Mason Sumpter Camp, retired aeronautical engineer and pioneer aviator, died Monday, August 6, at Oktibbeha County Hospital. He was 81. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mr. Camp trained with Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh. He celebrated 50 years in aviation in May 1976 and was a well-known pilot in the Starkville, MS area. He was involved in starting the aeronautical engineering program at Mississippi State University.
He was owner and operator of Oktibbeha (Camp) Airport and was a member of the Exchange Club and the Aviation Pioneer Club. He belonged to the First United Methodist Church.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth B. Camp; a daughter, Mrs. Pat Harkins of Dothan, AL; a son, Terry Camp of Starkville, MS; two sisters, Mrs. Frederick Herzer of Starkville and Mrs. Flota Carrington of Gulfport and five grandchildren.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Wednesday, August 8, 1984
Mason Sumpter Camp, retired aeronautical engineer and pioneer aviator, died Monday, August 6, at Oktibbeha County Hospital. He was 81. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mr. Camp trained with Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh. He celebrated 50 years in aviation in May 1976 and was a well-known pilot in the Starkville, MS area. He was involved in starting the aeronautical engineering program at Mississippi State University.
He was owner and operator of Oktibbeha (Camp) Airport and was a member of the Exchange Club and the Aviation Pioneer Club. He belonged to the First United Methodist Church.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth B. Camp; a daughter, Mrs. Pat Harkins of Dothan, AL; a son, Terry Camp of Starkville, MS; two sisters, Mrs. Frederick Herzer of Starkville and Mrs. Flota Carrington of Gulfport and five grandchildren.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Wednesday, August 8, 1984
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