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William Edward Pugh Obituary and Family Listing William Edward Pugh, 42, ex- tension animal husbandry special- ist for the University of Missouri, collapsed and died Thursday while judging livestock at West Plains. Pugh, apparently the victim of a heart attack, was a judge at the Howell County Heart of the Ozarks Fair. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. Pugh grew up in Mt. Vernon and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Missouri College of Agriculture in 1937. He worked for the Farm Security Administration until 1942. He became Monroe County farm agent Nov. 1. 1942. and continued in that post until 1951, except for two years of serv- ice in the Navy from 1944 to 1945. He joined the state staff of the extension service at Columbia in 1951. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pugh. 1000 East Loren; his wife, Sue, a daughter, Nancy, and a son, Robert: a broth- er, Col. Robert Pugh, Morristown, N.J.; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Pugh, Mt. Vernon. Services are to be Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in Columbia. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116837697/william-edward-pugh