Lillie B. Ayers – The Mississippi Link

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AP analysis: Former State Rep. Mack McInnis of Lucedale among Mississippi 2013 deaths

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — State Rep. Mack McInnis helped 1994 become one of the worst years for Mississippi inmates. McInnis, who died in April at age 79, wanted inmates to wear stripes. How he said […]

Lillie Ayers, key figure in historic lawsuit, dies at 85

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Lillie B. Ayers, who became the lead plaintiff in Mississippi’s college desegregation lawsuit after the death of her husband, Jake Ayers, died Sunday at her home in Glen Allan in Washington County. She was 85.

Henry Ayers, Lillie Ayers’ son, said his mother died of complications from bone cancer.

Funeral services are pending. […]