LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Columbus Lowndes County Airport will soon bear the name of a local aviation pioneer. The airport authority board recently voted unanimously to name the terminal for Lieutenant Colonel Alva Temple. Colonel Temple was a fighter pilot in the 99th Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War Two – the Famed … Continue reading Columbus Lowndes Co. Airport naming terminal after local aviation pioneer