tallahatchie School District, was a director of the Tallahatchie County Fair Association and served as Eucharistic minister and treasurer of St John Catholic Church. A former member of the Clarksdale chapter of the Knights of Columbus, Mr. Stubblefield was a charter member of the Grenada Lions Club.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ethel Gresham Stubblefield; a daughter, Ann Berch of Hazelhurst; two grandsons and three great-grandchildren. Serving as active pallbearers were Bob Berch, Bruce Lightsey, Louis Lightsey, Dick Homan, Arthur (Bill) Gresham, Mike Cal-, lender, John Marlin Murphry and Martin Stubblefield. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association Board and members of the Illinois Central Railroad Agricultural Department.

The Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Charleston, Mississippi
02 Dec 1993, Thu • Page 1