Hugh M. Arant

Hugh Miller "Buddy" Arant was an American farmer and politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972.

Biography

Hugh Miller Arant was born on November 22, 1927, in Black Hawk, Mississippi. He served in the U. S. Army in World War II, and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1949. He was a farmer and businessman. While living in Ruleville, Mississippi, in 1967, he was elected to represent the 15th District, composed of Leflore and Sunflower Counties, as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives and served for the 1968–1972 term. For 16 years, he was the president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau. He died on May 7, 1995, of heart failure in the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Personal life

Arant was married to Kathryn Carver; they had two sons and a daughter.