Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Dean Parker Pounders

Services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Hulett-Winstead Chapel for Mrs. Dean Parker Pounders, 82, of Hattiesburg.

She passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011 at her residence.

Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.

Mrs. Pounders formerly served as Assistant Dean of Women for Jones County Junior College and also served as secretary for the Departments of Agriculture at the Universities of Auburn & Tennessee. She enjoyed world travel, literature, and golf. She was one of the founding members of the Louisiana River Roads Recipe Book Society and a member of the Church of Christ in Baton Rouge, LA. She is survived by her husband, Gorman Steele Pounders of Hattiesburg; three sons, Mickey Pounders of Baton Rouge, LA, Jeffrey Pounders of Gulfport, MS and Neal Pounders of Sumrall, MS; and five grandchildren.

Visitation will begin at 12:00 noon Friday at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg, MS.