MS SC701

Mourns the death of Sim Chase Callon, 93, a prominent Natchez business and civic leader who passed away on March 28, 2010

Recognizes Callon's co-founding of Callon Oil and Gas Company (later Callon Petroleum Company) in the early 1950s, which became listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Honors his service as Director of Deposit Guaranty National Bank, President of the Rotary Club of Natchez, Chairman of Natchez Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees, and member of First Presbyterian Church

Commends his instrumental role in establishing the Historic Natchez Foundation headquarters in 1974 and his work as a photographer, historian, and co-author of two books on Natchez history

Extends the Mississippi Legislature's sympathy to his surviving family and directs the resolution be presented to his family and the boards of Callon Petroleum and Historic Natchez Foundation