Dear Ackerman Alumni,

I write today to inform you that Mrs. Ethel Brunt, one of our beloved former teachers at Ackerman High School, has passed away. Mrs. Brunt taught bookkeeping, shorthand and typing at Ackerman High School from 1962 until 1993.

Mrs. Brunt's daughter, Julie Cunningham, told me last night that her mother had so enjoyed the many emails and cards you sent her in response to the last Ackerman e-letter. Julie said she printed out each email and read them to her Mom.

Please keep Julie (AHS '76), Danny (AHS '69) and Derry (AHS '69) in your prayers.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ackerman High School Library, 280 E. Main Street, Ackerman, MS. 39735, or the Ackerman First United Methodist Church, 125 N. Commerce Street, Ackerman, MS. 39735.

Best Regards,

Casey M. "Buddy" Smith, Jr., Secretary
Ackerman School Reunion
AHS Class of 1969

Ethel Rone Brunt
Obituary, The Clarion-Ledger 

Ethel Rone Brunt, 76, died Thursday, July 4, 2002, at her home in Louisville, Mississippi. Services are Saturday, July 6, at 10 a.m. at Ackerman First United Methodist Church with burial following in the Tabernacle Cemetery in Ethel, MS.

Mrs. Brunt was born June 30, 1926, in Ethel, Mississippi. She was a graduate of Ethel High School and Mississippi University for Women (MSCW). She taught school for 34 years, in Mendenhall, McAdams, and Ackerman, Mississippi. Mrs. Brunt was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Ackerman.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Rone of Ethel.

She is survived by her children: Danny Brunt of Vaughan, Derry Brunt of Grenada, and Julie Cunningham of Louisville; Brothers: Joe Rone of Ethel, Harold Rone of Starkville; Sister: Ruby Fountain of Forest; and her five grandchildren: Scott, Lauren, Katie, Emily, and Philip.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ackerman High School Library, 280 E. Main Street, Ackerman, MS. 39735, or the Ackerman First United Methodist Church, 125 N. Commerce Street, Ackerman, MS. 39735.