Funeral services for James Neilson McConnell, retired chief of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission's oyster and water bottoms division, will be conducted at 10:00 am Saturday at the Riemann Funeral Home, Bay St. Louis, MS.
Interment will be in the Waveland Cemetery.
Mr McConnell, 71, was stricken Thursday night at his home in Waveland and pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
A civil engineer, Mr. McConnell was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Head of the oyster and water bottoms division from 1926 to 1962, he was instrumental in development of the Louisiana oyster industry working against industrial encroachment and pollution of bedding grounds. He also directed biological studies aimed at preventing parasites and diseases in oyster beds.
Mr. McConnell was and organizer and former chairman of the Gulf States Marines Fisheries Commission. He was a member of the Oyster Institute of North America, the National Shell Fisheries Association and the Louisiana Oyster Growers and Dealers Association.
A native of New Orleans, he entered the construction field following his graduation from high school. He worked on road construction here and in Central America.
In 1917, he entered the service and later served as an intelligence officer with a heavy artillery unit in the Argonne section of France.
he was later named assistant city engineer in Monroe, where he remained until 1926 when he became acting director of the oyster and water bottoms division of the Louisiana Conservation Department.
He was named director that same year after passing and examination as a land surveyor.
Preceded in death his parents:
James Alexander McConnell (1866 - 1934)
Elizabeth Yonge Logan McConnell (1872 - 1941)
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Pauline Hammond McConnell of Waveland; son, James Logan McConnell of New Orleans; daughter, Mrs Pauline (June) O'Gwin of Morgan city; two brother, Samuel Logan McConnell of Waveland and Richard McConnell of New Orleans.
Interment will be in the Waveland Cemetery.
Mr McConnell, 71, was stricken Thursday night at his home in Waveland and pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
A civil engineer, Mr. McConnell was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Head of the oyster and water bottoms division from 1926 to 1962, he was instrumental in development of the Louisiana oyster industry working against industrial encroachment and pollution of bedding grounds. He also directed biological studies aimed at preventing parasites and diseases in oyster beds.
Mr. McConnell was and organizer and former chairman of the Gulf States Marines Fisheries Commission. He was a member of the Oyster Institute of North America, the National Shell Fisheries Association and the Louisiana Oyster Growers and Dealers Association.
A native of New Orleans, he entered the construction field following his graduation from high school. He worked on road construction here and in Central America.
In 1917, he entered the service and later served as an intelligence officer with a heavy artillery unit in the Argonne section of France.
he was later named assistant city engineer in Monroe, where he remained until 1926 when he became acting director of the oyster and water bottoms division of the Louisiana Conservation Department.
He was named director that same year after passing and examination as a land surveyor.
Preceded in death his parents:
James Alexander McConnell (1866 - 1934)
Elizabeth Yonge Logan McConnell (1872 - 1941)
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Pauline Hammond McConnell of Waveland; son, James Logan McConnell of New Orleans; daughter, Mrs Pauline (June) O'Gwin of Morgan city; two brother, Samuel Logan McConnell of Waveland and Richard McConnell of New Orleans.
Funeral services for James Neilson McConnell, retired chief of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission's oyster and water bottoms division, will be conducted at 10:00 am Saturday at the Riemann Funeral Home, Bay St. Louis, MS.
Interment will be in the Waveland Cemetery.
Mr McConnell, 71, was stricken Thursday night at his home in Waveland and pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
A civil engineer, Mr. McConnell was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Head of the oyster and water bottoms division from 1926 to 1962, he was instrumental in development of the Louisiana oyster industry working against industrial encroachment and pollution of bedding grounds. He also directed biological studies aimed at preventing parasites and diseases in oyster beds.
Mr. McConnell was and organizer and former chairman of the Gulf States Marines Fisheries Commission. He was a member of the Oyster Institute of North America, the National Shell Fisheries Association and the Louisiana Oyster Growers and Dealers Association.
A native of New Orleans, he entered the construction field following his graduation from high school. He worked on road construction here and in Central America.
In 1917, he entered the service and later served as an intelligence officer with a heavy artillery unit in the Argonne section of France.
he was later named assistant city engineer in Monroe, where he remained until 1926 when he became acting director of the oyster and water bottoms division of the Louisiana Conservation Department.
He was named director that same year after passing and examination as a land surveyor.
Preceded in death his parents:
James Alexander McConnell (1866 - 1934)
Elizabeth Yonge Logan McConnell (1872 - 1941)
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Pauline Hammond McConnell of Waveland; son, James Logan McConnell of New Orleans; daughter, Mrs Pauline (June) O'Gwin of Morgan city; two brother, Samuel Logan McConnell of Waveland and Richard McConnell of New Orleans.
Interment will be in the Waveland Cemetery.
Mr McConnell, 71, was stricken Thursday night at his home in Waveland and pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
A civil engineer, Mr. McConnell was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Head of the oyster and water bottoms division from 1926 to 1962, he was instrumental in development of the Louisiana oyster industry working against industrial encroachment and pollution of bedding grounds. He also directed biological studies aimed at preventing parasites and diseases in oyster beds.
Mr. McConnell was and organizer and former chairman of the Gulf States Marines Fisheries Commission. He was a member of the Oyster Institute of North America, the National Shell Fisheries Association and the Louisiana Oyster Growers and Dealers Association.
A native of New Orleans, he entered the construction field following his graduation from high school. He worked on road construction here and in Central America.
In 1917, he entered the service and later served as an intelligence officer with a heavy artillery unit in the Argonne section of France.
he was later named assistant city engineer in Monroe, where he remained until 1926 when he became acting director of the oyster and water bottoms division of the Louisiana Conservation Department.
He was named director that same year after passing and examination as a land surveyor.
Preceded in death his parents:
James Alexander McConnell (1866 - 1934)
Elizabeth Yonge Logan McConnell (1872 - 1941)
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Pauline Hammond McConnell of Waveland; son, James Logan McConnell of New Orleans; daughter, Mrs Pauline (June) O'Gwin of Morgan city; two brother, Samuel Logan McConnell of Waveland and Richard McConnell of New Orleans.
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