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State’s uninsured hit hard by COVID-19

Tests cost hundreds out-of-pocket, adding to medical debt
or deterring residents from seeking care
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com

W
ithin days, the cough quickly escalated
into a burning chest pain that dropped
30-year-old Brittany Marie Wells to her
kitchen floor.
“I started crying,” Wells said. “My mom ended
up calling my dad, telling him that we needed to
go to the hospital.”
But she refused to go.
Having just returned to
INSIDE
n COVERAGE
Columbus from a cruise trip to GAP: State’s health
Progreso and Cozumel, Wells care coverage gap
suspected she had contracted provides ‘double
whammy’ for many
COVID-19, the disease caused in pandemic.
by the novel coronavirus that Page 3A
has claimed more than 50,000
lives worldwide.
But without health insurance coverage, she
feared a doctor’s visit would just be one more bill
to pay.
Wells is hardly alone. For many uninsured
Mississippians who are saddled with medical debt,
hospital visits or stays are a chance they feel they
can’t afford to take. Even getting a coronavirus
test, which can cost hundreds of dollars for the
uninsured, can be a hard choice.
But in Mississippi, the pandemic may hit partic-
ularly hard when the state’s high rate of uninsured
population is paired with the nation’s highest
COVID-19 hospitalization rate, recent data shows.
Roughly 12 percent of Mississippians were not
insured as of 2018, the latest year data is available
from the American Community Survey, which is
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau every year.
That ranks the state fifth in the nation for rate of ABOVE: Carol Plunkett, 52, lost her in-
uninsured residents. surance coverage when she quit her job
in 2018 to become the primary caregiv-
As of Thursday, Mississippi also had a
er to her 82-year-old wheelchair-bound
COVID-19 hospitalization rate of 31 percent, the mother. For Plunkett, contracting the
highest among all 40 states that report hospitaliza- coronavirus is a risk she can’t afford to
tion data, according to The COVID-19 Tracking take. “I guess I would have to live at the
Project. hospital, cleaning beds to pay it back,”
For the uninsured, help to lower the cost of care she said. LEFT: The State Urgent Care
may be on the horizon. Free testing is available in Starkville is equipped with coronavi-
at the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory and rus swabs and specimen bags for its
state-affiliated drive-up sites across the state. On patients. The clinic does not accept
Medicaid patients, but does accept
Friday, President Donald Trump pledged federal Medicare. Self-pay patients will not
funds to reimbursing hospitals that treat unin- receive a discount at this location, staff
sured COVID-19 patients. members said. — Photos by Yue Stella
See UNINSURED, 5A Yu/Dispatch Staff

MSU will send more than 550 ventilators Portnoy places

to UMMC for COVID-19 response
Equipment converted from battery power
to AC to make them more reliable
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Gov. Tate
Reeves men-
tioned Wednes-
day, during his
announcement
of a two-week
“shelter-in-
place” order Taylor
due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, that
Mississippi State Universi-
ty would send ventilators to
the University of Mississippi
Medical Center in Jackson.
Lex Taylor said he contact-
ed MSU President Mark Kee-
num as soon as he heard.
“I didn’t think anything
would come of it, but I im-
two stories in top
Electrical engi-
neers at Mis-
10 in national
sissippi State
University and
at Taylor Ma-
contest
mediately got a call (back),” DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
chine Works
said Taylor, the chairman and in Louisville
CEO of The Taylor Group in are converting Ben Portnoy,
Louisville. more than sports reporter for
A team from Taylor Ma- 550 venti- The Dispatch, earned
chine Works and a 12-person lators from two top-10 finishes
team with MSU’s Paul B. Ja- battery power, in this year’s nation-
cob High Voltage Laboratory left, to AC al Associated Press
will work together to convert power, right, Sports Editors com-
more than 550 battery-pow- between Friday petition.
ered ventilators to automatic and Sunday. Portnoy tied for Portnoy
current power, meaning they The ventilators fifth for Best Game Story in The
can be plugged into a wall. will be sent to
Dispatch’s circulation category for
The teams started the conver- the University
his coverage of the 2019 Egg Bowl
of Mississippi
sions on Friday and are send- Medical Cen- football game between Mississippi
ing the finished ventilators ter in Jackson State and Ole Miss, and eighth for
to Jackson in installments, by Monday Best Feature Story for his coverage
planning to send the last ones to help treat of a veteran honored at an MSU foot-
Monday, High Voltage Lab- COVID-19 ball game in November. The Opera-
oratory manager David Wal- coronavirus tion Iraqi Freedom veteran lost his
lace said. patients. legs in a mine explosion in 2007.
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Palm Sunday, Holy Week and an Easter Feast

T
oday is
Palm
Sunday
with Holy
Week and
Easter to fol-
low. In review-
ing Columbus
newspaper
accounts of
Palm Sunday,
Holy Week
and Easter
Rufus Ward
there were
actually little
mentioned until the early ful, impressive and pleas-
1900s. It was in 1903
that we first find exten-
sive mention of church
services for that import-
ant time in the Christian
calendar.
In addition to the
Christian services, the
Columbus newspapers
also provided an ex-
planation of the Jewish
Feast of the Passover and Services. The Jewish
information on services
at the synagogue in Co-
lumbus. Typical was 1906 celebration and provide
when the date and time
of Passover services was
provided. Then the Co-
lumbus Weekly Dispatch
told the story behind the
Passover and reported,
“The Feast of the Pass-
over was celebrated by
the Jewish citizens of
Columbus in an ortho-
dox manner. There were
services at Temple B’Nai
Israel at 6 o’clock Sunday with family and friends.
afternoon and at 10:30
o’clock Monday morning, ously has been one of the
both services having
been conducted by the
rabbi, Rev. Joseph Herz.”
Among the Christian
churches, only St. Paul’s
Episcopal and Annunci-
ation Catholic Church
mentioned any special
services for Palm Sunday
or Holy Week in the early ter feast has generally
1900s. The first exten-
sive accounts of Palm
Sunday and Holy Week
services were in 1903.
The Columbus Weekly
Dispatch reported on
April 9, 1903, “This is
Holy Week preceding
Easter and is being
devoutly and religious-
ly observed by a large
number throughout the
community.” At St. Paul’s tion of family cookbooks
services had been held
Monday and Wednesday
afternoon with the Litany menu for Easter did not
Thursday morning. On
Friday night there would
be “The Holy Commu-
nion celebrating the
origin of this sacred rite
... and all are invited to
attend.”
The article continued:
“Services celebrating
Holy Week are being
held this week in the
Church of the Annunci-
ation, being conducted
by Rev. Father Hipple.”
There was to be Mass
both Friday morning and breakfast menu included
evening with
“The Way for
the Crucifix-
ion.” There
would be
Mass Satur-
day morning
and Saturday
night from
7 to 9 was to
be Confes-
sional. Easter
Sunday was to
be High Mass
with a “beauti-
ing” First Communion
of a number of children.
“All, of whatever creed or
denomination, are most
cordially invited to attend
this service.”
Each year following
1903 both Annunciation
and St. Paul’s continued
to publicize their Palm
Sunday and Holy Week
Temple also continued
to publicize its Passover
the story of the Passover.
During those early years
of the 20th Century, the
only other church I found
mentioned as having spe-
cial services during Holy
Week was a Methodist
Revival.
When we think of
celebrating Easter, we
usually remember en-
joying a traditional meal
The Easter meal previ-
year’s most important
family gathering times.
This year many families
will be gathering in spirit
only while thinking of
the wonderful gatherings
and meals of past Eas-
ters.
In the South the Eas-
become ham or turkey.
Years ago the traditional
main course was lamb.
Whatever the course it is
one of the biggest feasts
of the year. Interestingly,
it was not until the late
1800s that Easter menus
and recipes filled popular
magazines and newspa-
pers.
I have a large collec-
going back to 1825 but
the earliest specific
show up until 1901. It
was in The New Orleans
Times Picayune “Creole
Cookbook,” which was
first published in 1901.
The cookbook belonged
to my grandmother
who attended Newcomb
College in New Orleans
1908-13.
The “Creole Cook-
book” provided a sug-
gested menu for break-
fast, dinner and supper
on Easter Sunday. The
Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem - Woodcut by Albrecht
Durer, 1511.
strawberries and cream,
hominy, boiled tender-
loin of trout, potatoes
a la Parisienne, bacon,
scrambled eggs, broiled
woodcock on toast,
flannel cakes, cafe au lait
and a copy of the Times
Picayune.
Dinner was to start
with caviares sur cana-
pes, and include oyster
soup, broiled pompano,
pigeons sautes aux
Champignons, roast
lamb with mint sauce,
green peas, cauliflower,
asparagus, salad, Teal
duck sur canapes, angel
cake, brandied peaches,
lemon pie, and fruit,
nuts, raisins and Roque-
fort. Supper was to be
warmed-over lamb with
celery salad and waffles
with Louisiana syrup and
fruit.
The dinner table was
to be decorated “with
flowers, or at least some
bit of green indicative not
only of the resurrection
of all nature, but also of
the most glorious festival
of the year.” A beautiful
table decoration was
suggested “for those
who could afford it.”
The decoration was “to
arrange a cut-glass bowl
on a mirror and fill it with
maiden-hair fern and
calla lilies. Fill the center
of the calla lilies with
sprays of maiden-hair
fern; garnish the edges
of the mirror with bits
of Fern and smilax, and
the effect of all will be a
miniature pond, with the
lilies reflected within and
the banks overrun with
smilax.”
The description
went on to say, “If this
decoration is beyond
As to the decor of the rarebit, filberts, eggs in
dinner table, “White jelly, Easter eggs, palm
and green are the most cakes and Russian tea.
appropriate colors for It was also suggest-
decoration. White china ed that “souvenirs” be
and pure white linen, exchanged on Easter
with Easter lilies for a morning. Children espe-
centerpiece, make an cially enjoyed receiving a
ideal looking table.” The “candy rabbit and bonbon
different dishes to be box of speckled eggs.”
served should be gar- The day after Easter was
nished with “hard-boiled
the day for “the rolling of
eggs sliced crosswise.”
the colored eggs out of
Breakfast items
doors.”
included oranges, grape-
Whatever your family
nut and cream, eggs “to
order,” hashed potatoes, Easter tradition is, even
rolls, griddle cakes with if it can not be celebrated
maple syrup and coffee. this year, needs to be pre-
Dinner was to consist of served and passed on to
consomme with egg- the next generation. Just
balls, roast lamb with as in the time of Moses,
mint sauce, greens with today’s “plague” will also
hard-boiled eggs. Egg passover. Our faith and
and watercress salad, families though tested
strawberry ice-cream will prevail.
and Easter cakelets with Rufus Ward is a local
coffee. Supper was welch historian.
Courtesy image
your means, the home
gardens are filled at
this season with hya-
cinths, and violets, and
narcissus ... A bowl of
hyacinths or violets, or
sprays of roses, mingled
with maiden-hair fern,
or even a simple bowl of
smilax, young mint and
rose leaf greenery, will
make the table beautiful
and whisper the Easter
message to the heart.”
Sallie Billups’ “New
Dixie Recipe Book” from
1902 was not quite so
elaborate with its Easter
suggestions. Its recom-
mendations began, “Let
the table decorations be
fresh and dainty. The
dominant dish should be
eggs — eggs and eggs,
over again. In pagan days
the use of eggs in the
spring was symbolical of
nature — ‘the bursting
forth of life.’ With Chris-
tians, it symbolizes the
resurrection.”

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State’s health care coverage gap provides

‘double whammy’ for many in pandemic
Chism: Lawmakers
still unlikely to
expand Medicaid
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
As the death toll from the
coronavirus pandemic surg-
es in the nation, federal funds
may soon be available to cov-
er the hospital treatments for
uninsured COVID-19 patients,
President Donald Trump an-
nounced Friday.
Meanwhile in Mississip-
pi, free testing is available at
state-affiliated drive-up testing
sites, and discounted testing is
available at certain clinics and
hospitals.
But for many uninsured Mis-
sissippians, those measures
serve as a band-aid solution to
a long-term problem that paints
an uncertain picture: when the
virus is gone, how can the unin-
Mitchell Chism
sured afford the care they still
need?
“It would help if I did end up
with (the fee waiver for corona-
virus testing),” said Carol Plun-
kett, an uninsured resident near
Starkville. “(In the) long term, I
would rather see the insurance
premiums lowered to where it’s
more affordable.”
Plunkett knew she wouldn’t
qualify for the state Medicaid
program. To be eligible as an
adult under the age of 65, one
has to be pregnant, blind, dis-
abled or a low-income parent
with minor children, according
to the state Division of Medic-
aid’s website.
Meanwhile, insurance plans
on Healthcare.gov, the Afford-
able Care Act (ACA) market-
place that helps the uninsured
enroll, still proved cost-prohib-
itive to her.
Brittany Marie Wells, a stu-
dent at the Mississippi Univer-
sity for Women, has applied
— but been rejected — for
Medicaid three times.
“I have actually walked into
the Medicaid office,” Wells
said, recalling her application
experience in Columbus sever-
al years ago. “The lady looked
at me and she said, ‘I can tell
you the only way you are going
to be able to get it is if you get
pregnant.’”
There is a “huge” coverage
gap in Mississippi between
what Medicaid and ACA mar-
ketplace subsidies cover, said
Roy Mitchell, executive direc-
tor of the Mississippi Health
Advocacy Program. That gap
leaves uninsured Mississippi-
ans falling through the cracks,
especially during the pandem-
ic.
“They are getting hit with a
double whammy here,” he said,
“because not only are they in
the coverage gap, now (many
have) lost their jobs. … There
are no coverage options avail-
able for them.”
Expanding Medicaid may
be the ultimate solution to pro-
vide a health care safety net for
more Mississippians, Mitchell
said. That’s something state
lawmakers have balked at for
years.
“We have foregone billions
of dollars in the state by not
expanding Medicaid,” he said.
“In the wake of COVID-19, the
gravity harm is so significant
here. ...We are talking about
losing thousands of lives if we
don’t expand Medicaid.”
But with the state Legisla-
ture halting its session amid
the pandemic, lawmakers say
their hands are tied. Even if
they do reconvene, Medicaid
expansion seems unlikely.
“I don’t believe that we would
attempt to do anything as far as
trying to get (uninsured Mis-
sissippians) coverage,” said
Rep. Gary Chism (R-Colum-
bus), chairman of the House
Insurance Committee.
Chism said he doesn’t fore-
see any chance for the state to
expand Medicaid even without
the pandemic.
“The governor ran on not
expanding Medicaid,” he said.
“There is not going to be a
whole lot of extra money for
(it).”
Wells said she feels frustrat-
ed by the current health care
system.
“It angers you a lot to know
that you don’t have any medi-
cal financial help when you are
actually trying to get a degree
and have a job that will help you
provide for your family, your
medical needs and everything,”
Wells said. “I just think it’s un-
fair.”

Mississippi begins statewide stay-home order amid virus outbreak

‘This is the time for caution. It is not the time for panic’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — A state-
wide stay-at-home order
took effect Friday evening
in Mississippi to try to slow
the spread of the new coro-
navirus as the state’s case-
load continues to grow.
Gov. Tate Reeves said
people should limit their
outings to essential er-
rands like grocery shop-
ping. He said law enforce-
ment officers will break up
big groups of people who
are out socializing, and he
cautioned that even young,
healthy people can pick up
the virus and take it home
to older, more vulnerable
people like their grandpar-
ents.
Grocery stores, phar-
macies and other busi-
nesses deemed essential
will remain open during
the stay-home order that
runs until the morning
of April 20. Republican
Reeves said Friday that
people should buy about
week’s worth of groceries
and “make sure that you’re
not hoarding.”
“This is the time for
caution. It is not the time
for panic,” Reeves said.
Hours before Reeves’s
order took effect, a judge
in north Mississippi di-
rected landlords to restore
utility services they had
cut off, so tenants can con-
tinue living in their rented
homes.
The Mississippi Center
for Justice sued on behalf
of Lee County residents
living in homes where the
landlord pays for utilities.
The lawsuit called the
disgrace that we’ve got to
spend time during a pan-
The state Health De-
partment said Friday that
ed others. Most infected
people experience mild or
Gov. Tate Reeves demic seeking temporary Mississippi has at least moderate symptoms, such
landlords’ utility cut-offs restraining orders from 1,358 confirmed coronavi- as fever and cough that
a form of eviction “under- chancery judges,” Presley rus cases and 29 deaths. clear up in two to three
taken in bad faith.” The told The Associated Press The state has about 3 mil- weeks, but a fraction suf-
state Public Service Com- on Friday. He said utilities lion residents. fering more severe illness-
mission has temporarily were restored for the peo- Many people moving es can require ventilators
banned utility companies ple who sued, and he does around their communities to survive, and as the case-
from turning off service not know how widespread may not know they have load rapidly grows, hospi-
for nonpayment of bills. such problems are in the contracted the virus until tals are bracing for a wave
And evictions are banned state. well after they’ve infect- of patients.
under the governor’s stay-
home order.
“Landlords may not
subvert the intent of the
order of the Governor and
the Public Service Com-
mission by engaging in
these tactics during this
time of crisis in this na-
tion,” Chancery Judge Mi-
chael Malski wrote.
The center filed suit at
the request of northern
district Public Service
Commissioner Brandon
Presley.
“It’s a shame and a

Ventilators
Continued from Page 1A
COVID-19 is a respira-
tory illness, and ventilators
are necessary to treat pa-
tients who cannot breathe
on their own. The machine
moves air through a tube
into the patient’s lungs and
a nationwide shortage of
the equipment makes their
production during the pan-
demic critical.
The MSU high voltage
lab was built in 1977 and is
used for both commercial
business and academic
instruction, Wallace said.
The state Institutions of
Higher Learning contact-
ed the laboratory on Mon-
day to request the project,
he said, and he and some
graduate students received
some parts from the IHL
and started working on the
designs on Tuesday.
The original plan was
to start converting the ven-
tilators this coming Mon-
day, but UMMC contacted
the lab Thursday morning
to ask for them as soon as
possible, Wallace said, and
the rest of the necessary
parts arrived Friday so the
teams can start working
on the ventilators. The ma-
chines were designed to
run on batteries that have
to be replaced about every
48 hours, which is inconve-
nient in an emergency situ-
ation, he said.
“I found a way to basi-
cally go in and rewire it so
we can run both AC power
and DC (battery) power
in the same unit,” Wallace
said. “We’ll be installing a
switch so you can switch
between the two.”
Eight of the 12 people
on the MSU team are grad-
uate or undergraduate
students. Wallace said he
pulled the team togeth-
er from those who were
still in town after classes
became online-only for
the rest of the semester,
and the team will work in
smaller groups in separate
rooms to maintain a safe
distance from each other.
Ryan Ladd, a senior
electrical engineering
student, added the project
to his existing workload.
He and his classmates are
working “as remotely as
possible” on teams to de-
sign, build and implement
a project during their final
semester, he said.
Despite the amount
of work to be done, Ladd
said he appreciates being a
member of the team work-
ing on the ventilators.
“I think it’s an incred-
ibly exciting opportunity
to actually be able to work
on equipment that can save
lives,” he said. “That is a
very unique experience,
and I’m incredibly hum-
bled to be able to work on
it.”
The Taylor Group has
a longstanding working
relationship with MSU’s
engineering department
since it employs several of
its graduates, Taylor said.
The family business has
been in Louisville since
1927. Wallace said Taylor
Machine Works sent an
airplane to Fort Worth,
Texas on Friday to collect
the last of the parts needed
to convert all the ventila-
tors.
Everyone working on
the project understands
the need for it to be done
and done quickly, Wallace
said. Mississippi has 1,455
confirmed COVID-19
cases, with 140 in Hinds
County, and 35 deaths as
of press time.
“This gives us a good
chance to do something
to really help people,” Wal-
lace said. “It’s a no-cost
deal. We’re not charging
anything for this. It’s just to
get the product out there.”
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Portnoy, an Indiana
University graduate,
March 2019 as the MSU
sports beat reporter.
“In the little more than
a year Ben has been with
us, his effort and the qual-
ity of his work has gotten
stronger every day,” said
Zack Plair, managing edi-
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these accomplishments,
and I know there’s a lot
more to come from this
talented young journal-
ist. Ben takes the respon-
sibility of covering the
MSU beat very seriously,
and we’re lucky to have
him.”
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Kenneth Hill
VERNON, Ala. —
Kenneth Lee Hill, 53,
died March 18, 2020,
at UAB Hospital of
Birmingham.
A private family
graveside was held
Saturday, at Celebra-
tion Worship Center
Cemetery, with John
Stewart and James
Godsey officiating.
Otts Funeral Home of
Sulligent was in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Hill was born
Feb. 24, 1967, in Ver-
non, to the late Harold
Lee Hill and Minerva
henry. he was a 1984
graduate of Lamar
County High School.
In addition to his
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
siblings, David Hill and
William Westbrook;
and one grandchild.
He is survived by
his wife Janet Hill;
children, Jonathan
Swanigan of Wooten,
Ohio, Kenneth Lee
Hill Jr. of Guin, Ala-
US urges masks as dramatic
steps to combat virus roll out
Change comes amid concerns from
health officials that those without
symptoms can spread the virus
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The
Trump administration
urged Americans to cover
their faces in public and
limited exports of medical
supplies Friday as New
York’s governor took his
own dramatic step to fight
the coronavirus — vowing
to seize unused ventilators
from private hospitals and
companies.
President Donald
Trump announced new
guidelines that call for ev-
eryone to wear makeshift
face coverings such as
T-shirts and bandannas
when leaving the house,
especially in areas hit hard
by the pandemic, like New
York. But the president
said he had no intention of
following the advice from
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
“It’s a recommenda-
tion, they recommend it,”
Trump told reporters. “I
just don’t want to wear one
myself.”
The change comes
amid concerns from health
officials that those without
symptoms can spread the
virus, especially in places
like grocery stores or phar-
macies. Officials stressed
that medical-grade masks
should be reserved for
health workers and others
on the front lines of the
pandemic, with critical
equipment in short supply.
bama and Keaira Hill
of Fayette, Alabama;
siblings, Jimmy Hill of
Caledonia, Harold Hill
of Lincoln, Nebraska,
Lewis Westbrook of
Riverdale, Illinois, Jea-
nette Westbrook and
Mary Hill of both of
Vernon, Alabama; and
nine grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
James Nalls, Jakoby
Garrett, Leroy Smith,
Louis Hollis, Marquez
Hill, Marquez Plant,
Lemetrius Williams
and TJ Reed.
Annie Goodman
ALICEVILLE —
Annie Will Lindsey
Goodman, 63, died
April 2, 2020.
A Home Going Ser-
vice was at 11 a.m. Sat-
urday, at Dancy First
Baptist Church. Burial
followed in the church
cemetery. Lavender’s
Funeral Service of Al-
iceville was in charge
of arrangements.
Katherine Phillips
COLUMBUS —
Katherine Langford
Phillips, 51, died April
2, 2020, at her resi-
dence.
A family graveside
service was held at
Friendship Cemetery.
Memorial Gunter Peel
College Street was
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Marie Williams
COLUMBUS — Ma-
rie Polk Williams, 96,
died April 3, 2020, at
Garden Hills Assisted
Living.
Memorial Gunter
Peel College Street
Location is in charge of
arrangements.
Bobbie McDaniel
SULLIGENT, Ala. —
Bobbie Faye Pinkerton
McDaniel, 82, died
April 2, 2020, at North-
west Medical Center in
Winfield, Alabama.
A private family
funeral service is at
1 p.m. today, at Otts
In one of the most ag-
gressive steps yet in the
U.S. to relieve severe
shortages of equipment,
New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo said he would sign
an executive order to take
ventilators that aren’t be-
ing used.
“If they want to sue me
for borrowing their excess
ventilators to save lives, let
them sue me,” Cuomo said.
He promised to eventually
return the equipment or
compensate the owners.
The move is aimed
at the kind of shortages
worldwide that authorities
say have caused health
care workers to fall sick
and forced doctors in Eu-
rope to make life-or-death
decisions about which
patients get a breathing
machine. To make matters
worse, some U.S. states
and cities have received
essential equipment from
the nation’s medical stock-
pile that’s broken or ex-
pired.
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AREA OBITUARIES
Funeral Home Chapel, the late Calvin “Cal” Pierre, South Dakota, Our Savior Lutheran
with Rod Tate officiat- Brown and Eula Mae to the late Carl David Church.
ing. Burial will follow Cargile. She was a and Elaine Heuer He is survived by
in Furnace Hill Cem- graduate of Sulligent Strickland. He was his son Brian Rowley of
etery. Otts Funeral High School and The formerly employed in South Carolina; sib-
Home of Sulligent is University of Alabama. the maintenance de- lings, Cheryl Abernathy
in charge of arrange- She was formerly em- partment of Mississippi of Columbus and Ricky
ments. ployed as a guidance University for Women Strickland of Hamilton;
Mrs. McDaniel way
counselor and was a and was a member of and one grandchild.
born Aug. 18, 1937, to member of McElwain
Ruth Adams
the late Alvin and Lona Baptist Church.
Mae Barker Pinkerton. In addition to her
She was a graduate of parents, she was
Sulligent High School preceded in death by Mrs. Ruth White Adams,
and was formerly her husband, Eugene 91, of Columbus Mississippi,
employed at Lamar Hutcheson; and daugh- formerly of Macon, Mississippi
Regional Hospital and ter Lisa Hutcheson. passed away peacefully
McCoy Manufacturing. She is survived by surrounded by her children on
In addition to her her son Eric Barnes March 31, 2020 at Garden Hill
parents, she was pre- of Mountain Brook, Assisted Living in Columbus,
ceded in death by her Alabama. Mississippi.
son, tony Andrew Mc-
A private family graveside
Daniel; and siblings, service was held on April 3,
John Lester Pinkerton, Harry Strickland 2020, at Salem Cemetery in Macon with Bro.
George Pinkerton, COLUMBUS — Har-
Andy Pearson officiating. Memorials may be
Troy Lee Pinkerton, ry Randall Strickland,
made to the Salem Cemetery Fund, 23 Hunter
Willie Haney, Lorene 69, died April 2, 2020, Street, Macon, Mississippi 39341 or to the
Pinkerton, Hazel An- at UAB Hospital in Bir- donor’s choice. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon
derson, Maxine Pavela, mingham, Alabama. is honored to be entrusted with the service
Bertha Dyal, Lavern A private family arrangements.
Corbett, Christine Pen- burial will be held at Ruth White Adams was born on December
nington, Faye Hankins Friendship Cemetery. 18, 1928, in Brandon, Mississippi to the late
and infant Anne Rae Lowndes Funeral Irby Cole White and Sadie Harper White. She
Home of Columbus is
Pinkerton. was raised in Macon, Mississippi and graduated
She is survived by in charge of arrange- from Macon High School. On October 7, 1946,
her husband, Kenneth ments. she married Stuart Adams, Jr. and lived in
McDaniel; children, Mr. Strickland was Macon until her husband’s death in 1974. She
Kenneth David McDan- born May 30, 1950, in then moved to Columbus, Mississippi where she
iel and Mark Anthony worked for the Columbus Housing Authority as
McDaniel both of Sul- a bookkeeper and occupancy supervisor for 27
ligent; siblings, Harold years until her retirement.
Pinkerton of Birming- In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs.
ham, Lue Deen Perkins Adams was preceded in death by her brothers
of Collinsville, Ala- Irby C. White, Jr. and Herbert H. White.
bama, Jewel Persico, Mrs. Adams is survived by her sons Lem
Dora, Alabama and Adams and Jimmy Adams and her daughter
Angie Franks of Truss- Debra Jones (Roy Byrd) all of Columbus. She
ville, Alabama; and five is also survived by four grandchildren, Natalie
grandchildren. Hegwood (David) of Brandon, MS, Stuart Adams
of Starkville, MS, Jud Jones (Kristy) of Jackson,
Dorothy Ingram Katherine Phillips
MS and Jenna May (Erik) of Gallatin, TN, and
BIRMINGHAM, four great-grandchildren.
Services:
Ala. — Dorothy Jean A family gravesied Paid Obituary - Cockrell Funeral Home
Brown Ingram, 92, service was held.
Friendship Cemetery
died April 2, 2020, at
Jane Cazort
College Street Location
her residence.
A private family fu- Margie Maynard
neral service will be at Incomplete
1 p.m. Monday, at Otts 2nd Ave. North Location Jane McIntosh Cazort of
Funeral Home Chapel, Little Rock, Arkansas, and
with Raymond Stewart Marie Williams Nashville, Tennessee, died
Incomplete on March 23, 2020. She was
officiating. Burial will College Street Location
follow in Sulligent City born March 9, 1915, in Lamar,
Cemetery. Otts Funer- Arkansas, the daughter of John
al Home of Sulligent is Guy Cazort, Sr. and Willie May
in charge of arrange- McIntosh Cazort. She attended
ments. Little Rock Junior College,
memorialgunterpeel.com
Mrs. Ingram was Denver University and was a
born Sept. 17, 1927, in graduate of Mississippi State College for Women
Detroit, Alabama, to (now Mississippi University for Women).
During WWII, in 1944, Ms. Cazort joined the
American Red Cross and was sent to Barnstaple,
North Devon, England, where she ran a Red
Cross Club for American service men on leave or
convalescing. At war’s end, she was sent to Camp
Herbert Tarreton, a re-deployment center in Le
Havre, France. Soon after, the Red Cross sent
her to Freising, Germany, where she served with
the U. S. Constabulary. Then, as a civil servant,
she opened a Service Club in Paris, France for
the American Graves Registration Unit. Later,
she was Service Club Director at Fitzsimmons
Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado, at Sturgate
R.A.F. Base in Lincolnshire, England, at Upper
Heyford R.A.F. Base in Oxfordshire, England,
and at Columbus A.F.B., in Mississippi. She
retired from service to the military, but continued
to serve others at the Arkansas State Library,
working in state institution libraries until still
another retirement.
Ms. Cazort was an active member of the
American Red Cross Overseas Association, and
at the age of 100, she was honored for her service
to the American Red Cross at a dinner at the
National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. She
was a member of First United Methodist Church
in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she attended the
Faulkner class and the Thompson Bible Study
group. She was a member of the Aesthetic Club,
the Second Friday Book Club, Bookfellows, and
the Lunch Bunch in Little Rock.
Ms. Cazort will be remembered for her quick
wit, her love of literature, and her wonderful
travel stories. She traveled extensively until
she was 101. At age 70, she journeyed around
the world with a friend to India, Sri Lanka,
Singapore, Burma, Thailand, Australia and New
Zealand. She later visited friends and family in
England, France, Japan, Easter Island, Egypt,
Greece, Nicaragua and throughout the US.
She is survived by sisters-in-law, Pat Cazort
(Fred R. Cazort) of Knoxville, TN; Jane F.
McClain (John Guy Cazort, Jr.) of Pasadena,
CA; ten nieces and nephews; fifteen great-nieces
and nephews; and six great-great-nieces and
nephews. Her brothers, John Guy Cazort, Jr. of
Pasadena, CA, Fred R. Cazort of Knoxville, TN,
and Robert M. Cazort of San Antonio, TX; and
her sisters May Cazort of Lamar, AR, and Anne
Cazort Hardy of Columbus, MS, predeceased
her.
Dates will be determined for a memorial
service at First United Methodist Church in
Little Rock, followed by private interment at
Lamar, Arkansas. Donations in her memory
may be made to the American Red Cross, Alive
Hospice of Nashville, or the Jane Cazort Award for
Outstanding French Study, MUW Foundation.
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Uninsured
Continued from Page 1A
But for now, compre-
hensive help has not ar-
rived. Affordable services
and resources, although
available, remain scarce
in the Golden Triangle.
Another debt
For every day Wells
waited, the symptoms
remained, or even wors-
ened. Her fever lasted five
days. Her temperature
shot up to a high of 102.1
Fahrenheit.
“It would go from 102.1
to 101 to 100.9,” she said.
“It never got under 100.5
within those five days.”
Wells eventually de-
cided to get tested for the
coronavirus at a Colum-
bus urgent care clinic.
She was first tested for flu
and strep, both of which
came back negative,
before being swabbed
for COVID-19. The result
came back after 11 days,
she said, and it was neg-
ative.
The clinic gave her a
discount for paying out
of pocket. Still, the entire
visit cost her $269.
That cost, Wells said,
adds to the more than
$10,000 worth of medical
debt she racked up over
the past year for underly-
ing health issues. Being a
student at the Mississippi
University for Women,
she said, $30,000 worth of
student loans await.
Sometimes when her
medical bills were sent to
debt collection agencies,
she would get harassed.
“It’s hard when you are
having to pay other bills,”
Wells said. “It’s hard
whenever you have to sit
there and calculate how
much this visit is going
to be.”
Another area resident,
an assistant manager in
real estate who asked to
remain anonymous for
job security reasons, told
The Dispatch she had to
receive multiple tests for
flu, strep and the coro-
navirus. The symptoms
would not go away, she
said, and her fever lasted
at least 10 days.
“When I would walk
up the stairs to my apart-
ment,” she said, “it was
like I had played an entire
basketball game.”
Her insured girlfriend,
who also received a coro-
navirus test, paid a $35
copayment. But for the
uninsured partner, the
cost was almost 10 times
higher for the same test.
In all, she spent almost
$700 for her various tests,
she said.
“I think it’s ludicrous,”
she said. “I can’t imagine
how many people just
wouldn’t be able to afford
to do that. I know people
who couldn’t afford to do
that.”
Her job does not offer
paid sick leave, she said,
so she kept working from
home for several days
If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
while waiting on her coro-
navirus test result, which
was negative.
“It’s incredibly
frustrating when you
are trying to work at the
same level of effective-
ness,” she said, “and your
brain is not working right
because you’ve been run-
ning a fever for 10 days.
“In the back of your
mind you are always
thinking, ‘if I had paid
time off or if I had
insurance,’” she added.
“Somebody out there can
make this much easier for
me and they are choosing
not to.”
Deterred from care
Many others, while not
showing symptoms, wor-
ry they may fall ill soon.
But instead of their
own health, money is the
concern. A lot of them are
already delaying the care
they need to relieve the
financial burden.
In 2016, 19.2 percent of
the state’s adult popula-
tion — the highest rate
among all states — hadn’t
sought medical treatment
in 12 months because of
the cost, data from the
Kaiser Family Foundation
shows.
Carol Plunkett, 52,
who lives near Starkville,
said she will not go to the
doctor unless absolutely
necessary. Even with a
family history of cancer,
she stopped receiving
regular screenings
after quitting her job and
losing health insurance
in 2018.
“I told my husband
one day … ‘I guess if I get
cancer I won’t ever know
it,’” she said. “‘ I’ll just die
from it.’”
Plunkett also has been
having a sharp pain in her
stomach for six months,
she said, but she refused
to seek care for it.
“It’s not unbearable,”
she said. “I have a sharp
pain and I just have to
stop for a second and
then go on.”
Plunkett said she still
owes medical debts from
when she quit her job.
The company cut off her
insurance coverage early,
she said, leaving her a
$6,000 bill from a medical
exam that assessed her
risk of getting cancer.
The results required fur-
ther testing, but without
insurance, she didn’t
pursue it.
Sometimes, Plunkett
dreads what would follow
if she contracted the coro-
navirus and the symp-
toms became serious.
“(I don’t know) if I
would even have the mon-
ey to have the test done,”
she said. “If I did have it,
I don’t know what I would
do. I guess I would have
to live at the hospital,
cleaning beds to pay it
back.”
Plunkett also is the
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primary caregiver for roughly 380 tests a day — within 24 hours and get the Golden Triangle can
her 82-year-old wheel- and its affiliated drive-up tested at the designated receive discounted rates
chair-bound mother, who testing sites across the location free of charge, at certain clinics, such as
is vulnerable to the virus state, said spokeswoman the website said. the Allegro Family Clinic
because of her age and Liz Sharlot. However, the service and the Weekends Plus
underlying health condi- The sites, set up as a has yet to arrive in the Urgent Care.
tions, she said. partnership between the Golden Triangle area. The Good Samaritan
“It would drive me cra-
zy if I brought (the virus)
MSDH and the University Community Health Medical Clinic, a nonprof-
of Mississippi Medical Centers, where patients it that triages uninsured
home to her,” Plunkett Center (UMMC), started can pay for services patients for free every
said. “(But) other than offering free testing on based on their family other Thursday, is also
sending her to a nursing March 27, said depart- size and income level, are contemplating the idea of
home, there’s nowhere for ment spokeswoman scarce in the area. There getting supplies it needs
her to go.” Elizabeth Grey. The site are only two of such to test patients, said clinic
Hailey Elkins, who at the Mississippi State clinics in the surround- board member Dr. James
works as an independent- Fairgrounds in Jackson ing four counties — the Woodard.
ly contracted nail tech- runs every day from 9 Greater Meridian Health Baptist Memorial
nician at the Belles Nail a.m. to 4 p.m., she said. Clinics in Starkville and Hospital locations,
Bar in Starkville, said Other one-day, drive-up Shuqualak. including Columbus,
she is putting off tests testing sites are also set Local clinics and are deferring bills on all
she needs due to the cost. up across the state with hospitals, which have uninsured patients, said
She’s already $10,000 in
debt for medical care, she
varying locations each varying processes for Memphis-based Baptist
week. coronavirus testing and spokeswoman Ayoka
said. Using telemedicine, partner with commercial Pond. The federal stimu-
“If we get the flu, we patients with symptoms labs, may still charge for lus package could allow
don’t go to the doctor’s can receive a free screen- their services, Sharlot the hospital to waive the
(office),” Elkins said. “We ing over the phone or via said. cost, she said.
can’t afford to.” an app, according to the For now, help comes “Our intent is for no
And if the coronavirus UMMC’s website. Those from within the commu- one to have to pay out-of-
hits, she said, she will deemed eligible for a test nity. pocket costs for testing,”
stay home. can make an appointment Self-pay patients in Pond said.
“We can’t really jump
in the vehicle and go to
the doctor’s office, and
then give them $145 just
for the test,” she said.
A pet care worker in
Lowndes County, who
asked not to be named
due to privacy concerns,
told The Dispatch she
hasn’t had a female exam
in at least 10 years. She
takes over-the-counter
medication to treat her
body aches to “keep
going.”
Like Plunkett, she
decided to refrain from
doctor’s visits unless she
is seriously hurt.
“I smashed (my leg)
between my riding mow-
er and the bumper of a
camper (a few summers
ago),” she said. “I had no
choice but to go to the
emergency room. The bill
was $2,000.”
Faced with the coro-
navirus pandemic, she
hopes the government
could help cover the
uninsured.
“I don’t believe in
freebies,” she said. “But
I think this is the one
time that the government
needs to step up and not
charge people if they
have to get tested … (or)
go into the hospital.
“Just take care of
them,” she added.
Resources are
available, but scarce
The care may be on its
way.
Trump announced
Friday afternoon his
administration will use
funds from the $2 trillion
economic relief package
Congress passed last
month to reimburse hos-
pitals that treat uninsured
COVID-19 patients.
Meanwhile, the
Mississippi Department
of Health (MSDH) is
offering free testing
through the state public
health lab — which runs
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Voice of the people
Wants an alternate to Trump
I feel like I have come up
with a solution to the problem
the smart and law-abiding Re-
publicans can do to make sure
Trump does not get re-elected.
What they can do is get togeth-
er and do a “write in” vote for
someone smart that under-
stands the Constitution of the
United States of America (the
Law). And a diplomat that will
bring the people, parties, and
other countries together. Let’s
make our world great.
My thought is someone like
Romney. He stood up to Trump
when he knew it would cost
him his position in the Repub-
lican Party. To me, he is a hero.
He stood up for what is right,
not what Trump and the party
wanted him to do.
Looks like it’s hard to find
many people that strong these
days.
We, the people, need to do
something NOW to make sure
we don’t have four more years
of this chaos.
On my knees for our country
and the world,
Judith Coleman
Columbus
Gimme shelter, gimme a
break
Slim Smith has written the
last couple of days about his
take on shelter in place and
how he feels about our gover-
nor. He stated that under the
order retail businesses could
be open. I have been informed
that my business has to be
closed while other businesses
can be open and of course
online shopping is wide open
while I am forced shut down.
Is this fair? I think not.
I closed my business two
weeks ago, and I have lost
over $50,000 in revenue so far
since closing. By the time it
hopefully is over I will have
lost well in excess of $100,000,
not including the fact that
the facilities cost over $1,000
per week in regular expenses
while closed. So to say my
business isn’t likely to be
affected is pretty insulting.
I see Slim is pretty much
calling for everyone to go
home and stay put which is
just another pie in the sky
liberal utopia idea. I assume
since he is writing his column
for the paper he is still being
paid. I am not, and I will not
be getting any stimulus from
the government. I was going
to apply for the SBA paycheck
protection program that “may”
forgive some debt accrued to
help businesses. They pub-
lished the forms Thursday and
changed them Friday. Their
site was down most of the day
as well. This should give you
some idea of “we’re with the
government and we are here
to help.”
My suggestion to Slim will
be to stay home, don’t order
anything or pick up anything
because that involves people
working. Don’t use your inter-
net and shut off all of your util-
ities; someone has to maintain
that also. Even the paper has
to be printed and delivered by
someone. Don’t call the police
or medical services, same rea-
son. Get yourself some stone
tablets and a chisel so you can
get your next column ready af-
ter this government overreach
is finished.
Anytime I leave the house
there is a possibility I could
die via accident, virus or may-
be even a drunk driver such
as he used to be. How many
peoples lives did he endan-
ger? I don’t wish this virus on
anyone including myself, but
I will live my life to the fullest
as long as I can.
The one thing I wish I could
see is the very politicians, our
“non essential” tax-dodging
Mayor and “frugal” city coun-
cil give up their pay checks for
the duration I am shut down. I
doubt we will see any of that,
nor shall we see Slim practice
what he preaches.
Everyone please be safe
and support local. We need
you.
Kerry Blalock
Columbus

OUR VIEW

Roses and thorns

A rose to Columbus mayor Robert Smith, who
moved quickly to protect public health when a poten-
tial threat emerged. Wednesday evening, the mayor
instructed the police chief to investigate a tip that an
employee at the Lowe’s home improvement store had
tested positive for COVID-19. When store officials
confirmed the story, the mayor ordered the store temporarily closed.
After meeting with Lowe’s officials — whom the mayor said were
cooperative — the store was closed Thursday for a “deep cleaning”
and reopened Friday morning. Under local and state orders, many
businesses have been allowed to remain open, with the understand-
ing that they must comply with CDC guidelines. Without enforce-
ment, there is a danger they can be neglected. We hope it will serve
to keep business owners vigilant in adhering to these rules, for the
sake of employees and customers alike.

A thorn to Mississippi State football coach Mike

Leach whose tweet containing an image of a noose
brought embarrassment to the university and its
football program, including criticism from within the
program. In the face of the backlash, Leach deleted
the tweet and issued a less-than-reassuring apology: “I sincerely
regret if my choice of images in my tweets were found offensive,” he
wrote. There’s no “if” to it, coach. In a state where such images are a
particularly painful reminder of our state’s sordid past, there should
be no ambiguity whatsoever about the such conduct. Do better. PARTIAL TO HOME
A rose to Dr. LouAnn Woodard, vice chancellor at
University of Mississippi Medical Center, whose email
to Gov. Tate Reeves urging him to enact at state-wide
Tangerine dream
shelter in place order appears to have been the tipping “Just a reminder roadways: beer cans, Styrofoam fast-food
point. For more than a week, Reeves had resisted calls that when Shake- cups and wrappers. All of it looked faded,
to implement the order. In fact, as recently as the day speare was quar- though. Has the virus reduced our litter
before Reeves changed course and issued the order, he maintained antined because of output?
the state would take a county-by-county approach. Woodard’s letter the plague, he wrote Maybe COVID-19 is the planet’s way of
pulled no punches. “As the CEO of the organization that will bear the ‘King Lear.’ ” saying, “ENOUGH, ALREADY!”
brunt of the fallout, I need to speak my mind,” Woodward wrote in —Rosanne Cash, on An unanticipated consequence of the
the email: “Without a statewide ‘shelter in place’ starting very soon Twitter, March 13, virus: Mother Earth catches her breath.
... our health system will be overwhelmed.” Within hours, Reeves 2020 With workers working at their home,
had issued his two-week shelter at home order, which started Friday. pollutants from cars and factories are re-
We applaud Woodard for using her position to influence policy. “If there was ever duced. Space agencies have released photos
a moment to think showing dramatically reduced air pollution
A rose to Mississippi State University, which has about the future, it’s Birney Imes over China.
donated more than 700 N95 masks to OCH Regional now. Photos on Twitter show dolphins and fish
Medical Center, increasing the hospital’s total in- The coronavirus has plunged the world swimming in Venice’s once murky canals.
ventory of the mask by a third. The MSU Aerospace headfirst into an era of unity, solidarity, and Shopping online has increased dramat-
Engineering Department donated 680 masks, with rapid societal change that looks like a com- ically. According to “Business Insider,”
another 25 masks coming from the National Wildlife pressed version of what climate scientists have Amazon and Walmart are hiring a combined
Research Center, boosting the hospital’s supply of masks to about been warning us about for decades. We are 250,000 people to fill and deliver orders.
2,100. The donation again affirms the symbiotic relationship between part of a living ecosystem, and if we push it A study published March 8 by a team of
the university and its host community. We applaud the university for too far, it will break.” academic researchers offers evidence that
stepping up to fill this important need. — Eric Holthaus writing in environmental improvements wrought by
“The Correspondent” the virus has saved more lives in China than
the virus has taken.
“Whether we and our politicians know it (http://www.g-feed.com/2020/03/
or not, Nature is party to all our deals and covid-19-reduces-economic-activity.html)
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memory, and a sterner sense of justice than sidering how we engage with the environ-
we do.” ment.
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whatever. But that’s not the worst part. Filing for unemployment. I while lounging in the grass alongside a rural accompanying the COVID-19 virus. This
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Sports
BULLDOGS GO BEYOND MISSISSIPPI
How Mike Leach’s staff is reaching out in the 2021 recruiting cycle
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Saw-
yer Robertson still re-
members the game.
Seated at his home in
Lubbock, Texas, not far
from Jones AT&T Stadi-
um, Robertson watched
as a Mike Leach-led Tex-
as Tech squad toe-tapped
its way to a last-second
upset of No. 1-ranked
Texas courtesy of sideline
acrobatics from star re-
ceiver Michael Crabtree.
Now 12 years on from
the Red Raiders’ mon-
umental moment, Rob-
ertson — a four-star
quarterback in the 2021
class — committed to
join Leach at Mississip-
pi State on Tuesday in a
recruitment that shows
as much an appeal to
Leach’s wide-open air
raid offense as his deep
Texas roots.
“I was young, but I
mean, everybody around
here knows who Mike
Leach is,” Robertson
told The Dispatch. “And
just growing up I still
remember the game in
2008 where Texas Tech
beat Texas and that kind
of stuff. It was really cool
for me to have this oppor-
tunity to go play for him.”
With spring practic-
es canceled and travel
stalled in light of the
worldwide outbreak of
COVID-19, Leach and his
staff have been limited
in their ability to recruit
over the past month. De-
spite that, the Bulldogs’
remaining targets in the
2021 class demonstrate
a growing ability to look
beyond the borders of the
MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL
Catching up with MSU signee Kylie Taylor
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
As Kylie Taylor left the
University of Missouri
after her official visit on
Dec. 4, 2016, it started to
snow.
“‘This is perfect,’”
thought the Ocean
Springs High School
freshman, enthralled by
the Tigers’ “beautiful”
campus. She committed
to Missouri the very next
day.
“I didn’t really think
on it, being as young as I
was,” Taylor told The Dis-
patch.
But the distance be-
tween southeast Missis-
sippi and mid-Missouri —
an 11-hour drive — was
daunting for Taylor, who
said she considers herself
a “homebody” and want-
ed to stay closer to home.
In July 2017, after the
dual-threat star went 17-
0, pitched to a 1.14 ERA
and struck out 167 hitters
while also batting .469,
hitting five home runs
and driving in 31 runs in
her freshman season, she
decommitted from the
school.
“I just jumped the gun
on it,” Taylor said.
Her recruitment was
open again, but it didn’t
stay that way for long.
Shortly after decommit-
ting from Missouri, Tay-
lor made the four-hour
trip up to Starkville to
visit Mississippi State,
and her decision was ef-
fectively made as soon as
she stepped on campus.
“‘Oh my gosh,’” Taylor
thought. “‘This is amaz-
ing. I need to go here.’”
Four-star quarterback Sawyer Robertson, who grew up watching Mike Leach at
Texas Tech, is one of two Texas signal callers to pledge to join Leach in Starkville.
Magnolia State for talent.
At present, 88 of MSU’s
173 offers have gone to
players in Georgia (31),
Texas (29) and Florida
(28). By contrast, just 56
prospects from Mississip-
pi (17), Tennessee (14),
Alabama (13) and Loui-
siana (11) combined have
received MSU offers.
Of those, Texas is a
logical recruiting region
for the Bulldogs given
Leach and his staff’s deep
connections to the Lone-
star State.
On Aug. 11, 2017, she
announced her commit-
ment to the Bulldogs.
In November of 2019,
she put pen to paper on
her national letter of
intent, making certain
her choice of a “second
home.”
“Out of everywhere I
went, Mississippi State
felt the most like home
— like a home away from
home,” Taylor said. “I
knew that even though I
would be away from home
for so long that it would be
OK because I just loved
Mississippi State.”
Now a senior at George
County High School —
Taylor transferred to the
Lucedale school after
three years at Ocean
Springs — the two-way
standout knows she’s in
rare territory. Few col-
legiate players regularly
hit and pitch, but Taylor
knows she will be one of
them.
“I’ve always loved to
hit,” Taylor told The Dis-
patch. “It’s not something
I kind of do on the side. I
consider myself a hitter
and a pitcher.”
In her sophomore and
junior seasons with the
Greyhounds, she kept up
her excellence in both
areas. In the circle, Tay-
lor followed up her fresh-
man year with a 1.23 ERA
and 143 strikeouts in 19
appearances as a sopho-
more; she also hit .506,
drove in 47 runs and hit
10 homers that season.
Despite a (relatively)
down pitching season in
2019 — 88 strikeouts and
a 1.96 ERA in 14 games —
Taylor slugged eight long
Inside receivers coach
Dave Nichol hails from
Dallas and began his
coaching career as a stu-
dent assistant for Leach
in Lubbock before stops
at Cisco Junior College
(Cisco, Texas) and Bay-
lor.
Safeties coach Jason
Washington is also a Tex-
as native and has spent
the past 15 years at vary-
ing levels in the state —
most recently as the re-
cruiting coordinator and
cornerbacks coach at UT,
Ocean Springs High School sophomore Kylie Taylor winds up to pitch in a game at
St. Patrick Catholic High School on April 7, 2018, in Gulfport. Taylor, a Mississippi
State signee, transferred to George County High School for her senior year but did
not play after undergoing her fourth leg surgery Dec. 30.
balls as a junior, hit .510
and drove in 54 runs in 32
games.
But a rare medical
issue shut down what
promised to be a stand-
out senior year, ending
Taylor’s only season at
George County before it
could begin — though it
would have ended early
regardless thanks to the
COVID-19 coronavirus
pandemic.
“With everything go-
ing on right now, it is
bigger than just softball,”
Taylor said. “We’re all in
this together getting ad-
justed to this new normal
for now.”
This past December,
she had her fourth and
final surgery to address a
rare condition called Ha-
glund’s deformity, a bony
enlargement on both
heels that dug into her
Achilles tendons.
Taylor initially had
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where he was named the
top recruiting coach in
the Big 12 in 2018 by 247
Sports.
Cornerbacks coach
Darcel McBath, too,
boasts experience in the
state, having played for
Leach at Texas Tech in
the mid-2000’s before
five-year NFL career.
In all, four of Leach’s 10
on-field assistant coaches
have spent extended time
in Texas, not to mention
Senior Associate Athletic
Director of Football Dave
two surgeries in late 2018
in which her heel bones
were shaved down to
relieve pressure on her
Achilles, but her journey
wasn’t over.
The senior underwent
two more surgeries —
one in July 2019, one on
Dec. 30 — to detach her
Achilles, shave down
more bone and clean
up the area. During the
same procedure, doctors
also lengthened Taylor’s
calf muscles, which had
long felt tight due to the
condition, to improve
their flexibility.
While she’s still in the
rehab process, Taylor
said that according to
her recovery timeline she
should be able to take the
field for the Bulldogs for
fall practice.
“I have a good ways to
go, but every little step
being taken in therapy,
nothing but progress,”
Emerick, who spent six
years in varying roles at
Texas Tech and current-
ly oversees recruiting at
MSU.
“Well we’re not going
to ignore it,” Leach said
of how he’d approach re-
cruiting Texas during
his National Signing Day
press conference Feb.
5. “But of course we’ll
utilize the context to un-
cover quality players. If
they’re interested in what
we have going on, we’ll
sift through and see who
contributes to what we’re
looking for, and then of
course you don’t want to
fly over the top of players
to go get other players
anymore than neces-
sary.”
It’s also worth noting,
that Leach’s recruitment
of Texas is not a recent
occurrence.
In Washington State’s
2018, 2019 and 2020
classes, Texas boasted
the second-most offered
players outside of Cali-
fornia. The 2013 class —
Leach’s first full cycle in
Pullman — was similarly
heavy on Texas products
and stood second to just
California as well.
“They’re prioritizing
Texas, for sure, in the
(2021) cycle,” 247 Sports
Director of Recruiting
Steve Wiltfong told The
Dispatch. “There’s a ton
of really good players in
that state, and it’s not just
the ones that are the most
touted that end up play-
ing in the NFL down the
road.”
“With the ties that this
staff has, I think it’s made
it more advantageous for
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Taylor said. “I definitely
think I’ll be ready to go
this fall.”
She wasn’t on the field
for the Rebels this spring,
but Taylor kept up with
Mississippi State’s 25-3
season as best she could,
following along via Twit-
ter notifications when she
wasn’t at school, where
she could watch the Bull-
dogs play.
“I live out in the woods,
so I can’t really stream
any of the games on the
internet,” Taylor said.
When she starts col-
lege in August — with a
planned major in civil en-
gineering — she is excit-
ed to be able to return to
the campus that felt like
home from the start.
“We just kind of
clicked, I guess,” Taylor
said of Mississippi State.
“The first time I ever went
on campus, I kind of knew
… It’s just a great fit.”
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SEC suspends activities
through May 31
STARKVILLE — Any
hopes of football being
played at Mississippi
State during the spring
semester ended Friday.
The Southeastern
Conference announced
an updated slate of guide-
lines to its recent deci-
sions in the wake of the
outbreak of COVID-19
— most notably, that all
in-person activities, in-
cluding team and indi-
vidual practices, will be
suspended through at
least May 31 according to
a news release.
The conference had
previously suspended
such activities through
April 15.
At MSU, the school’s
first summer term is slat-
ed to begin June 3, while
the second term is set to
start July 8.
Cancellations aside,
the SEC did extend vir-
tual film hour limits from
two hours per week to
four hours beginning
April 6.
DT Lovett enters NCAA
transfer portal
STARKVILLE — Mis-
sissippi State rising soph-
omore defensive tackle
Fabien Lovett has entered
the transfer portal, per
his Twitter account.
Lovett — a former
three-star prospect out
of Olive Branch in the
2018 class — announced
his decision Friday after-
noon.
“I have entered the
transfer portal with 3
years left of eligibility,”
he wrote.
In 13 games this sea-
son, Lovett totaled 19
tackles — 2.5 for a loss —
and one sack.
His announcement
comes just one day af-
ter he responded to a
since-deleted tweet from
new head coach Mike
Leach depicting a woman
knitting a noose for her
husband.
The 6-foot-4-inch,
315-pound interior line-
man responded to the im-
age with the tweet: “Wtf.”
Leach apologized for
the tweet Thursday, writ-
ing: “I sincerely regret if
my choice of images in
my tweets were found of-
fensive. I had no intention
of offending anyone.”
Should Lovett depart,
the Bulldogs will be left
with six defensive tackles
from last season — in-
cluding former Louisville
transfer Allen Love, who
missed the entire 2019
campaign with a low-
er-body injury.
Mississippi State did
not respond for comment
when contacted by The
Dispatch.
Report: MSU tabs
George as new CFO
According to a report
by Genespage.com, the
Mississippi State affili-
ate for 247 Sports, MSU
has hired Eric George of
Clemson as the Bulldogs’
new chief financial offi-
cer.
George, an associate
athletic director and CFO
at Clemson, will replace
Jared Benko, who was
hired as the new athlet-
ic director at Georgia
Southern on March 5.
A native of College Sta-
tion, Texas, George grew
up a fan of Texas A&M
and played for the Aggies
before an injury ended
his career. He joined the
staff at Clemson in Octo-
ber 2015 after two years
at the University of Texas.
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Special Reports
8A SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2020
NBA
Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kobe Bryant’s résumé
has yet another entry to
prove his greatness: He’s
now, officially, a Hall of
Famer.
And he’s got plenty of
elite company in the 2020
class, one that may be as
glitzy as any.
Bryant, who died in
a helicopter crash on
Jan. 26, and fellow NBA
greats Tim Duncan and
Kevin Garnett headlined
a nine-person group an-
nounced Saturday as this
year’s class of enshrinees
into the Naismith Me-
morial Basketball Hall of
Fame.
“An amazing class,”
Duncan said.
They all got into the
Hall in their first year as
finalists, as did WNBA
great Tamika Catchings.
Two-time NBA champion
coach Rudy Tomjanovich
finally got his call, as did
longtime Baylor wom-
en’s coach Kim Mulkey,
1,000-game winner Bar-
bara Stevens of Bentley
and three-time Final Four
coach Eddie Sutton.
They were the eight
finalists who were an-
Recruiting
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Mississippi State to go
into Texas, and you’re
seeing the results,” he
continued.
And while not quite
as simplistic a tie, Flor-
ida and Georgia have
comparable explanations
for their recent target-
ing based on the current
staff’s past history.
Early in his career,
Leach recruited in Flori-
da as an assistant for Hal
Mumme at Iowa Wesley-
nounced in February,
and the panel of 24 voters
who were tasked to de-
cide who merited selec-
tion wound up choosing
them all. Also headed to
the Hall this year: former
FIBA Secretary General
Patrick Baumann, select-
ed as a direct-elect by the
international committee.
“He was the head of
FIBA and this was a way
to honor him,” Hall of
Fame Chairman and en-
shrinee Jerry Colangelo
said. “It was a special
thing done through that
committee.”
Bryant died about
three weeks before the
Hall of Fame said — as
if there was going to be
any doubt — that he was
a finalist. Duncan and
Garnett were also widely
perceived to be locks to
be part of this class; they
were both 15-time NBA
All-Stars, and Bryant was
an 18-time selection.
Bryant’s death has
been part of a jarring
start of the year for bas-
ketball: Commissioner
Emeritus David Stern
died on Jan. 1, Bryant and
his daughter Gianna were
an before the pair moved
to Valdosta State, a Divi-
sion II school located in
southern Georgia and just
over 20 minutes from the
Florida border.
Outside receivers
coach Steve Spurrier
Jr. — the son of long-
time Florida coach and
Heisman Trophy winner
Steve Spurrier — also
spent time as a gradu-
ate assistant at UF in the
mid-1990s and recruited
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among nine who died in
the crash in late January,
and the NBA shut down
March 11 as the corona-
virus pandemic began to
grip the U.S.
“Obviously, we wish
that he was here with us
to celebrate,” Vanessa
Bryant, Kobe’s wife, said
on the ESPN broadcast of
the class announcement.
“But it’s definitely the
peak of his NBA career
and every accomplish-
ment that he had as an
athlete was a stepping-
stone to be here. So we’re
incredibly proud of him.”
Bryant was also a five-
time champion with the
Los Angeles Lakers, just
as Duncan was with the
San Antonio Spurs.
“This is an incredibly
special class, for many
reasons,” Colangelo said.
Garnett is the only play-
er in NBA history with at
least 25,000 points, 10,000
rebounds, 5,000 assists,
1,500 blocks and 1,500
steals. He also was part of
Boston’s 2008 NBA title.
“This is the culmina-
tion,” Garnett said. “All
those hours ... this is what
you do it for, right here. To
the Sunshine State heav-
ily while an assistant at
South Carolina.
As for Georgia, offen-
sive line coach Mason
Miller was born in Mari-
etta and played for Leach
at Valdosta State before
meandering around the
country in varying coach-
ing capacities.
“Georgia can’t take ev-
erybody in Georgia and
Texas, and Texas A&M
can’t take all the good
be able to be called ‘Hall
of Famer’ is everything.”
Duncan spent the en-
tirety of his career with
the Spurs, and is now
back with the team as
an assistant coach under
Gregg Popovich.
“It’s kind of the end of
the journey here,” Dun-
can, on the broadcast,
said of his enshrinement.
“It was an incredible ca-
reer that I enjoyed so
much. To call it a dream
come true isn’t even do-
ing any justice to it. I nev-
er dreamt I’d be at this
point.”
Duncan, Garnett and
Bryant were similar in
many ways as players:
The longevity of their
careers, the eye-popping
numbers, almost peren-
nial inclusion on award
lists. They also shared a
dislike for touting person-
al accomplishments.
But even the Hall
would have touched Bry-
ant, those closest to him
said.
“No one deserves it
more,” Lakers Governor
Jeanie Buss said.
Added Lakers gener-
al manager Rob Pelinka,
players in Texas,” Wilt-
fong said. “There’s so
many good players, and if
you evaluate well you can
really become a good foot-
ball team recruiting those
three states (Georgia,
Texas and Florida).”
Of course, it remains to
be seen how many of the
88 prospects Leach’s staff
have offered in Georgia,
Texas and Florida will ac-
tually commit to MSU.
That said, with Robert-
Bryant’s former agent:
“All of us can trust that
this Basketball Hall of
Fame honor is one Kobe
would, and will, deeply
appreciate.”
Catchings was a 10-
time WNBA All-Star and
four-time Olympic gold
medalist. Tomjanovich,
who had overwhelming
support from NBA peers
who couldn’t understand
why it took so long for
his selection, was a five-
time All-Star as a player,
guided Houston to back-
to-back titles and took the
2000 U.S. Olympic team
to a gold medal.
Mulkey has three
NCAA titles as a coach,
won two others as a play-
er and had Baylor in po-
sition to vie for another
championship this season
had the global coronavi-
rus pandemic not forced
the shutdown of virtu-
ally every sport around
the globe. Stevens has
coached for 43 years and
is a five-time Division II
coach of the year. Sut-
ton won more than 800
games in nearly four de-
cades, and Baumann was
one of the most powerful
son and fellow Texas na-
tive Daniel Greek as the
only pledges of Leach’s
tenure to date coupled
with recent offering pat-
terns, future MSU rosters
may boast far more play-
ers who grew up watching
the Red Raiders and the
Gators than the Bulldogs.
“The good news is
there’s talent every-
where,” Washington told
The Dispatch in Febru-
ary. “And these kids are
voices in international
basketball until his death
in 2018.
“The incredible emo-
tions that I felt after re-
ceiving the call from the
Hall of Fame Friday after-
noon, I can’t even put into
words,” Stevens said.
The enshrinement
ceremony in Springfield,
Massachusetts, is sched-
uled for Aug. 29. Should
the pandemic force a de-
lay, there is a tentative
plan for an October cere-
mony as well.
For this year, largely
because of the star pow-
er of this class, the Hall
chose to enact a one-year
suspension of direct elec-
tions from the Veteran’s,
Women’s Veteran’s, Early
African-American Pio-
neers and Contributors
categories.
With Bryant, Duncan
and Garnett as perhaps
the top NBA trio to ever
enter simultaneously, the
Hall wanted to make sure
that no enshrinee would
be overlooked.
“We didn’t need to wa-
ter it down,” Colangelo
said. “Next year is anoth-
er year for many.”
getting out and going dif-
ferent places, and so when
they step on campus, we
want to make this feel like
home for them and gain a
relationship and a love for
our coaches and the play-
ers that are around here
and the city of Starkville.
From there, shoot, sell
everything else and give
them a goal and a light at
the end of the tunnel.”
Lifestyles
What better time?
Nancy Reeves preps soil in a butterfly garden at her home in Lowndes County’s New Hope community Thursday. Before long, colorful flow-
ers that attract pollinators will provide a bright oasis in Reeves’ yard. Spring’s arrival and more hours at home create a prime opportunity to
start the garden we never got around to.
Those veggies and flowers you never
had time to grow? Just look at us now
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
T
hursday’s sun shone high and bright
on 7-year-old Lucy Ann Richardson
and big brother Craig, 14, as they
helped their mom with gardening at home
in Caledonia. Because of the novel coro-
navirus, Victoria and Chad Richardson’s
raised vegetable beds are about two to
three weeks ahead of schedule than they’d
normally be this time of year.
Chad, in the construction industry,
continues working, but Victoria, a culinary
arts teacher with the Lowndes County
School District Career Technology Center,
has been home with the children ever since
a week-long spring break became a long se-
quester. Gardening has been a beneficiary.
Those vegetables you always meant to
try your hand at? The vibrant flowers you
envisioned in the yard but never got around
to planting? This is it.
Bright spots may be few and far between
during shelter-in-place status, but Rich-
ardson and others like her think getting
our hands dirty is a productive way to put
unexpected days at home to good purpose.
In spite of world events, spring has arrived
and the earth is ready to produce.
“With the call to practice social distanc-
ing and staying home away
from group gatherings, what
better time than now to get
outside, breathe the fresh air
and start a vegetable or flow-
er garden?” said Mississippi
State University Extension
Service Agent Reid Nevins.
Co-ops and garden centers Nevins
should have a variety of vege-
table seedlings such as tomatoes, peppers,
squash, eggplant, corn and other vegeta-
bles — as well as flowers — to choose from,
Nevins said.
“But it’s also still not too late to start
many vegetables from seeds,” he noted.
“Starting seeds is, of course, cheaper than
purchasing seedlings, but it’s also a great
way to introduce young people to garden-
ing by planting the seeds and watching
them emerge and grow with a little tender,
loving care.”
Courtesy photo
Chad and Victoria Richardson of Caledonia
grow a wide variety of vegetables at home in
more than a dozen raised beds. If just start-
ing out, Victoria suggests beginning with one
or two beds and adding more as desired.
The prospect needn’t be
daunting or huge.
“Not everything has to
come from the grocery store,
and you don’t have to have
a lot of space,” said Victoria
Richardson. “After all, one or
two tomato plants are pretty
much enough for a family.” Richardson
Start small
The Richardsons began with three
raised beds about 17 years ago; now they
have 19. Most of the beds are 4-by-10-feet,
built of pressure-treated lumber. Chad and
Victoria — and their two young helpers —
grow much of what they eat and share the
rest with family and neighbors. Victoria
does a lot of canning.
“Start small. Raised beds are the easiest
way to go because you can keep everything
contained. You can walk all the way around
the bed, pick from every side,” she said.
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“Begin with one bed, maybe two, and when
you get comfortable with that, add another
bed and then you can add more variety in
what you grow.”
Cucumbers are easy to grow from seeds,
she continued. “And squash and zucchini
come up pretty quick from seeds. We also
grow radishes from seeds and carrots,
although they’re a little more cantankerous
and take a while to germinate.”
For peppers, tomatoes, egg plants and
broccoli, Richardson usually starts with
plants from a garden center.
“Composting has been amazing,” she
remarked. Compost piles convert waste
including grass clippings, tree leaves,
vegetable food scraps, newspaper and
cardboard into a soil-enriching boost for
the garden. The practice turned what was
“terrible dirt” the Richardsons began with
into bounty-producing fuel.
One big benefit of getting back to the
earth has been the effect on Craig and Lucy
Ann, their mother said.
“One of the greatest things I’ve seen
come out of this is that my children love
vegetables. They love almost everything
that comes out of the garden.”
Winged visitors
In the New Hope community Thurs-
day, Nancy Reeves prepped the soil for a
butterfly garden. After taking the Exten-
sion Service’s Master Gardeners course
in spring 2017, she was inspired by the
butterfly garden the group maintains at the
Columbus Riverwalk. She likes rolling out
the welcome mat to graceful pollinators
on a smaller scale in her own yard as well.
First-time gardeners can create their own
in a limited space.
“Select a sunny spot. Butterflies love
the heat,” Reeves advised from experience.
“Choose plants or seeds that are going to
produce a colorful and pleasing-to-the-eye
garden.” Zinnia, lantana, salvia, milkweed,
Mexican sunflowers, Turk’s cap, fennel and
dill weed are among Reeves’ choices.
Butterflies need structure to lay their
eggs on, she pointed out. Publications
online can help with suggestions.
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope
Road. Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
662-664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military
Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery
provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-
6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch
McWilliams, Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible
Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Jeff Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771
Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth
classes 6:30 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe
LLC
Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle
Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult
Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW,
Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-
3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday
School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490
Yorkville Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes
6:30 p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844
Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.
cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy.
50 W. (Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by
Discipleship Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m.,
Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting,
Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m.
Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben
Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
We unlock Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621
Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40
Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or
662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912
11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy
Burns. 662-328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
— 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m.
Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH —
Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship
5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics
Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday
7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding,
Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner
Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening
Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Interim Pastor Ron Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.
com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver
Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628
East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8
a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley,
Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake
Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor.
662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd.
Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups
for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway
50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin
Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe
Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday
Evening - AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth
& Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday -
Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940 www.
newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave.
and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel,
Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
405 Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
1st 2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-
7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor
High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill
Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Bill Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852
Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH —
12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11
a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor.
sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282
E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST
CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams,
Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2
blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104
Louisville St., Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St.
Luke Lutheran Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH —
Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship
6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright,
Youth Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@
yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy.
373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957
Sunset Drive, Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference
Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1131
Woodlawn Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. Rev. William
Sparks, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Kenny Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
Activity Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd,
4th & 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-
744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess
Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr.
Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-
434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand
Road. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or
662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert
Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry
Johnson, Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East
North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot
#4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A.
Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New
Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley,
Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor
Thurston Rd. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
5th Sunday 8 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m.
Pastor Therman Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal
- Wed. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus
Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir
Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy
L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH
— 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible
Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213
Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH —
4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S.
(1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin,
Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th
Ave. N. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.
Bible Study Wednesday 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
ST. JAMES MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups
Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
ST. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St.
Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00
a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver
Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive,
Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150
Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH —
8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David
Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-
4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy.
45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-
2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
842 Hwy. 45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30
a.m. Herb Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland
Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday
School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder
Joseph Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew
Rd., Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-
5939 or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808
College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m.,
Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation
Catholic School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey
Waldrep, Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary.
Lavelle Smith, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave.
N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main
St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship
10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah
Johnson 662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.
com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd.
Sunday Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister.
662-328- 4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th
St. S. Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday)
9:45 a.m., (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
327-6060 Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401
7th St. N. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson,
Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m.,
Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HW Y. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay
Street. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903
Lone Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess
Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor.
662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST
— 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday
Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00
p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098.
Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens
Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Tim Gentle, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828
10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45
a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis
Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes,
Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840
Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570

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LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave.
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103
Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts,
Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville
Rd., Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH
OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday
7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m.,
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday
Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-
327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military
Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer
Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th
Thursday Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor.
662-574-2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor.
662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father
Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven
Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH —
321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest.
662-574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College
St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday
Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy
Bourne, Senior Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer
Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership
Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-
5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W.
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter
662-328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study
7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-
327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old
Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson,
Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-
monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
UNIVERSALIST
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple
B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday.
662-620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
(WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible
Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.)
— 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m.
Stan Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton
Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11
a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30
p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50
Church Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3
p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — 1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Eugene Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Main St., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10
a.m. Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417
Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning
worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602
Main St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m.
Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell
Bradley, Associate Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate
Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
80 Old Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St.
S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road,
Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class
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each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45,
Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday
Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-
4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road
East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia
Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah
Windham, Pastor.
NEW ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2169 S. Montgomery St., Starkville. Sunday School 9:30-
10:30 a.m., Young Adult Bible Study (ages 18-30) Thursday
6:30 p.m. Tyrone Stallings, Pastor. 662-324-0789
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy
Tentoni, Pastor.
PLAIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1579
Sun Creek Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 8:45-9:45
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6-7 p.m. Rev.
Sylvester Miller III, Pastor. 662-324-0036
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th
St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45
a.m. Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional
Worship Service 9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 722 Military Rd. Breakfast 9:10 a.m., Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Adult/Children Bible Study
Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Dwight Prowell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m.
John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Demetric Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor
Lizzie Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St.
S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday
5:15 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges,
Pastor. 662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m.,
Youth Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-
328-3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and
6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College
St. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m.
Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11
a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER
— 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor.
662-855-5006
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S.
McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor.
662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109
Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7
p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98
Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st
Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba)
Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH —
1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST
MINISTRIES — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning
Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP
CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St.,
Brooksville. Prayer Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m.,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David
T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742
Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday
School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30
p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For
more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-
1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or
Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
— 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-
327-1960
LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information,
call 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr.
Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11
a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH
INTERNATIONAL — 113 Jefferson St., Macon.
Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-2456 E-mail:
livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every
1st and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study
10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-
9843 or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441
18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP —
2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m.,
SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2019 3B
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF
JESUS CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service
9 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
241-6723 www.memorialgunterpeel.com
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7
p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old,
5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck
Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY
CHURCH — 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer
Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter
and Pastor. 662-630-5216
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St.,
Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella,
Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY —
2119 7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie
Edwards, Pastors.
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner of
Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 7:30 p.m.
662-798-0259
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Since 1960
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
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TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER 1024 Gardner Blvd.
MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
328-8277
Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus.
Sunday Worship 8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
8 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis,
Pastor. 662-230-3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
CHURCH — 725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.
stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and
updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North
McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny
L. Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601
14th Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF
LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human
Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267
Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH
— 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45
a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106
22nd St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District
Elder Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7
p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6
Boyd Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon,
Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Mildred Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875
Richardson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747
E-mail: nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH
MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday
10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women
Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922
17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge
Road. Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor.
UNITED PENTECOSTAL 1721 Hwy 45 N
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia.
® Columbus, MS
Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, 662.848.0919
Pastor. 662-356-0202
Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC)
— 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 Hunting • Fishing
p.m. John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m.,
Oktibbeha County Co-Op
Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: 662-323-1742
Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt
Rd. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m.,
Adult Choir Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd
Wednesdays 6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship
Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha,
Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy.
82 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m.,
Sabbath School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting
6:30 p.m. Ray Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311 The McBryde Family
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th
St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 Specializing in industrial accounts
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Celebrating Easter in the era of COVID-19

I
think one of the hardest
parts of this quarantine is
upon us: Easter. What is
Easter without a big egg hunt,
the church cantata, a new
dress, and a basket full of jelly
beans?
Well, it’ll be different. But
different doesn’t always mean
bad. Here are a few ideas to
help you celebrate Easter even
without the usual bells and
whistles. Whatever you choose
to do, remember that your kids
don’t think this is “wrong.” So
if you make it seem fun, they
will consider it fun.
Religious
On Palm Sunday (that’s
today), place a palm branch or
other green branch on your
front door. Read the story of
Jesus entering Jerusalem in
Matthew 21:1-9. On
the Friday before
Easter, read the sto-
ry of Jesus’ cruci-
fixion in Matthew
27:11-65. And of
course on Easter
morning, be sure to
read Luke 24:1-12.
Make resurrec-
tion eggs with your
kids. These are a
dozen plastic eggs Amelia Plair
filled with small
tokens that refer to different
parts of the Easter story. You
can find full directions and a
free printable to go along with
them at lifeyourway.net.
Make resurrection rolls.
These are also called “disap-
pearing marshmallow rolls,”
and each part of the recipe
recalls an aspect of Jesus’s
crucifixion and resurrection.
Find complete inner part of the leftover cake.
instructions at Cover a large baking sheet or
yummyhealthyeasy. stiff piece of cardboard with
com. aluminum foil and arrange the
Using stones cake on the “platter.” Let your
and dirt in your kids decorate it with white
backyard, create frosting and any other candies
a “cave” like Jesus or sprinkles you have on hand.
would have been A Ziplock bag makes a great
buried in and roll a piping bag.
stone in front of it. Make bunny ears out of an
On Easter Sunday, old headband and two sheets
of construction paper.
roll the stone away
and celebrate that You don’t need a dye kit to
dye hardboiled eggs: you can
He is risen.
use drinking glasses, a spoon,
and food coloring to dye them.
Secular Don’t forget to add a splash of
Make a “bunny” cake. First, vinegar to each glass to help
bake two round cakes. One the color stick to the egg.
cake will become the bunny’s Have an egg hunt in your
face. Cut the other into three backyard. If you didn’t get all
pieces: two ears, made of the your Easter shopping done
outer parts of the leftover this year, get creative with
cake, and one bow, made of the what you put inside: puzzle
pieces, homemade candy,
coins, “coupons” for treats
like extra screen time, or even
“fortunes” are all good choic-
es.
Decorate a tree in your
yard or home with a garland of
plastic Easter eggs; just open
the egg, put a piece of curling
ribbon across the opening, and
snap it closed again. You can
make the garland as long as
you want it to be and still use
the eggs later for your hunt if
you need them.
Use balloons on Easter
morning to spell out a signifi-
cant word or phrase, using one
balloon per letter. Hang them
in a tree outside or string them
like a banner inside the house.
Amelia Plair is mom
and high school teacher in
Starkville. Email reaches her at
mamabadgerplair@gmail.com.

MSU summer classes to be held

online, with more options available
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC Ten Week Term, (June
AFFAIRS 1-August 4).

M
ississippi State
University’s sum-
mer 2020 classes
all will take place online
to help students stay on
their academic paths de-
spite the COVID-19 pan-
demic, and students will
have the added advantage
of a number of additional
course offerings.
The decision to contin-
ue with all-online instruc-
tion through the summer
comes as university
leaders continue to eval-
uate and respond to this
unprecedented crisis.
“As our students
navigate the challeng-
es presented by the
COVID-19 pandemic, we
want to do everything in
our power to help them
stay on their academic
paths, or even get ahead,”
said MSU Provost and
Executive Vice President
David Shaw. “I encourage
students to talk with their
advisors about the many
online summer school
offerings available to
MSU Summer Ad-
vantage offers current
students a variety of
options for getting a head
start on the fall semester,
finishing core course
requirements, taking
classes within majors, or
picking up extra credits
to accelerate graduation.
Students can take time
to explore a new subject
area, concentrate on diffi-
cult courses, and benefit
from smaller classes
taught by MSU’s world-
Photo by Megan Bean
class faculty. The online
Morgan Byers, a 2019 MSU electrical engineering grad-
format provides flexibil-
uate from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is pictured study-
ing with her laptop. This summer, students can take ity while maintaining
advantage of a wide range of course offerings online as high-quality instruction,
the university helps them stay on their academic paths. student-centered curric-
ula, interactive learning
them. We know that for wherever the students Courtesy photo
and collaborative study
many of our students, are, they will be able to STAR STUDENT: Heritage Academy senior Sterling
their normal plans have take as much as an entire activities. Bailey, left, has been named the STAR Student for
been disrupted, so we semester during three Given the shift to all the 2019-2020 school year by the Mississippi Eco-
wanted to offer them as summer sessions. MSU online instruction this nomic Council M.B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor
many options as possible will have three summer summer, MSU is making of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition
summer classes more (STAR) program. Selection is based on academic
for moving forward aca- terms which include May- excellence. Bailey, the son of Alan Bailey and the
demically with summer mester (May 6-29), First economical than ever, to
late Kim Bailey, chose HA high school English
school.” Term (June 1-29), Second assist students financially teacher Pat Perdue, right, as his STAR Teacher, the
Through the enhanced Term (July 6-August when they are needing it instructor who made the greatest contribution to
offerings, and from 4), as well as a Summer most. his scholastic achievement.

Gardening
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“The plants they
choose to nectar from
are not necessarily the
ones they’ll choose to lay
their eggs on,” said the
enthusiast. It can help to
“add a bit of structure,”
even an old branch, for
butterflies to light on, or
to cocoon on, she said.
And during the dry, hot
summer, add a small pan
of water.
“Something to provide
moisture for them,” she
urged, “because they get
thirsty, too.”
Plenty of help
Whether for vegeta-
bles, flowers or butter-
flies, the MSU Extension
Service puts a wealth of
knowledge at our finger-
tips, Nevins said.
“To look up the most
popular gardening publi-
cations on your phone or
computer, go to exten-
sion.msstate.edu and
type in what you want
information on in the
search bar,” he advised.
One of the most popu-
lar publications in spring
is the Mississippi Gar-
den Tabloid, Publication
1091, the agent noted.
“It discusses proper
planting dates for vege-
tables, fertilizing, insect
and weed control and
many, many more topics
to help you with produc-
ing the best garden you
have ever had.”
For guidance on
butterfly gardens, search
for “Butterfly Plants and
Mississippi Butterflies,”
Publication 151661.
Then, go outdoors.
Reeves said, “I firmly
believe that being out-
side helps with mental
health, so in this time
when we’re relegated to
staying on our own little
square of land, being
inside all day is just not
healthy. We’ve got this
time now, and there’s
a need for us to be out
there. It gets us outside
of our box.”

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My husband and
I have been married for 15
years. Before we married,
I purchased a house. He moved
in a month after our wedding and
made a lot of improvements to
it. We are now in the process of
doing more renovations.
His mom moved in with us two
months ago. Before she moved
in, the plan was to take the down-
stairs — which has a living room
and a bedroom — and convert it
to a bedroom and a room leading
out to a patio to have another
entrance to our swimming pool.
But she wants to decorate that room with her
furniture and use it when her friends and family and your husband occupy the upstairs? If she
visit her.
My husband says, “She is
77. She doesn’t have many more
years left, so let her do what she
wants.” He always adds, “I can
tell her she isn’t wanted and find
somewhere for her to go, but I
don’t know where it would be.”
I have always given in, but he
doesn’t see it that way.
Should I let someone come
into my house and redecorate
it differently than how I want it?
Please let me know if I am being
selfish like he says. — INVADED IN
THE SOUTH
Dear Abby DEAR INVADED: Let me get this
straight: Your mother-in-law will
occupy the downstairs of your home while you
wants to decorate her bedroom and the room in
which she entertains her visitors, it won’t be a
reflection of your taste, and frankly, it shouldn’t
be. It is understandable.
What is clear to me is that you really don’t
want her living under your roof. Because your
husband can’t — or won’t — do the research to
find reasonable alternatives for his mother, the
task of finding something suitable is yours.
DEAR ABBY: My husband is terminally ill
with cancer and hasn’t long to live. I would like
to ask friends that, in lieu of flowers, they make
donations to a scholarship fund for three very
precious granddaughters who have spent most
every day of their young lives with him. They are
10, 8 and 5. He has been their caregiver.
However, we have other grandchildren who
are grown and have graduated from college,
and great-grandchildren who are the same ages
as these three granddaughters. I am afraid of
offending these grandchildren by not including
their children. Is asking for a memorial donation
tacky of me to ensure these three granddaugh-
ters who have been so close to him are provid-
ed for? — PROVIDED FOR IN THE MIDWEST
DEAR PROVIDED: Your adult, college-educat-
ed grandchildren should be able to provide for
their children without help from you. I assume
there is a reason your husband has been the
caregiver for the grandchildren whose future
you are concerned about. If you and your
husband would like to request that friends skip
the flowers and contribute to a college fund for
them, it’s your privilege. And if you get flak for
it, you should explain the reason why.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was found-
ed by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 5).
This solar return lights a heartfire,
and you’ll hang your star on ideas
you hadn’t thought possible. Make
vision boards, to-do lists, bucket lists
and the like. Motivation and plan will
come together with a satisfying click.
You’ll have money to invest in July.
September brings a sweet happening
in your personal life. Gemini and Can-
cer adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 3, 33, 28, 40 and 11.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
When you follow your own leadership,
reward, encourage and treat yourself.
The more you reinforce a preferred
behavior, the more likely you are to
exhibit it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’ll ask yourself, “Is this who I
want to be?” and then make little
adjustments from there to either
reinforce your choice or turn it in a
new direction.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The
sky is not falling. It makes some peo-
ple feel better to join in a panic, and
there’s always one going on some-
where. You can choose to participate
in it or not. Do what’s right for you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The
only motive to have now is no motive
at all. This is a time to be hyperaware
of what is so. And if you can love
what’s going on, then you’ll be even
more powerful in the situation.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re
thoroughly original. It’s not that you
reject the traditional approach or the
way most others are doing it, it’s just
that you clearly see a way to do it
differently.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You
will feel compelled to nurture those
in need better than you would care
for yourself. Why? Step back and
challenge yourself to give yourself
your highest and best.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re
not “too” anything. You’re just right
in all of the categories — just right
for you, for this time, for the current
circumstances. If you want to change
something, start by accepting where
you are.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Loving is easier than communicating
love, which can be tricky, laden in
expectation and the pressure to get
things right. For today, stop trying
to communicate and just focus on
loving.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
You improve the world by doing as
much as you can in the tribes you
belong to. If you feel limited by the
group, then you’ll join another. Your
capacity for friendship and service is
bigger than most.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
People don’t generally follow advice,
but they don’t have to follow it to
be helped by you. Your assistance
comes by way of example. You show
up strong; they follow suit.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Your gift for creating friendships
includes an instinct for give and take,
an ability to sense underlying feel-
ings, a fun way of communicating and
instant affection for unconventional
people.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To
recognize when a thing is totally out
of your control and act accordingly
is good common sense and great
leadership. Effective leaders know
when to steer the action and when
to let go.
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