Mezera-Morris - Person Sheet
Mezera-Morris - Person Sheet
NameREDD, Jabus Constantine 
, G Granduncle
, G GranduncleBirth Date4 Nov 1909
Birth PlaceMississippi
Death Date28 Jun 1992 Age: 82
Death PlaceJackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
FlagsInteresting, Redd Line
Alias/AKA“J.C.”
FatherREDD, Levi Laird (1887-1967)
MotherMONTGOMERY, Mary Blanche (1886-1956)
Misc. Notes
J.C. Redd, 82, of Lake Circle, founder and owner of Redd Pest Control Co., died of a heart attack Sunday at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Redd, a Mississippi State University graduate was a faculty member there in entomology during the mid- 1940s.
In 1946, he left the college to establish Redd Pest Control, which has 33 offices in several Southern states.
He retired leaving the business to his son. friends and family members said Mr. Redd's chief concern in life was helping those less fortunate than he.
Mr. Redd, the son of a sharecropper, grew up poor in Lincoln County, said Bob Pittman, president of the Mississippi Economic Council and author of a biography about friend Mr. Redd, Good for What's Buggin' You.
"He was a very giving and caring person," said his son-in-law, Bob Buckley of Columbus. "He just wanted to serve."
For Mr. Redd, service was a priority, Pittman said. He wanted to serve his fellow man, and "he used his resources from his business to do just that," Pittman said. During the 1960s, Mr. Redd helped establish the Sunnybrook Children's Home in Madison County. He also helped create a home for unmarried pregnant teenagers, Pittman said.
Gov. Bill Waller appointed Mr. Redd in 1973 to a committee that studied possible education reforms. Some recommendations from the committee were part of Gov. William Winter's Education Reform Act of 1982.
Mr. Redd was a former member of the Jackson School Board and past vice president of the Mississippi School Boards Association. He was a current member and past chair- man of the Mississippi Economic Council.
In 1973, Mr. Redd was president of that council, which has a program that helps train emerging young leaders in the state. The program, the J.C. and Annie Redd Leadership Mississippi program, was named after Mr. Redd and his wife after he donated a large sum of money to it.
Also, in 1973, Zurich-American Insurance Co. of New York named Mr. Redd one of the top three outstanding small business leaders in America, Pittman said.
Survivors include: wife, Annie; son, Richard Redd of Jackson; daughters, Connie Barefield of Jackson and Ellen Buckley of Co- lumbus; brothers, Gordon Redd of Gulfport, Ashley Redd of Laurel and Z.M. Redd of Bogue Chitto; sisters, Julia Demuth and Nellie Car- tar, both of Gulfport; and 11 grand- children and five great-grandchildren.
Clarion-Ledger: 29 Jun 1992, Mon; Page 10
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP MISSISSIPPI?
Leadership Mississippi is an annual program of the Mississippi Economic Council conducted by the M.B. Swayze Foundation. Participants, selected by a committee of MEC’s Leadership Mississippi Alumni, work together in a training program that combines individual study, group sessions, and project experience in using leadership skills. Leadership Mississippi is endowed through a generous contribution by the late J.C. and Annie Redd. J.C. Redd was Chairman of the Mississippi Economic Council in 1973-74 when the program began.
Leadership Mississippi is the second oldest statewide leadership program in the nation. Since its inception in 1974, Leadership Mississippi has graduated more than 1,300 alumni active in Mississippi business and politics. Mississippi's top business executives, community leaders, and elected officials have participated in Leadership Mississippi as a way to expand their networks and possibilities for future success.
Mr. Redd, a Mississippi State University graduate was a faculty member there in entomology during the mid- 1940s.
In 1946, he left the college to establish Redd Pest Control, which has 33 offices in several Southern states.
He retired leaving the business to his son. friends and family members said Mr. Redd's chief concern in life was helping those less fortunate than he.
Mr. Redd, the son of a sharecropper, grew up poor in Lincoln County, said Bob Pittman, president of the Mississippi Economic Council and author of a biography about friend Mr. Redd, Good for What's Buggin' You.
"He was a very giving and caring person," said his son-in-law, Bob Buckley of Columbus. "He just wanted to serve."
For Mr. Redd, service was a priority, Pittman said. He wanted to serve his fellow man, and "he used his resources from his business to do just that," Pittman said. During the 1960s, Mr. Redd helped establish the Sunnybrook Children's Home in Madison County. He also helped create a home for unmarried pregnant teenagers, Pittman said.
Gov. Bill Waller appointed Mr. Redd in 1973 to a committee that studied possible education reforms. Some recommendations from the committee were part of Gov. William Winter's Education Reform Act of 1982.
Mr. Redd was a former member of the Jackson School Board and past vice president of the Mississippi School Boards Association. He was a current member and past chair- man of the Mississippi Economic Council.
In 1973, Mr. Redd was president of that council, which has a program that helps train emerging young leaders in the state. The program, the J.C. and Annie Redd Leadership Mississippi program, was named after Mr. Redd and his wife after he donated a large sum of money to it.
Also, in 1973, Zurich-American Insurance Co. of New York named Mr. Redd one of the top three outstanding small business leaders in America, Pittman said.
Survivors include: wife, Annie; son, Richard Redd of Jackson; daughters, Connie Barefield of Jackson and Ellen Buckley of Co- lumbus; brothers, Gordon Redd of Gulfport, Ashley Redd of Laurel and Z.M. Redd of Bogue Chitto; sisters, Julia Demuth and Nellie Car- tar, both of Gulfport; and 11 grand- children and five great-grandchildren.
Clarion-Ledger: 29 Jun 1992, Mon; Page 10
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP MISSISSIPPI?
Leadership Mississippi is an annual program of the Mississippi Economic Council conducted by the M.B. Swayze Foundation. Participants, selected by a committee of MEC’s Leadership Mississippi Alumni, work together in a training program that combines individual study, group sessions, and project experience in using leadership skills. Leadership Mississippi is endowed through a generous contribution by the late J.C. and Annie Redd. J.C. Redd was Chairman of the Mississippi Economic Council in 1973-74 when the program began.
Leadership Mississippi is the second oldest statewide leadership program in the nation. Since its inception in 1974, Leadership Mississippi has graduated more than 1,300 alumni active in Mississippi business and politics. Mississippi's top business executives, community leaders, and elected officials have participated in Leadership Mississippi as a way to expand their networks and possibilities for future success.