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CAFNR Mourns The Loss of a Fellow Student
Michael Deering, reporter, CAFNR Corner Post

An 18-year old CAFNR freshman was killed and three other persons were injured in a one vehicle accident that occurred Nov. 27 in Randolph County.

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Justin "Juice" McBee, 18, of Clark, was killed early Thursday morning when a vehicle he was riding in was involved in an auto accident on Highway B, about 8 miles south of Moberly near his hometown.

The report said that John Hargis, 21, of Clark, was driving a 2004 Ford pickup and going west around 1 a.m. on Thursday when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, overturned several times and struck a tree.

McBee was born June 4, 1985, in Columbia, to Jerry Lee and Joy Ellen (Maynes) McBee. Services were held Sunday at Cater Funeral Home in Moberly, MO.
He was a member of the Moberly FFA Chapter and active in Boone County 4-H; member of Harrisburg Christian Church; a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity. He was currently an Agricultural Business major.

Friends and faculty remember McBee as an outstanding member of CAFNR's student body. Bret Fahrmeier, friend and fellow fraternity brother said, "Juice always made the best out of every situation."

CAFNR President and fraternity brother, Matt Hill, said the fraternity will host the 2004 Alpha Gamma Rho Classic Cattle Show in McBee's memory. The show will be February 7-8. Hill also said that a memorial fund is also being More details of the fund will be posted in the future.

MSA President, Brett Ordnung will lower the Mizzou flag at 9:00am Tuesday morning in memory of McBee. "He will not be forgotten," said Ordnung.

McBee was the 65th person to die in an auto accident on Missouri roadways this month. There have been 1,073 persons killed this year reported the MSHP. Last year at this time there were 87 fatalities and 1,083 persons who were killed as a result of an auto accident.

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