Denver Horn
Posted: September 22, 2018
STARKVILLE — Dr. Denver Donovan “Doc” Horn, 84, died Sept. 20, 2018. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Welch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Dr. Horn was born Dec. 25, 1933, in Witt Springs, Arkansas, to the late Helen Cash Horn and Bige Horn. He was a graduate of St. Joe High School in St. Joe, Arkansas, Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas and East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas. He was formerly employed as a high school basketball coach with Waldo High School and as a professor and department chair with Mississippi State University. He also served as Mississippi State University’s faculty athletic representative to the Southeastern Conference and the NCAA. He is survived by his wife, Marlene Edwards Horn of Starkville; daughters, Vickie Wolfe of Calera, Alabama and Susan Cox of Golden, Colorado; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Sanctuary Hospice House, 5159 Main St. Tupelo, MS 38801.