Guy FELTENSTEIN

Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS)
7 January 2009

Services for Mr. Guy B. Feltenstein will be held Thursday, January 8, 2009, at 1 pm at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Dr. Tom Sikes will be officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday from 11 am to 1 pm at the funeral home.  Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers will be Bill Hammack, Kinnie Ford, Garry Lawyer, Charlie Ray, Scott Bailey, Spike Watts, Kent Darsey, J. W. Jones, Maurice Hall, and Clifton Brown.
Mr. Feltenstein began working for his community as a young man and served as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society. While a volunteer, he served as board member for several years and President as well. He was involved in fundraisers which included helping in the development of the "Pig in the Park" Event held every July 4th that was a major fundraiser. He worked as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America and the American Red Cross serving as a board member and again worked on successful fundraisers. He was lifetime member of the North Meridian Optimist Club, and while serving as President, he was instrumental in the development of the Phil Hardin Baseball Complex. Guy worked tirelessly as a supporter of Lamar School and served several years as President of the Lamar Booster Club developing fundraisers for the sports program at Lamar. He especially enjoyed spending time with the students, and win or lose, he was always proud of each and every one of them.
Professionally, Mr. Feltenstein served as Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Division of the Miss. Department of Agriculture & Commerce. While with MDAC, he worked to establish the Miss Fruit & Vegetable Assn. and the Miss. Muscadine Assn., serving on both associations' board of directors for many years. He was devoted to developing alternative crops for Mississippi farmers and helping assure their success. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Miss. Organic Certification Program. He also worked to establish the Deep South Fruit & Vegetable Growers Conference held annually to bring new ideas and new markets to farmers. The conference grew from a small one day meeting to a three day event with over 500 in attendance from six southern states.
He was loved by his family and friends and will be remembered for his kind, considerate ways, his hospitality, and most of all, for his wonderful sense of humor. In the worst of times, he could always bring a smile to someone's face.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ned and Eugenia Feltenstein and his grandparents, Ned Arnold Feltenstein, Rebecca Meyer Feltenstein, and Rosa Mae Hardee.
He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Cathy Feltenstein; his daughter, Genie Feltenstein her fiance', Bill Autry, both of Meridian; his son and daughter-in-law, Brad and Meghan Feltenstein of Oxford; and the joy of his life, his granddaughter, Liza Kimbrell Feltenstein of Oxford. He is also survived by his sister, Elizabeth Akers and her husband, Mickey and his brother, Arnold Feltenstein and his wife, Casey, all of Tupelo, brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws, Marcia and Harvey Shirley, Reid and Alison Kimbrell, by his special cousins, Tom and Barbara Hardee of Monroe, LA; and several nieces and nephews all whom he dearly loved.

Memorials to Lamar School Teacher Endowment Fund, 544 Lindley Road, Meridian, MS, or First Christian Church, 1301 23rd Ave, Meridian, MS 39301.

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