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Ronnie Walters

Apparently,I am one of almost no one who has lived in Laurel their whole life.
I graduated from Mississippi State University (where I roomed at various times with Bill Weems, Spencer Morris, and, mostly with Rudy Walters) with a degree in mathematics. I also have a Masters and an Ed Specialists degree from a fairly large university south of Laurel.
I am married to Sharon Lightsey of Class of 1967. Son Scott is 41. He graduated from Laurel and Mississippi State. He worked for ten years as a sportswriter for three newspapers and is now an administrative assistant to the Athletic Director at Mississippi State. Daughter Lorraine graduated from Northeast Jones and Mississippi State University (where she was Miss Mississippi State) and law school at a large university northwest of Laurel. She is a lawyer in Jackson and lives in Madison. She is married to Smith Boykin who is also a lawyer.
Sharon graduated from U of SM with degree in mathematics and Masters from William Carey. She taught Math at Northeast Jones for 36 years and is retired. I taught math in the Laurel System for 15 years, Northeast Jones (where I coached tennis and soccer) for 23 years and Sylva-Bay Academy for 3 years and am retired. I also officiated football and basketball for 3 decades.
All of this is prologue to the most important: granddaughter Ella (closing in on 6) at Jackson Academy and granddaughter Mary Laurel (closing in on 4 on my birthday) soon to be at Jackson Academy. They are the children of Lorraine.
We mostly spend our time traveling, going to State for ball games, or babysitting the girls.

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