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Georgia-based retail firm new owners of Leigh Mall

Hull Property Group specializes
in transforming ‘out-of-favor’
retail developments
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Georgia-based retail real estate firm Hull
Property Group is the new owner of Leigh Mall,
according to a deed filed in the Lowndes County
Chancery Clerk’s Office on Friday.
Based in Augusta, Hull is one of the largest
privately owned retail real estate companies in
the country, with more than 14.5 million square
feet of properties total, according to the compa-
ny’s website. It was founded in 1977 and special-
izes in transforming struggling
malls and other retail sites into
successful economic develop-
ments by working directly with
tenants and local governments.
The Geor-
“Our business is dedicated to
gia-based
uncovering the potential of these Hull Group
out-of-favor malls and declining Hull has taken
retail corridors,” said Hull’s owner ownership of
and managing principal James M. Hull in a mes- Leigh Mall in
sage on the company’s website. “We are enthusi- Columbus.
astic about the possibilities and are steadfast in The company
our mission to transform these properties.” specializes in
transforming
According to the website, the company owns struggling
more than 30 mall properties, including four in malls and
Alabama and two in Tennessee, along with 13 other retail
shopping centers and dozens of development sites.
See Leigh Mall, 3A Dispatch file photo

HOLIDAY MARKET Starkville’s first

Food Truck Friday
sees strong
attendance
despite rain
Event showcases
growing food truck
market in city
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Friday’s rainy

weather did not stop a swarm of peo-
ple from stopping by the Cadence
Bank Plaza downtown and visiting
the four food trucks that served a
variety of cuisine from 11 a.m.-2
p.m. Customers could choose from
chili dogs, Italian meatball sliders,
pulled pork nachos, pizza and more.
The trucks came from Eupora,
Kosciusko, Winona and Jackson,
and three of them sold out of one of
their menu items by the end of the
second hour. Some customers took
shelter from the rain under the
overhang of the Cadence building
while they ate.
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
The crowd was at its largest
Gracie Mae Boyd, 7, sells homemade marshmallows during the Holiday Market at the Hitching Lot Farmers Market in Colum- around noon, most likely a result
bus Saturday morning. “First, I melt the sugar, corn syrup and a pinch of salt,” said Gracie Mae. She is the daughter of Johna- of people’s lunch breaks at work,
than and Mary Boyd. “I love marshmallows and I want to sell them,’ Gracie Mae said. See Food Trucks, 6A

Chris ‘Mountain Man’ Oswalt lived ‘his own way’

62-year-old Columbus
man died while kayaking
in New Mexico
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
“It still feels like he’s supposed
to come home,” said Kallie Pollard,
Chris “Mountain
Man” Oswalt was
a member of Oswalt’s eclectic
circle of friends.
known for his love of
nature — including
At roughly the same time the
Buehlers were speculating on
hunting, fishing, gar-
dening and kayaking.
Oswalt’s return to his home in His body was dis-
Lowndes County, John Nettles, a covered Oct. 27 on
member of the Taos, New Mexico a dangerous section

O
n Oct. 27, Mike Buehler,
noting a chill in the air,
turned to his wife, Allison,
and asked: “When’s Mountain Man
getting back from New Mexico?
Isn’t it about time?”
Now, almost a month later, it’s
a question that still haunts the
friends of Chris “Mountain Man”
Oswalt.
Search and Rescue team, discov- of the Rio Grande in
Taos, New Mexico.
ered Oswalt’s body in a section
Oswalt’s passion for
of the Rio Grande River called living an indepen-
Taos Box, a set of Class IV rapids dent life and sharing
respected by even the most experi- his knowledge with
enced river guides in New Mexico. others created for
The section was so remote that the Lowndes County
it took a full week for the rescue native an eclectic
team to recover his body. Oswalt circle of friends.
See Oswalt, 6A Courtesy photo

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1 What Moroccan seaport’s name is Monday meetings
Spanish for “white house”? Dec. 2:
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2 What is Captain Kirk’s middle Lowndes County
name? partment of Music presents an evening
Supervisors, 9
3 What was the first movie to gross of “Songs of the Theatre” at 7:30 p.m.
a.m., County
more than $1 billion at the box office? in Poindexter Hall on campus. Free to
Courthouse
4 What humor columnist wrote the the public.
Dec. 3:
Triston Fulton books “Best. State. Ever.” and “Big
Trouble”? Columbus City
Third grade, Annunciation
5 Which animal is not a marsupial — Tuesday Council regular

56 Low 35 kangaroo, koala, raccoon, or wombat? ■ Country Store Bake Sale: Find meeting, 5
High Answers, 6D
made-from-scratch cakes, pies, cook- p.m., Municipal
Mostly sunny ies, candies, breads, cheese straws, jel- Complex
Full forecast on lies and more at this annual pre-Thanks- Courtroom
page 3A. giving bake sale to benefit the S.D. Lee Dec. 9:
Foundation and historic Lee Home. The Columbus
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Inside 316 Seventh St. N. (next to the public School Board of
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Ask Rufus

Thanksgiving
I
t was 400 earth which
years ago fill our fields,
that a group and are fast
of settlers ripening for
from England the harvest,’
landed in the as well as in
New Word and consideration
with a ceremo- of the general
ny of thanks- prosperity and
giving gave happiness
thanks to God vouchsafed
for their safe to us, they
arrival and do recognize
their new set- Rufus Ward the Second
tlement. That Thursday in
ceremony of thanksgiving November ... as a suitable
had been set out in the day for the rendition of
company’s charter from a public thanksgiving to
London. It provided, “that Almighty God for all these
the day of our ship’s arriv- signal blessings.
Courtesy image
al at the place assigned ... ­H.S. Foote By the 1890s holiday sale ads were beginning to appear in Columbus newspapers at Thanksgiving. This is an
shall be yearly and perpet- 1882 advertising card from Richards & Teasdale’s on Main Street in Columbus letting shoppers know they had
ually kept holy as a day of By 1853, 25 of the then “Toys, Fancy Goods, &c.” for holiday and wedding presents.
thanksgiving to Almighty 31 states had established
God.” That first officially a set date for Thanksgiv- dating as far back as the potatoes, baked squash, 1897, Columbus Dispatch clothes. Maybe Thanks-
designated Thanksgiving ing. 1820s. By the late 1800s boiled onions with cream included the drawing of giving hasn’t changed as
Day occurred 400 years In 1863, Abraham Lin- the quantity of oysters sauce, peach pickles, Wal- a child turning his back much as we thought.
ago on Dec. 4, 1619. coln declared that the last brought into Columbus dorf salad, cheese wafers, on a platter of turkey to Rufus Ward is a local
That day of thanksgiv- Thursday in November by steamboat was so large mince pie, pudding, nuts, reach for a hanger of new historian.
ing was not at the Plym- be set aside as a national that the city began using fruit and coffee. I recall
outh Colony in present day of Thanksgiving. In the discarded oyster from my childhood having
day Massachusetts. The order to add a week to shells to fill potholes in Thanksgiving Lunch with
Pilgrims day of thanks- the Christmas shopping the city streets. Many peo- my great aunt Marcella
giving did not occur until season President Frank- ple still think of oysters as Billups Richards. She
1621. This thanksgiving in lin D. Roosevelt in 1938 a traditional holiday dish, insisted that the most im-
1619 occurred at Berke- moved the date back to especially oyster dressing. portant item in the meal
ley Hundred in present the second to last Thurs- The earliest Columbus was the pickled peaches.
day Charles City County, day in November. Then in recipe related to thanks- While we don’t think of
Virginia. 1942 he compromised and giving I have found is shopping as a Thanksgiv-
President George set the date as the fourth in an 1867 cookbook of ing tradition, it has been
Washington had first Thursday in November. It Sallie Govan Billups. It promoted for a lot longer
called for “a Day of has since remained that was interesting, though, than you would think. An
Publick Thanksgiving” to date. that none of the pre-1890 1897 advertisement by the
be held on Nov. 26, 1789, The oldest Thanksgiv- family cookbooks I have Columbus Clothing Com-
but it was up to individual ing tradition is as a day of contained a recipe for oys- pany carries the headline
states to decide whether prayer and giving thanks ter dressing, but all had “Your Thanksgiving” and
to celebrate it and, if so, to God. The next oldest Oyster Sauce. In Sallie’s then says:
on what day. In the early tradition is food. Thanks- 1867 copy of “Verstille’s “Thanksgiving means
1800s, the date of Thanks- giving has always been Southern Cookery,” the being thankful. You
giving Day was usually set celebrated with a feast. recipe for Oyster Sauce cannot be thankful unless
by the governor of each In Columbus the oldest was: “Have your oysters you have something to be
state, but by the 1850s tradition of Thanksgiving good, and give them one thankful for. Many people
many states were estab- related to food is oysters. boil in their own liquor. think all they have to be
lishing a set date. The It was usually mid to late Then take the oysters out, thankful for is the turkey
celebration of Thanksgiv- November before the and add to the liquor two they eat for their dinner.
ing in Mississippi in the in Tombigbee became high or three blades of mace, You have reason to be
mid-1800s remained at the enough for steamboats some melted butter and thankful for the oppor-
whim of the governor. to travel upstream from also a little thick cream. tunity to buy first-class
On Oct. 9, 1852, the Mobile to Columbus Return the oysters to the clothing at a price that
Columbus Democrat re- and Aberdeen. It was saucepan. Let them come suits your purse. Our ex-
ported that Gov. Foote of also then that it usually to a boil, and then take
cellent values are worthy
Mississippi had issued the became cool enough for them from the fire.”
your thankfulness.”
following proclamation: the steamboats to bring The earliest complete
The ad in the Nov. 21,
up sacks of fresh oysters menu for a thanksgiving
Proclamation executive from Mobile. meal in Columbus I have
In conformity with the With fresh oysters come across was in a well-
earnest request of many beginning to arrive used 1902 Billups’ family
pious and worthy citizens mid-November to De- cookbook. There I found
and in accordance with my cember, they became a a suggested menu for
own sense of official duty, I traditional Thanksgiving Thanksgiving. For Dinner
have the honor to recom- and Christmas food along (lunch) there should be:
mend to the good people the Tombigbee River. It oysters on the half shell,
of the State of Mississippi, is common to find lots mutton broth, celery, tur-
that, ‘in acknowledgment of oyster shells on old key stuffed with oysters,
of the kindly fruits of the Columbus house sites cranberry sauce, mashed

Till memorial, others taking

security steps amid vandalism
‘It happens so much that I can’t get
angry because I’m not surprised.
But this tells me the people who are
doing this are still so scared.’
Maria Varela, a Mississippi civil rights
organizer and photographer
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
The Associated Press
A commission behind
a memorial for teenage
lynching victim Emmett
Till in Mississippi was
forced to get a new sign
with a glass bulletproof
front and add cameras
and alarms after previous
markers were riddled with
bullet holes.
It’s one of numerous
monuments to U.S. civil
rights figures or events
around the country that
have been attacked by
vandals through the years,
forcing organizations and
elected officials to spend
hundreds of thousands of
dollars to repair or replace
the monuments and equip
them with surveillance.
There’s no movement to
pass federal protections
for such memorials, and
advocates of the sites say
their only recourse has
been to rely on local and
state vandalism and hate
crime laws to prosecute
suspects.
“It happens so much
that I can’t get angry be-
cause I’m not surprised,”
said Maria Varela, a Mis-
sissippi civil rights orga-
nizer and photographer
with a Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee
in the 1960s. “But this tells
me the people who are do-
ing this are still so scared.”
The need for protec-
tion for such memorials
came into focus again this
month after security cam-
eras captured white na-
tionalists trying to film in
front of the new sign that
describes how the body
of Till, a black 14-year-old
from Chicago, was pulled
from the Tallahatchie Riv-
er in Mississippi. A man
in the security video said
the memorial represents
the civil rights movement
for black people. He then
asks, “Where are all the
white people?” One person
carried a white flag with a
large cross, a symbol as-
sociated with the League
of the South — called
a neo-Confederate hate
group by the Southern
Poverty Law Center. After
a security alarm went off,
the group ran away with-
out doing any damage.
The cameras and
alarms are part of an up-
dated security system
that accompanies the
500-pound steel sign after
three previous markers
were vandalized, including
two that were left riddled
with bullet holes.
“Without a doubt, those
cameras have helped deter
potential vandalism,” said
Patrick Weems, executive
director of the Emmett Till
Memorial Commission.
Till was visiting family
members in Money, Mis-
sissippi, in August 1955
when a white woman at a
store falsely accused him
of whistling at her. The
woman’s husband and an-
other man were charged
with kidnapping, beating
and fatally shooting the
teen. An all-white jury ac-
quitted the men.
The killing and photos
of Till’s mutilated body at
his funeral shocked the
nation and galvanized the
civil rights movement.

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Mississippi Lottery gears up Local ranger to

for its first ticket sales discuss fun, history
Lottery tickets go on sale at 5 a.m. Monday
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
states without a lottery, and it re-
mained that way for decades be-
cause of opposition from politically
of Waterway tonight
buzz among customers. MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
The Associated Press “Everybody’s been talking about powerful churches.

JACKSON — Mississippi resi-
dents have been driving to Louisi-
ana, Arkansas and Tennessee for
years to buy lottery tickets. They
will soon be able to spend that mon-
ey closer to home.
The Mississippi Lottery starts
selling tickets for the first time
Monday morning. Nearly 1,200
convenience stores and other sites
have been approved as retailers.
Elisa Reed, owner of Woody’s
general store in the tiny town of
Noxapater, said a lottery ticket
machine was installed at the store
more than a week ago, generating
E
it, and everybody’s really excited,” As the state was forced to close
xplore the
Reed said. hundreds of unsafe bridges in 2018,
history of the
People stop at Woody’s to fill Republican Gov. Phil Bryant called
Tenn-Tom Wa-
lawmakers into special session and
their gas tanks and pick up coffee terway with Ranger
asked them to authorize a lottery to
or cigarettes, and they can get a full Randi Robison for
generate money. The first $80 mil-
breakfast beginning at 1 a.m. the November ses-
lion a year will go to highways, and
Lottery tickets go on sale at 5 sion of Dr. D’s Brain
revenue after that will go to educa-
a.m. Monday. “I think they’ll be in Jam hosted by Three
tion.
line to buy them,” Reed said. Sisters Pie Co. in
Democratic state Rep. Alyce
For the first two months, the only downtown Columbus
Clarke of Jackson pushed for years
scratch-off tickets sold in Mississip- today at 6 p.m.
to create a lottery. The Mississippi
pi will be for single-state games. Robison, natural
Lottery Corporation is having an
The multistate games Powerball resource specialist at
event where Clarke will buy the cer-
the Tennessee-Tom-
and Mega Millions will be available emonial first ticket Monday morn-
bigbee Waterway,
in Mississippi starting Jan. 30. ing at a convenience store in south
will present “A
Mississippi has been one of six Jackson.
Campfire Talk with a
Local Park Ranger.” Courtesy photo
“I am very excited Tennessee-Tombigbee
to be sharing the Waterway Park Ranger

Leigh Mall
Continued from Page 1A
properties.
Hull corporate repre-
sentatives did not return
multiple calls to The Dis-
patch by press time. New
Leigh Mall operations
manager Laura Harrison
declined to comment, in-
stead referring The Dis-
patch to Hull’s corporate
office.
City council members
confirmed the company’s
acquisition of the mall and
said they are excited about
the possibilities it opens
for Columbus’ retail corri-
dor.
“I’m hoping they’ll do
a whole (remodel) on the
mall and bring in some
fantastic businesses and
make the mall a very via-
ble place for people who
want to come and shop
and have activities and so
forth,” said Ward 6 Coun-
cilman Bill Gavin. “It’s a
prime piece of location
right on the corridor right
there, so it’s got that great
visibility from the (High-
way 82) bypass, great vis-
ibility from Highway 45.
Access to the mall is great
... from the bypass. ... I just
think it’s a great piece of
property.”
The mall was auctioned
online for $3.5 million on
Oct. 17. The mall’s previ-
ous owner, Colony Finan-
cial, took ownership of the
mall from Security Nation-
al Properties in 2018 after
SNP defaulted on a $34.7
million loan for which the
mall was one of dozens of
properties put up as collat-
eral.
Built in 1973, Leigh
Mall is only 57-percent
occupied, with original an-
chors JCPenney and Sears
both vacated. The mall has
also been steadily losing
smaller tenants such as
Reed’s Jewelry and Kirk-
land’s over the past several
years. Maintenance issues
from leaks in the roof
to potholes throughout
the parking lot have also
plagued the property.
Hobby Lobby, Planet
Fitness, Books-a-Million
and other tenants remain.
In 2018, Lowndes County
Tax Assessor/Collector
Greg Andrews valued the
mall property, including
all of its businesses, at $12
million to $18 million.
The Golden Triangle
Development LINK re-
leased an emailed state-
ment to The Dispatch
that, while not confirming
the name of the company,
said LINK representatives
have already been in con-
tact with Hull and look
forward to working with
them.
“We met with the suc-
cessful bidder prior to the
auction and they outlined
some of their plans for
the facility,” the statement
said. “We are not at liberty
to discuss those plans.”
City council members
The Dispatch contacted
said they don’t know what
plans Hull has for the mall,
but that they are ready to
work with the company to
make the mall successful
again.
“From what I see, I’m
very excited,” said Ward 4
Councilman Pierre Beard.
“We just need more prop-
erty restoration in Colum-
bus, especially with that
mall. We’ve got all those
potholes out there destroy-
ing people’s cars and a lot
of people are concerned
about that. Not only is the
parking lot a concern of
mine, but I’m ready to see
some big businesses come
in here.”
Both Ward 5 Council-
man Stephen Jones and
Gavin echoed Beard’s ex-
citement at the acquisition.
“Any retail develop-
ment we get, whether it’s
the mall or anything else,
the city’s all for because
it’s tax dollars for us,”
Gavin said. “We have an
underlying (interest) in
seeing that retail devel-
opment grows because it
means the city’s growing.
It means sales tax money
for us to run city projects
with and to do things with,
so from that standpoint,
anything that we can do
to assist them or any other
retail partners within the
area is to our benefit.”
Conflict disclosure:
Managing Editor Zack
Plair took part in editing
this article. He is currently
involved in legal proceed-
ings with the city of Colum-
bus.
history, current Randi Robison is the
guest speaker at 6 p.m.
events and fun today for Dr. D’s Brain Jam
activities locals can at Three Sisters Pie Co. in
enjoy on the Tenn- Columbus.
Tom Waterway,” said
Robison. “The Tenn-
Tom Waterway is an engineering marvel with a
captivating history that many people drive over
every day without noticing.”
Ranger Robison encourages everyone to
arrive early for hot chocolate and for participants
to bring plenty of questions.
The reoccurring speaker series, Dr. D’s Brain
Jam, is a series that hopes to provide entertain-
ing and educational topics to connect experts
with the community.
The series is co-sponsored by the Mississippi
University for Women Department of History,
Political Science and Geography and Three Sis-
ters Pie Co. There will be a speaker on the last
Sunday of each month. All events are free and
open to the public.
The next Brain Jam will be held Sunday, Jan.
26, 2020, with Reyna Vergara presenting “Sor
Juana Inés de la Crus: Power, Rebellion & Scan-
dal in Colonial Mexico.”
Three Sisters Pie Co. is located at 422 Main
St., Columbus.
For more information about the Brain Jam
series, email Kristi DiClemente at kdiclemente@
muw.edu.

Teen indicted in May slaying of Biloxi police officer

The Associated Press
BILOXI — A teenager
has been indicted on a
capital murder charge in
the May shooting of a Bi-
loxi police officer.
Darian Tawan Atkin-
son has been jailed with-
out bail since his arrest
after Robert McKeithen
was shot to death in the
parking lot of the Biloxi
police station.
News outlets report no
date has been set for At-
kinson’s arraignment. At-
kinson could face a death
sentence if convicted.
A detective said earli-
er the suspect walked 8
miles from his mother’s
home to the Biloxi police
station with the goal of
killing a police officer.
Atkinson was arrest-
ed later when an off-duty
Biloxi officer spotted him
walking along a road in
Wiggins. Police say At-
kinson’s brother drove
him there.
The brother and others
face charges for allegedly
aiding him.

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Local Voices
Giving thanks for a gentle man
A
s we gath-
er around
tables,
greet families and
recount blessings,
we are reminded
that relationships
are the canvas of
life. Our lives are
marked and colored
by the influence of
countless people.
Occasionally, Desiree’ Wilson
impactors on our
lives are vibrant characters
who master the command of
presence and attention in flam- sweet gum leaves.
ing glow. Many relationships
shade our lives in such a man. In the wake of
more subtle hues, his sudden death last month,
leaving soft water- I have had the opportunity to
color marks on our consider his heartwarming
hearts. A certain life. Traveling past his empty
few relationships we house frequently, I am con-
encounter are de- vinced that a sad nodding of
fined by warm and the head is not how he wants to
earthy tones that be remembered. Nor, I believe,
seep into the mar- is it honoring to him. Eldon did
row of our bones. not personify the smallness of
These relationships heart that is grief. His heart
feed us with quietly was large and engulfing; I be-
profound lessons, lieve he wants the same for me.
easily undetectable like the I have contemplated the
daily variations of autumn simple life that was his. Eldon’s
affinity for soil, plants, and
Harley Eldon Barham was harvest speaks to pleasure
gained in fundamental work
for which we are all created.
His lesson to me is to find joy
and fulfillment in “all your
hands find to do” as the Eccle-
siastes writer so ably penned.
Simplicity is a hard-won goal
he attained.
I have also come to appre-
ciate his example of modesty.
Eldon was so consistently
unassuming and unobtrusive.
His accomplishments were
tempered with a gentle voice
and humble words. He taught
me to resist the carnal need
for recognition and embrace
the higher plane of honor that
comes by a life free of self-im-
portance.
This summer I noticed his
Bible laid open on his kitchen
counter alongside his trusty
blood pressure cuff. Eldon was
ever mindful of the present
and vested in the future. His
persimmons are now ripe; he
would have been giving them
away for weeks. I plan to have
the beautiful orange fruits on
my Thanksgiving table, a tan-
gible reminder of him and the
impact of a gentle man.
Desiree’ Wilson, a resident
of Lowndes County since 1990,
lives in Steens.

Our view Partial to Home

Roses and thorns

A rose to Alan Smith, who will soon
be turning over Smith’s Landscaping
to a regional garden center company,
Walton’s Green House. In almost three
decades of operating the landscaping
service and garden center on 18th Av-
enue North in Columbus, Smith’s family-run business
has been familiar presence in our community, expand-
ing over the years to include its current site at the old
Barnhill’s restaurant, just across the street from its
original location. The Smiths have provided the kind
of personal customer service that big box nurseries
find hard to replicate. Ultimately, Smith’s decision to
leave the business came down to health issues. We
are delighted, however, to learn that the company will
be turned over to another family-owned company.
Walton’s Greenhouse was founded by the father-son
combo of Lathen and Marty Walton, growing from a
single garden center in Itawamba County to more than
20 garden centers, including centers in Amory, Tupelo,
New Albany and now, Columbus. The Waltons will take
over operations in early 2020. We wish Alan a happy
retirement and look forward to welcoming the Waltons
to our community.

A rose to the city of Columbus for its

efforts to give residents some peace of
mind during the holiday traveling sea-
Birney Imes/Special to The Dispatch
son. The city of Columbus has rolled Gail Laws takes a picture of Lydia Martin and gardening guru Felder Rushing earlier this month at the
out two new features of its SeeClickFix Plymouth Bluff Conservation Center after Rushing spoke to the Belle Fleur and Northwood garden clubs.
program just in time for the holidays.
Through it’s new service portal, “SeeClickFix,” the
Columbus Police Department will implement two pro-
grams — “Vacation Home Watch” and “Close Patrol.”
The home watch feature lets residents request police
Gestalt gardening
O
go by their homes while the residents are on vacation, n a recent tion (10 generations “(The scale) has completely
and Close Patrol allows citizens to send police tips weekday morn- of Mississippi gar- wiped them out in Madison,” he
about suspicious activity. Columbus Police Chief Fred ing Vernell deners) and formal said.
Shelton said the two features are “non traditional” Taylor was putting horticultural study The beloved Southern
ways for police and the community to interact. Se- the final log on a at Mississippi State landscape tree will undergo a
eClickFix is a website that local governments can sign stack of wood almost University. (He often dramatic decline, he says.
up for and take information from citizens on issues too pretty to burn in references Ralph Null He apologized for the bad
throughout the community, such as lights that have the fireplace of the who taught him floral news and emphasized this is not
gone out, tree limbs or other debris in roads and over- living-room-like inte- design). his opinion but the conclusion of
flowing storm drains. Since Columbus joined about rior of the Plymouth As for his family researchers from Texas to the
two weeks ago, the city has received more than 100 Bluff Conservation gardening influ- Carolinas. On his blog (felder-
requests, City Information Officer Joe Dillon said. The Center. ences, he cites two rushing.blog), he recommends
home watch and patrol features are the two newest Taylor, who is the Birney Imes grandmothers, one a alternatives to the crepe myrtle,
features the city has added, and unlike the other issues facilities supervisor garden club doyenne among them Japanese maples,
citizens can report, they will be private, meaning other as well as longtime friend and in the Delta who “taught me to hollies, red buckeye and oriental
citizens cannot log on to the website and see the re- co-conspirator with the Center’s be nice” and another who lived persimmons.
quests. We applaud the city and the CPD for providing founder and éminence grise, between Kilmichael and Stewart After his presentation,
this service. We predict it will be a huge success. Harry Sherman, was making whose gardening efforts were Rushing fielded questions,
ready for the Northwood and simply a concrete chicken and recommending a Clara Curtis
A rose to Columbus Light and Water Belle Fleur garden clubs, who zinnias. chrysanthemum to a gardener
and The Tennessee Valley Authority, would soon converge on this His gardening sermons are looking for a plant that blooms in
which will work together to help local gracious setting to hear, see and a variation on two themes: the the shade and after a freeze. “It
low-income home-owners make their touch one of the state’s, perhaps physical, mental and spiritual grows in cemeteries,” Rushing
homes more energy efficient. Up to six the nation’s, most illustrious value of simply being in nature, said. “Dead people can grow
Columbus homes will receive upgrades gardeners. digging in the dirt and seeing these.”
to make them more energy efficient through the part- That would be Felder Rush- things grow and the importance At the end of his weekly radio
nership under TVA’s Home Uplift program, in which ing, who is not only a celebrity of following your gardening show, Rushing often urges listen-
TVA will upgrade a handful of homes to help reduce gardener, but the author of bliss, regardless what the neigh- ers to “take a kid to a gardening
utility bills, improve indoor air quality and lower home 18 gardening books, a widely bors say. center this weekend and buy him
maintenance costs. CL&W director Todd Gale said the syndicated newspaper columnist, Rushing’s gardens are gar- a sack of bulbs.”
project is similar to a TVA pilot program CLW joined radio personality and an active nished with bottle trees, plastic After his presentation Rush-
two years ago, when TVA paid for upgrades for about online presence. flamingos and a “rubber bush” ing lingered, visiting with and
160 homes in the Columbus area. The main differ- On his hugely popular call-in made from tires. posing for photos with garden
ence is that TVA paid for about 90 percent of the costs public radio show, “The Ge- Louis XIV has a garden full club members, who had filled the
— $100,000, Gale said — to upgrade the 160 homes stalt Gardener,” Rushing fields of statues of naked goddesses Center’s spacious dining room.
two years ago. This time CLW will be responsible for questions from gardeners from at Versailles, and I have 18 pink Later, thinking about Rushing
50 percent of the costs, or $26,143. To participate in Horn Lake to Pascagoula and flamingos in my yard, he says. — with his unflagging enthusi-
the program, residents have to own their own home points beyond on such hot-button Rushing is fond of quoting asm for gardening and the way
and make a maximum income at twice the poverty topics from whether to prune Don Featherstone, the creator it brings people together —
level, Gale said. At earliest, the program would begin crepe myrtles (“Only Southern of the plastic pink flamingo, who thinking about his advocacy for
next spring. Lowering energy costs are good for the Living and Master Gardeners said, “Before plastic, only rich immersing oneself in nature and
environment and for low-income home-owners are a say not to prune crepe myrtles.”) people could afford bad taste.” embracing independent expres-
meaningful savings that enhances quality of life. to identifying mystery plants Rushing came bearing bad sion, he may have an effective
(“Take a picture of it and shoot news, that crepe myrtles are un- antidote for our troubled times,
A rose the Main Street Columbus me an email.”). dergoing assault by crepe myrtle for gardeners and non-gardeners
and The Hitching Lot Farmers Mar- Rushing’s gardening knowl- bark scale, an invasive Asian alike.
ket for another successful Hitching edge comes from long personal insect. The scale turns the bark Birney Imes (birney@cdis-
Lot Holiday Market. The event, held experience and is under-girded black, weakens and eventually patch.com) is the former publisher
from 9 a.m. until noon, drew plenty with a deep ancestral connec- kills the tree. of The Dispatch.
of customers who took advantage of
the last farmers’ market of the year to stock up on
locally-produced fruits/vegetables, baked goods and
hand-crafted gifts from 65 vendors heading into the

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Impeachment inquiry crossroads: Boy Scouts mortgage vast New

Mexico ranch as collateral
Keep going or time to vote? By DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer

‘Frankly, I want a trial’ declared Friday, and it looks like

President Donald Trump
By LISA MASCARO and MARY
CLARE JALONICK
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — They’ve
heard enough. With stunning testi-
mony largely complete, the House,
the Senate and the president are
swiftly moving on to next steps in
the historic impeachment inquiry
of Donald J. Trump.
“Frankly, I want a trial,” Trump
he’s going to get it.
Democratic House Intelligence
Committee Chairman Adam
Schiff’s staff and others are com-
piling the panel’s findings. By early
December, the Judiciary Commit-
tee is expected to launch its own
high-wire hearings to consider ar-
ticles of impeachment and a formal
recommendation of charges.
A vote by the full House could
come by Christmas. A Senate trial
would follow in 2020.
Congress’ impeachment inqui-
ry, only the fourth in U.S. history,
has stitched together what Dem-
ocrats argue is a relatively simple
The Boy Scouts of America has mortgaged one
of the most spectacular properties it owns, the vast
narrative, of the president leverag-
Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, to help se-
ing the office for personal political
cure a line of credit as the financially strapped or-
gain, despite Republicans’ asser-
ganization faces a growing wave of new sex-abuse
tions that it’s complex, contradic-
lawsuits.
tory and unsupported by firsthand
The BSA said Friday that it has no plans to sell
testimony.
the property, and that the land is being used as col-
House Democrats may yet call
lateral to help meet financial needs that include ris-
additional witnesses first, notably
ing insurance costs related to sex-abuse litigation.
John Bolton, Trump’s former na-
However, the move dismayed a member of
tional security adviser. But Senate
Philmont’s oversight committee, who says it vio-
Republicans are already looking
lates agreements made when the land was donated
ahead to their turn, the January tri-
in 1938. The BSA disputed his assertion.
al that would follow House approval
Top BSA officials signed the document in
of impeachment charges.
March, but members of the Philmont Ranch Com-
mittee only recently learned of the development,
according to committee member Mark Stinnett.

FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — An
FBI lawyer is suspected
of altering a document
related to surveillance of
former Trump campaign
adviser Carter Page, a
person familiar with the
situation said Friday.
President Donald
Trump, who has long at-
tacked as a “hoax” and
a “witch hunt” the FBI’s
investigation into ties be-
tween Russia and his 2016
presidential campaign,
immediately touted news
reports about the accusa-
tion to allege that the FBI
had tried to “overthrow
the presidency.”
The allegation is part
of a Justice Department
inspector general review
of the FBI’s Russia investi-
gation, one of the most po-
litically sensitive probes
in the bureau’s history.
That election interference
probe was ultimately tak-
en over by special counsel
Robert Mueller and re-
sulted in charges against
six Trump associates
and more than two dozen
Russians accused of inter-
fering in the election. In-
spector General Michael
Horowitz is expected to
release his report on Dec.
9.

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Ronnie Dewberry
STARKVILLE —
Ronnie D. Dewberry, 59,
died Nov. 21, 2019, at his
residence.
Services will be at
2:30 p.m. Monday at
Clear Springs/Double
Springs Church, with
George “Dink” O’Brian
officiating. Burial will
follow at Clear Springs
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 5-7 p.m. today at
Welch Funeral Home
and one hour prior to
services at the church.
Welch Funeral home of
Starkville is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Dewberry was
born Dec. 26, 1959, to
the late Alvin and Glad-
ys Dewberry.
He is survived by his
children, Brandon “Bub-
ba” Dewberry, Miranda
Dewberry and Heather
Dewberry, all of Maben,
and Amber White of
Mathiston; and eight
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will
be Tom Buford, Billy
Joe Fulgham, Booter
Fulgham, Keith Clardy,
Carl Clardy, William
Quinn, Shorty Reed,
Gary Dewberry and
Robert Butler.
Memorials may be
made to the National
Cancer Assistance
Foundation, 140 S.
Beach St. #310, Daytona
Beach, FL 32114.
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Oswalt
Continued from Page 1A
was two months short of his 63rd
birthday when he died.
For Oswalt, the ill-fated kayak
trip closed the circle on a life that
can only be described as enigmat-
ic.
“People say it all the time:
There’s only one ‘so-and-so,’” said
Alan Hall, who spent most of the
past 10 years roaming the woods
hunting and fishing with Oswalt.
“Well, Mountain Man lived a life
a lot of people can’t even dream of
living.”
“He had his own way of looking
at the world,” said Sophia Kibe,
who first met Oswalt when she was
a teenager hanging out with her
parents at the Miss/Ala Hunting
Club in Ethelsville, where Oswalt
was a fixture. “He wasn’t stuck in
the mundane of everyday life. He
was about fun and adventure and
learning. He worked just enough
to eat out once a week, pay his bills
and put gas in his truck. That was
all he needed. He lived off the land,
off the grid and that made him
happy.”
Putting Oswalt in a box was like
nailing jello to a wall: He was a
walking, breathing, smiling contra-
diction.
He never went to college, but
Allison Buehler, the director of the
Homestead Education Center, said
he was one of the most knowledge-
able people she ever met.
“He didn’t like school,” Allison
said. “At the memorial service, his
teacher said Chris just went around
reading books all the time, but
didn’t like class work. He wanted to
learn on his own.”
A self-reliant life
Oswalt became an expert on
living off the land, growing his
own foods and constantly experi-
menting with new ways of organic
gardening. He was a skilled crafts-
man, something he relied on when
work was a necessity.
He was also happiest in nature
— most of it anyway.
“He couldn’t stand mosquitoes,”
Kibe said. “When he walked out of
his trailer and got the first mosqui-
to bite, he was gone out west, New
Mexico or Colorado. He’d always
come back when the weather got
cool and the mosquitoes went
away.”
Oswalt never married and
remained something of a solitary
figure, but he was hardly a loner.
“You would be amazed at the
friends he had,” Hall said. “All
kinds of people, people that had
nothing in common with each
other except for being friends with
Chris. Outdoors people, business-
men, lawyers, young and old. He
just had a way with people. He was
very intelligent and loved sharing
what he knew.”
For Pollard, 25, and Kibe, 34,
Oswalt was something of a father
figure, but much more.
“Chris had known me, through
my family, since I was just little,”
Pollard said. “But I really started
knowing him when I was about
20. We needed some work done
on our house and Chris was great
at construction. I started helping
him with that, and we just clicked.
I spent the next five years working
with him. He taught me anything
and everything.”
He entered Pollard’s life when
she was struggling through an
unhappy relationship, providing
quiet, unwavering support.
“It was weird,” she said. “He’d
tell me that he would wake in the
middle of the night and know
something was wrong with me.
He’d say, ‘OK. What’s wrong?’
He knew somehow. It was like he
could feel my feelings.”
For Kibe, Oswalt’s passion for
healthy food sent him down a path
of discovery.
“He was into so many things
and he wanted to teach what he
learned,” Kibe said. “Whether it
was learning to kayak or garden-
ing, it just triggered something in
me. I can’t say I would have found it
on my own. That’s what Chris did.”
Oswalt’s approach to life was
simple. When he passed away, he
left little of material value, but a
treasure of simple wisdom.
“He changed my life tremen- Courtesy photo
Chris “Mountain Man” Oswalt escaped the heat (and
dously,” Pollard said. “He taught
mosquitoes) of his home in rural Lowndes County for
me that your life doesn’t have to be summer-long camping trips to New Mexico and Colora-
about what you have or what other do. His body was discovered Oct. 27 on a dangerous
people think about you. You don’t section of the Rio Grande in Taos, New Mexico, leaving
have to stay between the lines. behind a large circle friends who admired him for free
There’s so much more out there.” spirit, generosity and intelligence.

Food trucks
Continued from Page 1A
said Paige Watson, the
Greater Starkville Devel-
opment Partnership’s spe-
cial events and projects
coordinator.
“The cool thing about
food trucks is that they’re
really accessible,” Watson
said. “I feel like the major-
ity of this crowd are those
who work in the down-
town district. They can
just walk out and it’s right
here.”
Stephanie Gary, own-
er of the Eupora-based
multicultural food truck
Schmidt’s and Jiggle’s,
said the attendance de-
spite the bad weather was
impressive.
“They hung out here
like champs,” Gary said.
The Starkville Main
Street Association, with-
in the Partnership, coor-
dinated Starkville’s first
food truck event as a way
to bring people downtown
during Mississippi State
University’s homecom-
ing weekend, Watson
said. The event was also
a test of public interest
in having food trucks in
Starkville, she said.
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said the turnout was “won-
derful” and she hopes to
see more Food Truck Fri-
days in the future, possi-
bly on a monthly basis.
“This is one of those
fun things that has an at-
mosphere that goes with
it that I’m really excited
about,” she said.
The market
for food trucks
Spruill said the city
has been trying to bring
Watson Spruill
in food trucks for about
two years.
“It was just a matter of
getting enough interest
in the community, people
who would be interest-
ed in investing in a food
truck and see that there’s
an adequate market for
it,” Spruill said.
Mississippi State
University has played a
key role in building that
market, she said. The
second-to-last Thursday
of every month is Food
Truck Thursday on cam-
pus, between the Colvard
Student Union and the
YMCA building on Lee
Boulevard, as of Sept. 19.
MSU wanted a food
truck at the College View
mixed-use development,
currently under construc-
tion on the northwest
edge of campus, said
Cameron Parker, owner
of the Starkville branch
of the Southern restau-
rant chain Chicken Salad
Chick.
The university contact-
ed him in July and asked
him to start a food truck
at College View, and the
idea “didn’t seem viable”
to him, but opening one
downtown seemed like a
possibility.
Parker got in touch
with Watson and Marc
McGee, director of MSU’s
Research and Technology
From left, Elizabeth Eacholes, Veronica Hudson and Kayla Gilmore enjoy their
meals during Starkville’s first Food Truck Friday. The event at Cadence Plaza drew
food trucks from Eupora, Kosciusko, Winona and Jackson, as well as many down-
town customers.
Corporation, to discuss
opening a food truck at
the Cadence Bank Plaza,
since MSU bought the
Cadence building earlier
this year.
The result was Park-
er’s new taco truck, Riley
J. StrEATery, named after
Parker’s daughter, Riley.
The truck first opened at
the end of October and
temporarily closed due to
staffing changes, Parker
said, and it will be open
again Dec. 2 and will park
at the Cadence Bank Pla-
za every weekday.
Parker said he appreci-
ates that MSU made the
taco truck a viable option.
“They wanted me to
help feed (the Cadence
building employees), and
I needed people to feed,
so it’s a good relation-
ship,” he said.
Food trucks are be-
coming popular not just
for public events but for
catering private events as
well, Parker said, because
a food truck leaves a host
with no dirty dishes to
clean afterward.
Food truck owners
must have a transient
business license from
the Starkville city clerk’s
office and renew it every
three months. Spruill said
the city will add a section
about food trucks to its
fire safety code by the end
of the year. The board of
aldermen on Tuesday
called for a public hear-
ing on the addition to the
code at its Dec. 3 meeting.
Friday’s food selection
The menu at
Schmidt’s and Jiggle’s,
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
already a weekly visitor
to Starkville, ranges from
street tacos to Middle
Eastern butter chicken to
Japanese-style potstick-
ers.
Although the truck has
a regular customer base
in Starkville, Gary said
the truck gets three times
the business in smaller
cities like Houston, Cal-
houn City and Mathiston.
Those areas have fewer
restaurants, so the pub-
lic is more excited to see
something new arrive,
Gary said.
“Starkville is where
we intend to be full-time,
but (it seems) they don’t
know we’re here yet,” she
said.
Even so, on Friday the
truck sold out of one of
its specials, the chicken
tikka masala, Gary said.
The Small Time Hot Dogs
food truck sold out of its
crawfish sauce-covered
fried green tomatoes,
owner Gary Howard said,
and the Swine’s Behind
barbeque truck from Kos-
ciusko sold out of rib tips,
owner Steve Clark said.
Small Time Hot Dogs
serves not only hot dogs
with a variety of toppings,
including crawfish sauce,
but also loaded fries, na-
chos and three different
flavors of lemonade. How-
ard lives in Winona but
brings the truck to events
all over the state and to
Memphis, he said.
He was already consid-
ering opening a location
in Starkville since the
Partnership had been ask-
ing him to bring the truck
to town, and he looks for-
ward to coming back in
the future, he said.
Jarrod Gillespie has a
Jackson-based catering
business, Smoked with
Soul Catering, that spe-
cializes in smoked meats.
His Southern Streats food
truck, the fourth option
on Friday, includes pulled
pork nachos but also
serves pizza and chili.
Food trucks lining the
streets are a more com-
mon sight in larger cities,
Spruill and local business
owner Kayla Gilmore
both said.
“Here, it’s a great op-
portunity that we can
experience something
different, and we have a
‘big small town’ (atmo-
sphere),” Gilmore said
over her Southern Streats
nachos.

Federal addiction treatment
dollars off-limits for marijuana
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
AP Medical Writer
The U.S. government
is barring federal dollars
meant for opioid addiction
treatment to be used on
medical marijuana.
The move is aimed at
states that allow mari-
juana for medical uses,
particularly those letting
patients with opioid ad-
diction use pot as a treat-
ment, said Dr. Elinore
McCance-Katz, whose
federal agency doles out
money to states for treat-
ment programs.
“There’s zero evidence
for that,” McCance-Katz
said. “We felt that it was
time to make it clear we
did not want individuals
receiving funds for treat-
ment services to be ex-
posed to marijuana and
somehow given the im-
pression that it’s a treat-
ment.”
It’s the latest example
of the legal standoff be-
Obituaries
Continued from Page 5A
Bessie Jordan
COLUMBUS — Bes-
sie Jordan, 73, Nov. 23,
2019, at Baptist Memo-
rial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced at a later
date by Carter’s Funer-
al Services of Macon.
Ilsie Wright
WEST POINT —
Ilsie M. Wright, 73,
died Nov. 17, 2019, at
Franciscan Health in
Hammond, Indiana.
Services will be at 11
a.m. Monday at St. Paul
Beasley C.M.E. Church
in Pheba, with Dr.
Clementine M. Mays
officiating. Burial will
follow at Old St. Paul
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 2-5 p.m. today at
Carter’s Mortuary Ser-
vices Chapel. Carter’s
Mortuary Services is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Wright was
born Dec. 9, 1945,
in Pheba, to the late
Primar and Velma
Roberson. She was
formerly employed as a
seamstress.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
brother Perry Lewis
Roberson; and sister,
Elsie Roberson.
Jan Foster
Visitation:
Monday, Nov. 25 • 1-2 PM
College St. Location
Services:
Monday, Nov. 25 • 2 PM
College St. Location
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
Cox Shelton
Visitation:
Tuesday, Nov. 26 • 10-11 AM
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Pickens County, AL
Services:
Tuesday, Nov. 26 • 11 AM
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Burial With
U.S. Navy Honors
Bethlehem Baptist
Church Cemetery
2nd Ave. North Location
memorialgunterpeel.com
tween federal and state
governments on marijua-
na. While cannabis is con-
sidered an illegal drug by
federal officials, 33 states
allow patients, with a doc-
tor’s approval, to use it for
medical purposes. About
a dozen allow recreational
use, too.
The new restriction
applies to the federal gov-
ernment’s two main grant
programs for opioid treat-
ment and an older grant
program that supports
state efforts to treat alco-
holism and drug addic-
tion. The rule affects bil-
lions of dollars from the
federal Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Ser-
vices Administration.
Last week, federal of-
ficials held a phone call
with state officials to spell
out the restriction: Grant
money can’t be used to
directly or indirectly
buy marijuana or permit
treatment with pot. The
rule also applies to using
She is survived by
her husband, Oliver
Wright; daughter, Cathy
R. Smith; sons, Ramsey
Ransaw and Clifton
Stovall; sisters, Sallie
Golden, Pearl Jordan,
Louella Roberson and
Carol Williams; broth-
ers, Edward Roberson
and TC Roberson;
seven grandchildren;
and seven great-grand-
children.
Michael Collie
ALICEVILLE, Ala.
­ SPC. Michael L.
— ber of great nieces, nephews and friends.
Collie died Nov. 21,
2019, at Hospice of West
Alabama in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama.
A home-going cele-
bration service will be
held 11 a.m. Tuesday at
Bebee Chapel C.M.E.
Church in Pickensville,
Alabama. Burial will be
at Magnolia Memorial
Gardens Cemetery in
Aliceville. The Rev.
Danny McKinstry will
be the eulogist. Visi-
tation is Monday from
3-5 p.m. at Lavender’s
Funeral Service in
Aliceville, Alabama.
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marijuana to treat mental grants from other federal
health disorders. agencies for research on
It does not apply to medical marijuana.
April Meinhardt
April Delia Clements Meinhardt, age 60, of Pell
City, AL, died November 21, 2019, at Diversicare
of Pell City.
Funeral services were at 1:00 PM Saturday,
November 23, 2019, at Skelton Funeral Home
Chapel, with Rev. Kenneth Smith and Marie
Smith officiating. Burial followed in Liberty
Baptist Church Cemetery, with Skelton Funeral
Home of Reform directing. Visitation was held
after the service in the chapel.
She was preceded in death by her father, Percy
L. Clements, Sr.; and uncle, Gary B. Perrigin.
Survivors include her son, Alfred Howard
Watson; mother, Barbara Faye Perrigin; sister,
Mary R. McCoy (John); brother, Percy L.
Clements, Jr.; nieces, Marie Smith (Brandon)
and Jodi Clements (Alex Williams); and nephews,
Wesley Lee Patterson (Andi) and Nathan
Marshall Patterson (Karla).
Paid Obituary - Skelton Funeral Home
Jan Foster
Janette “Jan” Strickland Foster, age 82, of Al-
exandria, VA, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed
away November 21, 2019, at Inova Fairfax Hospi-
tal in Alexandria, VA.
Funeral services will be Monday, November
25, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel
Chapel, 903 College St. location, with Rev. Glen
Miller officiating. The interment will immediate-
ly follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will
be from 1:00 PM until the time of the service.
Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crema-
tory, College St. location, has been entrusted
with the arrangements.
Mrs. Foster was born May 28, 1937, in Colum-
bus, MS, to the late Monroe and Gracie Burkes
Strickland. She was a graduate of S. D. Lee High
School and Mississippi University for Women.
Mrs. Foster worked for many years as a school
teacher, realtor and broker.
Survivors include nieces, Gracie Denney and
her husband, Paul, of Madison, MS, Joyce Hinton
and her husband, Hoonie, of Theodore, AL, Char-
lene Slocum and her husband, Bob, of GA, Betsy
Morway and her husband, Pat, of GA, and Evelyn
Phelps of Mobile, AL; nephew, Alfred Wright, Jr.
and his wife, Carolyn, of Macon, MS; and a num-
Pallbearers will be Paul Denney, Hoonie Hin-
ton, Alfred Wright, Jr., John Hinton, Rodney Hin-
ton and Chris Wright.
Honorary pallbearers will be staff of Fairfax
Hospital, Lettie Escobar, Homero Escobar, W. M.
Dewberry, Todd Dewberry, and friends in Alex-
andria, VA and Pensacola, FL.
Memorials may be made to the American Can-
cer Society, 1380 Livingston Lane, Jackson, MS,
39213 or to Mississippi University for Women,
1100 College St., Columbus, MS, 39701.
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Sharon Lee Wood
Sharon Lee “WoWo” Wood,
age 61 of Freeport, FL went
to be with the Lord Tuesday,
November 19, 2019 at Sacred
Heart Hospital in Miramar
Beach, FL.
A Memorial Celebration of
Life Service will be held Sunday,
November 24, 2019 from 1:00
to 3:00PM at 32 Palmetto Rd in
Freeport FL, Sharon’s residence.
Sharon was born August 31, 1958 in
Heidelburg, Germany. She was the daughter of
the late Clevie David Wood and Mama Sue Dyer
Wood. A graduate of Caledonia High School,
Sharon then moved to Freeport, FL and worked
for Garrett Realty Services in Seagrove Beach,
FL for 15 years.
Sharon loved life and will be remembered for
her infectious smile and laugh. She loved her
family dearly. She also loved NASCAR, “Who
Dat” football, and her leggings.
She is survived by her Mother, Mrs. Sue
Dyer Wood, PCB (Whom she gave a kidney to
in 1998), Five sisters, Joyce Wood of Santa Rosa
Beach, Debbie Proctor (Larry) of PCB, Becky
Wood of Freeport, FL, Carolyn Wood Boswell of
Santa Rosa Beach, and Judy Wood Willis (Jeff)
of Garner, NC. She left numerous Nieces and
Nephews, Great Nieces and Nephews and one
great-great Niece.
She is preceded in death by her father, Clevie
Wood, two brothers Michael David Wood
and Steven Anthony Wood. In lieu of flowers,
Memorials may be made to the American Kidney
Fund or Donate Life America (donatelife.net)
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Cox Shelton
Talmadge Cox Shelton, age 94, died Wednes-
day November 20, 2019, at UNC-Rex Medical
Center in Raleigh, NC.
Services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, No-
vember 26, 2019, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in
Pickens County, AL, with Bro. Kenneth Smith of-
ficiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow
in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held
Tuesday one hour prior to services at the church.
Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Cremato-
ry, 2nd Ave. North, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Shelton was born October 20, 1925, in
Lowndes County, MS, to the late Talmadge Her-
man and Nellie Gray Cox Shelton. He accepted
Christ at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, at the age
of 15, and was a U.S. Navy Veteran.
Cox loved hunting, fishing and helping his Dad
on the farm, and in that order. Later, after return-
ing from WWII, he traveled throughout the U.S.
witnessing to all he encountered and even rode
a few Brahman bulls in rodeos along the way. In
his 40s, he took up running and completed four
marathons, two of which were the Boston Mara-
thon, and one of those in his 60s, where he was
the oldest runner to complete that race.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded
in death by his niece, Melinda Shelton; and his
brother, James Verrell Shelton.
He is survived by his sister, Nell Shelton Keis-
ling( Douglas, deceased) of Livingston , TN; his
brother and sister-in-law, Billy LaBrone and Nor-
ma Shelton of Raleigh, NC; and 11 nieces and
nephews; and 73 great- and great-great-nieces
and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests dona-
tions for the flower fund at Bethlehem Baptist
Church, c/o Pat Pugh, 4980 Water Mill Road,
Millport, AL 35576.
Above all else he loved the Lord, shared God’s
word daily, and was asked many times if he was
a preacher. Jesus was truly his best friend. Cox
would always say, “All you need to know to live a
full life is in the Bible”. He was a wise man.
Sign the online guest book at
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716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
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Dominant all season, Heritage Academy finally got to hoist the MAIS Class 5A championship trophy Friday in Jackson.

Heritage Academy caps perfect season with rout of

rival Starkville Academy in MAIS Class 5A title game
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
JACKSON — Austin Dotson ran
free.
Free from playoff disappointments
past.
Free from the losing side of a bit-
ter rivalry.
Free from a defeated defense, al-
ready reduced to 11 white-clad by-
standers staring at the No. 6 on Dot-
son’s back.
To score the touchdown that tru-
ly sealed Heritage Academy’s rout of
Starkville Academy in Friday’s MAIS
showed up every week.”
‘There wasn’t a slip-up game. There wasn’t an Friday’s blowout put the finishing
touches on an incredible turnaround:
‘Oh, we’re gonna take this one easy.’ They bought Dotson was one of the Heritage
Academy seniors who went 0-8 on
in every week, showed up every week.’ the junior high team their freshman
Heritage Academy head coach Sean Harrison season.
“That was kind of an eye-opener
Class 5A championship, the senior 14-0 dream season: The Patriots out for all of us, knowing that we had
running back found a hole, got blocks in front, running unopposed. the pieces to be a good team, but we
from Jared Long and Wills Wiygul “I love that they went wire to wire just had to buy in and listen to all the
and sprinted unchallenged up the as the best team in the state,” head coaches,” senior quarterback Carter
middle. It was just the sixth of eight coach Sean Harrison said. “There Putt said.
touchdowns the Patriots scored in wasn’t a slip-up game. There wasn’t Heritage Academy did just that.
the 55-10 romp, but it characterized an ‘Oh, we’re gonna take this one After exiting in the 2017 quarterfi-
the entirety of Heritage Academy’s easy.’ They bought in every week, See Patriots, 3B

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MISSISSIPPI STATE 45, ABILENE CHRISTIAN 7 COMMENTARY

MSU downs Abilene Christian despite slow start Abilene Christian goes
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — As a light driz-
zle coated Davis Wade Stadium
on Saturday night, an even lighter
crowd of a generously estimated
54,638 fans looked on as Missis-
sippi State (5-6, 2-5 SEC) downed
FCS foe Abilene Christian (5-7, 4-5
Southland) 45-7.
In a contest MSU reportedly paid
its opponent $500,000 to play ac-
cording to USA Today’s database of
2019 guaranteed payout games, the
Bulldogs got their money’s worth in
Saturday’s sluggish affair.
After a spattering of boos greet-
ed Moorhead’s introduction on the
south end zone big screen, they
persisted as the Bulldogs picked up
just three first downs on their open-
ing two drives — both of which re-
sulted in punts.
With a litany of irritated cowbell
clanks echoing around the stadium,
quarterback Tommy Stevens per-
petuated the problems by complet-
ing just one of his first seven passes
for one yard.
“It starts with me,” Stevens said.
“Some throws that I could’ve put in
better places for guys to make plays
on, and ultimately I’ve got to give
our guys a chance to make a play.
So I’ll take the blame on that one.”
Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill runs the ball against Abilene
Christian safety Brandon Richmond during the fourth quarter Saturday at
Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville.
While the Bulldogs sleepwalked
out of the gate, Stevens brought
some life to the limited crowd when
he delivered an 11-yard strike to se-
nior receiver Deddrick Thomas on
a crossing route just three minutes
into the second quarter.
One possession later, the former
Penn State signal caller hit junior
running back Kylin Hill for an 88-
yard touchdown pass on a run-pass
option — marking the third-longest
down, but c’mon, it’s
all about the Egg Bowl
I
n case you slept
through Mississippi
State’s snoozefest of a
45-7 win against FCS op-
ponent Abilene Christian,
here’s a quick recap.
It was cold. The
announced attendance
of 54,638 was generous,
at best. But, at least
there was no pregame
Garrick Hodge
announcement warning
of rabid bats this time
around.
Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports
On the field, MSU slept walked through a
good portion of the night. Stephen Guidry must
have coated his gloves with butter before kick-
passing score in program history.
off. Kylin Hill ran for a lot of yards. Offensively,
“I just saw daylight and had to the Bulldogs have still failed to record a passer
run,” Hill said. “I was looking at the that throws for 250 yards. The defense looked
big screen to see how far away (the dominant at times, susceptible in others that a
defender) was, and I had to pick it more competent opponent would probably have
up and keep it going.” taken advantage of. The Bulldogs scored 45
As the MSU passing attack points, but it felt like it should have been more.
opened the floodgates Saturday, it In short, meh.
was the Bulldog ground game that “Across the board, offense, defense and spe-
finished the middling effort Satur- cial teams, we have to play much cleaner,” MSU
day night.
See MSU, 5B See Commentary, 5B
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Prep Football
Interceptions by Gee, Robinson lead Starkville over Olive Branch
By Ben Portnoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — On a
night in which rain limited
both spectators and of-
fense, it was the Starkville
defense that carried the
Yellow Jackets to a 20-3
win over Olive Branch in
Friday’s MHSAA Class 6A
second-round matchup.
“At the end of the day,
offense sells tickets, but
it was hard to sell tickets
tonight in this weather,”
Starkville coach Chris
Jones said. “But defense
wins championships, so
I’m proud of my guys.”
Having entered the
contest allowing just 14.8
points per game, the Yel-
low Jacket defense thrice
picked off Conquistadors
quarterback Eli Ashley —
both of which turned into
Starkville points.
One week after record-
ing his first interception
of the year against Horn
Lake, senior safety Justice
Robinson ripped a ball out
of an Olive Branch receiv-
er’s hands, taking Ash-
ley’s first pick of the game
63 yards for a touchdown
as a gaggle of gold jerseys
followed him to pay dirt.
“I had already told my-
self before the play, ‘If they
Windham, Tigers win in walk-off fashion TO MAKE NORTH FINAL
By DAVID MILLER
Special to The Dispatch
MACON — Noxu-
bee County quarterback
Marlon Windham had
endured sacks, stuffed
running attempts and
multiple fumbled snaps
heading into the third
overtime period against
Houston in their playoff
game Friday.
At that point, the Ti-
gers had just conceded
the go-ahead score to
Houston and trailed 12-6.
Then Windham took
over. The senior — a
first-year starter at quar-
terback — found footing
on the chewed-up, rain-
soaked field and round-
ed the right edge for a
10-yard touchdown. He
punched in the two-point
conversion a play later to
seal the 14-12 triple-over-
time win and send the Ti-
gers through to the Class
3A north state finals,
where they’ll face district
rival Choctaw County.
“We put two of our
bigger guys in the back-
field to help, and we ran
(quarterback) power,”
Windham said. “My guys
blocked it up front and
created a hole for me.”
Cannon-ball: RB carries West Point over Lafayette
By Garrick Hodge
ghodge@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT — For
the second time this sea-
son, West Point needed
a second-half comeback
against Lafayette.
And just like it did in
its Sept. 27 win against
the Commodores, the de-
fense tightened up in the
second half. That’s about
where the similarities end
between the two contests,
though.
After trailing 14-7 at
halftime Friday in West
Point, the Green Wave
saved their season with a
21-14 victory against the
Commodores in the sec-
ond round of the Class 5A
MHSAA playoffs, keep-
ing the dreams of a four-
peat alive.
It wasn’t the flag fest
it was the last time these
two teams played after
the Green Wave narrowly
won a game when 41-com-
bined penalties were
called. Nor was it stand-
out quarterback Brandon
Harris coming to the
rescue this time around,
Starkville linebacker Tyrese Hopkins tackles an Olive Branch ball carrier for no gain Friday.
throw it, I’m going to pick
it and take it to the crib,’”
Robinson said. “And then
when they threw it, I did.”
Senior cornerback Kh-
iry Gee then backed up
Robinson’s pick with an
interception of his own.
As Ashley lofted a ball to-
ward the front right pylon,
the pass sailed into Gee’s
Windham entered the
game with 2,253 passing
yards this season, but
that aspect of the Tigers’
offense was equalized
by the elements; steady
rains throughout the day
and evening slowed down
the game and made pass-
ing a risky proposition.
Windham went 7 of 14
for 86 yards, including a
slant to Jakarion Lockett
that went for 46 yards in
the third quarter. Lockett
likely would have scored
if not for the slow and
slippery track; instead,
he was stopped at the 17,
where Noxubee County
turned over the ball on
downs after Windham’s
roll-out pass to Bobby
Shanklin at the 2 was
ruled incomplete at the
sideline.
Windham would lead
Noxubee County with 30
rushing yards on 18 car-
ries. For the game, the
Tigers would finish with
just 87 yards on 41 car-
ries.
“[The weather] hurt
us a little bit,” Noxubee
County head coach Teddy
Young said. “We throw
the ball a lot, and we
couldn’t do that tonight
with the field and condi-
as the senior did his best
to fight through an ankle
injury.
Rather, it was senior
running back Dantari-
yus Cannon’s 58-yard,
go-ahead, fourth-quarter
touchdown that sealed
West Point’s fifth win
over Lafayette in the last
three years. With the vic-
tory, the Green Wave will
take on Neshoba Central
in the north final at 7 p.m.
Friday in West Point. The
win also improves West
Point’s record to 56-3
since 2016.
“We knew the game
wasn’t over,” Cannon
said. “We always know
the game isn’t over until
the clock hits zeros.”
Cannon finished the
day with 123 yards on
15 carries and scored
all three of West Point’s
touchdowns.
“He picked us up a lot,”
Harris said.
Harris told The Dis-
patch he’s been battling
a high ankle sprain, and
West Point did its best to
rest its signal caller, roll-
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hands. Taking off down
the Olive Branch sideline,
he took the ball up to the
Starkville 38-yard line.
Six plays later, junior
quarterback Luke Altmy-
er delivered a strike to se-
nior receiver Jatavious Lu-
cious for a 28-yard score
with 20 seconds remain-
ing in the first half.
tions. It just shows that we
can win both ways.”
The Tigers had several
drives marred by untime-
ly holds that wiped sever-
al first-down runs. Snaps,
both under center and via
the shotgun, were also an
issue: the Tigers fumbled
five snaps, including one
that they lost in overtime.
“It was very frustrat-
ing,” Windham said, “but
being a quarterback, I
can’t let my team see my
upset. I needed to be fo-
cused.”
Young lauded Wind-
ham’s ability to shake off
the negative plays and
lead the Tigers in over-
time. He called Windham
“one of the best players in
the state.”
“I told my guys at half-
time: big-time players
make big-time plays,”
Young said. “My quarter-
back came through and
said, ‘Coach, give me the
ball.’ He’s been doing that
all year for us.”
Young said the team’s
2-0 win over Louisville
to open the season “pre-
pared us for this moment.”
“I’ve never been in a
game where so many cra-
zy things happen,” Young
said.
West Point quarterback Brandon Harris (2) runs up the
middle against Lafayette to help run the clock down.
ing out packages with
Cannon and Corbin Kel-
ley at quarterback. Never-
theless, Harris still com-
pleted 2 of 6 passes for 59
yards and ran for 72 yards
on 14 carries.
“It’s hard for me to run
right now,” Harris said.
“But my ankle is feeling a
lot better after a win.”
Lafayette opened
the scoring after stand-
out quarterback Randy
Anderson punched in a
touchdown from 5 yards
out late in the first quarter,
then Cannon answered
Senior defensive back
Ashton Wilson added the
third pick of the night
as Ashley floated a pass
to the flat. Diving under
the sinking pass, Wilson
corralled the ball as he
crashed into the turf.
“We all knew what we
were going to have to do,”
Robinson. “We were pre-
Noxubee County quarterback Marlon Windham runs the ball Friday against Houston.
“It just shows how
tough this team is. We’ve
been grinding since Day
1, since I got the job.
We’ve prepared ourselves
for moments like this.
We took our bumps and
bruises, and this team
has no quit in them. They
don’t want to go home.”
Noxubee County’s de-
fense held Houston to just
73 yards of offense. Hous-
ton senior running back
Bobby Townsend had his
moments, though, with
76 yards on 13 carries. He
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
with his first touchdown
run midway through the
second quarter.
The Commodores took
the lead into halftime after
Anderson connected with
wideout Kylen Vaughn on
a fly route from 25 yards
out with 3:34 remaining
before the break.
After the Green Wave
punted on their opening
possession of the second
half, Lafayette muffed
the punt and gave West
Point prime field position
in the red zone. Cannon
punched in his second
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
paring to (have to step
up) throughout the whole
week.”
Offensively, the Yellow
Jackets spent the week
practicing with a wet ball
in preparation for the
elements. In response,
Altmyer managed an 138-
yard, two-touchdown per-
formance, upping his sea-
had 59 of those yards on
Houston’s final drive of
regulation, which started
at their own 26 and died
at the Noxubee County 18
with an incomplete pass
at the final buzzer.
“That front seven …
we have one of the best
defenses in (Class) 3A,”
Young said. “Our defense
is what got us here now.
Our front seven played
unbelievable.”
Noxubee County 14,
Houston 12, 3OT
Houston 0 6 0 0 6 — 12
Noxubee County 0 6 0 0 8 — 14
touchdown from nine
yards out, tying the game
at 14 apiece.
Lafayette was knock-
ing on the door as the fi-
nal seconds were ticking
off in the third quarter, as
the Commodores faced a
fourth-and-1 from West
Point’s 5-yard line. An-
derson was stuffed on the
play, keeping Lafayette
off the scoreboard.
Midway through the
fourth quarter, Cannon
made the play of the game
with his 58-yard touch-
down run, cutting to the
right side of the field and
making a few defenders
miss.
“I saw that lane open,”
Cannon said. “When I
saw that, I knew I had to
cut it off.”
Right around that time,
heavy rain started fall-
ing from the sky, making
passing situations all the
more difficult. Lafayette
had one final chance to
put together a game-tying
drive, but Anderson’s des-
peration heave fell short
on fourth-and-5 with 1:25
son touchdown total to 35.
Senior receiver Rufus
Harvey — who was limit-
ed to one reception for 15
yards and a touchdown
— moved his single-sea-
son receiving mark to 997
yards — 338 yards short
of former Ole Miss receiv-
er and current Tennessee
Titan A.J. Brown’s school
record.
“I felt like we played
great on offense, but we
wouldn’t be where we are
without that defense,” Alt-
myer said. “Gave up those
three points on the first
drive, but what more can
you ask for from them?”
With the win, Starkville
moves to 9-7 against Olive
Branch all time and 2-0 in
the playoffs. The Yellow
Jackets will next meet
Oxford — who defeated
South Panola 17-7 on Fri-
day night — in next week-
end’s Class 6A north half
championship.
The Yellow Jackets
downed the Chargers 45-
17 in their regular season
meeting Aug. 30.
“It’s a rivalry game —
it’s going to be tight; it’s
going to be a good one,”
Altmyer said. “We won the
last one, and we’re going
to win this one.”
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
Second quarter
NC — Bobby Shanklin 5 run (run failed)
HOU — Bobby Townsend 16 run (run failed)
Third overtime
HOU — Townsend 5 run (run failed)
NC — Marlon Windham 10 run (Windham run)
Team statistics
HOU NC
First downs 13 10
Rushes-yards 41-87 37-59
Passing yards 17 86
Comp.-att.-int. 2-8-0 7-14-0
Return yards 46
Fumbles-lost 3-0
25
5-1
Penalties-yards 14-127 10-75
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Houston — Bobby Townsend 13-76, Zavi-
an Ford 3-20, Allen Robertson 6-15, Julius Lyons 1-7,
Jylon Davidson 1-0, Darrion Pulphus 12-(-9), Shemar
Crawford 4-(-11), Team 4-(-11); Noxubee County
— Marlon Windham 18-30, Bobby Shanklin 8-19,
Damian Verdell 3-13, Travorus Hatcher 3-6, Jakarion
Hatcher 1-5, Jeffery Malone 1-(-1), Team 3-(-13).
PASSING: Houston — Derrion Pulphus 2-6, 17;
Bobby Townsend 0-2, 0; Noxubee County — Marlon
Windham 7-14, 86.
RECEIVING: Houston — Shemar Crawford 1-11,
Jylon Davidson 1-6; Noxubee — Coby Lockett 3-53,
Bobby Shanklin 2-16, Demone Cunningham 1-16,
Jaqualon Sherrod 1-1.
left.
“We’ll look back on
this and it’ll hurt for a
while,” Lafayette coach
Michael Fair said.
Shortly after going
through the handshake
line, Harris ran over to
Anderson and congratu-
lated his friend wearing
a different uniform on a
standout season. “We’re
gonna bring one home for
y’all,” Harris said.
Jimothy Mays ran for
56 yards on eight carries
for West Point, while Trey
Ryland had 59 yards re-
ceiving.
With the playoff win in
tow, West Point sits two
wins away from winning
its fourth straight state
championship.
“I can taste it,” Harris
said. “We have to get it.”
West Point 21,
Lafayette 14
Lafayette 7 7 0 0 —14
West Point 0 7 7 7 — 21
First quarter
L — Randy Anderson 5 run (Andrew Pugh kick)
Second quarter
WP — Dantariyus Cannon 10 run (Alex Harper kick)
L — Kylen Vaughn 25 pass from Anderson (Pugh
kick)
Third quarter
WP — Cannon 9 run
Fourth quarter
WP — Cannon 58 run

TOP LEFT: Starkville Academy wide receiver Dylan Starke is tackled by Heritage Academy defenders after a first-down reception in the first quarter of Friday’s champion-
ship game. TOP RIGHT: Heritage Academy quarterback Carter Putt, chased by Starkville Academy’s Zach Nason, scrambles for a first down during the second quarter.
BOTTOM LEFT: Heritage Academy intercepts a pass intended for Starkville Academy’s Matt Miller in the fourth quarter. BOTTOM RIGHT: Heritage Academy’s Wesley Miller
returns an interception for a 56-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
Patriots
Continued from Page 1B
nals and the 2018 semifinals,
the Pats worked harder than
ever over the summer. They got
up for early-morning workouts;
nobody ever missed them.
“We believed every time we
laced up our cleats, put on our
pads and stepped out there on
the field that we had to finish it
with a ring,” Long said.
That belief showed on the
field Friday just as much as it
did all year.
The Pats quickly stopped
the Volunteers’ first drive, then
punched the ball in on three
pass plays. Long caught a 36-
yard toss from Putt in the end
zone, then ran in the two-point
conversion himself to give Her-
itage Academy a lead it never
gave up.
The Patriots piled up the
points Friday numerous ways:
two touchdown passes from
Putt, four rushing scores in-
cluding two by senior KJ Smith,
a kickoff return touchdown for
Banks Hyde and a pick-six for
Wesley Miller.
“They’ve got a lot of bullets
in different places, and we were
able to take some of them away,
but they were able to hit us
with other bullets,” Starkville
Academy coach Chase Nichol-
son said. “They’ve got a lot of
Heritage Academy students and players pose with the MAIS Class 5A Championship banner after Friday’s game at Jackson Academy.
PATS DOMINATE RIVALRY CONTEST
speed. At times, we were right
there with them. Other times,
they hit something big.”
The Volunteers, who won
three straight road playoff
games to make Friday’s final,
hoped for a better outcome than
their 42-7 home defeat against
Heritage Academy on Oct. 18,
but the Pats showed their supe-
rior talent once again.
Still, Nicholson was happy
with the long odds the Vols
overcame to get to the champi-
onship.
“I’m proud of the road that
we’re on, because nobody
thought we were gonna be here,
and here we are today,” he said.
“It’s not a fluke. It’s not. We
earned every step of the way.
We earned everything we got.”
The Vols answered Long’s
opening touchdown with a 23-
yard field goal from Dylan Mill-
er after the Pats defense solid-
ified in the red zone, keeping
Starkville Academy junior run-
ning back CJ Jackson away from
pay dirt. Instead of an answer
that could have tied the game,
Starkville Academy trailed 8-3
and only got farther away.
Smith took a snap from the
wildcat and walked in from 10
yards out, and Vols quarterback
Randall Futral attempted to
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answer with a 32-yard heave to
Matt Miller near midfield. But
Wesley Miller seized a tipped
pass at the Pats’ 44-yard line
and outstripped the Vols down
the right sideline for a score.
“Anytime you score on de-
fense, that’s huge,” Long said.
“Wesley turned the game
around and gave a lot of mo-
mentum to our team.”
The Pats scored twice more,
and that momentum went unan-
swered until Starkville Acade-
my backup quarterback Colby
Allen ran in a 1-yard score in
the middle of the third quarter,
cutting the lead to 36-10.
Then Dotson went up the
middle for 63 yards on the sec-
ond play of Heritage Academy’s
next drive.
“Austin broke one,” Harri-
son said. “I’m proud of that. We
were getting on him all year
because he’d break those and
get tackled. That was a huge
answer.”
Not long afterward — thanks
to a running clock in the fourth
quarter after Noel Fisher ran in
a 6-yard score late in the third
— the Patriots could finally cel-
ebrate. As Starkville Academy
huddled on one side of the field,
the Pats mobbed each other
and held up the golden football
they had just been awarded.
“It means so much after the
past three years of working
hard up to this point to finally
say we made it with an unde-
feated season,” Dotson said.
“It’s unbelievable. It’s all team-
work, just playing with all my
brothers.”
Plenty of time spent together
outside of practices and games
helped develop the chemistry,
Dotson said.
Putt, freshman quarterback
Mack Howard and the Pats’
running backs and wide receiv-
ers got together every Sunday
after church to run routes and
throw the ball around. The
team often goes out to eat on
Sundays — Longhorn Steak-
house, Zachary’s or whatever
they’re feeling up to.
“It makes our bond clos-
er,” Putt said. “We’re like best
friends.”
Friday, those best friends
got payback on a rival for the
second time this year. In 2017,
Starkville Academy printed “17-
14,” the score of its regular-sea-
son win over the Patriots, on its
state championship rings. Heri-
tage Academy never forgot.
“Ever since that happened, I
think it really refocused them,”
Harrison said.
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Mike Brown/Special to The Dispatch
All year, the Pats had no
trouble homing in on their goals
and achieving them. Friday, on
what Long called “a heck of a
stage,” they did so for the final
time.
“They went and did what
they were supposed to do,”
Harrison said. “I’m so proud of
them.”
Heritage Academy 55,
Starkville Academy 10
Starkville Academy 0 3 7 0—10
Heritage Academy 8 21 20 6—55
First quarter
HA — Jared Long 36 pass from Carter Putt (Long run), clock 9:18
Second quarter
SA — Dylan Miller 23 FG, clock 9:40
HA — KJ Smith 10 run (Noel Fisher kick), clock 8:56
HA — Wesley Miller 56 interception return (kick failed), clock 7:37
HA — Sam Hannon 17 pass from Putt (Fisher run), clock 0:33
Third quarter
HA — Banks Hyde 77 kick return (Fisher kick), clock 11:45
SA — Colby Allen 1 run (D. Miller kick), clock 4:50
HA — Austin Dotson 63 run (Fisher kick), clock 3:56
HA — Noel Fisher 6 run (kick failed), clock 0:24
Fourth quarter
HA — Smith 13 run (TEAM kneel), clock 4:21
SA HA
Team statistics
First downs 18 13
Rushes-yards
Passing yards
39-158
80
15-173
222
Return yards 150 105
Comp.-att.-int.
Penalties-yards
10-21-2
3-25
10-17-0
9-71
Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-0
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Starkville Academy — CJ Jackson 34-163, Colby Al-
len 1-1, Sam Clark 1-(-2), Randall Futral 3-(-3); Heritage Academy
— Austin Dotson 1-63, KJ Smith 7-41, Wesley Miller 1-32, Banks
Hyde 2-16, Carter Putt 3-15, Noel Fisher 1-6.
PASSING: Starkville Academy — Randall Futral 10-21, 80; Heri-
tage Academy — Carter Putt 10-17, 222.
RECEIVING: Starkville Academy — Matt Miller 4-48, Noah
Aweau 2-20, Dylan Starke 2-14, Ben Brown 1-6, CJ Jackson 1-(-
8); Heritage Academy — Jared Long 4-144, Banks Hyde 3-32,
Noel Fisher 1-24, Sam Hannon 2-22.
Mike Brown/Special to The Dispatch
4B SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Bulldogs’ upset bid against No. 17 Villanova falls just short
Mississippi State guard Robert Woodard II rises for a dunk against Villanova on Friday in the Myrtle Beach Invitational in Conway, South Carolina.
By Garrick Hodge
ghodge@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State stood
its ground against the No.
17 team in the country un-
til the final minute Friday.
At one point, the Bull-
dogs reduced Villanova’s
lead to three points with
a minute and 12 seconds
remaining. Nevertheless,
Jay Wright’s Wildcats
pulled away from MSU
(5-1), winning a 83-76 con-
test in the Myrtle Beach
Invitational in Conway,
South Carolina.
With the loss, the Bull-
dogs will play Coastal
Carolina in the final game
of the tournament on Sun-
day.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Achiuwa scores 25; No. 16 Memphis holds off Ole Miss
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —
The 16th-ranked Mem-
phis Tigers already knew
they would have to play
a long stretch without
James Wiseman, their top
freshman.
Then another fresh-
man, Lester Quinones,
went to the locker room
with an undisclosed inju-
ry after playing less than
nine minutes against Ole
Miss.
Good thing coach Pen-
ny Hardaway has other a
handful of very talented
freshmen.
Precious Achiuwa
scored 25 points and
grabbed 11 rebounds,
while D.J. Jeffries added
23, including a dunk with
a second left as Memphis
held off the Rebels, 87-86,
on Saturday for its third
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Caledonia seniors Johnson, Suggs sign to play volleyball at MUW
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
CALEDONIA — The
outfit was fine.
Caledonia libero Mad-
dy Suggs convinced set-
ter Camryn Johnson of
it: There was no need to
worry about what John-
son had picked out for
Friday morning’s even. It
would do.
“She took all the stress
away from me,” Johnson
said. “That was really
nice.”
It was just another ex-
ample of the relationship
the two Caledonia seniors
have — a connection that
started when the two first
shared a court for the
Level Elite club volleyball
team in fifth grade.
“I’m just really grate-
ful to have her in my life,”
Johnson said. “Not even
in a volleyball sense: just
MISSISSIPPI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
“Our guys came out
and played extremely
hard,” MSU coach Ben
Howland said in a news
release. “We got off to a
great start and had them
on their heels.”
Collin Gillespie was an
early thorn in the Bull-
dogs’ side, scoring 11
quick points en route to
jump starting his team
to a 14-11 lead. Gillespie
finished with 18 points on
the day.
Columbus native Rob-
ert Woodard II served as
the spark plug for MSU,
throwing down three
SportsCenter Top 10-wor-
thy dunks in the first 10
minutes, giving his team
consecutive victory with-
out Wiseman.
“To have a 16-point lead
on a really well-coached
team that has veteran
guards and veteran play-
ers, I mean that’s amaz-
ing for us,” Hardaway said
of this win. “We will grow
from this. We cannot go
backward from this point
forward with our energy
and our understanding of
what we’re trying to do.
But it’s huge for us not to
have Lester and James in
there and be able to do
that.”
Blake Hinson beat the
buzzer with a 3 for the fi-
nal margin after Ole Miss
(4-1) had trailed by as
much as 16 in the second
half.
“At the end, couldn’t
make a play when we
needed to,” Ole Miss
coach Kermit Davis said.
anything, really.”
Friday, she and Suggs
signed their letters of in-
tent to play volleyball at
the Mississippi Universi-
ty for Women. With their
parents watching proud-
ly over their shoulders,
the two put pen to paper
simultaneously, showing
the bond they built over
seven years sharing a vol-
leyball court.
“I’m not ready to stop
playing with her,” John-
son said.
Johnson said she was
sure of her collegiate
choice since May, when
MUW coach Roxanne
Hernandez, who coached
Johnson with Level Elite,
asked her to join. Suggs,
though, took a little lon-
ger.
In October, Suggs
went on another visit to
the school, talking to
the Owls coaches about
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a 22-18 lead. Yet, the Wild-
cats caught fire and deliv-
ered a 16-0 run over the
next five minutes to put
the Bulldogs in a 12-point
hole.
Howland’s team cut the
deficit to six with two sec-
onds left before halftime,
but the Wildcats made a
3-pointer at the buzzer af-
ter a creative long-range
in-bounds play to put
them up 42-33. Villanova
(4-1) shot 64 percent from
the floor in the half and
scored 16 points in tran-
sition.
“We had a great come-
back to cut it to six, but it
was my fault they had the
3-pointer at the end be-
“But good college game
in November.”
Memphis (5-1)
snapped a three-game
streak by Ole Miss in this
series.
Hardaway has the
youngest team in the
country, according to
KenPom.com. He still
has the No. 1 recruiting
class even with Wiseman
sitting out an NCAA-man-
dated 12-game suspen-
sion for what college
sports’ governing body
ruled were impermissible
benefits from 2017 when
the Memphis coach was
overseeing a local high
school team.
Achiuwa also was a
five-star recruit like Wise-
man. He helped Memphis
score the final seven
points to take 45-38 half-
time lead. Then the 6-foot-
9 forward scored the first
Caledonia seniors Maddy Suggs (front left) and Cam-
ryn Johnson sign their letters of intent to play volleyball
at the Mississippi University for Women on Friday.
Suggs will also play softball at the school.
scheduling and visiting
the biology department.
A couple weeks later, she
committed to play volley-
ball and softball at the
school.
“It felt like a homey
feel to me, and that’s what
cause I should have had
someone on the ball pres-
suring the ball,” Howland
said.
The Bulldogs never
led in the second half,
but cut the deficit down to
one point on several occa-
sions. MSU had to get cre-
ative with its lineups after
starting center Abdul Ado
picked up his fourth foul
at the 9:59 mark, then
fouled out with less than
four minutes remaining.
Five points in two pos-
sessions from Tyson Car-
ter reduced a eight-point
Villanova lead to three
with 1:12 left, but the Bull-
dogs couldn’t get a stop on
their next defensive pos-
seven for Memphis in the
second half, then the Ti-
gers pushed their lead to
54-43 on a dunk by Jef-
fries with 15:57 to go.
The Tigers led 64-48
on a putback by Achiuwa
with 11:19 left.
“The rest of the team
just has to step up and
make up for James not
being here and not being
able to play,” Achiuwa
said.
Ole Miss responded
with a 17-6 run to turn a
runaway into a thrilling
finish. With 5 seconds
left and Memphis up 85-
82, Breein Tyree thought
he’d gotten a shot off
when fouled by Tyler Har-
ris. Officials sent Tyree
to the line for two free
throws instead of 3. Tyree
split the free throws be-
fore Jeffries’ dunk.
“It was kind of a bang-
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I think I need for my first
years of college,” Suggs
said.
She and Johnson plan
to live together in college,
though the two have yet
to decide if they’ll choose
a dorm or an apartment.
session and missed the
ensuing 3-pointer on the
offensive end, dashing all
hopes of a comeback.
Carter finished with 22
points, while Reggie Per-
ry turned in a 18-point,
10-rebound performance
for his third double-dou-
ble of the season. Wood-
ard II scored 17 points and
grabbed eight rebounds,
while Iverson Molinar and
D.J. Stewart had nine and
eight points, respectively.
“That was a really good
college basketball game,”
Wright said. “They’re
good. I’d like to say I like
competing against Ben’s
teams, but I don’t. They’re
so physical and solid, go
bang play,” Davis said.
Davis has three start-
ers back for Ole Miss
from his NCAA Tourna-
ment team last season.
Tyree led Ole Miss with
24 points. KJ Buffen had a
team-high 13 before foul-
ing out with 10:10 left, and
Hinson had 15.
Harris had 15 and Alex
Lomax 14 for Memphis.
Big picture
Ole Miss: The Rebels
held each of their first
four opponents below 60
points and led the SEC by
allowing just 31.9% shoot-
ing, which was fourth
nationally. They had lit-
tle answer for Memphis’
inside scoring except for
getting into foul trouble.
... The Rebels finished 12
of 27 from 3.
Memphis: The young
Tigers are very good with
With the close relation-
ship a setter and libero
tend to have, Johnson
said, that proximity is
nothing new. The chal-
lenges of college volley-
ball, however, will be.
“I think it’s gonna
grow us in our volleyball
careers and individually
and us together and how
we’re gonna work togeth-
er,” Johnson said. “She’s
my libero, so I have to rely
on her so much more than
maybe my hitters.”
The two can’t wait to
get back on the court to-
gether after a dream se-
nior season ended in the
state semifinals, the best
finish in school history.
“This season really
kind of put Caledonia vol-
leyball on the map,” Con-
federates coach Saman-
tha Brooks said.
Brooks watched her
daughter, senior outside
Mississippi State Athletics
to the offensive glass and
defend. Because we have
so much respect for them,
it’s a really good win for
us. I think they’re an
NCAA tournament team.”
Villanova’s Jeremiah
Robinson-Earl contribut-
ed 22 points on a 9 of 12
shooting effort and also
grabbed seven rebounds.
The Wildcats shot 58.5
percent from the floor and
held MSU to 41.8 percent
from the field.
One positive for MSU
was a season-low seven
turnovers, including only
two in the second half.
The Wildcats narrowly
outrebounded the Bull-
dogs, 34-32.
layups and high-flying
dunks, outscoring Ole
Miss 52-20 in the paint.
But they’re going to have
to show at some point
they can take, and make,
3s to keep opponents
from packing the paint de-
fensively. They hit only 3
of 11 outside the arc, with
Harris hitting all three.
Achiuwa’s game
Against Ole Miss,
Achiuwa came through
with five defensive re-
bounds. He also had three
turnovers but three steals
and two blocks.
Up next
Ole Miss: Penn State
on Wednesday in Brook-
lyn at the NIT Tip-Off.
Memphis: North Car-
olina State on Thursday
in Brooklyn at the Bar-
clays Center Classic.
hitter Tori Brooks, sign
to Itawamba Communi-
ty College on Nov. 7, and
Tori joined her team-
mates in celebration Fri-
day. The ’Feds coach said
while three of her seniors
signed, others had oppor-
tunities to play but chose
to focus on school.
“Our team makes us
look good,” Johnson said.
“I’m very grateful to be
part of the three.”
With 31 players in
the Level Elite program
from sixth to 12th grade,
Caledonia is set up well
for success in the future,
coach Brooks said. But
she’s sad to see Johnson
and Suggs go.
“There’s a part of me
that wants to have them
another year,” she said.
“But it’s also neat to see
what they’ve achieved,
and they’re so deserving
of it.”
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BULLDOG BULLETS
For MSU, a win’s a win — or so they say
By Garrick Hodge
ghodge@cdispatch.com

STARK VILLE — This

wasn’t a game that’s going to
rile up the fanbase.
But it was a win, so what-
ever.
MSU took care of business
Saturday, handling FCS oppo-
nent Abilene Christian 45 -7 at
Davis Wade Stadium.
Yet, if you inferred sever-
al MSU players were looking
ahead to Thanksgiving night
for a portion of the game, I
don’t think a reasonable per-
son could disagree.
As always, a quick pro-
gramming note for those who
are new here: Bulldog Bullets
will be a weekly recurring
article filled with short ob-
servations and commentary
written throughout Mississip-
pi State football games that
posts shortly after the final
gun.
To the Bulldog Bullets:
n If Mississippi State paid
Abilene Christian $500,000 to
play this game as reported, it
doesn’t feel like the Bulldogs
got their money’s worth.
n Nick Gibson absolutely
destroyed some poor soul’s Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports
self esteem after completely Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens runs the ball against Abilene Christian safety Bolu Onifade during the second quarter
running him over late in the Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium.
first quarter. for the senior. quarter. The Bulldogs suffo- umns coming back for home- n Ole Miss will be coming
n Kylin Hill, still awesome. n Don’t want to rag too cated the Abilene Christian coming, so that’s cool. into the game off a bye week,
The Columbus native ran for hard on Guidry, but with the run game all night. n I’ll go ahead and say it, while MSU already has a
153 yards on 16 carries and amount of drops he’s had the n MSU allowing a 52-yard this performance doesn’t nec- laundry list of players banged
had an 88 -yard touchdown completion to start the sec- essarily spark confidence for up with more coming after
last two years, isn’t it time to
reception. I might consider ond half was an example of the Egg Bowl. The good news Saturday.
give someone else a chance
giving him 30 carries in the poor coverage and even worse for MSU is reinforcements n I cannot wait for next
Egg Bowl. out there?
tackling. At least the defense will arrive in the form of Wil- week. The storylines. The
n Tommy Stevens’ first n Final line for Stevens: 13 didn’t allow any points on that lie Gay, Lee Autry, Marcus drama. The articles (check
quarter: 1 of 7 for one yard. In of 27 passing, 165 yards, two drive, but it just seems like Murphy and others. But those cdispatch.com all week).
his defense, Stephen Guidry touchdowns. the Bulldogs were sleepwalk- fans that were biting their The mashed potatoes (best
dropped what would have n On a positive note, ing for most of Saturday. fingernails after seeing Ole Thanksgiving food for sure).
been a touchdown pass, but MSU’s defense allowed a n Rafael Palmerio was Miss play the last few weeks Let Egg Bowl week com-
it still wasn’t a stellar quarter whopping 15 yards in the first among one of the MSU al- look even more justified now. mence.

MSU Passing game

Continued from Page 1B
Hill — who was bottled by the
Alabama defense for a meager 35
yards on 16 carries a week ago —
topped the 100-yard mark for the
seventh time this season with a
Gay Jr. — both of whom were sus-
pended for violating team rules
— the Bulldogs allowed seven
pass plays of 15 or more yards to
a team that notched just five last
said each was to be docked just
one game suspensions. remains stagnant
in win over Abilene
Moorhead said postgame he’s
hopeful junior linebacker Erroll
Thompson and junior cornerback

16-carry, 153-yard performance.
He now sits as the lone SEC run-
ning back over 1,100 yards on the
year.
“Teams previously would stack
the box so I couldn’t be back
there making too many moves,”
Hill said of how he’s adjusted his
running style. “I’ve just got to be
decisive, see the hole and hit it.”
Stevens and senior running
back Nick Gibson also aided in
the ground effort — combining
for 141 yards and two touchdowns
on the night — while backup
freshman quarterback Garrett
Shrader added another 65 yards
in the waning moments of the
fourth quarter.
“I definitely think it helps to
week against Lamar.
Now sitting at 5-6, the Bull-
dogs are a win away from bowl el-
igibility as in-state rival Ole Miss
comes to town Thursday. Having
won six of the past 10 Egg Bowls
and five of the past seven played
in Starkville, MSU should march
into the Thanksgiving Day match-
up as the perceived favorites.
And though Moorhead remains
just a year-plus into his coaching,
he’s well aware of Thursday’s im-
plications.
“I’m an English major, not a
math guy,” he said. “But I know
you’ve got to get to five before
you can get to six so, at the end of
the day, pleased with the win and
ready to move forward for Egg
Christian
Cam Dantzler will play against
Ole Miss. Thompson left the
game in the first quarter and did
not return, while Dantlzer did not BY BEN PORTNOY
suit up at all. bportnoy@cdispatch.com
No. 4 Mississippi St. 45, STARKVILLE — As Mississippi State slogged
Abilene Christian 7 through a 45-7 win over Abilene Christian on Satur-
Abilene Christian
Mississippi St.
0
7
7
14
0
7
0 —7
17—45
day night, its anemic passing attack persisted once
First quarter more.
MSST_Gibson 4 run (Christmann kick), 5:13.
Second quarter “I think as we continue to evolve and the pass-
MSST_Thomas 11 pass from Stevens (Christmann kick), 12:00.
MSST_Ky.Hill 88 pass from Stevens (Christmann kick), 10:13.
ing game continues to improve, it will be more rep-
ACU_T.James 4 pass from L.Anthony (Zepeda kick), 2:07. resentative of what this system has been like over
Third quarter
MSST_Stevens 30 run (Christmann kick), 8:39. the years,” coach Joe Moorhead said. “It’s been an
MSST_FG Christmann 40, 13:11.
Fourth quarter incremental, sometimes slow process, but you see
MSST_A.Williams 6 pass from Shrader (Christmann kick), 5:16. flashes of it.”
MSST_Shrader 10 run (Christmann kick), 2:48.
A_54,638. While Moorhead has remained staunch in his
First downs
ACU MSST
18 26
belief that his offense is predicated on the run
Rushes-yards 28-27 40-372 game and that the passing game will follow, the
Passing 255 205
Bulldogs have continuously failed to prove compe-
Comp-Att-Int 25-42-2 16-30-0

be able to give the defense some-
thing else to look for and to worry
about,” Stevens said. “It’s definite-
ly something that helps the of-
fense but we’re going to continue
to do that moving forward.”
Defensively, it was another mid-
dling effort for Bob Shoop’s unit.
Sans senior defensive tackle Lee
Autry and junior linebacker Willie
Bowl week.”
Dawg notes
Senior linemen Tommy Cham-
pion, Michael Story and junior
Greg Eiland were among those
MSU players suspended for vi-
olating team rules. No further
explanation was given as to why
they were held out, but Moorhead
Return Yards 79 35 tent enough to threaten defenses through the air.
Punts-Avg. 6-34.7 3-33.7
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Following Saturday’s win, the Bulldogs have
Penalties-Yards 5-25 7-60
now failed to go over 250 yards a single time this
Time of Possession 33:06 26:54
Individual statistics season as Stevens totaled just 165 yards on 13 of 27
RUSHING_Abilene Christian, S.Davis 9-31, White 5-28, Clark 4-12,
T.James 3-5, (Team) 1-(minus 2), L.Anthony 6-(minus 46). Mississippi passing against an Abilene Christian defense that
St., Ky.Hill 16-153, Stevens 7-88, Shrader 8-65, Gibson 8-53, Wither-
spoon 1-13. ranked No. 55 of 124 FCS teams entering the week.
PASSING_Abilene Christian, T.James 0-1-0-0, S.Davis 0-3-1-0, L. “It starts with me,” senior quarterback Tommy
Anthony 25-38-1-255. Mississippi St., Stevens 13-27-0-165, Shrader
3-3-0-40. Stevens said. “Some throws that I could’ve put in
RECEIVING_Abilene Christian, Clark 11-56, T.James 5-34, Hohenstein
4-115, Fink 3-40, Lee 2-10. Mississippi St., Ky.Hill 3-84, F.Green 3-30, better places for guys to make plays on, and ulti-
Thomas 3-28, D.Jones 2-9, A.Williams 2-6, Payton 1-34, S.Guidry 1-8,
Mitchell 1-6.
mately I’ve got to give our guys a chance to make a
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. play. So I’ll take the blame on that one.”
While the arrival of Stevens from Penn State and

Commentary
Continued from Page 1B
coach Joe Moorhead said.
But good news! A made-for-TV
Thanksgiving event is coming to
a Davis Wade Stadium near you.
The quick turnaround is more
than enough to forget how ugly
this game was at times.
At his usual Monday press
conference, Moorhead put on his
best front that he was taking a
game against an FCS opponent
as seriously as the rest of them,
proclaiming he wasn’t going to
start scouting Ole Miss until the
clock hit zero Saturday. That
wasn’t exactly true.
“Yeah, I lied. I looked at them
this week,” Moorhead said.
Considering how much the
Egg Bowl means to the fans, and
what it could mean for the future
of the program, it’s hard to blame
the coaching staff for getting a
head start on the scouting.
Ole Miss certainly has been.
The Rebels were on a bye, and
spent their Saturday night eating
popcorn while watching MSU’s
taffy pull with Abilene Christian.
By kickoff Thursday night, Ole
Miss will have had nearly two
weeks to prepare for MSU, while
the Bulldogs will be coming off
a short week with a banged-up
roster. Willie Gay, Lee Autry and
Marcus Murphy will be expected
to be available, but it’s still going
to be a struggle to have all hands
on deck for MSU.
“I don’t make the schedules,
I’m not involved in that decision
making process,” Moorhead said.
“They have the luxury of having
the bye week and a bunch of days
to get ready. We’re coming off
a short week, but it is what it is.
We’re not going to complain and
make excuses.”
We’ll have more time in the
upcoming days to dissect the
matchup in-depth. For now, all
you need to know is the moment
the clock hit zero, the players
couldn’t stop thinking about the
upcoming rivalry matchup.
“Egg Bowl week...,” MSU line-
backer Erroll Thompson tweeted
after the game.
a stable of capable receivers — including Kansas
State import Isaiah Zuber — the Bulldogs antici-
pated a step toward a more dynamic passing game.
Yet through 11 games, the MSU downfield attack
continued its woeful ways Saturday night.
Kylin Hill, who’s played in two Speaking with the media postgame, Moorhead
Egg Bowls, has been giving his noted the development of the pass game has been
teammates an education of what an ongoing issue and that inconsistency has been
to expect against the Rebels. the crux of the problems.
That inconsistency was on full display in the
“I already told the young guys.
form of senior receiver Stephen Guidry. A one-time
This week is one you can’t play top-ranked junior college receiver, Guidry has been
around with,” Hill said. “This is plagued with unrealized expectations and limited
basically the Super Bowl for us. output over his nearly two seasons in Starkville.
“You haven’t seen a rivalry Most notably, it was a 33-yard pass from Stevens
game until you’ve seen the Egg that fell right through his hands at the back of the
Bowl. It means a lot to these fans, end zone on a surefire touchdown that stood above
so you cannot go out there and the other three drops he recorded on the night.
lose the game.” “I don’t think it’s for a lack of ability, it’s for a
lack of consistency,” Moorhead said of what the is-
Thanksgiving will determine
sue has been. “And as you continue to work with
if the Bulldogs extend their the kids that we have and you continue to recruit,
program-long bowl streak to 10 the pass game will continue to evolve as will the
years, or if this season turns out offense.”
to be nothing more than the most Whether it be consistency or ability, MSU’s
disappointing in a decade. passing attack enters a week in which another sus-
ceptible defense comes to Starkville. Following its
“We’re going to have to bring
loss to No. 1 LSU last week, Ole Miss currently sits
it,” MSU quarterback Tommy
as the nation’s 90th-ranked defense and 12th-best
Stevens said.
unit in the SEC.
Garrick Hodge is the sports edi- “I can make those (catches) easier on those
tor for The Commercial Dispatch. guys, and I just didn’t do that tonight,” Stevens
Follow him on Twitter @Garrick_ said. “But obviously we’re going to have this film to
Hodge or email him at ghodge@ grade and make some adjustments that are going
cdispatch.com. to be needed to win this next game.”
6B SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2019
briefly Ole Miss selects Keith Carter as its athletic director
Men’s College Basketball The Associated Press
MUW comes back for win in home opener
The Mississippi University for Women men’s OXFORD — Ole
basketball team rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to Miss has removed the
blow past Southeastern Baptist 85-65 in the Owls’ first interim tag from athlet-
home game of the season.
Starkville High and East Mississippi Community
ic director Keith Car-
College product Keith Harris led MUW (2-3) with 20 ter’s title.
points and added five assists, two rebounds and a steal. The 43-year-old Car-
Tyler Jackson contributed 15 points off the bench. ter had been the interim
Tavonta Jones scored 13, and Tre Pinkston and Jonte athletic director since
Moultrie each scored 10.
Ross Bjork’s departure
The Owls will play Hendrix College and the host
school, Millsaps College, in the Millsaps Thanksgiving in May. Bjork had been
Classic on Nov. 30 in Jackson. Ole Miss’
athletic
EMCC drops second straight in Florida director
After a 5-0 start, the East Mississippi Community for seven
College men’s basketball team suffered its second
years be-
straight loss, a 77-59 defeat to Gulf Coast State College
fore leav-
on Friday at the Northwest Florida State Classic in
Niceville, Florida. ing for
The Lions kept it close in the first half with a 33-30 the same Carter
halftime score, but the Commodores outscored them posit ion
44-29 in the second half.
Sophomore Donte Powers, a Starkville product, at Texas
led EMCC with 14 points. Danny Washington and A&M.
Jakorie Smith each scored 11 points, and KJ Riley had “Having the oppor-
10 points off the bench. tunity to be interim was
The Lions will face Shelton State Community
College at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
so valuable,” Carter
said Friday afternoon at
his introductory news
Women’s College Basketball conference. “I’ve said
MUW edged by Southeastern Baptist my whole career I’ve
The Mississippi University for Women women’s
basketball team lost its slim lead late, falling to South-
eastern Baptist 58-57 on its home floor Saturday.
The loss followed Friday’s 62-54 win for the Owls
(1-5) over Centenary College in MUW’s home opener.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Cage scores 30 as Ole Miss routs Louisiana Tech
Kyla Temple, a Columbus High product, scored 31
points in the victory.
But Saturday, the Owls took a two-point lead into
the fourth quarter but couldn’t hold it. Southeastern
Baptist took its first lead with six minutes to go, and the
Chargers hung on for the one-point win.
“It was tough to lose that way after leading the Deja Cage scored
majority of the game,” MUW head coach Drew Johnson 30 points Saturday at
said in a news release from the school. “Down the
stretch, we didn’t rebound and we turned it over way too
The Pavilion in Oxford
much. If we minimize turnovers and keep them off the to carry the Ole Miss
offensive glass, we win that game handily.” women’s basketball
MUW will host Sewanee: The University of the team to
South at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 4. a 76-53
rout of
College Volleyball Louisi-
Bulldogs swept by Texas A&M in road match ana Tech.
The Mississippi State volleyball team was swept “Deja,
in Friday’s Southeastern Conference match by Texas t hat ’s
A&M in College Station, Texas.
what she Cage
The Bulldogs fell to 13-15 and 2-14 in the SEC after
the 3-0 loss. Set scores were 25-19, 25-14, 25-22. is,” Ole
For Mississippi State, freshman outside hitter Miss head coach Yolett
Callie Minshew recorded her fifth double-double with 10 McPhee-McCuin said
kills and 10 digs.
“I’m proud of my team because we never stop
in a news release from
fighting,” Bulldogs coach Julie Darty said in a news Ole Miss. “I don’t be-
release from MSU. “We have a gritty group of kids who lieve leaders are taught;
are continuing to battle and get better, even this late in
the season. It was a tough match because I thought we
just turned it on a little late.”
The Bulldogs will play their final road match PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Columbus boys rout Bruce at Bobby Ford Classic
at 3 p.m. Sunday against Arkansas in Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
Prep Softball
OKOLONA — Gabe
Clanton named district player of year Williams had 18 points
New Hope High School senior shortstop Charly
Clanton was named the slow-pitch softball Class II, Re- to lead the Columbus
gion 3, District 4 player of the year when the all-district High School boys team
team was released earlier this week.
Clanton, who signed with Northeast Mississippi to a 72-21 win over
Community College on Wednesday, was one of four Bruce in the Bobby
Trojans named to the all-district team. Teammates Ford Shootout on Satur-
Katelyn Humphreys, Emma O’Bryant and Jeoreia
day in Okolona.
Henry joined her.
Columbus landed five players on the all-district Antwan Brandy add-
team: C’Asia Grayer, Krishuana Jethrow, Myra King, ed 10 points for the Fal-
Aniya Saddler and Makaijah Taylor.
Starkville had three players named all-district:
cons (3-2). Columbus
Brianne Locke, Abby Barefield and Roniyah Campbell will face Southwind
Caledonia had two players on the team: Allison (Tenn.) on Saturday,
Pennington and Aimee George.
Leake Central had three players named to the
Pro Basketball
team, and Louisville had two.
The MHSAA stopped sanctioning slow-pitch soft-
ball in the state shortly after the 2019 fall season ended. NBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Prep Soccer
Boston
Toronto
W L Pct GB
11 4 .733 —
11 4 .733 —
Starkville High splits with Lafayette Philadelphia 11 5 .688 ½
Brooklyn 7 8 .467 4
The Starkville High School soccer teams earned a New York 4 12 .250 7½
split with Lafayette in Friday’s home matches. Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
The Yellow Jackets girls team lost to the Commo- Miami 11 4 .733 —
dores 4-1, while the Starkville boys team got a 2-1 win. Orlando 6 9 .400 5
Washington 5 8 .385 5
The Jackets’ next match is Dec. 3 at Tupelo. The Charlotte 6 11 .353 6
girls match will start at 5 p.m., and the boys match will Atlanta 4 12 .250 7½
Central Division
start at 7 p.m. W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 13 3 .813 —
Indiana 9 6 .600 3½
SOURCE: From Special Reports Chicago 6 11 .353 7½
Cleveland 5 11 .313 8
Detroit 5 11 .313 8
CALENDAR
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Today
Houston 11 5 .688 —
Dallas 10 5 .667 ½
New Orleans 6 10 .375 5
Men’s College Basketball San Antonio 6 11 .353 5½
Memphis 5 10 .333 5½
Mississippi State vs. Coastal Carolina Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
in Myrtle Beach Invite, 11 a.m. Denver 11 3 .786 —
Utah 11 5 .688 1
College Volleyball Minnesota 8 8 .500 4
Mississippi State at Arkansas, 3 p.m. Oklahoma City 5 10 .333 6½
Portland 5 12 .294 7½
Pacific Division
on the air
L.A. Lakers
W L Pct GB
14 2 .875 —
L.A. Clippers 11 5 .688 3
Today Phoenix 8 7 .533 5½
Sacramento 6 8 .429 7
Golden State 3 14 .176 11½
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Friday’s Games
9:30 a.m. — Myrtle Beach Invitational: Detroit 128, Atlanta 103
Washington 125, Charlotte 118
Tulane vs. Utah, Consolation, Conway, Brooklyn 116, Sacramento 97
L.A. Lakers 130, Oklahoma City 127
S.C., ESPNU Miami 116, Chicago 108
Philadelphia 115, San Antonio 104
Noon — Myrtle Beach Invitational: Dallas 143, Cleveland 101
Denver 96, Boston 92
Mississippi St. vs. Coastal Carolina, Utah 113, Golden State 109
Consolation, Conway, S.C., ESPNEWS L.A. Clippers 122, Houston 119
Saturday’s Games
Noon — Hall of Fame Tip-Off: Virginia Phoenix 100, Minnesota 98
Chicago 116, Charlotte 115
vs. Arizona State, Championship, Un- Indiana 111, Orlando 106
Philadelphia 113, Miami 86
cassvile, Connecticut, ESPN San Antonio 111, New York 104
Toronto 119, Atlanta 116
Noon — Charleston Classic: Miami vs. Cleveland 110, Portland 104
L.A. Lakers 109, Memphis 108
UConn, Consolation, Charleston, S.C., Milwaukee 104, Detroit 90
ESPN2 Utah 128, New Orleans 120
Today’s Games
4 p.m. — Myrtle Beach Invitational: Dallas at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at New York, 5 p.m.
Villanova vs. Baylor, Championship, Sacramento at Washington, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at Denver, 7 p.m.
Conway, S.C., ESPN New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 8 p.m.
Monday’s Games
4 p.m. — Lamar at Kentucky, SEC Brooklyn at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Memphis at Indiana, 6 p.m.
7:30 p.m. — Charleston Classic: Flor- Orlando at Detroit, 6 p.m.
ida vs. Xavier, Championship, Charles- Charlotte at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
ton, S.C., ESPN Philadelphia at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m. — MGM Resorts Main Portland at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Utah at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Event: Clemson vs. TCU, Semifinal, Las L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
Vegas, ESPN2
NFL FOOTBALL
Noon — Carolina at New Orleans, CBS College Basketball
Noon — Seattle at Philadelphia, FOX Saturday’s Scores
3:25 p.m. — Dallas at New England,
EAST
Albany (NY) 72, Sacred Heart 65
Arizona St. 80, St. John’s 67
FOX DePaul 72, Boston College 67
Penn 81, Providence 75
7:20 p.m. — Green Bay at San Francis-
co, NBC
Penn St. 58, Yale 56
Seton Hall 87, Florida A&M 51
Stetson 63, Monmouth (NJ) 55
Syracuse 97, Bucknell 46
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
wanted to be an athlet- “I know what it takes chie Manning served in no better or more re-
ic director. You hear to win championships an advisory role to the warding story than the
from sitting athletic di- here at Ole Miss,” Car- committee and Boyce one of nurturing and
rectors, but until you’re ter said. “From cutting during the search pro- fostering a leader who
in the chair, you really down the nets (as a play- cess.
then returns to the in-
don’t know what it’s all er) to watching a Sugar Carter joined Ole stitution that invested
about and I learned that Bowl win as an adminis- Miss’ athletic depart- so much into that per-
on the first day, that trator, I understand the ment in September son.’’
that’s absolutely true. process and will do ev- 2009. His jobs have Ole Miss officials say
“It really solidified erything in my power to included overseeing the athletics foundation
for me that I wanted to help us compete at the the Ole Miss Athletics
had its four highest
do this. Not only did it highest level. Ole Miss Foundation, serving as years of donations un-
solidify that I wanted to is a destination school, chief revenue officer der Carter’s guidance.
be an athletic director, a flagship university and working as deputy
“Keith Carter knows
but that I wanted to do that can attract the best athletic director for de-
Ole Miss Athletics well
it at Ole Miss.” student athletes in the velopment and resource
after several years on
Carter was a four- country, and it’s my acquisition.
year starter for Ole job to provide the lead- “We coached, men- Ross Bjork’s leadership
Miss’ basketball team, ership, facilities and tored and trained him team, and he is already
helping the Rebels win resources necessary to a student-athlete, and held in high esteem by
Southeastern Confer- win championships.’’ now he stands ready to ADs around the SEC,”
Manning said in a state-
ence Western Division Carter received a lead our athletics de-
titles in 1997 and 1998. unanimous recommen- partment forward and ment. “In short, Keith
He was a first-team As- dation from a search continue an upward Carter offers the com-
sociated Press all-SEC committee that was rise in his career, and plete package to enjoy
a long and successful
selection and earned chaired by Ole Miss in bringing the trajec-
honorable mention alum and retired FedEx tory of Ole Miss athlet- run, and I am thrilled
on the AP All-Ameri- executive Mike Glenn. ics into a new era,” Ole about the future of Ole
ca team as a senior in Former Ole Miss and Miss Chancellor Glenn Miss Athletics under
1999. NFL quarterback Ar- Boyce said. “There is Keith’s leadership.”
I believe they are born. I rhythm, because that ed well to the challenge to the United States to
think scorers are born, is where they are best. that was put in front fulfill her dream. She
and Deja is a scorer. I We decided to up our of us. We’re figuring made it clear when we
felt like she would have level of intensity and be- out who we are with were recruiting her
a good game today.” cause of it, we were able this young group. We that she wasn’t like the
The Rebels (3-2) to turn them over and brought it defensively average person and she
forced 29 turnovers and get easy baskets.” tonight, and that is what wanted to win. She has
held Louisiana Tech to Ole Miss shared the we have to be known for
its lowest scoring out- ball well, recording 20 this year.”
been taking coaching
really well, and we have
put of the season. assists compared to Freshman Sarah Du-
been challenging her.
“We have to find just 16 turnovers in the mitrescu from Romania
each opponent’s weak- blowout win. scored nine points and That is why she is hav-
ness,” McPhee-McCuin “When you are grabbed eight rebounds ing success.”
said. “Louisiana Tech is coaching a young team for the Rebels. Ole Miss will host
well-coached and they like we are, you never “What we love about Sam Houston State at 6
play really well when know what to expect,” Sarah is that she is one p.m. Tuesday in Oxford.
they are comfortable. McPhee-McCuin said. of our toughest players,”
So, we all decided to “But I thought my McPhee-McCuin said. SOURCE:
take them out of their coaching staff respond- “She is a kid that came From Special Reports
Nov. 30, at the Ridge- the Tigers. Jakeia Walk- Academy boys basket- 24 points, and CJ Head
way Classic in Mem- er, Aadijah Williams, ball team won Friday’s had 17.
phis, Tennessee. Carenciuna Owens and season opener against On the girls side,
Zacaree Rupert each Central Holmes Chris- the Rams lost 54-33 to
Calhoun City girls 67, scored five. tian in Steens. Central Holmes. CCA
The Tigers’ next
Noxubee County 33 game is Monday at New
Jonathan Peal had senior Kylie Emerson
OKOLONA — The 25 points for the Rams scored 23 points.
Hope. to lead all scorers. Law- The Rams’ next
Noxubee County girls
team lost its game at son Studdard scored 16, game is Monday, Dec.
the Bobby Ford Classic CCA splits with and Will Teague scored 2 at Calhoun Academy.
to Calhoun City, 67-33. Central Holmes 12.
Kirsten Barnett STEENS — The For the Trojans, SOURCE:
scored nine points for Columbus Christian Lawrence Wiley scored From Special Reports
Virginia 58, UMass 46 N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 164 255 Louisiana-Monroe 45, Coastal Carolina 42 Class 1A
SOUTH Miami 2 8 0 .200 139 305 Louisville 56, Syracuse 34 Quarterfinal
Florida St. 80, St. Francis (Pa.) 65 South Memphis 49, South Florida 10 Lumberton 29, LeFlore 28
Memphis 87, Ole Miss 86
NC State 74, UALR 58
Houston
W L T Pct PF PA
7 4 0 .636 265 249
Middle Tennessee 38, Old Dominion 17
Mississippi St. 45, Abilene Christian 7
Nanih Waiya 42, Baldwyn 14
Richton 25, Resurrection Catholic 13
Samford 72, Troy 60 Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 244 226 NC A&T 54, NC Central 0 Class 2A 8-Man
Texas Southern 98, N. Kentucky 96, 2OT
UCF 72, Coll. of Charleston 71
UMKC 74, East Carolina 68
Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197
Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 189 222
North
North Carolina 56, Mercer 7
SC State 20, Norfolk St. 17, OT
UAB 20, Louisiana Tech 14
Championship
Manchester Aca. 36, Marvell Academy, Ark. 8
Class 2A
VCU 78, Florida Gulf Coast 48
W. Kentucky 83, Illinois St. 69
Baltimore
W L T Pct PF PA
8 2 0 .800 341 196
UCF 34, Tulane 31
VMI 31, Chattanooga 24
Quarterfinal
Charleston 6, Calhoun City 3
Youngstown St. 66, SC-Upstate 61 Pittsburgh 5 5 0 .500 200 202 Vanderbilt 38, ETSU 0 North Side 42, East Webster 8
MIDWEST Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 192 228 Virginia 55, Liberty 27
Ball St. 100, Howard 69 Cincinnati 0 10 0 .000 147 276 Virginia Tech 28, Pittsburgh 0
Scott Central 48, Enterprise Clarke 0
Taylorsville 47, Philadelphia 30
Cleveland St. 65, E. Kentucky 51 West W. Kentucky 28, Southern Miss 10 Class 3A
George Washington 78, Evansville 70 W L T Pct PF PA Wake Forest 39, Duke 27
Illinois 120, Hampton 71 Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 308 256 MIDWEST
Quarterfinal
Choctaw County 27, Amanda Elzy 8
Marquette 66, Robert Morris 62 Oakland 6 4 0 .600 225 250 Cincinnati 15, Temple 13 Columbia 35, Magee 0
Mercer 72, Ill.-Chicago 68 L.A. Chargers 4 7 0 .364 224 218 Dayton 51, Butler 38
Purdue 81, Jacksonville St. 49 Denver 3 7 0 .300 172 197 Iowa 19, Illinois 10
Jefferson Davis County 14, West Marion 0
Noxubee County 14, Houston 12, 3OT
Saint Louis 60, Belmont 55 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Iowa St. 41, Kansas 31 Class 4A
Toledo 100, Northwestern Ohio 41 East Kent St. 41, Ball St. 38 Quarterfinal
Utah Valley 68, N. Dakota St. 62 W L T Pct PF PA Marist 26, Valparaiso 14 Corinth 44, Itawamba AHS 31
Wichita St. 68, Oral Roberts 59 Dallas 6 4 0 .600 286 197 Michigan 39, Indiana 14 Greenwood 14, Louisville 6
SOUTHWEST Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 234 230 Minnesota 38, Northwestern 22 Lawrence County 13, Newton County 7, OT
Incarnate Word 68, St. Francis (IL) 44 N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 N. Dakota St. 21, S. Illinois 7 Poplarville 31, South Pike 20
Liberty 71, Rice 59
Prairie View 78, Cent. Arkansas 72, OT
Texas A&M-CC 69, St. Thomas (TX) 59
Washington 1 9 0 .100 125 253
South
W L T Pct PF PA
N. Iowa 38, W. Illinois 7
North Dakota 36, S. Utah 18
Notre Dame 40, Boston College 7
Class 5A
Quarterfinal
Neshoba Central 36, Lake Cormorant 28
FAR WEST New Orleans 8 2 0 .800 238 199 Ohio St. 28, Penn St. 17 Picayune 42, Laurel 28
Boise St. 82, Pacific 76, 3OT Carolina 5 5 0 .500 228 257 Tennessee 24, Missouri 20 West Jones 33, Wayne County 30, OT
Gonzaga 77, CS Bakersfield 49 Atlanta 3 7 0 .300 220 262 Wisconsin 45, Purdue 24 West Point 21, Lafayette 14
Idaho 100, Walla Walla University 50 Tampa Bay 3 7 0 .300 277 313
North
Youngstown St. 21, Illinois St. 3 Class 6A
Oregon St. 80, Grambling St. 58 SOUTHWEST Quarterfinal
Portland 72, UC Davis 62 W L T Pct PF PA Ark.-Pine Bluff 45, Texas Southern 13 Oak Grove 42, Gulfport 24
Portland St. 91, San Jose St. 76 Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205 Arkansas St. 38, Georgia Southern 33 Oxford 17, South Panola 7
S. Utah 80, Charleston Southern 45 Minnesota 8 3 0 .727 289 205 Baylor 24, Texas 10 Petal 27, Brandon 14
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 77, Lehigh 66 Chicago 4 6 0 .400 169 174 FAU 40, UTSA 26 Starkville 20, Olive Branch 3
San Francisco 90, Sam Houston St. 81 Detroit 3 6 1 .350 244 272 Houston 24, Tulsa 14 MAIS Class 3A
UC Riverside 73, Denver 49 West
UC Santa Barbara 88, Menlo 69 W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas St. 30, Texas Tech 27
Oklahoma 28, TCU 24
Championship
St. Joseph-Greenville 55, Indianola Aca. 24
San Francisco 9 1 0 .900 295 155 Rice 20, North Texas 14 MAIS Class 5A
Seattle 8 2 0 .800 275 254 Championship
No. 16 Memphis 87, L.A. Rams 6 4 0 .600 243 198
Sam Houston St. 37, Houston Baptist 14
FAR WEST Heritage Aca. 55, Starkville Aca. 10
Arizona 3 7 1 .318 248 317
Ole Miss 86 Monday’s Games
Air Force 44, New Mexico 22 MAIS Class 6A
OLE MISS (4-1)
Sy 3-6 2-2 9, Buffen 4-8 4-7 13, Shuler 3-11 1-3 9,
Kansas City 24, L.A. Chargers 17
Arizona St. 31, Oregon 28
Cal Poly 28, N. Colorado 21
Championship
Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 48, Jackson Prep 33
Thursday’s Games California 24, Stanford 20
Tyree 7-20 8-10 24, Rodriguez 0-3 0-0 0, Hunter Houston 20, Indianapolis 17 E. Washington 53, Portland St. 46
2-3 0-0 4, Collum 0-0 2-2 2, Crowley 1-2 0-0 3,
Williams 1-4 4-4 7, Hinson 5-9 1-2 15. Totals 26-
66 22-30 86.
Today
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, Noon
Montana St. 48, Montana 14
New Mexico St. 44, UTEP 35 Transactions Saturday’s moves
MEMPHIS (5-1) Miami at Cleveland, Noon Southern Cal 52, UCLA 35
BASEBALL
Maurice 1-1 0-0 2, Achiuwa 10-16 5-10 25, Ellis Seattle at Philadelphia, Noon UNLV 38, San Jose St. 35
0-5 0-2 0, Quinones 1-1 0-0 2, Baugh 1-2 4-4 6, N.Y. Giants at Chicago, Noon
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released RHP Nick
Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Jeffries 10-18 3-4 23, Harris
4-9 4-7 15, Hardaway 0-0 0-0 0, Lomax 3-5 8-9
Carolina at New Orleans, Noon
Denver at Buffalo, Noon
SEC Standings Goody.
East OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded RHP Jharel
14. Totals 30-58 24-36 87.
Halftime_Memphis 45-38. 3-Point Goals_Mis-
Detroit at Washington, Noon Conference All Games Cotton to the Chicago Cubs for cash.
Oakland at N.Y. Jets, Noon W L PF PA W L PF PA TAMPA BAY RAYS — Released 3B Matt Duffy.
sissippi 12-27 (Hinson 4-7, Shuler 2-6, Tyree 2-7,
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Noon Georgia 7 1 202 84 10 1 343 118 BASKETBALL
Sy 1-1, Crowley 1-2, Williams 1-2, Buffen 1-2), Jacksonville at Tennessee, 3:05 p.m. National Basketball Association
Memphis 3-11 (Harris 3-7, Jeffries 0-2, Ellis 0-2). Dallas at New England, 3:25 p.m.
Florida
Tennessee 4 3 132
6 2 249 136
176
9 2 356
6 5 263
156
250 NBA — Fined L.A. Clippers G Patrick Beverley
Fouled Out_Sy, Buffen. Rebounds_Mississippi $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping
34 (Sy, Buffen 6), Memphis 33 (Achiuwa 11).
Green Bay at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m.
Open: Arizona, Minnesota, Kansas City, L.A.
Kentucky 3 5 145
South Carolina 3 5 159
160
221
6 5 271
4 7 266
208
275 rules for the second time and L.A. Lakers G Rajon
Assists_Mississippi 19 (Crowley 6), Memphis 15
(Lomax 7). Total Fouls_Mississippi 30, Memphis Chargers Missouri 2 5 119 165 5 6 280 219 Rondo $35,000 for making unsportsmanlike
physical contact, verbal abuse of a game official
Monday Vanderbilt 1 6 92 259 3 8 188 353
26. Technicals_Jeffries. A_17,875 (18,119).
Baltimore at L.A. Rams, 7:15 p.m. West and failing to leave the court in a timely manner
Conference All Games upon ejection.
No. 17 Villanova 83, W L PF PA W L PF PA DETROIT PISTONS — Recalled F Sekou Doum-
Mississippi St. 76 College Football LSU
Alabama
7 0 327 197 11 0 534 258
6 1 315 155 10 1 534 178
bouya from Grand Rapids (NBAGL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
VILLANOVA (4-1)
Saturday’s Scores
Auburn
Texas A&M 4 3 195
4 3 202 135
174
8 3 360
7 4 353
178
222 ATLANTA FALCONS — Released OL Sean
Robinson-Earl 9-12 3-4 22, Samuels 5-9 2-3 14,
Bey 7-10 0-0 17, Moore 2-5 2-3 7, Gillespie 6-11 EAST
Albany (NY) 31, Stony Brook 26
Mississippi St. 2 5 165 236 5 6 310 317 Harlow. Signed DE Austin Larkin from the
practice squad.
4-6 18, Swider 1-4 0-0 3, Cosby-Roundtree 1-1 Mississippi 2 5 188 222 4 7 299 297
0-0 2, Slater 0-1 0-0 0, Antoine 0-0 0-0 0. Totals BYU 56, UMass 24 Arkansas 0 7 125 295 2 9 243 418 DETROIT LIONS — Signed TE Isaac Nauta from
the practice squad and OT Dan Skipper to the
31-53 11-16 83. Bryant 14, Wagner 10 Saturday’s Games
MISSISSIPPI ST. (5-1) CCSU 43, Duquesne 10 Auburn 52, Samford 0 practice squad.
Perry 6-13 5-6 18, Ado 1-1 0-0 2, Carter 7-19 5-5 Cornell 35, Columbia 9 Alabama 66, W. Carolina 3 GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed G Cole
22, Molinar 4-10 0-0 9, Woodard 7-14 2-2 17, King Dartmouth 29, Brown 23 Georgia 19, Texas A&M 13 Madison on IR.
East Carolina 31, UConn 24 Vanderbilt 38, ETSU 0 HOUSTON TEXANS — Waived S Jonathan
0-0 0-0 0, Oduro 0-0 0-0 0, Feazell 0-4 0-0 0,
Stewart 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 28-67 12-13 76. Michigan St. 27, Rutgers 0 Kentucky 50, UT Martin 7 Owens. Placed LB Dylan Cole on IR. Signed DE
Navy 35, SMU 28 Joel Heath and WR Steven Mitchell Jr.
Halftime_Villanova 42-33. 3-Point Goals_Villano-
Nebraska 54, Maryland 7
LSU 56, Arkansas 20
Mississippi St. 45, Abilene Christian 7 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released WR
va 10-24 (Bey 3-4, Samuels 2-6, Gillespie 2-6,
Robinson-Earl 1-1, Swider 1-3, Moore 1-3, Slater New Hampshire 28, Maine 10
Oklahoma St. 20, West Virginia 13
Tennessee 24, Missouri 20 Marcus Simms from IR.
NEW YORK JETS — Released WR/RB Valentine
0-1), Mississippi St. 8-22 (Carter 3-9, Stewart 2-2, Thursday, Nov. 28
Perry 1-3, Woodard 1-3, Molinar 1-4, Feazell 0-1). Princeton 28, Penn 7 Ole Miss at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m. Holmes from the practice squad.
Fouled Out_Ado. Rebounds_Villanova 31 (Rob- Yale 50, Harvard 43, 2OT Friday, Nov. 29 PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed C Patrick
inson-Earl, Bey 7), Mississippi St. 27 (Perry 10). SOUTH Missouri at Arkansas, 1:30 p.m. Morris from the practice squad and TE Kevin
Assists_Villanova 20 (Gillespie 9), Mississippi St. Alabama 66, W. Carolina 3 Saturday, Nov. 30 Rader to the practice squad.
9 (Molinar 3). Total Fouls_Villanova 18, Mississippi
St. 19. A_2,361 (3,600).
Alabama A&M 30, MVSU 13
Alcorn St. 41, Jackson St. 6
Appalachian St. 35, Texas State 13
Louisville at Kentucky, 11 a.m.
Clemson at South Carolina, 11 a.m.
Georgia at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed TE Ed Dickson
on IR. Signed TE Tyrone Swoopes from the
practice squad.
Auburn 52, Samford 0 Alabama at Auburn, 2:30 p.m. HOCKEY
Pro Football Charlotte 24, Marshall 13
Drake 31, Davidson 28
E. Kentucky 29, Jacksonville St. 23
Vanderbilt at Tennessee, 3 p.m.
Texas A&M at LSU, 6 p.m.
National Hockey League
ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Eric Comrie
from Tucson (AHL).
NFL Glance FIU 30, Miami 24
Florida St. at Florida, 6:30 p.m.
BUFFALO SABRES — Assigned D John Gilmour
AMERICAN CONFERENCE Georgia 19, Texas A&M 13 to Rochester (AHL).
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 9 1 0 .900 287 108
Georgia St. 28, South Alabama 15
Kentucky 50, UT Martin 7
LSU 56, Arkansas 20
Prep Football DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Joe
Hicketts to Grand Rapids (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F Brett Seney
Buffalo 7 3 0 .700 211 170 Louisiana-Lafayette 53, Troy 3 Mississippi Scores from Binghamton (AHL).
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ALABAMA 66, WEST CAROLINA 3

John David Mercer/USA TODAY Sports

Alabama quarterback Mac Jones drops back to pass during the second quarter against Western Carolina on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Jones, No. 5 Alabama rout Western Carolina

10:32.
The Associated Press rankings and hoping to some- passes with only one attempt third quarter and threw a 15- BAMA_K.Robinson 46 run (Bulovas kick), 6:02.
how make the field despite fail- after halftime in his second ca- yard touchdown pass to Smith WC_FG Pletz 38, 14:56.
Fourth quarter

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Mac
Jones passed for 275 yards and
three touchdowns in little more
than a half, and No. 5 Alabama
began life without Tua Tagov-
ailoa with a 66-3 romp Saturday
over FCS Western Carolina.
With Tagovailoa watching
much of the game from a cart
behind the bench, the Crimson
Tide (10-1) treated its injured
quarterback to a one-sided
show against the Catamounts
(3-9). Alabama is ranked fifth
in the College Football Playoff
ing to win the SEC West. reer start. Smith had four catch- on his first attempt. BAMA_Ford 6 run (Bulovas kick), 8:13.
This one was about taking es for 94 yards and two touch- Alabama scrapped plans to A_101,821.
WC BAMA
care of business five days after downs, including a 57-yarder redshirt the four-star recruit, First downs 10 23
Rushes-yards 34-67 42-231
Tagovailoa underwent surgery when he juked a defender be- who already had played in four Passing 112 310
on his right hip. It wasn’t the fore sprinting to the end zone. games.
Comp-Att-Int
Return Yards
10-19-4 12-15-0
0 109
type of game for impressing the Waddle produced 101 yards Punts-Avg. 6-35.7 1-33.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
selection committee. and took a screen 54 yards for
No. 5 Alabama 66, W. Carolina 3 Penalties-Yards 3-36 4-45
Alabama forced five turn- a touchdown, then returned a W. Carolina 0 0 0 3—3
Time of Possession 32:09 27:51
Individual statistics
Alabama 17 21 21 7—66
overs, including Xavier McK- punt 49 yards to near the goal First quarter RUSHING_W. Carolina, Spencer 15-39, T.Adams 11-28, C.Young
6-8, (Team) 1-(minus 1), W.Jones 1-(minus 7). Alabama, K.Robin-
inney’s 81-yard interception line on his next touch. BAMA_FG Bulovas 29, 11:44.
BAMA_De.Smith 57 pass from M.Jones (Bulovas kick), 9:00. son 8-92, N.Harris 14-66, Ford 5-24, Townsend 6-24, Lockridge
return for a touchdown, and got Tagovailoa’s absence gave BAMA_McKinney 81 interception return (Bulovas kick), 5:33. 2-12, B.Robinson 4-11, M.Jones 1-4, (Team) 2-(minus 2).
PASSING_W. Carolina, T.Adams 10-19-4-112. Alabama, Ta.Ta-
Second quarter
big plays from Jones and wide his younger brother, Taulia, a BAMA_B.Robinson 5 run (Bulovas kick), 11:29. govailoa 2-3-0-35, M.Jones 10-12-0-275.
RECEIVING_W. Carolina, Cosenke 4-46, C.Young 2-20, Bardall
receivers DeVonta Smith and chance for his most extended BAMA_N.Harris 12 pass from M.Jones (Bulovas kick), 7:36.
BAMA_Waddle 54 pass from M.Jones (Bulovas kick), 4:08. 1-28, J.Young 1-11, Patten 1-7, T.Adams 1-0. Alabama, De.Smith
Jaylen Waddle. action. The freshman came into Third quarter
BAMA_N.Harris 3 run (Bulovas kick), 13:41.
4-94, Waddle 3-101, Jeudy 2-66, Shavers 1-20, Metchie 1-17,
N.Harris 1-12.
Jones completed 10 of 12 the game with 12:12 left in the BAMA_De.Smith 15 pass from Ta.Tagovailoa (Bulovas kick), MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

WESTERN KENTUCKY 28, SOUTHERN MISS 10

Southern Miss falls to Western Kentucky
The Associated Press for the Golden Eagles (7-4, 5-2) with a
60-yard first-quarter TD pass to Tim
HAT TIESBURG — Ty Storey threw Jones.
two touchdown passes, Jacquez Sloan
ran for a score and Western Kentucky W. Kentucky 28, Southern Miss 10
cashed in on turnovers to beat Southern W. Kentucky
Southern Miss
7
7
14
0
0
0
7—28
3—10
Mississippi 28-10 on Saturday. First quarter
WKY— Sloan 21 run (Munson kick), 9:03
DeAngelo Malone recovered a USM — Ti.Jones 68 pass from Abraham (Stein kick), 4:31
Second quarter
fourth-quarter fumble and ran five yards WKY — Pearson 64 pass from Storey (Munson kick), 12:07
WKY — Jernighan 21 pass from Storey (Munson kick), 5:02
for the Hilltoppers’ final TD after Jeremy Fourth quarter
Darvin’s strip-sack of Jack Abraham. WKY — Malone 5 fumble return (Munson kick), 9:34
USM — FG Stein 22, 1:52
Sloan capped the opening drive with A_20,369.
WKY USM
a 21-yard TD run and Western Kentucky First downs 17 22
Rushes-yards 34-134 34-98
(7-4, 5-2 Conference USA) led 21-7 at Passing 231 290
halftime after Storey threw a 64-yard TD Comp-att-int
Return yards
21-31-0 20-39-1
40 47
pass to Jahcour Pearson and a 21-yarder Punts-avg.
Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-2
6-45.16 5-43.0

to Quin Jerringham. Penalties-yards 5-64 4-41

Pearson’s TD was set up by Trae
Meadows’ recovery of Quez Watkins’
fumble, forced by Dionte Ruffin.
Storey was 20 of 30 for 225 yards pass-
ing for the Hilltoppers.
Abraham was 16 of 31 for 223 yards
Time of possession 29:41 30:19
Individual statistics
RUSHING_W. Kentucky, G.Walker 20-84, Sloan 1-21, Appleberry 5-16, Storey 6-8,
Haggerty 1-3, LaFrance 1-2. Southern Miss, Harris 11-60, Perkins 11-34, Whatley
3-8, S.Anderson 1-1, Ti.Jones 1-(minus 2), Abraham 7-(minus 3).
PASSING_W. Kentucky, K.Thomas 1-1-0-6, Storey 20-30-0-225. Southern Miss,
Everett 1-1-0-2, Abraham 16-31-1-223, Whatley 3-7-0-65.
RECEIVING_W. Kentucky, Pearson 7-88, L.Jackson 7-36, Jernighan 4-50, Simon
2-51, Storey 1-6. Southern Miss, Watkins 8-90, Ti.Jones 7-159, N.McLaurin 2-18,
Terry 1-20, R.Mitchell 1-2, Harris 1-1.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_W. Kentucky, Munson 29. Southern Miss, Stein 44.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

No. 2 Ohio State 28,
No. 9 Penn State 17
COLUMBUS, Ohio —
J.K. Dobbins rushed for
157 yards and two touch-
downs and No. 2 Ohio
State locked up the Big
Ten East title Saturday,
surviving its first real test
of the season with a 28-17
victory over No. 9 Penn
State.
The Buckeyes held on
after Penn State (9-2, 7-2)
took advantage of two
second-half turnovers to
climb back into the game
in the third quarter after
going down 21-0. This was
a far different scenario for
Ohio State, which blew
out its first 10 opponents.
The Buckeyes (10-0,
8-0 Big Ten) were cling-
ing to a 21-17 lead early in
the fourth quarter when
Justin Fields threw a 28-
yard touchdown pass to
Chris Olave to create
some breathing room.
The Ohio State de-
fense, with Chase Young
back from a two-game
suspension, then shut
down two late Penn State
drives on fourth down.
The last drive included
back-to-back sacks of
backup quarterback Will
Levis by Young and line-
backer Baron Browning.
Fields fumbled away
the ball twice, once as
he was crossing the goal
line for an apparent touch-
down. But he got criti-
cal yards on the ground,
rushing for 68 yards on 21
carries and threw beau-
tiful second half touch-
down passes to K.J. Hill
and Olave.
No. 4 Georgia 19,
No. 24 Texas A&M 13
ATHENS, Ga. — 1/2 minutes remaining.
George Pickens scored
Georgia’s only touch-
down, Rodrigo Blanken-
ship booted four field
goals and the defense sty-
mied Texas A&M.
Georgia (10-1, 7-1
Southeastern Confer-
ence, No. 4 CFP) wrapped
up its conference sched-
ule and stayed on course
to make a run at the Col-
lege Football Playoff.
While the Bulldogs
struggled offensively, the
defense turned in another
dominating performance.
Texas A&M (7-4, 4-3) was
held to just minus-1 yards
rushing and 274 yards
overall, one week after
piling up 319 yards on the
ground in a rout of South
Carolina.
But it was a struggle all
the way for the Bulldogs,
who managed only 260
total yards and didn’t seal
the victory under D’Andre
Swift broke off an 11-yard
run on third-and-1 with 2
Blankenship connect-
ed on field goals of 41, 49,
37 and 31 yards to become
Georgia’s career scoring
leader with 418 points.
SOURCE: AP
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Thoughts at
Thanksgiving

Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff

“How does mine look?” one little “gobbler” seems to ask another during dress rehearsal Wednesday for the 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds’ Thanksgiving program at
First United Methodist Church Early Learning Center in Columbus. The petite turkeys, with parents’ names in parentheses, are, from left, Blair Kelly (Michael
and Kelsie Kelly), Ethan Gray (Jared and Jalynn Gray), Olivia Jones (Bentley and Elizabeth Jones), Carly Rutherford (Carl and Heather Rutherford) and Kim-
per Vaughan (Andrew Vaughan and Kim Brasfield). Behind them are Madeline Wiygul (Bryant Wiygul and Anna Wiygul), Fields Carson (Chris and Katherine
Carson), Abby Davis (Brandon and Noel Davis), Carter Lee (Richard and Haley Lee), Lacey Davis (John and Megan Davis), Ace Flynn (Derek and Jean Flynn),
Hazel Mills (Justin Wagner and Keri Mills) and Luke Porter (Randy and Tomekia Porter).

A few readers share their memories and thoughts

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

R
emember that year the turkey
caught fire? Or the Thanks-
giving sharing an impromptu
meal with fellow travelers strand-
ed in an airport? Or, oh yeah, the
time the kids got into that box of
fireworks after the big family feast?
Memories of Thanksgiving. They
surface and swirl at this time of year.
In a lifetime of Thanksgivings, we
will experience happy ones and sad
ones. And when we are old enough,
wise enough, we realize each of
them is a part of who we have be-
come, part of our personal fabric.
Each November, inviting some of
our neighbors to share a thread of
their own is illuminating and con-
nective, a small act in weaving our
collective community story.

Brittany Drummond
“One room. Six large wooden ta-
bles. Thirty-six chairs. Two couches.
Two recliners. And
nowhere near enough
room to fit the 70 to
80 people gathered in
the room for Thanks-
giving. A rather short
woman named Mary
Julia, or May Julia,
depending on who you Drummond
are and who you know,
at the center of it all.
From her recliner, she watches her
10 children play a rather competitive
game of family trivia against the two
younger generations. Needless to
say, her children won. She watches
and listens as prayers, laughter,
babies crying, and singing all erupt
and fill the room. And she smiles
and nods though she doesn’t say
much. She set the tone for a family
tradition to be completely surround-
ed by loved ones. Mrs. May Julia
is 90 now, and I, her great-grand-
Abby Davis, right, helps tie Lacey Davis’ bonnet before Wednesday’s dress rehearsal for a Thanksgiving event at First
United Methodist Church Early Learning Center. The children presented their program Thursday.
daughter, will always carry a
thankful heart for this tradition. Not
to mention that I now understand
from where my competitiveness is
derived.”
Drummond, of Starkville, is a high
school teacher.
Joe Ray Underwood
“As a child, as a young married
man, and as a grandfather, Thanks-
giving has always been a time for
family. It is a time to put away petty
differences and enjoy ‘catching up’
with family members we do not see
that often. In my current family, all
the grown children, spouses and
grandchildren find their way to the
Underwood home
and Granny Nanny
serves a traditional
Thanksgiving meal of
turkey, ham, dressing,
vegetables, and two
desserts. We overeat,
but bear the conse-
quences gladly. We all Underwood
conspire to keep the
family cat off the table and to keep
the conversation focused on mutu-
ally “loved” topics, such as sports,
humor, church activities, and what is
happening in the lives of all present.
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
We debate whether or not to put up
the Christmas tree, the fate of local
sports teams, and plans for the next
get-together. We reminisce about
the past, marvel at the present, and
wonder about the future. The only
agenda is to enjoy being with each
other and letting everyone know
how much we care about them. The
family may change and evolve, but
Thanksgiving is when we really
affirm our thanks for what we have
and appreciate the sacrifices that
have made the day possible.”
Underwood, of Starkville, is a
retired university professor.
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Eagle Scout project helps riders sit high in the saddle

BY JAN SWOOPE a scout an opportunity to
jswoope@cdispatch.com practice what they’ve learned,

T
hanks to an Eagle Scout
project recently complet-
ed at Sunshine Stables,
the therapeutic horseback
riding center in Lowndes
County is able to help people
with physical, cognitive, social
and emotional challenges
strive toward independence.
The service project chosen by
Columbus Boy Scout Troop 2
member Nicholas Hairston was
to build an adaptive mounting
ramp for riders who may be
in wheelchairs, on walkers or
crutches, or who lack sufficient
muscle tone or strength to get
in the saddle from the ground.
Now finished, the approximate
60-foot ramp built to American
Disabilities Act standards is
being put into use almost every
day at the PATH (Professional
Association of Therapeutic
Horsemanship) International
member center.
“It’s been all the difference
in the world,” said Sunshine
Stables founder and board
president Anna Brown. “We’ve
now been able to have our first
official fall semester (of thera-
peutic riding) since becoming a
nonprofit.”
Hairston, who turned 17
while working on the ramp
during summer, is a junior at
Heritage Academy. Next week,
he hopes to hear from the
Board of Review evaluating his
Eagle Scout Service Project
final report, and to soon attain
the milestone Eagle rank.
In early stages, as required,
Hairston “wrote down ev-
erything about the project,
including this is how I want to
do it, fund it, get materials,” he
explained. “I started writing a
detailed plan and got several
people to review it.”
Troop 2 Scoutmaster Peter
Birks said, “This was a pretty
ambitious project Nick took on.”
Courtesy photo
Birks went on to explain
that a primary goal in scout-
ing is to develop leadership.
“The purpose of the Eagle
Courtesy photo
ABOVE: Columbus Boy Scout
Troop 2 member Nicholas Hair-
ston, in green, with assistance
from member Benjamin Birks, in
blue, works on construction of
an adaptive mounting ramp at
a therapeutic horseback riding
center in Lowndes County.
Carson Miller, far right, looks
on. Building the ramp was
Hairston’s Eagle Scout project.
LEFT: Sunshine Stables Thera-
peutic Riding Center volunteer
Jacki Matherne, at right, holds
the reins as a rider from the
James Hunt Community Group
Home prepares to mount a
horse using the new ramp.
Scout project is for the scout
to lead; it’s their job to plan
what needs to be done, raise
the money for materials, get a
crew together, make sure they
have all the tools needed, and
to see their project through to
completion,” he said. “It gives
and to learn what it’s like to
be a leader, to learn all the
skills necessary, how to com-
municate and how to handle
unforeseen changes.”
Brown was able to provide
prepared plans for the ramp,
and Hairston worked with
New Home Building Supply in
assembling required materi-
als. Another major collabo-
rator on the ramp build was
Carson Miller.
“He’s a fellow church
member, the ‘carpentry guy,’
Hairston said. “He dedicated
hours of his time to come out
and help us.”
The labor required many
work days with “nearly the
entire troop” over several
weeks, plus several half-days
with a smaller crew, said
Birks.
The build was “a really
well-done project,” added the
scoutmaster, who lives near
the stables and sees the ramp
being used on a regular basis.
After spearheading the
project from start to finish,
Hairston said, “I know I could
not have done it if it weren’t
for wonderful people who
were willing to help, through
generous donations to actual-
ly coming out to work.
“I feel like I’ve learned a lot
about growing up and being a
leader, and how to take some-
thing from the small stages to
the big stages. I knew when
I signed up for this that it
would be a hard project, but I
wanted that challenge.”
Hairston is the son of Trip
and Dr. Bethany Hairston of
Columbus.

Tree lighting, Wassail Fest

offer back-to-back festivities
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

D
owntown Colum-
bus will fill with
Christmas spirit
Dec. 5 and 6. On Thurs-
day, Dec. 5, the annual
lighting of the communi-
ty Christmas tree from
5:30-7 p.m. kicks off
celebrations, followed
Friday, Dec. 6 by Wassail
Fest from 5-8 p.m.

Tree lighting
Festivities surround-
ing the tree lighting of
one of the city’s impres-
sive magnolia trees start
with caroling at the east
end of the pedestrian
bridge at the Columbus
Riverwalk Dec. 5.
“Caroling will begin at
5:30 p.m. with a holiday
program provided by the
Columbus Choral Soci-
ety,” said Main Street
Columbus Executive
Director Barbara Bige-
low. “The audience will
be invited to sing along
as we enjoy traditional
holiday tunes.”
Columbus Mayor Rob-
ert Smith will officially
light the tree at about
6:15 p.m. To the delight
of kids of all ages, “snow”
will fall when the lights
come on, Bigelow said.
“We will have mag-
ical Christmas optics
that will cause the tree
lights to take on holiday
forms, so come early
and get your special
glasses while the sup-
ply lasts,” the director
added. Hot chocolate,
cookies and a kids’ craft
Santa door-knocker to
take home are also part
of activities. Santa and
Miz Claus will be on
hand; bring cameras for
photos.
“Kids can write their
Letter to Santa and drop
it in the mailbox headed
to the North Pole. We
hope everyone will bring
their friends and family
and enjoy this free com-
munity event to welcome
the holiday season.”
The tree lighting is
sponsored by Prestige
King Burgin, 4, watches the snow during the community Christmas Tree Lighting at
the Riverwalk in Columbus in this 2017 file photo. King is the son of Demetrius Sr.
and Fanjeffica Burgin.
Event Rentals, McAlis-
ter’s, Coffee House on
5th, Sweet Pepper’s Deli
and the City of Colum-
bus.
Here we come
a’wassailing
A highlight of the hol-
iday season in downtown
Columbus, Wassail Fest
on Dec. 6 is eagerly an-
ticipated by participating
merchants and com-
munity members alike.
Now in its 16th year, the
event draws hundreds
to historic downtown
for tastings of wassail,
caroling on the streets,
after-hours shopping, in-
store demonstrations and
more from 5-8 p.m. Was-
sail-makers compete for
bragging rights for best
wassail and the People’s
Choice Award, voted on
by the public.
Bigelow said, “Was-
sail, a drink whose name
means ‘to your health,’
is a mixture of juices
and spices that has been
served over centuries, as
far back as Robin Hood
and his merry men.
Many of our downtown
merchants will go to
great lengths to prepare
their special wassail to
serve their guests.”
Dispatch file photo
The name of this For more information
about the tree lighting
A club for boys and girls
year’s winning Wassail
Meister will be an- or Wassail Fest, contact Boys and Girls Club of Columbus
nounced on Friday, Dec. Main Street Columbus, 662-244-7090
13. 662-328-6305, follow on
The W will again Facebook or visit colum-
partner with Main Street busmainstreet.com.
Columbus and provide
wassail at the CHEW mo-
bile food unit, although
they will not be in the
merchants’ competition.
Christmas inflatables
will be located in Lead-
ership Plaza throughout
the evening.
“Wassail Fest is a
great time to come down-
town, do some Christ-
mas shopping, sample
delicious wassail, be a
part of selecting the 2019
Wassail Meister, dine in
one of our great down-
town restaurants and just
enjoy the season in beau-
tiful, historic Columbus,”
said Bigelow.
She added, “Main
Street is very appre-
ciative of our sponsors
The W, DEXImaging,
Zachary’s and the City
of Columbus for their
support this year.”
Wassail Fest has been
selected as a Top 20
Event in the Southeast
by the Southeast Tour-
ism Association for four
consecutive years.
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calendar
Monday, Nov. 25
Songs from the Theatre —
The W Department of Music presents
an evening of “Songs of the Theatre”
at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on
campus. Free to the public.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
Country Store Bake Sale —
Find made-from-scratch cakes, pies,
cookies, candies, breads, cheese
straws, jellies and more at this
annual pre-Thanksgiving bake sale
to benefit the S.D. Lee Foundation
and historic Lee Home. The sale is
10 a.m.-noon at the Lee Home, 316
Seventh St. N. (next to the public
library), Columbus. Beginning at 8
a.m., shoppers can stop by the Lee
Home to pick up a number for their
place in the line that forms before
the 10 a.m. start.
Thursday, Nov. 28
Senior Citizen Thanksgiving
— The Columbus Recreation Depart-
ment, Columbus Police Department
and Columbus Fire Department
Salvation Army will prepare compli-
mentary Thanksgiving meals to be
distributed in neighborhoods during
this 25th Annual Senior Citizen’s
Thanksgiving event. Community
members may also visit Stokes
Beard School, 311 S. Martin Luther
King Dr., between 11 a.m.-noon to
pick up a meal. For more information,
contact Sherry Ellis, 706-992-4499.
Friday, Nov. 29
Jive Turkey Jam Community
Food Drive — Bring a bag of
canned goods for admission (or $5
without food donation) to this United
Way of North Mississippi benefit
music jam at 7:30 p.m. at State
Theater, 217 Main St. Starkville. All
musicians welcome; gear provided.
Sunday, Dec. 1
Sparkle and Glow — This
Columbus Arts Council event on
“Holiday Entertaining at its Best”
with Amber Card is 2-4 p.m. at the
Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main
St. Tickets are $35 at colum-
bus-arts.org, at the arts center, or by
calling 662-328-2787.
Monday, Dec. 2
Columbus Christmas Pa-
rade — “Christmas Movie Magic”
is the theme of the Columbus Christ-
mas Parade that begins at 7 p.m.
and makes its way through downtown
Columbus. To sign up or for more
information, contact Main Street
Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Starkville Christmas Parade
— The 6 p.m. Starkville parade cel-
ebrates “A Town & Gown Christmas.”
For guidelines and more information,
visit starkville,org or call 662-323-
3322.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
Holiday Decor seminar —
Lowndes County Master Garden-
ers hosts a free Christmas Decor
Demonstration seminar from 1:30-
3:30 p.m. at the Lowndes County Ex-
tension Office, 485 Tom Rose Road,
Columbus. Topics include centerpiec-
es, door decor, wreaths and tabletop
displays. To reserve a seat, contact
the Extension Office, 662-328-2111,
by Dec. 3.
Thursday, Dec. 5
Columbus Tree Lighting
— Gather at the east end of the
Old Highway 182 pedestrian bridge
at the Columbus Riverwalk for the
lighting of the city Christmas tree.
Festivities including music, photo
ops and more are 5:30-7 p.m. Free
to the public.
MUW choral concert — Mis-
sissippi University for Women pres-
ents a free concert at 7:30 p.m. in
Poindexter Hall on The W campus.
Artesia Christmas Parade
— The Artesia Christmas Parade be-
gins at 6 p.m. downtown. Floats, ve-
hicles, band and more are welcome.
Cash door prizes will be given away.
For information, call 662-272-5104.
Friday, Dec. 6
Wassail Fest — Downtown Co-
lumbus is decked out for Christmas
with carolers, in-store demos and
specials, and samplings of wassail
from 5-8 p.m. Vote for your favorite.
For more information, contact Main
Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7
Holiday Extravaganza — The
second annual Holiday Extravaganza,
a collaboration between The W’s
Departments of Music and Theatre,
begins at 7:30 p.m. in Cromwell
Theatre on campus, at the corner of
10th Street and Sixth Avenue South.
Friday through Sunday,
Dec. 6-8
First Christmas — Bring the
whole family to visit this recreation
of an interactive Bethlehem village
between 6-8 p.m. at Brickerton, on
Military Road, Columbus. See village
merchants and craftsmen, soldiers
and a live nativity at this annual
event presented by First Baptist
Church. For more information, con-
tact FBC, 662-328-3915.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Caledonia Christmas Pa-
rade — “What Christmas Means
to Me” is the theme of this 6 p.m.
parade in Caledonia. For more infor-
mation or to request an entry form
for floats, organizations, cars and
more, contact Duane Perkins, 662-
436-1385, or Caledonia Town Hall,
662-356-4117.
Christmas Fest Mission
Market — Visit vendors selling
crafts, flea market items and food at
this benefit for The Mission on the
Hill in West Point. Gates open at 2
p.m. at 2494 E. Church Hill Road,
West Point. Enjoy kids activities
including jumpers, train rides and
games. For more information, con-
tact Cole Bryan, 662-701-9852. Visit
missiongtr.com.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Starkville Holiday Tour of
Homes — The Starkville Civic
League presents this tour of four
homes from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are $25
at the Greater Starkville Develop-
ment Partnership, 200 E. Main St.,
Starkville, from Civic League mem-
bers or, on the afternoon of Dec.
8, at Starkville Public Library. The
library hosts a reception from 1-4
p.m. on tour day.
Merry Christmas Columbus
— This 5:30 p.m. presentation
titled “A Night at Aunt Tilly’s Country
Kitchen” combines music and drama
at Fairview Baptist Church, 127
Airline Road, Columbus. Free. All are
welcome.
Monday, Dec. 9
West Point Christmas Pa-
rade — “Christmas in Paradise”
is the theme for this parade that
begins at 6:30 p.m. and will go down
Commerce Street and Main Street
in West Point. For more information,
contact the Growth Alliance, 662-
494-5121.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
Columbus Sings “Messi-
ah” — This annual presentation of
portions of Handel’s “Messiah” by a
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regional choir and orchestra is 6 p.m.
and 8 p.m. at Annunciation Catholic
Church, 823 College St., Columbus.
Free tickets to ensure seating are
available at Visit Columbus, the Co-
lumbus Arts Council, Impressions by
Susan and the Tennessee Williams
Home and Welcome Center.
Wednesday and Thursday,
Dec. 11-12
Holiday Bazaar — Sixty-five
vendors from throughout the South-
east will set up at this annual bazaar
from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at The Mill, 600
Russell St., Starkville. For more infor-
mation, contact Paige Watson at The
Partnership, 662-323-3322.
Thursday, Dec. 12
Festival of Trees — The Co-
lumbus-Lowndes Public Library hosts
an open house from 4-6 p.m. at 314
Seventh St. N. Enjoy refreshments,
music and crafts while viewing trees
decorated by local organizations and
businesses, on display now. Vote for
your favorite through noon Dec. 11.
For more information, contact the
library, 662-329-5300.

Don’t go overboard and tank the holiday bank

National Retail Federation: Consumers expected n Don’t get caught
up in the moment: If
and a blemish on their
credit score. Ask yourself
the homeless this holiday
season is one thing. But
to spend almost $1,048 on average per person this year your shopping cart is
overflowing, step back,
this critical thinking
question: Would I rather
until you’re financially
comfortable yourself, you
SPECIAL TO THE n Leave emotions certain amount of money regroup and make sure have the short-term can’t give what you don’t
DISPATCH on the shelf: It’s easy for each of them. Don’t you can really afford satisfaction of expensive have. While it’s certainly
everything you plan to material possessions, or

B
lack Friday marks
the official start to
the 2019 holiday
shopping season. Con-
sumers are expected to
spend almost $1,048 on
average per person this
year, according to the
National Retail Federa-
tion, up 4 percent from
last year. How can one be
a smart shopper and avoid
breaking the bank?
Steve Siebold is author
of the book “How Money
Works,” and a self-made
millionaire who has inter-
viewed more than 1,300 of
the world’s wealthiest peo-
ple over the last 35 years.
His advice includes:
to get wrapped up in the
spirit of the season, but
when it comes to buying
gifts this year, leave your
emotions on the shelf and
let reason be your guide.
This is when you must
start using logical think-
ing in the decision-mak-
ing process. While your
spouse might really like
that $1,000 necklace, is
that really the smartest
move if you don’t have
the money?
n Plan ahead:
Make a list and check it
twice. Before you head
to the store, make a list
of each person you need
to buy for, and allocate a
overspend by even a
dollar. This is important
because if you start over-
spending by five dollars
here and 10 dollars there,
it adds up quickly and
you can easily go into
debt.
n Be honest: The last
thing your friends and
family want is to see you
go into debt, or further
into debt. Remember,
there’s no shame in tell-
ing people that this year
will be a lean holiday
season when it comes to
exchanging gifts. People
will appreciate your hon-
esty and attention to your
finances.
purchase. While there
are some good deals
to be had, don’t fall for
marketing campaigns
that make you feel as if
you’re getting a great
deal when you’re really
not (i.e. buy it today, pay
for it tomorrow). The key
is to be mentally tough
to know when enough is
enough.
n Don’t pull out the
plastic: Don’t even think
of using a credit card un-
less you are 100 percent
sure you can comfortably
pay it off at the end of the
month. The last thing
anyone needs is to get hit
with high interest rates
the long-term results of
financial freedom and
abundance?
n Learn from the
past: Did you overspend
last holiday season or
some other year in the
past? Remember how it
set you back financially?
Remember how bad it felt
when you opened up your
credit card statement and
realized you couldn’t pay
it all? Revisit that pain
and how miserable you
felt before you start shop-
ping this holiday season.
n Limit charitable
giving: Yes, you read
that right. Giving a little
pocket change to support
commendable that you
want to help others,
those who try and sup-
port every cause known
to man but can’t afford
to are doing more harm
than good.
n Make it a teach-
ing moment: Your kids
are watching your every
move, so play it smart
and use the holidays as
an opportunity to teach
kids how money works.
Even parents who have
failed to reach their
financial dreams can
still teach their kids
important lessons about
money during the holiday
season.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My husband
and I belong to a singing
group. Another member of
the group is a very nice widow in
her 70s everyone loves. We know
she’s lonely, and we have tried
fixing her up with good men who
are also alone. Things have never
worked out.
A few months ago, a man who
is an excellent pianist came into
our group. He’s around 40 and
has a girlfriend who comes with
him. Our friend has fallen for him
in a big way. It has changed her
whole attitude and messed up Dear Abby
our friendship because she talks
only about him all the time. He
has given no indication that he’s interested in
her in any way.
My husband thinks she may be going into
dementia because of the way she’s acting. We
both want to bring her back to
reality, but she refuses to admit
she has changed. She says WE
have changed and accuses us of
not wanting her to be happy. Abby,
we have always wanted her happi-
ness, but we have given up on how
to deal with her obsession. She’s
very defensive about “him” and
insists he’ll come around in time.
How can we help her accept the
truth? — WORRIED ABOUT HER
DEAR WORRIED: You can’t!
Quit trying to live this woman’s life
for her, and you will all be happier.
She’s an adult, even if right now
she’s acting like a teenager.
That she’s able to feel romantic
feelings for someone — available or not — is
a step in the right direction. She will come to
understand that her piano man won’t “come
around” in her own time and without your help.
DEAR ABBY: I was recently watching a talk
show where the topic of discussion was a
couple who brought their 4-year-old to an open
house. While they were there, the child broke
an expensive piece of art. The parents refused
to pay. The panel was split, with three saying
the parents were at fault and two saying that if
you invite people to your home, you shouldn’t
put out valuable things. What do you think?
Something similar happened to us when we
invited some relatives to our home for a family
get-together. One of the nephews kept taking
barware and banging our crystal glasses togeth-
er. His parents never said a word. It continued
until the child broke two of them. The parents’
response was, “You will learn to put things up if
you want to keep them!” What about teaching
your children to leave things alone? Or, if you
don’t want to monitor your kid, hire a babysitter!
— STILL STEAMED
DEAR STILL: Putting aside for a moment the
fact that the glasses were expensive to replace,
your nephew could have seriously cut himself
when he broke them. That the parents would
ignore what their son was doing — putting
himself in a dangerous situation — and not
intervene was irresponsible. As to whose fault it
was that the objects were broken, I think it lies
squarely with ALL of you for not immediately
putting an end to it.
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.
To receive a collection of Abby’s most
memorable — and most frequently requested
— poems and essays, send your name and
mailing address, plus check or money order for
$8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby — Keepers Book-
let, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.
Shipping and handling are included in the price.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 24). How you fit
in with so many different types of people is a
marvel you’ll repeat time and again, matching
moods, blending into cultures, taking on just
the right attitude to gain approval and power.
You’ll live in a beautiful bubble for a while and
create from that place, recalling it for months
and years after. Scorpio and Aquarius adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 37, 6, 28, 22 and
4.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). What are the
others overlooking? You get three times more
creative just by asking yourself the question,
and you feel five times more alive when you
figure out the answer and then tend to it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Think ahead.
Anticipate obstacles. Decide how you will
counteract the current culture of distraction,
as this will be a necessary first step toward the
completion of any other plan.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The sweets of
flattery and the bitterness of scandal are un-
necessary distractions you don’t need to taste
today. The only news worth spreading is news
that can help.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Most people
touch and tap some sort of computer thou-
sands of times a day. Make sure you are also
reaching out to actual humans and exchanging
the sort of personal warmth that is impossible
to digitally replicate.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Common impulses
are part of your connection to humanity. Even
so, to give way to every common impulse would
be disastrous. And to transcend even one is a
triumph.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Wherever you
go, arrive as a tourist; it’s the heightened
awareness that helps you see it differently.
From this observational mindset, everything
appears new, interesting and delightful.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Maybe releas-
ing resentment makes you the bigger person,
but that’s not the best part. It also makes you
more powerfully present in the eternal now,
which is the only moment over which we ever
have an ounce of control.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People don’t
understand and therefore won’t acknowledge
the amount of work that goes into your endeav-
or. Educate them or believe in yourself so much
that their ignorance doesn’t matter.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Those
who are cloaked in the all-too-common disguise
of “someone who has it all figured out” are only
hiding from their own development. Learning
requires exposure.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’re a
bit of a social beast today and will thrive as
such in densely populated places. You’ll be a
crowd leader, an influencer and the epicenter
of revelry.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). When you get
lost, go back to your role models and study up.
You’ll go far by emulating (not imitating) your
hero. It’s not about following another person’s
life path so much as spurring yourself on.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Nothing puts
a fire in the belly faster than the heat from
another person’s burning fame. The same thing
that causes envy can be the fuel that drives
talent to its full potential.
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Club notes
From left, B.J. Smith, Tjajuan Boswell, Cherry Dunn, Linda Kay Downing and Carmen Montgomery visit with guest Felder
Rushing Nov. 12 at a combined meeting of Belle Fleur and Northwood Garden Clubs at the Plymouth Bluff Center in Lown-
des County. Smith and Downing belong to Belle Fleur. Boswell, Dunn and Montgomery are members of Northwood. Downing
and Montgomery are presidents of their respective clubs.
Belle Fleur/Northwood
Garden Clubs
Belle Fleur and Northwood Gar-
den Clubs met together Nov. 12 at
the Plymouth Bluff Center for an
entertaining presentation by Felder
Rushing, renowned down-to-earth
Mississippi horticulturist, author and
a master of gardening on multimedia
levels. His newest book, “The Slow
Gardener,” is coming out in fall 2020,
GREEN THUMB: Members
of the Starkville Green
Thumb Garden Club heard
from speaker Richard Hark-
ess, professor of horticul-
ture in Mississippi State’s
Department of Plants and
Soil Sciences, at their Nov.
6 meeting at Cadence
Bank in Starkville. Harkess
shared advice on the care
of house plants.
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and is about the way we garden. Our
connection with our yards deals direct-
ly with what we have in the garden.
“Doing what you feel and plant is best
for you,” Rushing said.
In his yard, Rushing has everything
from his grandmother’s concrete
chicken to zinnias, plus over 30 plants
growing in the back of his truck. The
“news of the day” is that he is alarmed
that our Mississippi crepe myrtle trees
are in danger. Black Bark disease, a
Courtesy photo
tiny insect scale, is turning the bark
of the trees black at the base and
currently there is no substitute for this
particular tree.
A closing tip was that the Cour-
tesy Girl mum blooms after a hard
freeze and is great in the shade. Also,
watering plants will keep them from
freezing.
We are the diggers, independent
gardeners and keepers of the flame, he
told the audience.
Courtesy photo
Town & Tower
to announce
service award
recipients
MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
T
he Town & Tower Club will
host its annual holiday lun-
cheon at Mississippi Univer-
sity for Women Thursday, Dec. 5 at
11:30 a.m. in Pope Banquet Room.
Recipients of the Community Ser-
vice and Campus Service Awards will
be announced at the meeting.
The Community Service Award
is presented to an individual and/or
organization demonstrating any of
the following: Long-serving contri-
butions to a local community orga-
nization, nonprofit or city initiative,
accomplishments that have brought
positive recognition to Columbus and
the Golden Triangle, volunteerism
that has improved the quality of life,
health, education or potential for eco-
nomic growth in the area and notable
recognition beyond the area.
The Campus Service Award is
presented to an individual and/or
organization demonstrating any of
the following: Long-serving contribu-
tions to the campus community or to
a local community organization, non-
profit or city initiative, accomplish-
ments that have brought positive
recognition to The W and the area,
volunteerism that has improved the
quality of life, health, education or
potential for economic growth in the
area and notable recognition beyond
the area.
Town & Tower members were in-
vited to nominate worthy individuals
for the awards recognition event.
Lunch is $15 and payable at the
door. Please RSVP by Monday, Dec.
2 to muw.edu/towntower. There will
be door prizes.
Town & Tower’s purpose is to
promote the mutual interests of
Columbus and The W. Town & Tower
invites membership into this organi-
zation. Dues are $20.
For additional information, call
662-329-7119 or visit the organiza-
tion’s Facebook page.
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THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The 13th annual Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Luncheon took place Thursday at Trotter Convention Center, hosted by Columbus Mayor
Robert Smith’s office.

Vanessa Walker, Hunter Perrigin

Clara Owen, Faye Duke, Earnestine Hughes, Tam Marshall, Doris Jones, Jerry Marshall, Georgia Wilson

Paul Porter, William Curry

Betty Wright, Rosie Martin, Lilly Wade Albert Thomas, Robert Nelson

Mike Okhuysen, Ruth de la Cruz, Barbara Frank, Armando de la Cruz Terry Long, Shannon McPherson, Duston Price

BUSINESS
AFTER
HOURS
Business After
Hours in Starkville
was held Thurs-
day at Bulldog
Burger Co., host-
ed by the Eat With
Us Group.

Amanda Allen, Katie Little Amanda Edwards, Rebecca Kraker, April Long

Trent Eubanks, Richard Blackbourn Toby Steed, Bill Thurlow

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Thanksgiving
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Katrina Sunivelle table with fall bounty.”

“Thanksgiving is one of
the most enjoyable times
of the year to
spend time with
my family and
friends. The one
thing I miss is
having all my
family come
together to
enjoy delicious Sunivelle
food, laughter,
old memories and create new
memories.
After dealing with an illness
that almost ended my life, this
year I am focusing on being
grateful for the people God has
placed in my life. I’m grateful
that God has blessed me with
a loving mother who is always
there for me, and family,
friends and church family,
all who have been supportive
during my illness.
I am grateful most of all
that God has smiled on me,
even when my health and other
mishaps happen in my life.
Pastor Rick Warren said, “In
happy moments, praise God. In
difficult moments, seek God. In
quiet moments, worship God.
In painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.”
Have a blessed Thanksgiv-
ing.”
Sunivelle, of Columbus, is
director of CONTACT Helpline.
Narsis Whigham
“Some of my most memo-
rable Thanksgiving memories
had to be when
I was toddler.
Before I tell that
story: I was born
and raised in
Chicago, but my
family is from
Sardis and my
Grandma and Big Whigham
Ma made sure
we’d come down five times a
year and stay almost a week
Marlee Cate Hudson, daughter of Robby and Anna Hudson, wears a colorful Native American-inspired
headdress for dress rehearsal Wednesday.
or two weeks at a time. So my
grandparents lived in Chicago
but have a house in Sardis, so
we’d drive down every year
for Thanksgiving. On the way
down, Grandma would have me
practicing my scriptures, what
I was thankful for and whatever
hymn I had to sing during our
family Thanksgiving dinner.
Well, it was one or two
o’clock in the morning before
we got to the home place, and
every time, without fail, after
the car got unloaded, I’d hear
my grandma holler, ‘Narsis,
Narrrsisss, come show your
Big Ma your scriptures and
hymn, and tell her what you’re
thankful for.’ Afterwards, we’d
eat what she had cooked for
us and go to bed. And Big Ma
would wake up at 6 a.m. and
start cooking breakfast. I’d
wake up with her, and my job
was to cut out the biscuits. I
spent almost every Thanksgiv-
ing doing that ’til I turned 15,
when my Big Ma couldn’t cook
like she used to. Out of my 22
years of living, I’ve spent three
Thanksgivings in Chicago;
those (in Sardis) are some
of my favorite Thanksgiving
memories.”
Whigham, of the Longview
community, is a horse trainer
and dog handler.
Wanda Thorne
“When our children, now 49
and 47 years old, were young,
every Thanksgiving Day
morning, we opened up the
sofa bed in the family room,
and they got under it and also
built “tents” for their imagi-
nary play while watching the
Macy’s parade. One year, they
both helped me paint wooden
pilgrims and Indians that we
thereafter used annually as
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
part of our dining room table’s
centerpiece. We also painted a
large turkey, with
an open back
that I filled with
fresh flowers. My
husband Mike,
our cook, labored
long in the kitch-
en, preparing our
big turkey feast. Thorne
At the table, the
kids would invariably complain
about one or another dish, say-
ing, ‘I would have liked it, if you
hadn’t put ... in it,’ which usual-
ly caused a scene at the table.
Our son once pronounced that
he considered Thanksgiving a
minor holiday because it didn’t
involve presents.
As longtime empty nesters,
if we have Thanksgiving at
home with only the two of us,
Mike still makes a big meal.
And I still fully decorate the
Thorne, of Starkville, is a
community volunteer.
Duane Perkins
“This is not a typical
Thanksgiving favorite memo-
ry, or a comical or disastrous
experience. Totally different
direction.
This Thanksgiving will be
unlike any in my past. I have
a request. I would like to ask
that each person reading this
remember my son in prayer,
along with every other man
and woman who is bravely and
confidently serving our great
country and will not be seated
with their family at the dinner
table on Thursday.
My 21-year-old son, Lance
Corporal Jason Perkins,
currently serves
as an Embassy
guard in the Unit-
ed States Marine
Corps more than
8,000 miles away,
in Maputo, Mo-
zambique, Africa.
I could not be J. Perkins
more proud of
him.
For many years we have
celebrated Thanksgiving a few
days early, or a few days late,
as well as on the actual day —
but we were always together,
Jason, my daughters Rachel
and Victoria, and my mother,
Virginia Thomas. Although dif-
ferent, this will still be a special
holiday for us.
To know that Jason is being
lifted up by many people, we
do not know what will top the
list of what this father is most
thankful for this year. Happy
holidays, and God bless Amer-
ica.”
Duane Perkins, of Caledo-
nia, asked that a photo of his
son, serving in Africa, be used
instead of his own.

In the garden with Felder

To rake, or not to rake

T
o rake or not to rake is
something that comes
up every autumn, with
proponents of both the pros
and cons rarely offering
a literally middle-ground
solution.
We gardeners deal all
year with everyday conflicts
that are normally easily
resolved, and we move on.
Is it a weed to be pulled, or
a wildflower? Prune shrubs Felder Rushing
into round balls or angular
boxes? Leave a few cater-
pillars eating our plants so they have a
chance to become beautiful butterflies? in bags to be hauled away somewhere
Do we commit crape murder, or pillory
others who do? Pine straw or bark as
mulch?
But sometimes we’re faced with a
condition called cognitive dissonance
— a “do or not-do” situation in which
either way has equal and opposing pros throw that in as a long-shot possibility).
and cons. Darned if you do, darned if
you don’t.
That’s where leaf raking falls for
most folks.
On one hand, raking is labor inten-
sive for you or expensive lawn main-
tenance crews, and, as different trees
drop leaves irregularly, it usually needs
doing more than once. Sometimes it’s
actually required by neighborhood
covenants.
On the positive side, raking makes
things neater, giving instant gratifica-
tion as we go. Decaying leaves recycle
nutrients and feed critters in the soil,
from beneficial bacteria and fungi to
earthworms which keeps soil healthy
and aerated for better, deeper lawn
and tree roots. And it reduces the
likelihood that a heavy layer of leaves
will pack down, smother the lawn, and
create disease conditions.
By the way, this includes grass
clippings as well as tree leaves. Nor-
mally, as long as you mow regularly
enough so clippings don’t clump and
look bad or cause buried grass to turn
yellow, they quickly fulfill the benefits
in the preceding paragraph. Most lawn
experts agree that collecting clippings
makes lawns look better temporarily,
and is very beneficial in compost piles.
So leaving small clippings
in place is normally a good
thing.
But what about tree
leaves, which can pile up
quickly, bury the lawn,
look objectionable to some
neighbors and may keep
the lawn underneath too
tender to withstand hard
winter freezes? If you go
to the trouble of raking or
blowing them, you end up
with a lot to use either as a
thick mulch under shrubs
or trees, as bulk for the compost bin, or
else at some expenses to society.
Either way, make it a done deal;
live with your decision. Or, in a less
palatable third solution to dissonance,
change the parameters — get rid of the
lawn, or all nearby trees (OK, I had to
How about a happy medium? Mow
what you can, as long as you can, living
with a somewhat-acceptable short term
haze of brown atop the lawn that’ll be
consumed and recycled by worms;
when or if they amass so thickly you
end up with more brown than green,
rake or blow what can’t be mowed.
In a win-win combination, use it
under shrubs as a practical, nutrient-re-
cycling mulch, or create a neatly edged
border beneath and between trees as
a yin-yang design element in areas
that are probably getting too shady for
grass to grow well anyway. This works
as well for slow-to-decompose pine nee-
dles and thick, slick magnolia leaves as
it does for oaks and maples.
It’s a kind of natural thing anyway,
having leaves underneath trees at least
part of the year, and as long as you do it
in a way that looks purposeful, even the
most neatnik of your neighbors will be
OK with it.
So, mow and rake or blow. Best of
both worlds.
Felder Rushing is a Mississippi au-
thor, columnist, and host of the “Gestalt
Gardener” on MPB Think Radio. Email
gardening questions to rushingfelder@
yahoo.com.

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NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., 662-
664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
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and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe 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.
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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,
We unlock
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 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 6:30 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
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave.
S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-
328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev.
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m.,
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Interim Pastor Ron
Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright, Youth
Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr.,
Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
every Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells,
Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m.
Pastor Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except
5th Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship.
Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday, November 24, 2019 3D
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 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. Larry
Ferguson, Interim 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 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, 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.
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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
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
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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 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.
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.
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 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/
Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible
Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, 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 — 419 Wilkins Wise 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 www.memorialgunterpeel.com
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday
716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
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
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., 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.,
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards, Since 1960
Pastors. 24 Hour Towing
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner
of Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., 1024 Gardner Blvd.
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 328-8277
7:30 p.m. 662-798-0259
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES
— 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship
8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 8
a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER —
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875 Richardson
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747 E-mail:
nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor, 1721 Hwy 45 N
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
® Columbus, MS
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor. 662.848.0919
UNITED PENTECOSTAL Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750 Offering independent living apartments, personal
PRESBYTERIAN care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community.
“Our Bottom Line Is People”
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 Hunting • Fishing
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515 Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. Oktibbeha County Co-Op
John Richards, Pastor.
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FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 662-323-1742
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.),
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray
The McBryde Family
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 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., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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