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On August 2, 2008 Pass Road Elementary and, most
especially our Principal and his family, lost an
irreplaceable icon of respect and life-long earnest
champion of education. Sr. Chief Petty
Officer Robert Comer Hudson lost his two year battle
with lung caner.
After an impressive and highly decorated twenty year
career in the United States Navy, he moved his family to
the Mississippi Gulf Coast and began his journey in
education. While an instructor in Vocational
Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College,
Jackson County Campus, he was selected as the Teacher of
the Year in 1984. He continued to promote
education and uplift children to the highest of their
potentials to the very last.
The day Mr. Kenny Hudson became principal of our small
school we were blessed to have been adopted by his
father, Robert Hudson. His pride in his
family and his love for children showed through to
anyone who was lucky enough to be graced by his
presence. His devotion to children never
waned. He never failed to enquire as to how
our children were doing and came by to visit them as
much as his health allowed.
Even though we are better people for having known him,
Mr. Hudson will be missed by all. It is for this
reason our Parent Organization, students, and faculty
held a Memorial for him and planted a Magnolia tree in
his honor on August 26, 2008. The Magnolia
can be found on our campus in our school's peaceful
garden just outside the office window facing the
playground. If you sit on one of the benches
you can feel his love and ever-present calm surround
you. He is, and will forever continue to be,
a strong and positive influence for all the children,
families, and educators who pass through our doors here
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