Posted on the Hattiesburg American website at 9:24 a.m.

"Carey president dies
Special to the American

Larry Wells Kennedy, president of William Carey University, died today. Visitation for Kennedy will be from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in the Kresge Room of Thomas Business Building at Carey’s Hattiesburg campus.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Smith Auditorium in the Thomas Fine Arts Center in Hattiesburg. Kennedy requested memorial donations be made to the Larry W. Kennedy Scholarship Fund at William Carey University.

The flags on the Carey campus are at half mast to honor Kennedy."