On Sunday, May 5, 2013, the University Greys Camp #1803 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Bedford Forrest Chapter #448 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held a memorial for the Confederate soldiers buried on the University of Mississippi‘s Oxford campus.
There are over 700 Confederate soldiers buried just behind the Tad Pad, BKA Tad Smith Coliseum on the Ole Miss campus.
Most of the soldiers were casualties of the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862.
Newt Rayburn was born & raised in Oxford, Mississippi. A seventh-generation Lafayette County, Mississippian, Newt Rayburn has been involved in the Ole Miss area for many years, in music, art, publishing, and business.
Newt won a National Magazine Award in 1999 for his SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE with THE OXFORD AMERICAN. Previously, Newt was Editor of PROFANE EXISTENCE in Minneapolis, and later, Art Director for Ole Miss' LIVING BLUES magazine. Newt's many publishing projects led to THE LOCAL VOICE™, which he founded in March of 2006, and ROUNDABOUT OXFORD®, which he founded in May of 2023.
Newt's alter ego—Neuter Cooter—lead the Mississippi band THE COOTERS® to Rocknoll Glory across the USA from 1993-2018. The Cooters music is on most major streaming services.
Newt is proud Father of nine-year old daughter Alex.