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Hall of Fame ceremonies
Hall of Fame ceremonies at the 132nd Annual Convention of the Mississippi Press Association were saddened Friday evening as one of the inductees, Dr. F. Frank Buckley of Brandon was taken ill.
Ellis C. Cuevas of Bay St. Louis and Buckley wert; inducted into the Mississippi Press Association?s (MPA) Hall of Fame Friday night in Biloxi at the association?s President?s Banquet,.
Dr. Buckley, 83, owner of Buckley Newspapers, which include the Jasper County News, Smith County Reformer, Impact of Hattiesburg and Impact of Laurel, suffered back pains during presentation of the honor and was transported to Biloxi Regional Medical Center. He died at approximately 3 a.m. Saturday morning following surgery.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be handled by Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon.
Cuevas and Dr. Buckley have joined the ranks of distinguished newspaper professionals who have been inducted into ithe MPA?s Hall of Fame.
\ ?I am very much grieved with Ithe sudden loss of Dr. Buckley,? isaid Cuevas, ?My wife and I 'were with him eariler that ievening. Jane and I had long a jconversation with him. He was 'in good spirits and was excited
?	about this honor.? j ?Myself and the entire news-ipaper family of Mississippi are igrateful for the many, many jpeople he helped get started in ithe newspaper industry here. jMany have said today, that Dr. [Buckley was with his friends land his family, the people he icared for the most.?
I	Cuevas is the editor and publisher of The Sea Coast Echo, rExecutive Vice-President of ?Bay St. Louis Newspapers, Inc. jand President of The Stone iCounty Enterpirse, Inc. Cue-|vas? no^spaper career extends ?over a 4 l^earpenod at The Sea :CoastlEcho"fte^Carted in June, |1957, doing advertising com-iposition, darkroom, pressroom land circulation work. In Decem-jber, 1957, he moved into advertising sales and in 1964 was jnamed advertising manager. jCuevas was named general .manager in July of 1968, in addition to his duties as advertising manager. In May, 1977, :Cuevas became editor and publisher of The Sea Coast Echo.
| Cuevas, was born in Bay St. |Louis and is a native of Wave-land. His family have been residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast for over 200 years.
i	He is the son of the late jRobert E. Cuevas and Magdalena Seither Cuevas.
; He is the eldest of four sons. Jiis brothers are, Clemence A. puevas of Fayetteville, North jCarolina; Raymond A. Cuevas pnd Felton J. Cuevas, both of NVaveland.
i	He attended St. Stanislaus Free Day School (Rip University) for eight years and is a p.953 graduate of St. Stanislaus College Prep in Bay St. Louis. : He worked for Waveland Lumber Company and Hubbard?s Hardware from 1949 to ?1954 after school and summers pnd after graduation for Another year.
Cuevas served three years in U.S. Army, 1954-57. He was assigned to the National Security Agency in communications.
He is married to the former Lillian Jane Taconi, of Bay St. Louis for the past 35 years.
Cuevas has received numerous awards of appreciation from many community and veterans organizations. This includes being named the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce?s 1991 Outstanding Citizen of the Year.
Over the years of his newspaper career, Cuevas has been honored with various awards from the Mississippi Press Association for editorials, news stories, feature stories and photographs.
Cuevas' professional, civic and community involvement includes, having served on the MPA?s board of governors;
?He is a Main Street United Methodist Church trustee, building committee member, adult Sunday school teacher, nominations and personnel and board member, past president Methodist Men?s Club, Administrative Board chairman 1990-91-92, past usher chairman, 18 years.
?Chamber of Commerce president 1995; chamber board member for the past 21 years; beautification committee chairman, 16 years; building committee member in addition to serving on other committees.
?Hancock Medical Center?s Foundation, president. 7
?National Newspaper Association, member.
?American Legion Post No. 139, Bay St. Louis, served on the membership committee for the past 18 years and had served as judge advocate and on the executive committee for 16 years.
?Rotary Club of Bay St. Louis, past president; Paul Harris Fellow, served many times as a board of director.
?Rotary Club of Diamond-head, helped form the club as a District Governor?s representative in 1990 and received Distinguished Service Award,
1992.
?United Way of Hancock County, served several years as president, vice-president, treasurer and board of director over ?'&'?25-yeaf period; co-campaign chairman in 1978. Received the 1995 UW Norton Haas Sr. - May Hogun Beyer awardv
?United Way of South Mississippi, four-year steering committee member who helped form the three-county organization, former board member for six years and Hancock UW Area Operating Committee for several years.
?Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), chairman of Advisory Council for over 8 years and member for over 20 years.
?Hancock County Health Council member.
?Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi, Inc., past board member for 6 years.
?	Hancock County Emergency Relief, former advisory council member.
?Hancock County Doll & Toy Fund, former advisory council member.
?Hancock County Community Services Planning Council, member.
Ellis C. Cuevas
?During my newspaper career, I have been blessed with many friends; some since the beginning, others along the way and some for only a brief period, and I cherish each and every friendship.?
Taken from Cuevas? speech 1998 MPA Convention
?Mississippi Extension Service, steering committee member and also National ?Making the Grade,? a National Report Card on six problem areas of youth.
?Hancock County Sand Beach Advisory Committee, vice-chairman.
?Hancock Community Task Force on Youth, helped form the organization, former vice-chairman.
?Emily deMontluzin Foreign Language Scholarship fund, president.
?Mississippi Gulf Coast Advertising Club, past president and co-organizer.
?Diamondhead Business & Professional Association, member.
?Hancock County Gaming
&	Tourism Association, past member.
?Bay-Wave land-Hancock County Civil Defense Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and Emergency Planning Committee, member.
?Friends of the Gulf Coast (formerly the Mississippi Marine Trash Task Force), longtime member representing county.
?GE Plastics Bay St. Louis Community Advisory Council member
?Hancock County Jail Committee, former member of a group that pushed passage of bond issue (after a severe defeat) to build most modern criminal justice facility in state. And a,
?Graduate of 1997-98 Leadership Hancock County.
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