{"id":151232,"date":"2025-08-16T14:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=151232"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:26:57","slug":"gift-honors-an-accounting-family-at-ole-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/gift-honors-an-accounting-family-at-ole-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Honors an ‘Accounting Family’ at Ole Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Building fund donation honors father’s legacy and family history in profession<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A major gift to the University of Mississippi<\/strong> Patterson School of Accountancy<\/strong> tributes the late Bill Rush Mosby Jr.<\/strong>, a longtime influential accountant in Mississippi, while honoring his extended family’s history with the accounting profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesley and Bill Rush Mosby III<\/strong>, of Jackson<\/strong>, designated the $250,000 gift to the Patterson School of Accountancy Building Fund<\/strong>. To recognize their generosity, the school will name a multipurpose space in the new building in the patriarch’s honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To call the Mosbys an “accounting family,” as Rush Mosby refers to them, is an understatement. Following his father’s work as a certified public accountant, most of the family has become either CPAs or have been associated with the profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It all started with my dad, and I thought it would be a nice gesture since he was proud of all the CPAs in the family,” the donor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hailing from Natchez<\/strong>, Mosby Jr. worked at Silas Simmons LLP<\/strong> for his entire career and retired as a managing partner. He also served as president for the\u00a0Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 1977-78. All three of his children \u2013 Rush Mosby, Dee Mosby White and Sim Mosby \u2013 also became CPAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rush Mosby III graduated from Ole Miss<\/strong> in 1982 with an accountancy degree, and Lesley Mosby graduated a year later with an education degree. The couple met during college and married in January 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating, Rush Mosby worked as a financial analyst for Callon Petroleum<\/strong> in Natchez, then moved to Mississippi Chemical Corp.<\/strong> in Yazoo City<\/strong>. Later, he joined PaineWebber<\/strong> \u2013 later bought by UBS Financial Services<\/strong> \u2013 where he has been since 1987. He is a managing director of wealth management for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just enjoyed all aspects of Ole Miss,” Rush Mosby said, citing professors Jimmy Davis<\/strong> and Gene Peery<\/strong> as influential teachers during his student years. A major fan of Ole Miss athletics, Mosby has also been a longtime active member of the Rebel Club, Courtside Club<\/strong>, and Vaught Society.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While his father is the gift’s primary honoree, the donor also views the gift as representative of his family’s identity in the accounting profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple’s son, Will<\/strong>, and daughter-in-law, Betsy Bailey Mosby<\/strong>, have CPA certifications, with Will working as vice president of wealth management at UBS with his father. Their daughter, Hallie Mosby Beasley<\/strong>, who graduated from Ole Miss with a degree in marketing and communications, married Dane Beasley<\/strong>, who holds a UM accountancy degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rush Mosby’s brother, Sim<\/strong>, works alongside his son, Cole<\/strong>, as CPAs at Gillon, Christian, Mosby PLLC<\/strong> in Natchez. Sim was also a past president of the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants. The donor’s sister, Dee, has three children who are all CPAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Wilder, the school’s dean, expressed appreciation for the gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bill Rush Mosby, Jr. was a distinguished leader in the profession \u2013 and the Mosby name is synonymous with excellence in the Mississippi CPA community,” Wilder said. “We are grateful to Rush and the Mosby family for their generous gift to support a prominent space in our new building. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the Patterson School of Accountancy<\/a> has been ranked as No. 8 program nationally for accounting education. The school’s planned 110,000-square-foot building will house classrooms, study spaces, and administrative and faculty offices, among other features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Andy Belt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lesley and Bill Rush Mosby III, of Jackson, made a major gift to the Patterson School of Accountancy Building Fund at the University of Mississippi. The gift honors Mosby’s father, Bill Rush Mosby Jr., and the family’s history in the accounting profession. Photo by Joe Ellis\/UM Medical Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark Wilder. Photo by Kevin Bain\/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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