Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1953 - 2016 (Age 62)
Eugene Short, Jr.HattiesburgEugene Short, Jr., 62, passed away on March 16, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas after a lengthy illness. He was born on August 7, 1953 in Macon, MS to the late, Martha and Eugene Short, Sr. Eugene accepted Christ at an early age and joined Ebenezer...
Read MoreI attended Jackson State University when Eugene played baseball there. He was an amazing player and very good person. I offer sincere sympathy to his family. Rest in paradise.
Florence Sinclair -Walker
April 08, 2017 | Jackson, MS | Classmate
I remember Eugene and Purvis at JSU .Basketball when they played everyone wanted to be there ! So Sad !
Dian Lee Marshall
April 05, 2017 | Jackson, MS | Classmate
I REMEMBER EUGENE AND PURVIS SHORT, ALWAYS QUIET AND HUMBLE BROTHERS. MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE SHORT FAMILY.
CHARLES DONAHUE
April 05, 2017 | Jackson, MS | Classmate
My deepest goes out to the Short family. As a little kid grand daughter of Chang Clark I think i met Mr. Eugene Short a lot times. I still have that memory of him. He use to come up to our house all the time and visit my grandfather. But to make a long story short it's amazing to read the history Mr. Short had. It's make me proud to be apart of his legacy. To the family my condolences. Love the daughter of Dian Clark Lathan
felicia clark
May 18, 2016 | St Louis, MO
To Eugene's family you have my deepest sympathy. I was heart broken to hear about Eugene's death.Eva I'm praying for your family. We were at JSU together you will probably remember me as Cynthia Marshall James Marshall's sister. I will always remember the good days at JSU alone with Eugene and Purvis being superstars.
April 19, 2016
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Cynthia Miller
April 19, 2016 | Baton Rouge, LA
Such a great gentleman and athlete. RIP home boy!!
Randy McCullum
April 05, 2016
Eugene Short was a very gifted human being he wasn't just a athlete but very wise for a young man... i grew up two houses over from the shorts and all the children would come over and play in the field we lived on . He and his brother Purvis would both teach me how to be better at everything we did. Learning from and watching them was a joy to my heart I soon moved off to California but never forgot the things they both taught me. He was just the best at everything we did he wanted to be the...
Gary Cameron
April 02, 2016 | Oakland, CA
Wow, I am so sorry that I could not make the funeral. As the saying goes, "he's in a better place". For us, the people that he has left behind, we should be grateful for the time he spent with us on this earth. Living in Mississippi as a child was the most magical time in my life. There was so much love there. Looking back on the time my brothers and I spent with Purvis and Eugene, makes me smile. I was inspired to hoop because of them. I thought, "If these cats from Hattiesburg can...
March 30, 2016