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Two multimillion-dollar solar energy

projects could come to Lowndes County
Supes approve offering fee-in-lieu agreements to help land companies
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
Two 200-megawatt solar en-
ergy projects that would gener-
ate and potentially store power
could come to Lowndes County
after supervisors unanimously
approved resolutions of intent
Friday morning to enter fee-in-
lieu agreements with each of
the two companies pitching the
projects.
Golden Triangle Devel-
opment LINK CEO Joe Max
Higgins, who is leading the
P r o j e c t
Moore’s Bluff
to Higgins. He said the solar
farms producing renewable
recruitment effort for the proj- would bring an powers could also attract more
ects — codenamed “Honeybee investment of businesses to the area.
and “Moore’s Bluff” to protect between $60 Both projects qualify for a
the companies’ identities while million and $200 fee-in-lieu agreement, which
they decide whether to locate in million, while requires a minimum invest-
Lowndes County — said they Project Honey- Higgins ment of $60 million under the
bring the potential of $260 mil- bee would invest state law. The fee-in-lieu agree-
lion in initial investment. at least $60 million, according See SOLAR, 5A

County lifts
‘Mother Goose’ brings Storytime curfew, local
to Facebook during quarantine restrictions
Library director: ‘She turned out to be a natural’ in front of camera
to follow state
guidelines
Supes amend budget to
repair fire station roof
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com

The Lowndes
County Board of Su-
pervisors voted Fri-
day morning to strip
all county-level ordi-
nances related to the
COVID-19 pandemic,
including the county
Hairston
curfew, and simply
sync with state guidelines. 
Columbus residents will still
have to follow city ordinances,
which can be stricter than what the
state dictates. The city renewed
its curfew Friday, banning all trav-
els for residents of 18 years old or
younger and nonessential travels
for those older, according to the
Facebook page of the city’s police
department. 
The city’s Restart Columbus
committee, an initiative announced
See GUIDELINES, 2A

Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff

Mother Goose performs her “Storytime with Mother Goose” role as Columbus-Lowndes Public Library director Erin

Fifth person
Busbea manages the video, which is posted on the library’s Facebook page each Thursday. Busbea said Williams
hasn’t missed a beat in transitioning from her regular “Storytime” program at the library to a virtual show. “She
turned out to be a natural. I’m not even kidding,” Busbea said.

BY SLIM SMITH “I’ll say ‘Amen’ to that. It’s been presence of a stranger bolts to em- connected with
Columbus senior
ssmith@cdispatch.com A-W-F-U-L, awful,” Williams said. brace Mother Goose with a hug at

S
For 38 years, Williams has been her first sighting. She is, in short,
ince March, Americans every- playing the role of the imaginary a kid magnet, even for Columbus

where have struggled with the
restrictions imposed during
the coronavirus pandemic, some
with grace, others with grudging
compliance, some even with defi-
ance.
Shelter at home and social
distancing orders have disrupted
the lives of millions, but it’s hard to
imagine anyone in the Golden Tri-
angle whose life has been altered
more profoundly than Edwina
Williams, more commonly known
as Mother Goose.
author of fairy tales and nursery
rhymes that date to the 17th cen-
tury. Costumed in an ankle length
dress, apron, flowered straw hat
and cradling a plush goose toy in
the crook of her arm, Williams is
easily the most recognizable citi-
zen of Lowndes County, an expect-
ed presence at every city event and
the unofficial goodwill ambassador
of the community.
She is simply irresistible to
children. Even the shyest child
clinging to her mother’s skirt in the
“kids” now in their middle age.
The former elementary school
teacher and stay-at-home mom
might have considered Mother
Goose an alter ego in those first
years. Now, decades later, it has be-
come her identity. Even her closest
and oldest friends rarely call her by
her given name.
“She’s Mother Goose,’’ said
Barbara Bigelow, director of Main
Street Columbus. “That’s who she
is.”
See MOTHER GOOSE, 5A
facility dies
of COVID-19
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
An elderly male resident of Ar-
rington at Plantation Pointe died
Saturday, the fifth person connect-
ed with the Columbus assisted liv-
ing facility to die of COVID-19 in
a month.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg
Merchant confirmed Saturday’s
COVID-19 death, along with two
See COVID-19, 3A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 Who was the only U.S. president MEETINGS
never to marry — James Buchanan, May 18: Oktibbeha County
Thomas Jefferson or Richard Nixon? Board of Supervisors meet-
2 What series did writer Suzanne Col-
lins create before her popular young ing, Chancery Courthouse,
adult series “The Hunger Games”? 9 a.m., stream the meeting
3 What is a second full moon in a
month called —harvest moon, blood live at https://us02web.
Nadia Heinkel
moon or blue moon? zoom.us/j/83670541760
Third grade, Annunciation
4 What dominant tennis player habit-

80 Low 65 ually tugs at his underwear before he May 19: Starkville Board
High serves? of Aldermen meeting, 5:30
Mostly cloudy, chance p.m. storm 5 What city is home to the world’s first
p.m., City Hall, Stream live
Full forecast on
underground passenger train system?
Answers, 4B at the City of Starkville
page 3A.
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GTECHS GRADUATION

Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff

Golden Triangle Early College High School history teacher
Annette Glover, right, rings a Mississippi State University
cowbell at Alayshia Pratt, one of Saturday’s 44 GTECHS
graduates. Glover and other faculty and staff rang bells
and air horns and cheered for the graduates as they left
East Mississippi Community College’s Communiversity in
Mayhew after their “drive-thru” commencement ceremony,
in which the graduates stayed in their cars with their fam-
ilies and walked up to receive their diplomas one by one
from GTECHS principal Jill Savely.

Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff

ABOVE: Kea’Isha Johnson, left, walks to receive her diploma from Golden Triangle Early College High School
on Saturday while her family cheers for her from their car at East Mississippi Community College’s Commu-
niversity in Mayhew. The alternative high school program through EMCC held a drive-thru commencement
ceremony for its second graduating class, 44 students from five school districts in four counties. LEFT: Ben-
jamin Jordan, an algebra teacher at Golden Triangle Early College High School, indicates how far apart the
cars should be before GTECHS’ drive-thru graduation ceremony Saturday at the East Mississippi Community
College campus in Mayhew. The ceremony included a pre-recorded national anthem and speeches from the
class president and EMCC vice president Paul Miller as 44 students sat in their cars with their families and
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff drove up to receive their diplomas one by one.

Guidelines
Continued from Page 1A
May 3, has conducted meetings with
some of its eight subcommittees, which
help city leaders make policies in differ-
ent industries, such as restaurants, sa-
lons and churches, among other things. 
The supervisors’ action Friday lifted
the countywide curfew, which went into
effect late March to ban non-essential
travels from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., County
Administrator Ralph Billingsley said.  building.
Barbershops, nail salons and gyms in
the county are now allowed to reopen fol-
lowing state restrictions, such as operat-
ing at a smaller capacity and sanitizing
high-contact areas between customers,
according to Gov. Tate Reeves’ May 8 ex-
ecutive order to reopen those business-
es. The executive order will expire on
May 25 unless it is extended.
Reeves ordered Friday to further lift
restrictions on restaurants, allowing
those serving no alcohol to offer indoor
dining 24 hours a day. Restaurants with
alcohol must close the indoor dining
area before 10 p.m.
The same order allowed the reopen-
ing of body piercing parlors and dance
studios, provided that they respective-
ly follow restrictions similar to those
on barbershops and gyms. Parks and
outdoor recreational activities are also
allowed to follow normal hours of opera-
tions, the order said, and fishing tourna-
ments are allowed to reopen.
District 2 Supervisor Trip Hair-
ston, who moved to repeal the county
pandemic ordinances, said the county
would be in good hands as long as it fol-
lows state guidelines. The state issued
stricter guidelines Tuesday for seven
counties that are considered COVID-19
“hotspots.”  “We need to contact them if … we had
“If we were to get one of those spikes,”
he said, “I think the state would do what
it needs to do as far as putting ordinanc-
es in place.
“I think we ought to let medical ex-
perts dictate all this,” he added.
County shells out $30k to repair five-
year roof at fire station
During Friday’s meeting, supervi-
sors also amended the budget to spend
$30,900 to fix the metal roof on top of the
District 2 Volunteer Fire Department
 
The building, located by Jess Lyon
Road, is only five or six years old, said
Andy Grant, chief of the fire department.
The roof only had a two-year warranty,
he said.
Grant said the roof was poorly done
when first built.
“I’ve had five people look at this job,”
he said. “(One of them said), ‘This is ab-
solutely the worst job I’ve ever seen.’”
The building had several leaks due
to the amount of rain over the past two
months, he said, and the roof had 50
holes in it. The insulation was filled with
water, he said, and the kitchen area had Yue Stella Yu/Dispatch Staff
leaks through the ceiling. The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors met in a crowded boardroom Friday
“We’ve had leaks that started show- where it voted to lift the countywide curfew that had been in place for the COVID-19
ing up everywhere,” he said. pandemic. Many members of the audience wore protective masks for the meeting,
but roughly 20 people were in the boardroom at once and there were no social
It is unclear who was contracted for distancing guidelines enforced. The county has purchased equipment to livestream
the construction at the time. The build- supervisor meetings, but it hasn’t arrived yet, county officials said.
ing was estimated mid-construction
in 2014 to cost $200,000 upon comple-
tion, according to previous Dispatch re-
porting. County Fire Coordinator Neal
Austin could not be reached for com-
ment by press time.
Board of Supervisors President Har-
ry Sanders asked for more information
on the original contractor and for the
county to seek the possibility of reim-
bursement during the meeting. 
to sue them for (the work),” he said.
JBH Construction LLC, a Mississip-
pi-based company, is contracted for the
roof repairs.

Mississippi judge eager

to return to work after being shot
Lauderdale County Chancellor Judge
shot March 16 in downtown Meridian
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MERIDIAN — A Mis-
sissippi judge shot in
March as he arrived at the
courthouse says he’s eager
to get back to work.
Lauderdale County
Chancellor Judge Charles
Smith hopes doctors will
clear him for a return to
the bench in a few weeks,
WLBT-TV reported.
“I’m looking forward to
getting back to work. I am
hoping that in a couple of
weeks, the doctors will say
that I’m ready to go back to
work because I’m ready,”
he said.
Smith was shot March
16 in downtown Meridi-
an. A bullet tore through
Smith’s left hip, clipped
his femoral artery, split
the ball-and-socket joint in
his hip and exited in front
where the leg joins the tor-
so, officials said. He has
since gone through multi-
ple surgeries to repair the
damage and has spent time
recuperating at Methodist
Rehabilitation Center.
Smith recalled the day
he was shot, telling the tele-
vision station he had just
walked behind his truck
when a loud noise startled
him around 7:15 a.m.
“I heard this loud
sound like a thunderclap
and thought lightning ...
knocked me down. I looked
up, and the sky was clear,”
he recalled.
That’s when he realized
he had been shot, Smith
said.
“There was a deputy
around the corner who
immediately came around,
and he radioed for help.
Another deputy who was
close by was also a nurse.
He had his trauma kit.
He knew what to do in re-
gards to stopping the flow
of blood,” Smith said. “If
the deputy hadn’t known
what to do to stop the flow
of blood, I would have bled
out right there.”
Smith said he is fortu-
nate to have survived.
“All I can say is God just
said it wasn’t my time,” he
said.
Before this incident,
Smith said he had never
been threatened or felt
threatened. Now Smith
said he pays more attention
to things such as ordinary
traffic.
“I don’t know that it’s
going to change my life.
I’m going to get up and en-
joy the day and go to work.
I’m not going to be paranoid
about it, but it is a wake-up
call.”
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Columbus woman dies in Noxubee car crash; her two children injured
All three were have been hospitalized for their
injuries.
ejected from vehicle Sharquea Vonshae Groves,
26, was driving south on High-
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT way 45 near Dwelling Place
Road at 12:12 p.m. when she
A Columbus woman died lost control of her 2004 Chev-
Friday in a one-vehicle crash rolet Trailblazer, according to
on U.S. Highway 45 in Noxubee a Mississippi Highway Patrol
County, and her two children press release. She ran off the
left side of the southbound
roadway into the median, and
the vehicle overturned before
landing on the northbound side
of the highway.
Groves and her two children
riding with her – a 6-year-old
daughter and 1-year-old son
– were all ejected from the ve-
hicle, the press release said.
None had been wearing safety
restraints.
Groves was taken to Noxu-
bee General Hospital in Macon
where she was pronounced
dead. Her son was taken to Bap-
tist Memorial-Golden Triangle
in Columbus and her daughter
was airlifted to a Jackson hos-
pital.
Neither MHP Sgt. Derrick
Beckom, public information
officer for Troop G, nor Lown-
des County Coroner Greg Mer-
chant had an update on the
children’s condition as of press
time Saturday.
Beckom said what caused
the accident is still being inves-
tigated.

COVID-19
Continued from Page 1A
other COVID-19 deaths resident being treated for spokesman for Ar- the residents refused the owned by the same com- from the Mississippi
earlier in the week. the virus at Baptist died rington, said extensive test.” pany. State Department of
Merchant said anoth- Wednesday evening. testing has been conduct- All staff members There have now been Health, as of Friday there
er Plantation Pointe resi- Since April 16, four ed at Plantation Pointe. have been tested, he said. 16 COVID-19 deaths were 407 cases of the
dent died Thursday while residents and a caregiver “Residents have the Kilarski said testing combined in Lowndes, virus in those counties.
being treated at Baptist at Plantation Pointe have right to refuse COVID-19 is being scheduled next Oktibbeha, Clay and Statewide, there were
Memorial Hospital-Gold- died of the virus. test, but staff does not,” week for Windsor Skilled Noxubee counties. 11,123 cases and 510
en Triangle. A Starkville Doug Kilarski, a he said. “Only a few of Nursing Center, which is According to data deaths.

AREA OBITUARIES
COMMERCIAL DISPATCH in the funeral home officiating. Friends Faye Watts Lee Thomas, Christine day, in Zion Cypress
OBITUARY POLICY parking lot. Friends may view the service Evans, Jeanery Brown, Cemetery, with the Rev.
Obituaries with basic informa- SULLIGENT — Faye
tion including visitation and
may view the service live online at www. Howard Watts, 82, died Wayne Howard, Mon- James R. Covington Jr.
service times, are provided live online at www. lowndesfuneralhome. May 8, 2020. roe Howard, Felix How- officiating. Visitation is
free of charge. Extended lowndesfuneralhome. net Lowndes Funeral Funeral services ard, Raymond Howard, today, at Century Hair-
obituaries with a photograph, net. .Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is were at 1 p.m. Saturday, Buddy Howard, Janice ston Funeral Home.
detailed biographical informa- Home of Columbus is in charge of arrange- at Otts Funeral Home, Howard, Arvil Lee How- Century Hairston Fu-
tion and other details families in charge of arrange- ments. with James Godsey offi- ard and Melvin Howard. neral Home is in charge
may wish to include, are ments. Mrs. Brown was ciating. Burial followed She is survived by of arrangements.
available for a fee. Obituaries
must be submitted through
Mrs. Sprouse was born Sept. 2, 1933, in in Barnesville Ceme- her daughter, Dorothy Mr. Overstreet was
funeral homes unless the born May 23, 1956, in Craig Springs, Oktib- tery. Visitation was one Faye O’Mary of Cen- born Oct. 2, 1956,in
deceased’s body has been Kosciusko, to the late beha County, to the hour prior to services. tral, South Carolina; Starkville, to the late
donated to science. If the Victor Earl and Merle late Robert Alvin and Otts Funeral Home of siblings, Fowler of Kos- William Overstreet Jr.
deceased’s body was donated Dlean Price Townsend. Lurleen Wallace Huds- Sulligent was in charge ciusko, Jeanette Sor- and Nancy Lee Mc-
to science, the family must She was formerly peth. She was formerly of arrangements. rells of Gattman, Olean Duffy.
provide official proof of death.
employed with Lown- employed as a realtor Mrs. Watts was born Dohleman of Pontiac, He is survived by
Please submit all obituaries
on the form provided by The
des General as an ICU with West Caldwell June 17, 1937, in Sulli- Illinois, Hollis Howard his children, Sedrick
Commercial Dispatch. Free nurse with Columbus Bankers Real Estate gent, to the late Luther of Sulligent, Junior Hardin, Chas Hardin,
notices must be submitted Surgery Clinic. She and was a member of Palmer Howard and Howard of Fulton and Ezekiel Hardin of Lou-
to the newspaper no later was a member of Cove- First Baptist Church. Mary Jane Seveno of, isville, Bobby Brown of
Argie Lee Hollis.
than 3 p.m. the day prior for nant United Methodist In addition to her Moline, Illinois; and 12 Dallas, Texas and Mar-
In addition to her
publication Tuesday through Church. parents, she was grandchildren. shall Overstreet Jr of
Friday; no later than 4 p.m. parents, she was pre-
She is survived by preceded in death by Starkville; and siblings,
Saturday for the Sunday edi- ceded in death by her
her husband, John her husband, James L.
tion; and no later than 7:30
Sprouse; daughter, Cas- Brown; siblings, Edna
husband, Bibb Watts; Marshall Overstreet Sr. Kathleen Cunning-
a.m. for the Monday edition. former husband, Eu- STARKVILLE — ham; Edna Overstreet,
Incomplete notices must be sie Dinsmore; siblings, Smith, Joseph Huds- Nance Eichelberger,
gene O’Mary; children, Marshall Overstreet
received no later than 7:30 Bruce Townsend and peth, Cliff Hudspeth Linda Dismuke, Ed-
Danny Carl O’Mary, Sr., 63, died May 14,
a.m. for the Monday through Sammy Townsend; and and Wayne Hudspeth.
Friday editions. Paid notices Kathy Jean O’Mary and 2020. ward Overstreet and
one grandchild. She is survived by
must be finalized by 3 p.m. for Roger Dale O’Mary; A graveside service Bruce Overstreet.
Memorials may be her children, Beth De-
inclusion the next day Monday and siblings, Johnny will be at 11 a.m. Mon- See OBITUARIES, 4A
through Thursday; and on made to The Associa- deaux, Tammy Forrest-
Friday by 3 p.m. for Sunday tion for Frontotemporal er both of Columbus
and Monday publication. For Degeneration, 2700 and Robert L. Brown of
more information, call 662- Horizon Drive, Suite Hamilton; sister, Kath-
328-2471. 120, King of Prussia, ryn Rhett of Columbus;
PA 19406. seven grandchildren;
Vicky Sprouse and 12 great-grandchil-
COLUMBUS — Martha Brown dren.
Vicky Sprouse, 63, died COLUMBUS — Memorials may be
May 14, 2020, at her Martha Brown, 86, made to St. Jude Chil-
residence. died May 15, 2020, at dren’s Research Hospi-
A family memorial Windsor Place. tal, 501 St. Jude Place,
service will be at 10 A private fami- Memphis, TN 38105
a.m. Tuesday, at Lown- ly service will be and Columbus-Lown-
des Funeral Home Monday, at Lowndes des Humane Society,
chapel. A drive though Funeral Home Chapel, P.O. Box 85, Columbus,
visitation will follow with Kenny Gardner MS 39703.

SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Sun. Mon.
Major 9:07p 9:48p
Minor 4:01a 4:28a
Major 9:28a 10:08a
Minor 3:59p 4:51p
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

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Obituaries
Continued from Page 3A

Terry Williamson a member of Butler Peel Funeral Home late Jimmy and Susie In addition to her Nov. 23, 1936, to the
COLUMBUS —Ter- Pentecostal Church. and Crematory Second Cowart Robertson. parents, she was late Daily and Ethel
ry Louise Williamson, In addition to his par- Avenue North location She was a graduate of preceded in death by Reed. He was a veteran
56, died May 15, 2020, ents, he was preceded is in charge of arrange- MUW and formerly em- her husband, Erman of the U.S. Air Force
at her residence. in death by his sister, ments. ployed at GTR Medical Fleming; and broth- and was formerly
Memorial services Debrah Jane Vernon; Mr. Talley was born Center. ers, John Jones, Eddie employed as a log truck
will be held at a later and two grandchildren. June 18, 1956, in Glen- She is survived by Jones, Lawrence Jones driver.
date. Memorial Gunter He is survived by his dale, California, to the her children, Sherry and James Jones. In addition to his
Peel Funeral Home wife, Rhonda Adams late Robert and Shirley Walden of Caledonia She is survived by parents, he was pre-
Second Avenue North Vernon; children, Lori French Talley. He was and Michael Hyatt of her daughter, Shareen ceded in death by his
location is in charge of Rouse, Leah Wylie, formerly employed as a Pontotoc; siblings, Deb- Waller of Hamilton, wife, Bernice Reed; and
arrangements. Kyle Vernon and Cody truck driver and was a rah Butler of Pontotoc, Alabama; siblings, siblings, Lloyd Reed,
Mrs. Williamson was Vernon; sister, Patricia member of Main Street Teresa Beasley of Flor- Gene Jones of Ken- Neva Pinnix, Lillian
born Aug. 13, 1963, in Adams; and four grand- Presbyterian Church. ida, David Huges and tucky, George Jones, McCool, Lila Williams
Vardaman, to Nancy children. In addition to his par- Jamey Robertson both Othella Jones borth of and Edwin Reed.
Collums Hatton and Memorials may be ents, he was preceded of Fayette, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois and He is survived by
the late Willie Lucius. made to Butler Ceme- in death by his brother, three grandchildren; Shirley Jones Redford his wife Annette Tyra
She was formerly tery Fund, 991 Johnny Michael Talley. and three great-grand- of Sulligent; and four Reed; children, Jan
employed as a retail Higginbotham Rd, He is survived by children. grandchildren; and six Raines, Mary Ann
manager and was a Shuqualak, MS 39361. his wife, Alice Ogden great-grandchildren. Inghram, Keith Reed,
member of Community Talley of Columbus; Georgia Fleming Larry Reed, Scotty
Baptist Church. Linda Griffin children, Leah woods of BEAVERTON, Ala. Wayman Reed Reed and Billy Dill; 16
In addition to her fa- VERNON, Ala. — Tyronza, Arkansas, Isa- — Georgia Mae Flem- STARKVILLE — grandchildren; and 19
ther, she was preceded Linda Griffin, 72, died iah Talley of Newhall, ing, 81, died May 10, Wayman Hoyt Reed, great-grandchildren.
in death by her brother, May 14, 2020, at Gener- California, Rebekah Ja- 2020, at Grady Memo- 83, died May 16, 2020,
Glenn Lucius. ations in Vernon. cobs, Daniel Talley and rial Hospital in Atlanta, at Merit Health Center Leonor Sloan
In addition to her Services will be at 2 Phillip Talley all of Co- Georgia. in Jackson. COLUMBUS — Le-
mother, she is survived p.m. Monday, at Dowd- lumbus; siblings, Cindy Funeral services will A graveside service onor L. Sloan, 95, died
by her son, Steve Bau- le Funeral Home. Buri- Lesniak of Columbus, be at 4 p.m. Monday, will be at 2 p.m. Mon- May 16, 2020, at Trinity
com; siblings, Donna al will follow in Meadow Teri Oyler of Millport at Otts Funeral Home day in Double Springs Personal Care. Grave-
Jean Ellis, Tammy Branch Cemetery. and Dale Talley of Chapel, with Dave Cald- side services will be
Baptist Church Ceme-
Carpenter, Mike Lucius Visitation will be an Chandler, Arizona; and well officiating. Burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday, in
tery. Visitation is from
and Jeff Lucius; and six hour and a half prior to 15 grandchildren. will follow in the Flem- Friendship Cemetery.
5-7 p.m. today at the
grandchildren. services at the funeral Memorial may be ing Family Cemetery. Memorial Gunter Peel
church. Welch Funeral
home. Dowdle Funeral made to ALSAC/St. Otts Funeral Home of Home of Starkville is Funeral Home and Cre-
Victoria Dichiara Home of Millport is Jude Children’s Re- Sulligent is in charge of in charge of arrange- matory College Street
ABERDEEN — Vic- in charge of arrange- search Hospital, 501 St. arrangements. ments. location is in charge of
toria “Vicky” Pieraccini ments. Jude Place, Memphis, Mrs. Fleming was Mr. Reed was born arrangement.
Dichiara, 95, died May Mrs. Griffin was TN 38105. born Feb. 11, 1939, in

Bonnard Reaves
14, 2020, in Marietta, born Aug. 6, 1947, to Hughes, Arkansas,
Georgia. the late Ollie Clinton Diane Hyatt to the late L. George
A graveside ser- Morton and Etma Clyte COLUMBUS — Jones and Mary Eli-
vice will be at 11 a.m. Freeman Morton. Frances Diane Hyatt, za Jones. She was Bonnard “Bonnie” Ray
Tuesday, in Odd Fel- She was a member of 69, died May 14, 2020, a graduate of Olive Reaves age 81 of Northport,
lows Rest Cemetery, Blooming Grove Mis- at her residence. Harvey College and Alabama passed away on May
with Tim Murphey and sionary Baptist Church. Memorial Gunter was formerly employed 13, 2020. Services will be
Joseph Le officiating. In addition to her Peel Funeral Home as a registered nurse held Saturday, May 16, 2020
Visitation will be one parents, she was pre- and Crematory Col- at UAB, Lamar Con- at Magnolia Chapel North at
hour prior to services ceded in death by her lege Street location is valescent Center and 2:00 p.m. with visitation from
at Tisdale-Lann Me- siblings, Eva Euline in charge of arrange- nursing instructor at 12:00p.m. to 2:00 p.m at the
morial Funeral Home. Morton, Kelly Morton, ments. Bevill State Commu- funeral home.
Tisdale-Lann Memo- Wayne Morton and Mrs. Hyatt was born nity college. She was a He was preceded in death
rial Funeral Home of Glover Morton. July 31, 1950, in Fay- member of Beaverton by his father, Alton Cleo Reaves; mother, Ruby
Aberdeen is in charge She is survived by ette, Alabama, to the Church of God. Calvary Reaves; and infant brother, Alton Reaves.
of arrangements. Mrs. her husband, Sam- Survivors include his wife of 60 years,
Dichiara was born Sept. mie Norris Griffin of Marilyn Beiber Reaves; daughters, Rhonda
5, 1924, in Memphis, Vernon; and children, Hollister(Michael) of Northport, Alabama and
Tennessee, to the late Jeffery Norris Griffin Amanda Redman(Ed) of Prattville, Alabama;
Umberto and Rose and Linda Carol Griffin brother, Dale Reaves; grandchildren, Becca Clark
Pieraccini. She was for- both of Vernon. White(Daniel), John Michael Clark, Landon
merly employed as an Pallbearers will be Clark, Brandon Redman, Garrett Redman; great
administrative assistant Karl Weems, Charles granddaughter, Ruby Claire White.
with Westinghouse. Williams, Lloyd Ott, He was a Volunteer Fireman in Ripley,
She was a member of Richard Norris, James Mississippi, served in the Army National Guard,
St. Francis Catholic Canterbury and Todd was a Mississippi State football official and high
Church. Reeves. school official. He was a Deacon at Columbus
She is survived by Church of Christ serving in Air Force family
her children, Tom ministry, was an electrician at the Columbus Air
Dichiara of Rossville, Bradford Talley Force Base. He loved to fish and spend time with
Tennessee, John Dichi- COLUMBUS – Brad- his family, especially his grandchildren and his
ara of Atlanta, Geor- ford Lee “Brad” Talley, great granddaughter.
gia, Ronald Dichiara 63, died May 15, 2020, Pallbearers will be Michael Hollister, John
of Marietta, Georgia, at his residence. Michael Clark, Landon Clark, Ed Redman,
Robert Dichiara of A memorial service Brandon Redman, Garrett Redman and Daniel
Powder Springs, Geor- will be held at a later White.
gia and Rosalie Dichi- date. Memorial Gunter Honorary pallbearers will be Dad’s lunch crew,
ara of Flowood; five DCH/TSICU staff, Dr. Dubay, Dr. Crew and the
grandchildren; and six staff of the Manderson Cancer Center.
great-grandchildren. Paid Obituary - Magnolia Funeral Home
Memorial may be
made to the Parkin-
son’s Foundation, 200
SE 1st Street
Suite 800, Miami, FL
Paul McGee
Willard Paul McGee, 92, of
33131.
Columbus, died Friday, May
15, 2020, at Baptist Memorial
Ricky Vernon Hospital–Golden Triangle.
SHUQUALAK — Funeral arrangements have
Ricky Vernon, 64, been entrusted to Memorial
passed away. Gunter Peel Funeral Home &
Parking lot style Paul McGee Crematory, 2nd Avenue North.
Graveside Services:
funeral services are at Sunday, May 17 • 2 PM Graveside services for family
11 a.m. today, at Butler Friendship Cemetery only will be Sunday, May 17,
Burial
Pentecostal Church. Friendship Cemetery 2020, at 2:00 PM at Friendship
Visitation is one hour 2nd Ave. North Location Cemetery, with Charles Vaughn and Phillip
prior to service on Farris officiating.
the side porch of the Wayne Shepherd The son of the late Andrew and Alma Sims
Incomplete
church. Cockrell Fu- 2nd Ave. North Location McGee, Mr. McGee was born, February 29,
neral Home of Macon 1928, in Millport, Al. He retired from Continental
is in charge of arrange- Diane Hyatt Trailways after 30 years of faithful service.
ments. Incomplete He was the owner and operator of McGee
College Street Location
Mr. Vernon was Construction, Inc. He was a veteran and served
born Feb. 23, 1956, Terry Williamson in the U.S. Navy on an Ammunitions carrier.
in Macon, to the late Incomplete He enjoyed spending time with his family and
Freeman and Margaret 2nd Ave. North Location working around the house.
White Vernon. He was In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
a graduate of Nanih death by his two brothers, Eugene McGee and
Waiya School. He was Bonzelle McGee.
formerly employed as He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Rachel
a truck driver and was Goodman McGee, and his sons and daughters-
memorialgunterpeel.com in-law, Ronnie and Pam McGee of Brandon,
Randy and Jeanne McGee and Eddie McGee,
all of Columbus. He is also survived by three
grandchildren, Gavin McGee (Brittany), Erin
Bragg (Joey) and Grant McGee; and three great
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,
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Mother Goose
Continued from Page 1A
COVID-19 has kept
Mother Goose largely
confined to her home on
Southside, and it’s been
three months since she
enveloped a child in her
warm embrace.
“She’s missed all of
that,” said
Bigelow,
who calls
to check in
on Williams
regularly
and has
lunch with
Bigelow
her once a
week. “You
can just tell.”
“It’s a sad situation. I
miss the children,” Wil-
liams said.
Virtual Goose
Although largely
homebound, the eternally
optimistic Williams has
been determined to main-
tain her Mother Goose
persona.  some fine folks in this
“I’m playing the piano,
reading my books and
watching TV,” she said.
“I’m watching every kids’
show I can find to see if I
can get an idea or two for
Storytime.”
Williams has hosted
“Storytime With Mother
Goose” at the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Public
Library almost as long as
she’s played the role of
Mother Goose.
Since 1986, groups
of children as large as
30 or 40 gather at the
library each Thursday
morning at 10 a.m. for the
program, which includes
songs, games and, of
course, a book-reading.
Parents who attend with
their children marvel
at Williams’ ability to
maintain order among so
large a group of often-ant-
sy children, always in a
gentle, loving and often
humorous way.
That live program
was suspended when the
library closed under state
order, but Mother Goose
and library director Erin
Busbea have managed to
keep the program going
on the library’s Facebook
page.
Each Wednesday
afternoon, Busbea videos
the show on Williams’
front porch. It is posted
on Facebook at 10 a.m. on
Thursday.
“Based on the number
of views and comments
we get on the posts, it’s
been pretty successful,”
Busbea said. “And Moth-
er Goose, she turned out
to be a natural. I’m not
even kidding. The first
day we did it, I told her,
‘OK. Relax. We can stop
and start again at any
time. I can edit and piece
things together, so don’t
feel like you have to do
it all at one time.’ Well, I
hit record, and she didn’t
stop for 25 minutes. She
never let up for a second.
I thought, ‘Wow. She’s
really good at this.’”
Aside from a once-a-
week lunch with Bigelow
at the Columbus Main
Street office (“She sits
on one end of the con-
ference table and I sit at
the other,” Bigelow said),
Williams’ main escape
from her home is an occa-
sional walk.
That makes her feel
like Mother Goose again,
she said.
“People will pass and
wave,” she said. “I met
a mother with two little
girls one day, and one
of them starts to run to
me and I just said, ‘Stop!
Mother Goose can’t hug
you today, darlin’, so we’ll
just have to wave.’”
On another day, a
bus filled with children
approached. The driver
stopped and opened the
door.
“I stood on the side-
walk and waved and sang
to the children,” she said.
Care and Feeding
of Mother Goose
Mother Goose doesn’t
cook. She hasn’t since
her daughters were living of me,” Williams said. because she was such a
at home. “They bring me lunch, big part of the farmers’
With many restau- things for supper and all market. But she knows
rants closed and others kinds of muffins for my she can’t have people
providing only curbside breakfast. My Storytime running up to her and
service, that’s been a mamas and dear South- hugging her. It’s going to
major disruption, al- side friends have just be a while yet for that.”
though her many friends been wonderful.” Bigelow said she looks
have made a point to pick forward to the day when
up the slack, not only by Ready to Goose again Mother Goose can return
dropping off food but by Williams said she is to her much-beloved role
checking in her. taking the threat of the
in the community without
“I call her about every virus very seriously.
reservation.
three days,” “I’m trying to be good
“I’ll be ready, and I
longtime and do everything the
can tell you for a fact that
friend Fred governor and the mayor
she’ll be ready,” Bigelow
Kinder said. say to do,” she said.
“She’s fine. said.
She also knows that
She’s doing In Columbus, at least,
she may have to stay
what she’s life will be “normal”
away even after most
supposed people have resumed again, not necessarily
to be doing, Kinder normal activities, a hard when the mayor or gov-
and she’s but necessary fact. ernor says so, but when
Mother Goose is embrac-
got more food than she
knows what to do with.”
“When we opened
ing a gaggle of children
the farmers’ market last
Williams said people in some public place.
week, I was talking to
drop off food almost “That’s when you’ll
Mother Goose,” Bigelow
every day. know everything’s safe
said. “The rules are no
again,” Bigelow said.
“I tell you, there are pets, no kids. Mother
Goose said, ‘I can’t come, “That sounds good to
town who are thinking can I?’ She’s disappointed me,” Williams said.

Solar
Continued from Page 1A
ments, which would grant
the energy companies an
up-to-10-year break in ad
valorem taxes, would re-
quire an annual fee paid to
the county and its school
district for one-third of
the would-be property
tax amount for the first
10 years. After the fee-in-
lieu expires, the compa-
nies would begin paying
full property taxes.
“We anticipate the
revenue ...
on (Proj-
ect Honey-
bee) would
be about
$120,000 a
year to the
county and
$ 1 4 0 , 0 0 0 Fisackerly
to the
schools (during the fee-
in-lieu period),” said
Meryl Fisackerly, vice
president of economic de-
velopment at the LINK.
If Project Moore’s
Bluff were to be a $200
million investment, Fi-
sackerly said it would
bring $400,000 to the
county and $466,000 to
the school district annu-
ally during the first 10
years.
Additionally, hundreds
of jobs could be created
during the construction
phase of the sites, Hig-
gins said, but the opera-
tions could require fewer
than five people on site.
But in the long run, there
could be a bigger job mar-
ket, he said.
“As more and more
companies want green
powers,” he said, “that
might help us get more
corporations that would
create more jobs that
would get the county and
the schools even more
revenue.”
Both projects would
include a solar power gen-
erating facility and poten-
tially another facility to
store the power, accord-
ing to the resolutions.
They would provide elec-
tricity to the Tennessee
Valley Authority, which
has the final say to award
contracts to the compa-
nies, Higgins said.  plant will be entirely pow-
The companies esti-
mated TVA would make a
final decision in Septem-
ber or October, he said.
The two projects could
add to the two solar proj-
ects that are already built
or planned for the county.
Silicon Ranch Corpo-
ration started generat-
ing electricity in 2016 at
two small but function-
al, solar farms near the
Lowndes County Indus-
trial Park. The pair of
sites generate roughly
two megawatts each year,
Higgins said. 
In February, TVA
awarded a contract to
Florida-based renew-
able energy company,
Origis Energy, to build
a 200-megawatt, 4,000-
acre solar energy site just
west of the Infinity Meg-
asite off Highway 82 west
of Columbus. 
The site will become
fully functional by Octo-
ber 2022, Higgins said
Friday morning, and will
generate electricity to
help power the General
Motor plant in Spring
Hill, Tennessee. The
ered by renewable ener-
gy, he said.
Additionally, the LINK
is also working with an-
other company seeking
potential sites in the
county, he said.

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OUR VIEW ASK RUFUS

Roses and thorns

A rose to Mississippi
State University’s athletic
department for bringing a
bona fide coaching legend
“back home.” MSU Athlet-
ics Director John Cohen
announced this week that Ron Polk, the
Bulldogs’ legendary baseball coach for 30
years, had been hired. Polk not only built
the school’s baseball team into a national
power but elevated the profile of college
baseball in a way no other coach before or
since through his tireless advocacy. With
54 years of coaching behind him, Polk’s
name is synonymous with college base-
ball. He has been, and remains, one of the
most respected names in college baseball.
Although his role remains undefined,
there can be little doubt that Polk, 76, will
contribute in a meaningful way.

A rose to Col. Samantha

Weeks, who will officially
retire as wing commander
at Columbus Air Force Base
on Monday. As her two-year
assignment draws to a close,
we congratulate Weeks on her leadership
in helping CAFB meet its primary mis-
sion — training much-needed pilots for
the U.S. Air Force. More than 850 student Courtesy photo
pilots earned their wings during Weeks’ A c. 1905 photo of the Columbus Manufacturing Company. This building was constructed in the 1850s as Hale and Mur-
tenure. In addition, Weeks guided the base dock’s Columbus Woolen Mill. The building stood on the corner of 2nd Ave North where the Hitch Lot Farmer’s Market is
in meeting a variety of challenges - includ- now located.
ing an aircraft accident and preparing
the base for the challenges presented by
COVID-19. Base facilities were improved
and, of course, Weeks continued to build
The Hitch Lot Farmer’s Market sits on a story
W
on the key relationship between the ith
community and the base. We salute Col. the
Weeks for her contributions to our nation’s re-
defense and our community during this cent reopen-
important moment in the history of CAFB. ing of the
Hitch Lot
A rose to International Farmers
Paper Columbus, which is Market, the
now accepting applications fascinating
for its annual International history of
Paper Foundation grant pro- its location
gram. IP awarded $70,000 comes to
to 25 area educational and nonprofit mind. The Rufus Ward
organizations. The grants may be small area now
in some respects, but by distributing the commonly referred to as the Hitch
funds to more than two dozen groups, the Lot — or soccer complex — is the lo-
money goes a long way and does much cation of the earliest known industrial
good, especially for organizations who site in Columbus. The original United
face their own funding issues as a result of States Survey of 1823, which includes
COVID-19. We congratulate International Columbus, calls Moore’s Creek the
Paper, not only for continuing to provide “Tan Yard Branch” and shows a farm Courtesy photo
jobs and tax revenue for our community, or improved area south of the creek On the west side of the Farmer’s Market the brick foundation of the 1850s
but also for its commitment to being a and north of Military Street (now 2nd Hale & Murdock woolen mill is still visible in the grass.
good corporate neighbor. Avenue North). Apparently by 1822 a picayune. A bit was 12 1/2 cents Lincecum and 40 Choctaw ball
there was a hide tanning business making 25 cents 2 bits. Many people players, who were paid and therefore
operating there. This site includes the preferred pay in Spanish or Mexican probably America’s first professional
location of the present day Farmer’s silver coins as its silver content was ball team, set out on what would be
Market and the soccer complex. It considered better than U.S. silver an eight-month tour of stickball exhi-
Our View: Local Editorials was on the bluff to the south east that coins. Until about 1858, it was legal bitions. They crossed the Tombigbee
Local editorials appearing in this space repre- a house was first built in 1817 and tender in the United States. Years ago ferry at Tanyard Creek (Moore’s
sent the opinion of the newspaper’s editorial where in 1819 the settlement was I found a 1790 Spanish half bit (6 1/4 Creek) and entered Columbus travel-
board: Peter Imes, editor and publisher; Zack
Plair, managing editor; Slim Smith and senior
named Columbus and was officially cent) coin at an 1820s house site in ing on the Military Road (Second Ave
newsroom staff. To inquire about a meeting recognized as a town. downtown Columbus. I had to laugh North).
with the board, please contact Peter Imes at In 1817, U.S. Army surveyor Capt. when I found out they are actually a Not far from the old Tombigbee
662-328-2424, or e-mail voice@cdispatch. Hugh Young reported he had been common coin, and it was worth less River crossing — and in the present
com. told by John Pitchlynn that near than ten dollars. day soccer complex — stands an an-
the mouth of Moore’s Creek was There are several possibilities as cient cypress tree. Had the Choctaws
Voice of the People the Choctaw’s favored high water
crossing of the Tombigbee during the
the operators of the tannery. The
1822 minutes of the Trustees of
played an exhibition game, the tree
would have marked the edge of the
We encourage you to share your opinion with
readers of The Dispatch. 1700s and early 1800s. It is also one Franklin Academy, which was the most likely location for a ball field,
Submit your letter to The Dispatch by: of the possible locations for Hernando first city governing body, mention and maybe the site of the first profes-
E-mail: voice@cdispatch.com de Soto to have crossed the Tombig- that “Bonn and Tinsley” were operat- sional ball game ever played.
Mail: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703 bee River in 1540. The site was select- ing a tan yard. During the 1830s George Goode
In person: 516 Main St., Columbus, or 101 S. ed in 1817 by Capt. Young to be the In describing the early settlement owned the property. He sold it to
Lafayette St., No. 16, Starkville. Military Road’s Tombigbee crossing. of Columbus, W.E. Gibbs wrote in Hale and Murdoch, who in 1858 sold
All letters must be signed by the author By 1820, a ferry was established just 1871 that George Goode “had his tan- the east half to Harvey and Shelton.
and must include town of residence and a
telephone number for verification purposes.
below the mouth of the creek. That yard at the intersection of Franklin The west half, which is the location
Letters should be no more than 500 words, crossing was the reason for the set- and Military Streets.” That would be of the Farmer’s Market, was Hale and
and guest columns should be 500-700 words. tlement of Columbus. That area along the present day intersection of Third Murdock’s Columbus Manufacturing
We reserve the right to edit submitted infor- Moore’s Creek, near its mouth at the Street North and Second Avenue Co. During the Civil War, the com-
mation. Tombigbee, is steeped in history. North or the block which contains pany made woolen saddle blankets
Oscar Keeler’s 1849 map of Colum- the farmer’s market. and wool felt hats. In 1863 when the
bus shows a “Tan Yard Shop” on the The 1820 census of Columbus, Union Calvary of Grierson’s Raid
site where the 1820 farm had been. however, does not list a Bonn, Tinsley passed through Starkville they cap-
THE STAFF OF THE DISPATCH The shop stood about where the Boy or Goode. It does give the names of tured a wagon load of wool hats that
Scout building now sits on the Hitch three people in Columbus who have had been made in Columbus.
EDITOR/PUBLISHER NEWS Lot. The name of the original opera- manufacturing operations. They By 1885 the company was still in
Peter Imes Isabelle Altman tor of the tan lot is not known. Hides were John Bibb, William Cocke, and business as A. Murdock’s Columbus
Theo Derosa for the tan yard would have been Andrew McCrary. The original tan Woolen Mill & Cotton Gin, Grist Mill.
PUBLISHER EMERITUS Matt Garner provided both from local farms, and yard operation could have been any of It still made saddle blankets and oc-
Birney Imes Garrick Hodge prior to 1832, from the Indian trade. those six or even someone unknown. cupied the two story building where
Zack Plair
Ben Portnoy In the Billups-Garth Archives The tan yard was, however the first the Hitch Lot Farmers Market is now
ADVERTISING Slim Smith at the Columbus-Lowndes Public recorded industry in Columbus. located. Between 1905 and 1910 the
Claudi Arrington Library is an interesting document In 1829, Columbus resident building was sold and became C.A.
Jan Swoope
Amber Dumas Tess Vrbin
Kelly Ervin
from 1829 reflecting the purchase of Gideon Lincecum decided to gather Williams Wagon Repairs. The rest
Yue Stella Yu hides (probably deer) from a Chicka- together some of the best Choctaw of the block had become residential.
Melissa Johnson
Beth Proffitt saw by the name of Underwood. ball players, pay them and take them Cox’s Alley ran east and west through
Mary Jane Runnels MAILROOM on a tour of the eastern United States. the middle of the block and was lined
Christina Boyd Capt. E. Kewin Lincecum planned to take two teams with six tenant houses. Eventual-
Luther Shields
Joseph Ellis
Jeffrey Gore There is due to the bearer Under- of 20 players each to put on exhibi- ly, the old building was torn down
BUSINESS OFFICE Katrina Guyton wood a Chickasaw on account of hides tions of Choctaw stickball. On Nov. and much of the block was used for
Lindsey Beck Doris Hill 1.06 1/4 28, 1829, more than 400 Choctaw parking vehicles and the wagons that
Debbie Foster Quaylon Jones June 14, 1829 ball players had assembled at Oak people still brought to town.
Mary Ann Hardy Marquisto Miller Tho. B. Mullen Slush Creek about two miles west of Thanks to Gary Lancaster for pro-
Eddie Johnson Bobby Williams Columbus. There was to be a lottery viding me with the Civil War history
Courtney Laury Timothy Wilson
Mullen was active in the Indian for the selection of the ball players of Hale and Murdock, which could
CIRCULATION trade in northeast Mississippi, and who would make up the two travel- make a column all by itself.
Christopher Dumas
PRODUCTION Kewin owned a store located about ing teams. To ensure he got the 40 Rufus Ward’s column on local his-
Steve Bogan
Michael Floyd where the Elk’s Club building is on best players, only the names of those tory is a regular feature of the Sunday
William Hudson
Hunter Perrigin Main Street. The $1.06 1/4 owed pre-selected players were placed in Dispatch. Email your questions about
Jamie Morrison
Deanna reflects the use of Spanish or Mex- the hat from which the drawing was local history to him at rufushistory@
Anne Murphy
Robinson-Pugh
Tina Perry ican silver. In Spanish coins Six made. aol.com.
Sydney White and one forth cents is half a bit or On the morning of Nov. 29, 1829,
Sports
OWENS CRUISES TO VICTORY IN RETURN TO ACTION
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Jimmy Owens drives
the green and white
Ramirez Motorsports No.
20 car with an XR1 Rock-
et Chassis and a Vic Hill
Racing engine in the Lu-
cas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series.
But when Owens came
to Columbus to compete
in the Magnolia Mayhem
40 on Friday, he felt like
he was driving something
else entirely.
“It was just a Cadillac,”
Owens said.
The 48-year-old driver
from Newport, Tennes-
see, powered past pole
sitter Payton Looney in
the second lap, shot into
the lead and never looked
back in Friday’s Super
Late Model 40-lap fea-
ture race. Owens finished
3.681 seconds ahead of
Timothy Culp, ended up
more than a full lap ahead
of Looney and claimed
the checkered flag and
the $5,000 first prize.
“I was amazed we got
to the front so quick and
easy because there’s a lot
of stiff competition here
tonight,” Owens told The
Mag’s Ben Shelton after
the race.
No matter the compe-
tition, Owens outstripped
it all on his way to his
fourth win of 2020 and
The Mag’s first race since
‘I think it’s where he should finish out his days’
Why Ron Polk returned to Mississippi State
Former Mississippi State head baseball coach Ron Polk will return to Starkville. On Wednesday, Polk was named
a special assistant to Athletic Director John Cohen. What Polk’s role will entail is still unclear.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The
timetable for Ron Polk’s
return to Mississippi
State is far from exact.
For years, Polk and
MSU Athletic Director
John Cohen had trad-
ed calls, messages and
handshakes that the pair
wanted a homecoming
for the longtime Bulldog
baseball coach, but noth-
ing officially was done.
Timing was a piece of
the puzzle. Polk had an
understanding with ad-
ministrators at UAB that
he would remain a volun-
teer assistant for the Blaz-
ers’ baseball team as long
as his former assistant at
MSU, Brian Shoop, re-
mained the head coach in
Birmingham.
On May 10, Shoop an-
nounced his retirement,
bringing his 39-year ca-
reer to a close. Within
days, Polk’s next move
came into focus as he and
Cohen bandied about a
possible position within
Magnolia Motor Speedway was closed to races for two months, but Friday night’s Magnolia Mayhem 40 offered a
return to action. Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tennessee, ran away with the win in the Super Late Model feature.
March 15, as the track
was closed due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
Dennis Erb Jr., Ash-
ton Winger and Rusty
Schlenk rounded out the
top five Friday night.
“We had an alright
car,” said Erb Jr., who was
passed by Culp on the fi-
nal lap. “I don’t think we
could have fought Jimmy,
but I think we had a good
shot at second place.”
Indeed, Owens was
the MSU athletic depart-
ment.
Wednesday, Polk’s
hiring was made official
after media reports sur-
faced earlier in the day
that he’d been appointed
a special assistant to the
athletic director. After 12
years away from the sta-
dium that bears his name
and the school in which
he built a historic winner,
Polk will finally make his
long-awaited return.
“Once that thing hit
the fan, it was ping, ping,
ping, ping, ping, ping,
ping, ping, ping,” Polk
told The Dispatch in ref-
erence to the ringing on
his trusty flip phone —
one that only boasts num-
bers because he doesn’t
believe in saving his con-
tacts. “Which I appreci-
ate, but at the same time,
if they also expect me to
pick up and say, ‘Who’s
this?’ and all that? I didn’t
have time to do that.”
Though it’s been
over a decade since Polk
last coached at MSU,
Starkville and the uni-
MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
unbeatable Friday de-
spite a slick track thanks
to a rain delay of more
than two hours before the
night’s action could start.
After finishing second to
Looney in the first heat of
the night, Owens started
on the inside of the third
row. Late in the second
lap, Owens shot in front of
the pole winner and took
the lead for good.
By the eighth lap, he
began to lap stragglers
versity have remained
a steady part of his life
throughout the ebbs and
flows of his at-times tu-
multuous relationship
with his past and future
employer.
While working as a
volunteer assistant un-
der Shoop, he spent six
days per week living in
an apartment in Birming-
ham as the pair helped
boost the Blazers’ base-
ball program to unprec-
edented heights. But
each Sunday, Polk would
return to Starkville to
his large-scale home
that those around him
long thought he’d retire
to after his days on the
diamond were complete
to deal with his weekly
banking and mail.
Polk has also spent the
better part of a decade
coaching in the Cape Cod
Baseball League — col-
lege baseball’s most pro-
lific and storied summer
destination. Most recent-
ly, he spent the summer
of 2019 keeping a watch-
ful eye on slugging MSU
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at the back of the 24-car
pack, building his lead
effortlessly despite riding
in the middle or even the
high side of the track
“I could run any-
where,” Owens said. “I
could diamond the cor-
ners. I could run through
the bottom.”
Culp, who won $2,500
as the second-place fin-
isher, said he missed a
couple chances to im-
prove on restarts after
Mississippi State Athletics
second baseman Jordan
Westburg, who’s likely to
hear his name called in
the first round of the up-
coming MLB First-Year
Player Draft.
And though Polk has
consistently left a piece of
himself in Starkville and
in Bulldogs nationwide,
there’s complex layers to
his relationship with both
the school and the man
he’ll soon call his boss.
When Cohen was
hired to replace him in
2008, Polk — perturbed
with MSU’s choice of
Cohen instead of former
Bulldog standout Tommy
Raffo — demanded his
name be removed from
the baseball stadium and
said he’d work to under-
mine then-athletic direc-
tor Greg Byrne.
“I’m not totally ticked
off at John,” Polk told the
Associated Press in 2008.
“This is not John. This is
Greg Byrne. John felt like
if he didn’t take it, some-
one else would. I told
John everything I was go-
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Courtesy photo
caution flags on the ninth
lap for Columbus native
Spencer Hughes and the
12th for Neil Baggett.
“I feel like I just got
hung on the outside on a
couple of those restarts,”
Culp said.
On the last lap of the
race, Erb Jr. slowed down,
thinking the race’s third
caution was coming, and
Culp passed him to claim
second.
“I kind of feel bad for
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB projecting
$640K per game
loss with no fans
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Ma-
jor League Baseball told
players their prorated
salaries would contrib-
ute to an average loss of
$640,000 for each game
over an 82-game season
in empty ballparks, ac-
cording to a presentation
from the commissioner’s
office to the union that
was obtained by The As-
sociated Press.
Painting a picture of a
$10 billion industry shut-
tered by the contagion,
the 12-page document
titled “Economics of
Playing Without Fans in
Attendance” and dated
May 12 was an initial step
in negotiations aimed at
starting the delayed sea-
son around the Fourth of
July.
Teams say the pro-
posed method of salvag-
ing a season delayed by
the coronavirus pandem-
ic would still cause a $4
billion loss and would
give major league players
89% of revenue.
They contend they lose
more money with each
additional game played.
The players’ union, how-
ever, believes clubs would
lose less money with
more games. In addition,
many teams and/or their
owners have stakes in
their regional sports net-
work that would benefit
from additional games.
Owners voted Mon-
day to propose salaries
be based on a 50-50 split
of revenue, a framework
players say is tantamount
to the kind of salary cap
they will never accept.
Teams gave the play-
ers’ association their vi-
rus-testing plan Friday
and have waited to make
their economic proposal.
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Dennis on the caution
with that one,” Culp said.
“He let off the gas there.”
Columbus racers Rick
and Brian Rickman fin-
ished 17th and 18th, re-
spectively. Hughes com-
pleted just eight laps and
finished 23rd, ahead of
only Stormy Scott, who
withdrew before the race
with nose damage.
The Mag’s first race in
two months was original-
ly scheduled for Thurs-
day but postponed to Fri-
day because of rain.
Late Model Sportsman
Brett White passed
Columbus native and
pole sitter Shay Knight
on the third lap of the 20-
lap Glenn’s BBQ and Fish
Late Model Sportsman
feature, held off Russ Bra-
sel’s 12th-lap charge and
won to stay undefeated in
the division.
White won for the
third time in as many
Late Model Sportsman
races this year to claim
the $500 first prize.
Brasel, Bryson Mitch-
ell, Knight and Hayden
Matthew Moran rounded
out the top five.
Colby Ponds of Caledo-
nia finished sixth. Jimmy
Anderson of Columbus
was 10th, and Sammy
Barksdale of Columbus
was 22nd.
The New York Yan-
kees alone would have
$312 million in local loss-
es when calculating their
earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and
amortization. New York’s
figure includes about
$100 million in payments
toward the bonds that fi-
nanced new Yankee Sta-
dium.
The Los Angeles
Dodgers were at $232
million in local losses,
followed by the New York
Mets at $214 million, Chi-
cago Cubs at $199 million
and Boston Red Sox at
$188 million.
Detroit would have the
lowest negative EBIDTA
— an accounting mea-
sure used to assess prof-
itability — at $84 million,
with Baltimore at $90
million, and Pittsburgh
and Tampa Bay at $91
million each. Figures ex-
clude distributions from
the central office, which
projects to collect $1.34
billion in media revenue.
The figures were cal-
culated by MLB and its
clubs, and the frequently
skeptical union already
has requested a slew of
documents from MLB.
MLB said 2019 reve-
nue was 39% local gate
and other in-park sourc-
es, followed by 25% cen-
tral revenue, 22% local
media, 11% sponsorship
and 4% other.
Teams fears a second
wave of the coronavirus
would devastate finances
if renewed government
restrictions cause cancel-
lation of the postseason,
which brings in $787 mil-
lion in media money. The
document details who
pays what: $370 million
by Fox, $310 million by
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help make Tokyo Olympics safe
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Turner, $27 million by
ESPN, $30 million by the
MLB Network and $50
million from international
and other.
Teams project to in-
crease their debt from
$5.2 billion last year
to $7.3 billion in 2020,
leaving most clubs out
of compliance with the
labor contract’s debt ser-
vice rule. MLB’s central
office increased debt by
$550 million to support
clubs and is seeking $650
million more credit. MLB
said many teams do not
have the capacity to add
more debt to fund losses
in 2021.
MLB and the union
agreed to a March 26 deal
in which players would
get a prorated share of
their salaries during a
shortened season. As
part of the agreement,
$170 million in salaries
are being advanced
through May 24. If the
season is scrapped, play-
ers are guaranteed ser-
vice time equal to what
they accrued in 2019, a
key to gaining eligibility
for salary arbitration and
free agency.
Now that plans have
been formulated to pos-
sibly start the season in
early July in disinfected
stadiums with no gate
revenue, at least at the
start, MLB says the cur-
rent economics are not
feasible. Players have
said they already made a
deal and see no need for
change.
But that deal is contin-
gent on playing in front
of fans at regular-season
ballparks. The agree-
ment committed both
sides to “discuss in good
faith the economic feasi-
bility of playing games in
the absence of spectators
or at appropriate neutral
sites.”
Players traditionally
have questioned team ac-
counting on what counts
as a baseball revenue
or expense. Cincinna-
ti pitcher Trevor Bauer
speculated this week
over whether an owner
could increase prices of a
parking garage near the
ballpark the owner also
controls and generate
money that would not be
included in the club ac-
counts.
Since the start of reve-
nue sharing 25 years ago,
MLB repeatedly has said
team accounting is mon-
itored and follows strict
rules.
Still, for all the ques-
tions, the presentation
does detail the pandem-
ic’s financial destruction.
Revenue from region-
al sports networks drops
in proportion to the lost
games, from $2.3 billion
to $1.2 billion and an av-
erage of $980,000 per
game for both teams, ac-
cording to the projection.
Teams fear some addi-
tional losses because the
regional networks will
have to give up games to
Fox and ESPN to fulfill
national contracts. MLB
said rights holders have
already reserved rights to
stop payments or demand
refunds if agreed to in-
ventory is not delivered.
Player salaries under
the March 26 deal av-
erage $1.67 million per
game for both clubs. MLB
projects overall local rev-
enue at $1.23 million a
game for both teams and
cost at $1.87 million.
MLB headed into the
season projecting $9.967
billion in revenue, includ-
ing $7.548 billion at the
local level, according to
the presentation.
Expenses totaled
$10.234 billion: $4.366
billion for major league
player compensation,
$198 million for pensions
and benefits, $537 million
to sign amateurs, $4.73
billion in local expenses
and $403 million for the
central office.
That left MLB with
a projected EBIDTA of
$143 million after stadi-
um depreciation and non-
cash add backs. Free cash
flow was predicted at neg-
ative $95 million after in-
terest expenses, manda-
tory principal payments
and non-baseball income
and losses, but excluding
capital improvements.
MLB says EBIDTA has
been within $250 million
of break-even annually
since 2010.
Under the newly devel-
oped plan, MLB projects
revenue at $2.87 billion,
including $1.522 billion at
the local level.
Expenses drop to
$6.819 billion: $2.36 bil-
lion for major league
player compensation, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS this year, should bring
including salaries, pro- athletes from more than
rated shares of signing GENEVA — The head 200 countries to Japan.
bonuses, termination pay of the World Health Orga- The Summer Games
and buyouts of declined nization said Saturday it opening ceremony is now
options. will not be easy to make due on July 23, 2021, after
next year’s Tokyo Olym-
Pension and benefits the International Olympic
pics a safe global gather-
stay the same, and mon- Committee and organiz-
ing after the pandemic.
ey to sign amateurs de- ers in Japan used WHO
Speaking at a joint
creases to $440 million as advice in March before
news conference with the
part of changes that cut agreeing on a one-year
IOC, the WHO’s director
the amateur draft from general Tedros Adhanom delay.
“We hope Tokyo will be
40 rounds to five, caps Ghebreyesus called for
a place where humanity
the bonuses of undrafted “national unity and glob-
will gather with triumph
players at $20,000 and al- al solidarity” to fight the
against COVID,” Tedros
lows most of the money to coronavirus outbreak
ahead of the Olympics. said at WHO headquar-
be deferred through July
2022.. Local expenses The Games, postponed ters.
drop to $3.46 billion and
central office expenses to
$360 million.
That leaves a $3.58
billion EBIDTA loss and
negative $4.016 billion
in free cash flow. If fans
could be in ballparks,
MLB projects a $1.626
billion EBIDTA loss and
negative $2.076 billion in
free cash flow.
MLB anticipates
$1.788 billion central
office revenue for an 82-
game schedule with emp-
ty ballparks and a $1.345
billion net after expenses
for MLB Advanced Me-
dia and Major League
Baseball Properties.
Revenue includes $155
million from sponsors
(excluding the MLB Net-
work); $112 million from
consumer products, $93
million from digital such
as MLB.tv and At Bat and
$89 million in non-media
revenue.

Former MSU OL Reese

transferring to Florida
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Mississippi State offen-
sive lineman Stewart Re-
ese has reportedly found
his new destination.
Reese, who entered the
transfer portal Thursday,
will be playing for former
MSU coach Dan Mullen at
the University of Florida,
according to multiple re-
ports.
For the Fort Pierce,
Florida, native to pick
the Gators isn’t much of a
surprise; Reese’s brother
David is a sophomore line-
backer for the team.
Reese, who was slated
to start at guard this com-
ing season, has played in
37 games over his four-
year career in Starkville.
He is expected to be im-
mediately eligible as a
graduate transfer.
Reese is the fourth
Bulldog to leave the pro-
gram since Mike Leach
took over as head coach in
January following the fir-
ing of Joe Moorhead.
Fellow offensive line-
man Brevyn Jones an-
nounced his intention to
head to Illinois on April
30. Defensive lineman
Fabien Lovett (Florida
State) and quarterback
Keytaon Thompson (Vir-
ginia) announced their
destinations on April 13
and May 1, respectively.

Polk
Continued from Page 7A
ing to do, and he still took
the job. Boy, he must’ve
really wanted it bad.”
And while Polk’s slip-
pery sermon left a brief
skid mark on his other-
wise long-standing legacy
of support for MSU base-
ball and its athletic de-
partment as a whole, both
he and Cohen contested
that the brush-up is water
under the bridge.
“Being in a family
doesn’t mean you always
agree, and being in a
family doesn’t mean that
things are always rosy,”
Cohen told The Dispatch.
“What it means is you
have a group of people
who are committed to do-
ing a similar thing and a
group of people that are
committed to the family.
I certainly think Ron Polk
is part of the Mississippi
State family.”
Still boasting the un-
abashed and irreverent
personality he did during
his coaching days, Polk
quipps he has trouble
remembering what the
exact title he’ll boast at
MSU is. Originally he
and Cohen discussed him
becoming MSU baseball
coach emeritus, but the
pair weren’t sure it was
the right fit.
Settling on special
assistant to the athletic
director, Polk says he’s
still sorting out what his
job description will entail.
It’s anticipated his past
work as a touring orator
will be used for fundrais-
ing efforts, as he’s spent
decades driving across
the country to give free
speeches in hopes of
growing the game. He’s
also expected to help
coaches within the base-
ball program and in other
sports as a mentor given
his 54 years in the profes-
sion.
And though Polk has
until September to work
out his exact duties with
Cohen and others within
the athletic department,
there’s a larger apprecia-
tion for the gravity of his
return.
Just over a decade ago,
bitterness and spite de-
fined the relationship be-
tween Polk and MSU. But
in time since, the wounds
have healed, and the Bull-
dog family has welcomed
its prodigal son back into
the wings.
“He is Mississippi State
baseball,” Shoop told The
Dispatch. “And not to take
anything away from any
of the other coaches or
the staff now, but he is. I
just am happy for him be-
cause I think it’s where
he should finish out his
days.”
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enior year. It’s the brass ring, the blue ribbon,
the tape to triumphantly run through at the
long race’s end.
The excited Class of 2020 began this school year
anticipating final classes, sports seasons, proms,
senior parties and the ultimate, graduation. What
they couldn’t have envisioned is the global pandem-
ic that, in the final months, derailed so much of it.
Major milestones that defined senior year for most
— which are finding innovative ways to provide
some form of ceremony in an unceremonious time
— we celebrate them. Virtual graduations, drive-up
diploma presentations and observances postponed
until summer are a few ways Golden Triangle
seniors are being honored. National figures from
former presidents to NFL legends have recorded
speeches for the Class of 2020 for broadcast and
online. It’s an indication that the country, as a
thoughts about this unusual end to their senior
experience.
Class of 2020, you have persevered together
through something you will never forget. You are
resilient. You will carry lessons from this with you
for the rest of your lives as you learn to be leaders
in college, in business, in education, in medicine, in
the military, wherever your paths take you. You are
strong. Don’t forget it. Congratulations!

“When I first realized I
would not be going back to
school, I was
in denial. I was
in denial that I
would not get
to experience
those last
senior events
and memories
like I was sup- Adair
posed to. The
most challenging part has
been not getting to say all
my goodbyes. I did not have
a senior prom or traditional
graduation, but Heritage
Academy still made me feel
like I received all the recogni-
tion every senior in the past
has had, and more.
Over this quarantine, I
have learned to not wish my
time away. I have learned
that I need to stay in the
moment, and that spending
quality time with my friends
and family is priceless.
This quarantine has made
me want to push myself out
of my comfort zone and try
new things that in the past I
would have said no to. Over-
all, my perspective on life has
changed, and it makes me
want to do things different in
the future.”
Sydney Adair, 18, Heritage
Academy
Daughter of Aubrey and
Cindy Adair
■■■
“The COVID-19 pandemic
that swept the nation has
affected life as we know it.
As a graduating senior, the
nationwide crisis put a halt
to the final senior festivities
my classmates and I were
looking forward to. With my
final golf season at Caledonia
just beginning,
I was devastat-
ed to hear we
would not be
returning to
school. Aside
from missing
golf, I felt
Pool
for our other
spring sports, especially
baseball and softball. I’ve
enjoyed being able to sup-
port them from the stands
through the years. With a
large number of senior start-
ers, many felt both teams had
a strong chance of success.
It was upsetting to know
we would also miss out on
awards day, graduation and
the sports banquet, events I
always looked forward to.
Though I miss the cama-
raderie and the social aspect
of being at school, I know
this is just one test of adver-
sity we will face along life’s
journey. Even if we cannot
see it now, I trust that God
has a plan in all of this. We
will emerge stronger togeth-
er and will always have an
interesting story to tell of our
senior year.”
Davis Pool, 18, Caledonia
High School
Son of Jason and Allison
Pool
■■■
“The virus has taken a lot
of important memories a high
school senior has the oppor-
tunity to experience. I missed
my senior prom. I missed my
class night. I missed my tra-
ditional graduation. Through
all the things I’ve missed
during this virus, surprising-
ly there are some good things
that came out of it. It made
me and fellow classmates
grow closer,
and grow and
unite and work
together. It was
a lot to hold
in, knowing
all the things
that were taken
Hunter
from us, but we
will get through.
What I missed the most
is going to see some of the
teachers that motivated us
to keep pushing and finish
strong. I also missed the
different opportunities I had
to get into in high school.”
Isaiah Hunter, 19, Colum-
bus High School
Son of Kelly Hunter
■■■
“I’ve missed out on my se-
nior prom, senior week and,
most impor-
tantly, seeing
my classmates
and close
friends one last
time.
It’s defi-
nitely been a
new challenge Aka
with learn-
ing school material online.
Online classes created an
amount of discipline I never
thought I needed to make
sure I complete all of my
assignments. Also, being on
time and making sure I wake
up for Zoom meetings was
something new as well.
Being away from my
friends was one of the hard-
est things I had to adjust to,
and not being able to create
more memories with them
during this time was some-
thing I definitely miss.
The highlight of my quar-
antine period is the bond
I’ve created with my family.
We’ve grown much closer to-
gether and become stronger
with our love and affection
towards each other. What I
take away from this experi-
ence is live life to the fullest
and always tell the people
you care about the most that
you love them.”
Joshua Aka, 18, Starkville
High School
Son of James and Jackie
Harris
■■■
“When I left my school
before Spring Break, I never
imagined
I wouldn’t
return there
as a student
again. Senior
year was a
time that I had
been looking
forward to all Davis
my life, and
to have so many exciting
things get canceled due to
COVID-19 has definitely been
disappointing. While the
circumstances we are facing
today are not good, I’m con-
fident that the Lord is using
them for good. I believe that
the Class of 2020 was chosen
for such a time as this, and I
have seen so many beautiful
blessings in the midst of this
tough time. I’ve been given
special time with my family
before I head off to college.
I’ve learned to cherish
every moment and not take
anything for granted. Most
importantly, I’ve learned what
it truly means for Christ to
be enough and for Him to be
my ultimate source of joy and
strength. Thank you all so
much for the love and support
you have shown.”
Carrington Davis, 17, New
Hope High School
Daughter of Todd and
Angela Davis
■■■
“When I first got the text
that school was extending
spring break
another
week due to
COVID-19,
I was very
excited. I was
glad to have an
extra week out
of school, but Belue
I didn’t realize
at the time that I wouldn’t
be going back to school this
year. Finding out that the rest
of the school year was online
and graduations and proms
were canceled or postponed
was horrible news to me. I
had been looking forward to
walking across the stage this
year to get my high school
diploma at GTECHS, as well
as my associate degree at
EMCC.
I am still so thankful for
our GTECHS family, espe-
cially all the staff who have
helped make our graduation
special. This quarantine
has taught me to never take
the little moments in life for
granted. Although we do not
get a traditional senior year
or graduation, it is definitely
one that every 2020 senior
class will remember forever.”
Kaylin Belue (of Caledo-
nia), 18, Golden Triangle
Early College High School
Daughter of Michael and
Lacy Belue
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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.
Join us at phbccolumbus.com or on Facebook for services.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 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., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Antoine T.
Colvin, Pastor. 662-327-5408 www.missionaryunionbc.org
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
HWY. 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, MAY 17, 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
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Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
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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.,
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UNITED PENTECOSTAL 1721 Hwy 45 N
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL
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® 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
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In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
TRINITY PLACE
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1750
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BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
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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)
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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
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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
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Worship 11 a.m.
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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
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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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CLUB NOTE
DAR essay honor
The Bernard Romans
Daughters of the American
Revolution Chapter announc-
es that Gabrielle Erickson,
an eighth-grade homeschool
student in Columbus, has
placed second in the state for
the DAR American Heritage
Essay competition. The
theme for the 2019-2020
essay was “The Voyage of
the Mayflower, an Opportu-
nity” to commemorate the
400-year anniversary of the
Mayflower.
“Our chapter is very proud
of Gabrielle’s accomplish-
applied the rules of grammar,
spelling and content.”
Hairston encourages any
student in fifth- through
12th-grade in Lowndes Coun-
ty to participate in writing an
essay for the year 2020-2021.
“In researching and
writing this essay, a student
can learn a part of American
history, plus practice writing
and communication skills,”
she said.
Continuing the 400th an-
niversary of the Mayflower,
the theme for 2020-2021 will
be “The 400th Anniversary
of the Mayflower: Rise and Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

ment,” said Chapter Regent

Frances Hairston. “This
Shine for New Opportunities
in a New Land.” Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
essay, which could not ex- Essays must be submitted Sudoku
a 9x9 gridis witha several
num- 5 6 7 9 2 3 1 4 8
ceed 1,000 words, had to be to Hairston at hairstonarit- ber-placing
given numbers.puzzleThe object 9 3 2 8 1 4 5 7 6

2020 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Courtesy photo
tightly constructed to relate ist@gmail.com in November. based onthe
is to place a 9x9
numbers 1 4 8 5 7 6 3 2 9
Gabrielle Erickson, an eighth-grade homeschool
the opportunities in a new State winners will be an- student from Columbus, placed second in the grid
1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 4 2 6 1 3 5 9 8 7
world and a new beginning in nounced at the DAR confer- state in the DAR American Heritage Essay compe- given
so that numbers.
each row, eachThe 8 5 9 2 4 7 6 1 3
spite of hardships. Gabrielle ence in February 2021. tition. Her parents are Oliver and Casey Erickson. object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
numbers 3 7 1 6 8 9 4 5 2
contains the1same to 9 number
in
6 1 4 7 9 2 8 3 5
the empty spaces so
only once. The difficulty 2 8 5 3 6 1 7 9 4
that each row, each
level increases from
column and each 7 9 3 4 5 8 2 6 1
Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday.
IN THE GARDEN WITH FELDER Difficulty Level 5/15

the same number only once. The difficulty level

The nature of plants

increases from Monday to Sunday.

T
o hear some folks
talk, you’d think
plants have inten-
tions, good or bad and
everything in between.
Ain’t so.
Any school kid can
rattle off dozens of plants
that are directly benefi-
cial to humans or wildlife,
and anyone allergic to
poison ivy, grass pollen
or lawn stickers can
name a few that cause
problems to humans.
They aren’t doing these
things because they are
virtuous or evil, they
are just doing their plant
things.
Sure, plants respond
or react to certain stim-
uli. But, unlike sentient
creatures, they don’t
plan ahead, or do things
with us in mind. They
don’t hold grudges, aren’t
moral, or noble, or out to
get us.
Some, including lawns
and weeds, require us
to do certain things
whether we like it or not;
sometimes we aren’t even
aware of it. As examples
of the latter, consider
roses, basil, Africa violets
and lawn grasses; none
would be in gardens with-
out our direct involve-
ment.
Because they can’t
survive for long on their
own, or procreate natural-
ly, without beauty or use-
fulness they’d never show
up in the first place. As
Michael Pollan explained
in his “Botany of Desire:
A Plant’s-Eye View of the
World,” many plants use
us like human bumble-
bees to get around.
Of course, leading
to my main point about
the values we assign to
plants, some get out of
hand pretty quickly and
invade their surround-
ings, often becoming
inconvenient to us or
destructive to natural
habitats.
But it doesn’t matter
their country of origin.
Imported kudzu, privit
and aquatic parrot feath-
ers are called “invasive
exotics” and banned for
sale, but for some reason
we don’t also forbid oak
trees, though because of
their proclivity to spread
by acorns, they are the
bane of my flowerbeds
and would quickly
destroy my sun-loving
flowers and vegetables.
And crack my sidewalk.
All this came to mind
on a neighborhood walk-
about the other evening
when I noticed the first
flowers of the season on
both crape myrtles and
mimosa. One, highly
treasured and planted all
over the place; the other,
because it comes as it
pleases, is considered
trashy.
Because of their beau-
ty, both were introduced
in the late 1700s to North
America by French horti-
culturist Andre Michaux,
and quickly made the
garden rounds, becoming
popular mainstays for two
centuries.
actually flamingo larvae), and grace without spread-
has taken upon itself to ing everywhere.
spread itself around a bit. Crape myrtles, on
My grandmother plant- the other hand, have to
ed four o’clock flowers be propagated, shipped,
beneath the pair in front sold and planted, one at
of her modest house, and a time, by humans. Yet
I spent a childhood climb- they are everywhere, by
ing them, playing with the millions. It could be
the seedpods and making said that, like azaleas,
glider airplanes from the they are invasive because
leaves. they are so common,
The rather short-lived and every single one
trees, with flowers mak- displaces a native plant.
ing gloppy messes of any- And unless you consider
thing underneath, spread spider mites, aphids and
from there by seed, mak- bark scale, which drip
ing them garden pariahs. sticky, black mold-cov-
But I’ve found an easy, ered sap, they have very
unique way around this. little ecological value.
Middle of summer, soon Which is good, and
as hummingbirds and which is bad? Both.
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
bees are done with the Neither.
Mimosa, crape myrtle
— good or bad? Felder sweetly fragrant flowers, Felder Rushing is
I cut the tall stems close a Mississippi author,
Rushing takes a look.
to the ground before they columnist, and host of the
The mimosa, whose set seed. New shoots “Gestalt Gardener” on
Latin name means “silk quickly spring right back MPB Think Radio. Email
flower” (I think the pink out in towering fernlike gardening questions to
and white balls of fluff are clumps, adding beauty rushingfelder@yahoo.com.
ACROSS
1 Tie
5 Acid’s opposite
9 Michelangelo
work
10 Smooths out
12 Raring to go
13 Showed over
14 Jail, in slang
16 Thurman of
“Kill Bill”
17 — Aviv
18 Unpopular
mailer
20 Folk-blues
singer
22 Land in the
sea
23 Roulette bet 44 Seine sea- 21 Trolley’s kin
25 Movie pooch sons 24 Tall grazer
28 Basswood 25 Sean of
tree DOWN “The Lord of the
32 Fraud perpe- 1 Used a rotary Rings”
trator phone 26 Frightens
34 Genesis 2 Entertain 27 Knock back
name 3 “Up and —!” a few
35 Sandy color 4 Grows fond of 29 Coy
36 Speak 5 Hall of Fame 30 History
haltingly catcher makeup
38 Annoyed 6 Broad st. 31 Bookish,
40 Located 7 Virus fighters perhaps
41 Prefix with 8 Paint type 33 Precursor of
surgeon 9 Trattoria sauce Windows
42 Two score 11 Catch 37 Irrelevant
43 Relaxing 15 Shoulder 39 Stretch of
places ornament years
19 Bearing
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Transitions: The W and United Way partner

to help recent graduates
Area Weddings, MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS cy funds to provide assistance. We are so thankful

Engagements
that the United Way is working with us to help some

T
he coronavirus pandemic continues to direct- of our international students who just graduated and
ly and indirectly affect the lives of so many are not eligible for these other resources.”
individuals, including recent graduates of Erin Kempker, chair of the Department of Histo-

and Anniversaries
Mississippi University for Women who are transi-
tioning from college life into the real world.
The W has partnered with the United Way of
Lowndes and Noxubee to battle the ripple effects
created by the global health emergency. Funds are
now being collected for a particularly vulnerable
population — graduating seniors who are interna-
tional students.
Dwight Doughty, coordinator for international
student services and admissions at The W, ex-
plained there are currently one million F and M visa
students studying in the United States.
“Each college and university is facing the
challenge of offering assistance during this un-
precedented time. Our international students are
an essential part of our university and community,”
he said. “The W and United Way’s partnership will
help assure that our scholars remain sheltered and
healthy throughout the summer transition. Togeth-
er, we can make a difference in the lives of those in
need.”
Over the past few weeks, the university and com-
munity have worked together to connect students
with as many resources available to them.
W President Nora Miller said, “The federal
CARES grants will help many of our students cover
the additional expenses they have incurred as a re-
sult of the disruption to campus operations. Current-
ly enrolled students can apply for student emergen-
ry, Political Science and Geography and professor
of history, has worked closely with the international
students.
She said, “These students are in dire need of
support. So many students and their families are
struggling right now, however these students do
not have access to the lifelines that most students
utilize in a crisis, like FAFSA loans and federal work
study.
“They are highly successful students and many
have graduate programs to start this fall, but surviv-
ing the summer will mean getting help with food,
rent and utilities. Contributions are needed to en-
sure that they can successfully make the transition.”
Renee Sanders, executive director for United
Way of Lowndes and Noxubee, added, “The United
Way organization all over the country is answering
the call during these unprecedented times. It’s what
we do, it’s who we are. The United Way of Lowndes
and Noxubee is local and is here to address the
immediate needs of our community. Thank you for
allowing us to be a part of the solution.”
Your gift to the fund will provide direct assis-
tance to those who find themselves in particularly
difficult circumstances during this time.
Individuals who are interested in making a dona-
tion, should visit United Way’s website at uwlc-ms.
org and click DISASTER.

Graduates
Sara Elizabeth White and Garrett Payne Wester

White/Wester Continued from Page 1B

■■■ I’ll be graduating June
23, just two weeks shy
my family and online
shopping. However, I
and just talking about
nothing.
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Lucius of Vardaman announce “And in the blink of of leaving for college miss getting to see my Throughout this
the engagement of their daughter, Sara Elizabeth an eye, at Jones, unless some- friends all the time and quarantine, I have
White of Vardaman, to Garrett Payne Wester of Cale- my senior thing changes. There’s getting to celebrate my learned to be creating,
donia, son of Mrs. D’Anne Wester of Caledonia. year and just so much uncertain- final few months as a to try new things. I’ve
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Sarah plans ty due to the pandemic.” senior. learned to cook and
Margaret Russell and the late Mr. James Robert were Something I always master a lot of meals.
Russell, Mrs. Sarah Watkins and the late Mr. Home altered Jherquaveus Sanders, knew was to cherish I’ve learned to be inno-
Watkins, and Mrs. Betty White and the late Mr. Lenon due to the 18, West Lowndes High the little things, but vative in my workouts
White, all of Calhoun City. deadly School with everything that’s by using a workout app
She is a graduate of Vardaman High School, East coronavi- Sanders Son of Priscilla happened, it’s really hit to help me stay fit. I’ve
Mississippi Community College and Mississippi State rus, bet- Sanders me. I had my last day at also learned, and will
University. She also is a graduate of Mississippi Uni- ter known as COVID-19. Starkville Academy, and continue to learn, to be
versity for Women School of Nursing. She earned an It’s so strange not ■■■ I didn’t even know it. grateful that God has
Associate of Arts degree, Associate degree in nursing being able to attend For now, I have protected me and my
and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. school physically. Who “I absolutely never learned that I can over- family from COVID-19.
She is currently a pediatric registered nurse with would’ve ever thought expected come adversity, and, Most of all, I am so very
North Mississippi Medical Center. this would happen? my senior with the technology we thankful for the time
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and I’m a bit disappointed I year to have today, the best a I get to spend with my
Mrs. Bobby Giles. missed my senior prom, end up person can do is to keep family.
He is a graduate of Caledonia High School and Mis- but I’m pleased to have quite spreading joy.” The one thing that
sissippi State University, where he earned a Bachelor had the opportunity to like this. has kept me positive
of Science degree in education. attend my junior year. When Grace Fant, 17, about school is the
He is currently employed with the Nettleton School This experience has I came Starkville Academy thought of the college
District. definitely taught me to back from Fant Daughter of Robin experience. I’m excit-
Vows will be exchanged May 30, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. appreciate the small spring and Dana Fant ed to start my life in
at the Circle R Ranch in Calhoun City. things and not take any- break, I know my college and meet new
thing for granted. The friends and I were not ■■■ people.
Class of 2020 missed understanding the full One optimistic thing
out on so much this year effect that would be “The hardest thing I can take from this
that we were looking taking place; we just about experience is that God
SCHOOL NEWS forward to, for instance thought, Spring Break being out is in control, and there
“Senior Skip Day” — Part 2! As school kept of school is a lesson in everything
Alvarez graduates but then again, I guess being pushed back, and is missing that we go through
The Mississippi School of the Arts
we are the champions of then my school started inter- (Romans 8:28).”
(MSA) is proud to honor graduating
“Senior Skip Day.” the distance learning action
senior Aneth Alvarez of Columbus.
I’ve always imagined program, it all became a with my Kylie Emerson, 18,
Alvarez studied in the dance program
graduating high school bit more real. friends. Columbus Christian
at MSA and is a NHSDA honor graduate.
surrounded by friends I have taken up more I miss Emerson Academy
She plans to attend The University of
and family, so I’m so on my hobbies of bak- hanging Daughter of Jeff and
Southern Mississippi in the fall and major
excited that, as of now, ing, doing puzzles with out with them, laughing Tonsha Emerson
in dance.
MSA is an 11th- and 12th-grade visual Alvarez
and performing arts residential, public high school locat-
ed in Brookhaven. Students not only meet and exceed ■ Visit cdispatch.com for more Lifestyles content including Mississippi State University’s Center for
the traditional Mississippi high school curriculum, they Continuing Education offering online classes to high school students, East Mississippi Community Col-
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Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I wrote to you — employers, friends, even fam-
12 years ago as a suicidal ily members who “conveniently”
teenager. I’m thankful to be missed out on my troubled years
writing now from a very different — does this. It never happened
when I was miserable, hiding
place. I’m 28, happily married,
behind makeup and uncomfortable
with one child.
clothing, barely able to function.
I was born into a hyperconser- How can I again command the
vative cult and home-schooled respect I did as an angsty teen,
until I was kicked out at 18. I then but without the angst?
fell into a predictable pattern of I’m an awesome mother and
abusive relationships and sub- a loving wife, not to mention
stance abuse. I have been sober a healthy person because I’ve
for six years now, and have been worked hard FOR YEARS to get
in various kinds of therapy longer this way. I’m proud of what I’ve
than that. I now self-counsel daily accomplished, and I’m tired of my
with journaling, meditation and Dear Abby personal satisfaction being mis-
exercise — and regularly return
construed as naivete, or worse,
to therapy when my old patterns vanity. Advice? — CAME THROUGH THE OTHER
resurface. SIDE
My gripe: I’m now a happy, energetic person, DEAR CAME THROUGH: You have every right
so much so that I am routinely mistaken for a to be proud of what you have accomplished. Do
teenager and summarily dismissed. Everyone you act the same way at work as you do when
hanging out with friends or family? You may
need to adjust your behavior according to the
situation. If you have trouble doing this, some
sessions with your therapist might make the
process easier.
DEAR ABBY: I am angry at the lack of
praise given to respiratory therapists who are
on the front lines of coronavirus patient care.
Everything is doctor, nurse. By all means they
deserve praise, but who do you think is also a
vital part in fighting this RESPIRATORY virus?
We manage those ventilators many hotspots
are in desperate need of. We give those breath-
ing treatments that help to calm the airways as
this virus takes a toll on the lungs.
All health care workers, as well as individu-
als who work in hospitals and are considered
essential, should receive this praise. We come
to work each day uncertain whether we will be
exposed or contract the virus. Yes, it’s a trying
time for everyone, but I want the world to be
aware of these unsung heroes. — TAKING A
DEEP BREATH
DEAR TAKING: So do I, which is why I am
printing your letter. All of the courageous men
and women who put their well-being at risk in
service to their patients and their community
are heroes as far as I am concerned. I, as well
as my readers, pray for your safety and success
in this battle against this novel virus.
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.
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Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 17).
Someone arrives to delight you.
Entertainment is a worthy expense
as your best life happens on the
heels of fun and inspiration. You’re
a leader whose hopes will become
a beacon for others. Let people
into your world; share your thought
processes, talents and skills. As
they learn what you’re about, your
circle of influence expands. Scorpio
and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 22, 7, 18, 4 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). A
walk can be a creative and mystical
experience. You’ll see sights that
affirm your physical course along the
way and your general trajectory on
the path of life.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’ll love the way people light up
around you. This is happening by de-
sign. It’s your mission to join in the
brightness, give and receive warmth
and make smiling a priority.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It
is said that true love sees with
the heart, not the eyes. Maybe so,
though the eyes will certainly do
their share today. Make sure to
test them against input from other
senses.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’ll manage relationships in the
practical way you might manage
other business, stating the results
you want and then outlining the
critical steps necessary for their
achievement.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Maybe
each individual is responsible for his
or her own fun, but you make it your
role to provide levity and goodwill
to those around you. Laughter is a
massage for the insides.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Beware of quick fixes, as today
they are likely to fall down in both
quickness and fixing. Small changes
made consistently over a long period
of time will give you the best results.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There
is success in your current course
of action, although you will need
to remind yourself of this and also
incentivize and motivate yourself to
continue in kind. Consistency moti-
vates success.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). No
matter how high you rise in position,
you retain the no-nonsense outlook
you started with. You are skeptical
of values based on anything other
than human worth.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You’ll solve problems all day
long — problems of different scope
and complexity, some easy, others
expensive, some that seem perva-
sive, others you feel privileged to
have.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Your mood will reflect the quality
of your relationships. Know that
relationships are in a state of flux,
constantly adapting to new circum-
stances and influences.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
You wonder what keeps you sailing
on even when you’ve already seen
and/or passed the destination. It is
your belief that things can always
get better. Hope floats.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You
will stick to your values even when
you don’t want to, it’s hard or the re-
wards don’t come. Your reason? It’s
the adult thing to do. The depth of
character it takes to stick to values
is a reward in and of itself.
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