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Shane Bullock

Michael Shane Bullock, 47, of Topeka, passed away Sept. 12, 2021. He was born Jan. 16, 1974. Funeral services were held Sept. 15 at Providence Baptist Church. A graveside service follow at the Providence Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Shane loved quietly but fierce. He was the sweetest soul. There is no doubt…

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Alma Adams Lambert Greer

Alma Adams Lambert Greer, 92, passed away Sept. 15, 2021, at her home in Baldwyn. She loved all her family dearly. She retired from Kellwood Manufacturing in Monticello in 1984. She was a member of Calvary United Pentecostal Church until moving to Baldwyn, where she was a member of New Bethel Apostolic Church. Services were…

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Mac Madison Johnson Jr.

Mac “BoBo” Madison Johnson Jr., 58, of Sontag, passed away Sept. 17, 2021, at King’s Daughters Hospital in Brookhaven. Mac was born Feb. 2, 1963, in Lawrence County to Mac Madison Sr. and Frances Wright Johnson. Funeral services were held Sept. 22 at Shiloh Baptist Church, with graveside services following at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery.…

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Byther Smith

Byther Smith, 89, peacefully stepped out of this earthly life and into eternal life on Sept. 10, 2021, at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. Chicago’s Blues Legend Byther Smith was a native of Jayess and was born in Monticello on April 17, 1932. Graveside service will be held at Salem M.B. Church, 333…

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Co-Lin introduces new Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Training

New to Copiah-Lincoln Community College Workforce Education and the college district is the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Program (AEMT), which prepares currently certified Emergency Medical Technicians (BASIC) to provide limited advanced levels of emergency medical care. In addition to their principal duty of performing ongoing basic life support, AEMTs are also equipped to deliver medications…

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Community & Religious Calendar

Sept. 23 Mississippi State University Extension Service will offer a “Quick Bites” program via Zoom entitled “Being Active” from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23. The program will be hosted by Madison Payne, Office of Nutrition Education, Coastal R&E Center. Looking for some ways to get the whole family active and moving? Learn some…

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Marylen Butler

Graveside services for Marylen Butler were held Sept. 8, 2021, at Drummonds Cemetery in New Hebron. Mrs. Butler, 68, passed away Sept. 5 at Merit Health-Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg. Reverend Jay Thompson officiated. Saulters Moore Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Marylen was born April 25, 1953, in Monticello to Eugene and Dorothy Hemphill Letchworth.…

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Robert Alan Galey Sr.

Funeral service for Robert Alan Galey Sr. were held Sept. 10, 2021, at Pleasant Grove Church in Lawrence County, with burial in the church cemetery. Riverwood Family handled the arrangements. Mr. Galey Sr., 61, of Ruth, died Sept. 4 in Byra. He was born Aug. 29, 1960, in Evansville, Ind., to James Kenneth Galey and…

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