Community & Religious Calendar
Oct. 23 Carmel Baptist Church Trunk or Treat will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23. There will be food, fun, and games. For more information, call Lisa at 601-810-1358. Crossroad Cruisers Car Club in Jayess will have its last cruise-in for the year, which will also be a Trunk or Treat, from…
Read MoreDewitt Boyd
Dewitt Lee Boyd, 87, of Monticello, passed away Oct. 6, 2021. He was born March 22, 1934, in Lawrence County to Esco Boyd and Dollie Lambert Boyd Creel. Funeral services were held Oct. 9 at Forest Grove Methodist Protestant Church, followed by a graveside service in the Forest Grove Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery. Wilson Funeral…
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Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum hosts annual Pumpkin Adventure
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, a division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, invites the public to the annual Pumpkin Adventure on Oct. 13-16 and 20-23. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays with extended hours for family days on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to…
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Deacon Jimmy Dale Gholar
Deacon Jimmy Dale Gholar, 66, passed away Sept. 29, 2021, at Asbury Hospice in Hattiesburg. Services were held Oct. 7 at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Silver Creek, with Pastor Michael Smith officiating. Interment was in the Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, with Laird Mortuary handling the arrangements. Deacon Gholar was the sixth child born…
Read MoreTed Preuss
On Oct. 5, 2021, Theodore “Ted” William Preuss, loving husband and father of two children, passed away at home at the age of 82. Ted was born on Dec. 4, 1938, in Louisville, Ky., to Frederick William “Bill” and Ruby Lea (Philpott) Preuss. He received his animal science degree from Mississippi State University in Starkville…
Read MoreSammie Smith
Sammie Marjorie Carr Smith was born in Lawrence County on Jan. 25, 1934, to Sam and Audrey Carr and grew up in the New Zion community west of Monticello. She was the youngest of three children. Her dad worked on wells while her mother worked the garden. It was at New Zion Baptist Church that…
Read MoreMSU Extension’s SipSafe Program Offers Free Water Testing
SipSafe works to screen water to reduce childhood lead exposure. Schools and childcare centers serving children ages birth to five years in any Mississippi county are eligible to participate in the program. Why should people be concerned about lead in drinking water? Lead is harmful to human health and has a bigger impact on children…
Read MoreSouthern Miss releases President’s and Dean’s Lists
The University of Southern Mississippi has released its President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 summer semester. The President’s List includes full-time students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average (all A’s). Students from the local area recognized are Alexandra Breanne Brock and Samuel Cole Powell, both of Jayess. Dean’s List scholars are those…
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