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Dr Robert Samuel “Brown, Bob, Rabbit, Poppie” Brown

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Dr Robert Samuel “Brown, Bob, Rabbit, Poppie” Brown

Birth
Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA
Death
19 Dec 1985 (aged 78)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Utica, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.1065667, Longitude: -90.6212058
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Began schooling in Lauderdale Consolidated School in 1914 & graduated in 1926. Outstanding member of the 4-H Club, lettered in track, basketball & baseball, competed in 2 state track meets & placed. After high school graduation, attended Mississippi A & M (MSU) where he received a Bachelor's in Vocational Agriculture in 1930. Taught Vocational Agriculture at Utica High School from 1930-35, where he met Laura Dudley. Worked as assistant to the county agent of Pearl River, Stone & Hancock Counties. Taught Vocational Agriculture in Morgan City, Mississippi. Returned to Utica High in 1938 & taught there until 1944 when he was appointed by Gov. Thomas L. Bailey as Superintendent of the Mississippi School for the Deaf under a provision enacted by the 1944 Legislature. wrote a book, "History of the Deaf in Mississippi, 1854-1974"

Contributor:

Rob Mobley - [email protected]
Began schooling in Lauderdale Consolidated School in 1914 & graduated in 1926. Outstanding member of the 4-H Club, lettered in track, basketball & baseball, competed in 2 state track meets & placed. After high school graduation, attended Mississippi A & M (MSU) where he received a Bachelor's in Vocational Agriculture in 1930. Taught Vocational Agriculture at Utica High School from 1930-35, where he met Laura Dudley. Worked as assistant to the county agent of Pearl River, Stone & Hancock Counties. Taught Vocational Agriculture in Morgan City, Mississippi. Returned to Utica High in 1938 & taught there until 1944 when he was appointed by Gov. Thomas L. Bailey as Superintendent of the Mississippi School for the Deaf under a provision enacted by the 1944 Legislature. wrote a book, "History of the Deaf in Mississippi, 1854-1974"

Contributor:

Rob Mobley - [email protected]


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