In Memoriam May 2008
Terry McKay Seale, of Cleveland, on March 10.
Edward Gail Futey (attended), of Greenville, on March 26, 2008
Helen Elizabeth Beckham ’41, of Jackson, on March 28.
Jo Ellen Lambert Ferguson (former employee), of Ruleville, on March 28.
Molly Ann Bates (student), of Jacksonville, FL, on March 29.
Charles P. House (friend), of Cleveland, on April 1.
Annie Laurie County Edgar ’39, of Jackson, on April 1.
Hazel Hicks Sanders (friend), of Cleveland, on April 5.
Cole Pratt ‘53, affable owner of Cole Pratt Comtemporary Art Gallery on Magazine Street, died Saturday at Touro Infirmary as a result of a heart attack April 13. Born in Greenwood, Miss., Mr. Pratt was a lifelong art lover. His mother, Rita Pratt, recalled that "when he first picked up a pencil, he started to draw." Though Mr. Pratt studied studio arts at Delta State University, he never considered himself talented. He once jokingly told his longtime companion, Roy Malone, that after five years the university agreed to "give him a degree if he promised not to paint." Pratt was one of the first art galleries to reopen after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Mr. Pratt sold a painting to a collector on Oct. 8, while there were still National Guard patrols in the streets. He was among the first to recognize the unexpected art-buying boom that followed the storm, making 2006 his best-selling year.
Doris Woods-Askew (attended), of Cleveland, on April 16.
James Talbot Sartain (former employee), of Ruleville, on April 18.
Courtney Hugh Best Ballard (attended), Formerly of Cleveland, on April 20.
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