Biography:

Historian; University professor. Born– December 9, 1930, Echola. Parents– A. M. and Ovella Clara (Sherrill) Cash. Married– Mary Lou West, December 26, 1952. Children– Two. Education– Mississippi State University, B.A., 1953, M.A., 1957; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1973. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1959-1960; Alabama College (University of Montevallo), 1960-1962; Delta State University, 1962-95.  Chairman of Department of History at Delta State, 1969-93. Served as a member of the Mississippi ETV board for nine years; president of the Bolivar County and the Mississippi Historical Societies. Editor of the Journal of Bolivar County Historical Society; contributed book reviews to other periodicals. Teacher of the Year at Delta State. Awarded professor emeritus status upon his retirement.  Died December 21, 2004.

Source:

William McKinley Cash, Cleveland, Miss.; obituary

Joint_Editor:

My Dear Nellie. Oxford, Miss.; University of Mississippi Press, 1977.

Contributor:

History of Rosedale, Mississippi, 1876-1976. Spartanburg, S.C.; Reprint Co., 1976.