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Some area farmers doing good business,

seeing more customers during pandemic
Miller Kinstley, who
tends chickens and sells Farmers point to growing interest in local-sourced food
eggs for High Hope Farm
in Clay County, demon-
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN nitely … gotten people beating down my door,
ialtman@cdispatch.com really.”
strates how he delivers
eggs to customers by Kinstley is a farm fellow — or as he de-
leaving them in coolers
Before the spread of COVID-19 coronavi- scribed it, has a “partnership/internship”
on the front porch of a rus forced restaurants to suspend dine-in ser- — with Johnny Wray, who owns High Hope
home Thursday after- vices or close altogether, Miller Kinstley was Farm near Cedarbluff in western Clay Coun-
noon. Though Kinstley selling 95 percent of the eggs his hens laid to ty. Kinstley began working with Wray part
is no longer selling to Restaurant Tyler in Starkville. time as an undergraduate at Mississippi State
Restaurant Tyler, which Now that business has stopped. But Kinst- University about a year ago and now works
bought 95 percent of ley is still selling out of eggs. there full-time, handling the poultry side of
his eggs prior to the “People are still eating the same amount, the business.
COVID-19 pandemic, he it’s just they’re doing it from their own home,” He has 90 laying hens. When he was sell-
is routinely selling out of
he said. “We have seen a steep increase in de- ing their eggs to Restaurant Tyler, those hens
eggs, which he believes
is due to people being mand for personal use. It’s taken a little more were laying about 30 eggs a day. Now that
more mindful of where legwork as far as deliveries because instead they’re more mature, they’re laying closer to
their food comes from of just delivering 30 dozen eggs to one loca- 50 — and all of those eggs are going to indi-
and who handles it. tion, now I’m delivering them in three-dozen vidual customers choosing local-sourced food
Courtesy photo quantities to multiple locations. But I’ve defi- See FARMERS, 3A

Woodard II
Church bells chime as ‘message of solidarity’ declares
with Golden Triangle health care workers for NBA Draft
Projected first-rounder
could become first
Columbus native
selected since 1985
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com

Robert Woodard
has always been
proud of his son,
Robert Woodard II.
Thursday, the
elder Woodard saw
Woodard II’s com-
mitment to basket-
ball pay off. Woodard II
The Mississippi State sopho-
more standout declared for the
NBA Draft Thursday, announcing
his intentions on his Twitter ac-
count while also thanking MSU
fans and his family.
“Definitely always proud,”
said the elder Woodard, who also
played basketball at Mississippi
State and is still Mississippi high
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff school basketball’s all-time leading
Roger Burlingame rings the bell at First Presbyterian Church on Bluecutt Road in Columbus Thursday evening, scorer. “Not even at this point when
about half an hour before the church’s livestreamed Maudy Thursday service at 6 p.m. First Presbyterian, like he says he’s entering the draft (am
many churches across the Golden Triangle and Mississippi, is ringing its bell at 6 p.m. through at least April 20 to
I prouder). I’ve just always been
show solidarity with frontline health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic.
proud of him because of the young
man he’s become.”
Local churches join lieutenant governor’s call they can do. Instead
of saying you’re not
As Woodard II typically does
before making any kind of public
to ‘unify Mississippians in sound and spirit’ going out, you’re
protecting other peo-
statement, though, he began his
letter by thanking God.
BY TESS VRBIN in this together” during the ple by avoiding that “I would like to thank God for
tvrbin@cdispatch.com COVID-19 pandemic, especially contact. I think the the opportunity to play basketball,”
while the state is under a “shelter bells are a positive Woodard II wrote. “Without him,

I
rene Pintado was out for a walk
with two friends — several
feet apart, she said — at 6 p.m.
Wednesday in Columbus when they
heard the St. James United Meth-
odist Church bells ringing.
Pintado said she hoped the
sound reminds people that “we’re
in place” order.
“When you tell people that they
can’t do something, can’t go out
(or) eat out, you’re taking away
from them,” said Pintado, a health
education professor at the Missis-
sippi University for Women. “It’s
better to give people something
thing, something that Hosemann none of this would be possible.”
is happening, and Woodard II, a 6-foot-7 forward,
it hopefully gives people a sense has yet to hire an agent and will
of purpose that we’re going to get maintain his eligibility, meaning
through this together because he still has the option to return to
we’re doing something.” school at a later date depending on
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann the feedback he receives from pro
See CHURCH BELLS, 6A scouts. Returning to school isn’t
the mindset he’s entering this pro-
cess with, though.
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Biden’s next big decision:

Choosing a running mate
Former vice president has committed to picking
a woman and told donors this week that his team
has discussed naming a choice well ahead of the
Democratic convention in August
BY BILL BARROW
The Associated Press
Joe Biden faces
the most import-
ant decision of his
five-decade political
career: choosing a
vice president.
The presumptive
Democratic presi-
dential nominee ex- Biden
pects to name a committee to vet
potential running mates next week,
according to three Democrats with
knowledge of the situation who
spoke on condition of anonymity
to discuss internal plans. Biden, a
former vice president himself, has
committed to picking a woman and
told donors this week that his team
has discussed naming a choice well
ahead of the Democratic conven-
tion in August.
Selecting a running mate is
always critical for a presidential
candidate. But it’s an especially ur-
gent calculation for the 77-year-old
Biden, who, if he wins, would be
the oldest American president in
history. The decision carries added
weight amid the coronavirus pan-
demic that, beyond its death toll,
threatens to devastate the world
economy and define a prospective
Biden administration.
“We’re still going to be in crisis
or recovery, and you want a vice
president who can manage that,”
said Karen Finney, a Democratic
strategist who worked for Hillary
Clinton’s 2016 campaign. “This
seems like a much more important
decision than usual.”
Biden faces pressure on mul-
tiple fronts. He must consider the
demands of his racially, ethnically
and ideologically diverse party,
especially the black women who
propelled his nomination. He must
balance those concerns with his
stated desire for a governing part-
ner who is “simpatico” and “ready
to be president on a moment’s no-
tice.”
The campaign’s general coun-
sel, Dana Remus, and former White
House counsel Bob Bauer are man-
aging the early process, gathering
information about prospects. Dem-
ocrats close to several presumed
contenders say they’ve not yet been
contacted.
Biden has offered plenty of hints
about his thinking. He’s said he can
easily name 12 to 15 women who
meet his criteria, but would likely
seriously consider anywhere from
six to 11 candidates. He’s given
no indication of whether he’ll look
to the Senate, where he spent six
terms, to governors or elsewhere.
Some Biden advisers said the
campaign has heard from many
Democrats who want a woman of
color. Black women helped rescue
Biden’s campaign after an embar-
rassing start in predominately
white Iowa and New Hampshire.
Yet there’s no firm agreement with-
in the campaign that Biden must go
that route.
“The best thing you can do for
all segments of the population is
to win,” said Biden’s campaign
co-chairman Cedric Richmond, a
Louisiana congressman and for-
mer chairman of the Congressio-
nal Black Caucus. “He has shown
a commitment to diversity from the
beginning. But this has to be based
on, like the VP says, who he trusts.”
Biden has regularly praised
California Sen. Kamala Harris, a
former rival who endorsed him in
March and campaigned for him.
When she introduced him at a
fundraiser this week, Biden did lit-
tle to tamp down speculation about
her prospects.
“I’m coming for you, kid,” he
said.

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Mississippi jobless claims up; Greenville restricts worship

‘This is a public health crisis, but it is also an economic crisis’
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi,
like other states, continues to
see a steep rise in the number
of people seeking temporary
unemployment benefits as more
businesses close their doors or
furlough workers during the
coronavirus pandemic.
“This is a public health cri-
sis, but it is also an economic
crisis,” Gov. Tate Reeves said
Thursday.
Reeves and Mississippi De-
partment of Employment Secu-
rity director Jackie Turner said
the department continues to
bring in more workers to han-
dle applications, and that the
operation is open seven days
a week. They acknowledged
many people who need to apply
have had trouble connecting by
phone or online because of the
crushing demand.
They also said enhanced un-
employment payments should
start arriving this week for
people whose applications
have been approved. The
$600-a-week supplement comes
from a massive federal relief
package.
“We see you. We hear you.
We will help you,” Reeves said
during a news conference.
In a separate development
Thursday, a legal organization
demanded that a city in the Mis-
sissippi Delta rescind a tempo-
Gov. Tate Reeves
rary ban on worship services in-
side churches or in parking lots.
Greenville enacted the ban this
week to try to slow the spread
of the highly contagious virus.
The ban is in effect as long as
the governor’s statewide stay-
at-home order, which is set to
expire April 20.
Reeves has said repeatedly
that he does not believe gov-
ernment can force churches
to close. But, with Easter ap-
proaching, he is asking people
to worship online or at home.
The Greenville order says the
city encourages the same.
Greenville Mayor Errick
D. Simmons said Thursday
that the city tightened rules
for churches because most
COVID-19 cases there “were
caused because people went to
church or a church gathering”
such as weddings or funerals.
“We saw a large number of
churches, even after March 20,
still holding services of 50 or 60
people,” Simmons said.
Texas-based First Liberty
Institute emailed a letter to
Greenville officials Thursday
demanding that the city drop
the “draconian and unconstitu-
tional” restriction on worship
services. The group said the
pastor of one Greenville church
has been standing in the park-
ing lot and using a bullhorn to
deliver his sermon while people
sit in a few cars with their win-
dows rolled up to listen. The let-
ter said Greenville police issued
$500 tickets on Wednesday to
people parked outside another
church for a similar service.
The Associated Press left a
voicemail message Thursday
for an assistant police chief,
and he did not immediately re-
spond.
The state Health Depart-
ment said Thursday that Mis-
sissippi’s overall coronavirus
caseload grew to at least 2,260
infections and 76 deaths as of
Wednesday evening. That is an
increase of 257 cases and nine
deaths from the previous day.
The outbreak has spread to at
least 44 long-term care facili-
ties.
For most people, the corona-
virus causes mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever and
cough. But for others, especial-
ly older adults and people with
existing health problems, the
highly contagious virus can
cause severe symptoms and be
fatal.

Farmers
Continued from Page 1A
over grocery stores and
restaurants.
On the other side of
the farm, Wray sells beef
and lamb. He’s seeing the
same thing, with more
local customers looking
to purchase meat directly
from him.
“Our business has had,
I guess you could call it, a
boom,” he said.
Without meat “readi-
ly available” in grocery
stores, Wray said, cus-
tomers are increasingly
turning to his farm, which
provides local grass-fed
beef.
“I could use quite a few
more cows right now that
are close to slaughtering
size,” he said. “But people
are patient. … We’ve just
had a lot of interest since
this started.”
At Mayhew Tomato
Farm in Clay County, Mel-
vin Ellis said the pandem-
ic hasn’t hurt his business
either, which right now is
focused on strawberries
but which will also sell
squash, blackberries, to-
matoes and other produce
as the season goes on.
About 70 percent of
his sales are from local
customers who drive up
to his farm, he said, and
that may have to increase
soon since he plans to sit
out the May farmers’ mar-
kets this year. But he said
while he’s not necessarily
seeing the same boom in
new customers that Kin-
stley is, he’s still seeing
some new faces.
“I’m seeing some
people that never have
bought from me before,”
Ellis said. “I think some
of that may be (people
are) at home looking for
something to do. ‘I think
I’ll make jelly, I’ve never
tried that before. Who has
strawberries?’ That kind
of thing.”
Cautious customers
The primary differ-
ence Ellis has seen with
his farm is that his cus-
tomers are more cautious
about doing business.
“I have a lot of old-
ing concern for ‘Where’s
my food coming from?’
Instead of getting eggs
from somewhere across
the country and handled
by three, four, five dif-
ferent entities, they have
found an outlet that is
right down the road and
handled by one person.”
Reid Nevins, Lown-
des County agent for the
MSU Extension Service,
said he doesn’t have data
to support whether more
customers are turning
to small local farms like
High Hope across the
state, but it wouldn’t nec-
essarily surprise him
if they are. Given some
of the phone calls he’s
received since the pan-
demic started, he thinks
there’s a growing number
of people interested in
eating local food.
In particular, he said,
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff he’s getting calls from
Melvin Ellis of Mayhew Tomato Farm stands beside two flats of strawberries he set out for his last customer of people asking him how
the day Thursday afternoon. Ellis said the spread of COVID-19 and ensuing economic downturn hasn’t hurt his to start gardens and grow
business and may even have led to some new customers. However, it has changed the way some of his custom- their own food.
ers do business, such as wearing masks when picking up orders or asking him to bring produce to their cars. “They want to know
what they have on their
He and Wray have end- plate,” he said.
ed face-to-face interac- Kinstley said he thinks
tion between customers. the pandemic will mark a
Instead, customers will permanent shift in many
ask them to leave eggs people’s eating habits.
in coolers on their front “When everything
porches or leave meats in calms down, I don’t neces-
the freezers of their ga- sarily foresee a lot of peo-
rages. ple being like, ‘Well, I can
“I think (the shift in get my eggs from the gro-
the market) was due to cery store now, so I’m not
two reasons,” Kinstley worried about it,’” he said.
said. “One just with the “I feel like this will have a
grocery store shortages lasting impact on the way
and there being limited people think about what
products available at the they’re eating and where
grocery stores, people it’s coming from.”
are looking at other out- One thing’s for sure.
lets to get their eggs and “I guess I’m going to
Courtesy photo meat and other products. have to get a lot more
Miller Kinstley’s hens lay eggs sold by High Hope Farm in Clay County. Kinstley says Another reason is, I feel chickens whenever Ty-
demand for their eggs has increased among individuals who either can’t or don’t like, with all this going ler gets back to ordering
want to shop at grocery stores during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. on … there’s been a grow- from me,” he said.
er customers,” he said. people’s habits. It hasn’t
“They’re all very leery. changed their buying
Lot of masks. Nobody habits, but it’s changed
shakes hands, and I have the way they interact with
a significant number that the farm when they do
ask me to bring it to the buy.”
car for them because they That type of care is
don’t want to get out of the reason more people
the car and move around. are turning to High Hope
It’s definitely changed Farm, Kinstley believes.

Mississippi mayor’s online

meeting hacked with racial slurs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tant racism, however, as a black man
this is normal for me,” King said.
MOSS POINT — A Mississippi may- The mayor has been an outspo-
or says his online meeting was hacked ken critic of the state’s and Gov. Tate
with vulgar and racist words and im- Reeves’s response to the COVID-19
ages because of his recent comments pandemic. For most people, the new
about the new coronavirus in his city. coronavirus causes mild or moderate
Moss Point Mayor Mario King was symptoms, which can include fever
leading a board of aldermen meeting and cough but also milder cases of SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
Tuesday night on Zoom when some- pneumonia. peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Fri. Sat.
one interrupted the online gathering, African Americans account for more Major 3:05a 4:01a
Minor 9:57p 11:05p
which the mayor was also streaming than half of Mississippi’s coronavirus Major 3:34p 4:30p
on Facebook Live, news outlets report- cases and deaths, according to state Minor 9:08a 9:52a
Courtesy of Mississippi Department

ed. epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers. African

of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

The meeting was ended and the
mayor did a separate Facebook Live,
lasting nearly an hour, addressing the
hack. King said this was not a new ex-
perience for him because he often re-
ceives racist messages. He also says
some hackers tried to interrupt a dif-
ferent call earlier Tuesday.
“It is unfortunate when we see bla-
Americans make up about 38 percent
of the state’s population of nearly 3 mil-
lion people.
Future Zoom meetings for Moss
Point will still be held online, King
said. He added that he will require a
password for the online gatherings so
if there are any more issues, the user’s
IP address can be obtained.
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Opinion
4A FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020
NAMASTE
Every day
is Sunday
S
unday is observed as
a day of worship and
rest in most of the
countries of the world.
In Christianity, Sunday
is also considered as the
Lord’s day – a church
day.
For almost four
decades, I have been
enjoying weekends —
Saturday and Sunday
after five days’ work. Jiben Roy
Interestingly, for the last
five weeks, I’ve had no
face to face class, no departmental meeting and,
in fact, have been sheltered-in-place at home. In
addition, due to my age, I have been spending
strictly self-quarantined days as enforced by my
daughters, who are living in different cities. I find
every day appears to me the same Sunday though,
getting up early morning as usual, having tea
while tuning to TV and browsing different news-
papers around the world.
What a development in 21st century technol-
ogy: human longevity along with the positive
exploration of our planet as well as the whole solar
system! I feel life is really exciting even at older
age.
History tells us of all the pandemics in the past,
and we see they were mostly regional. The one we
currently are experiencing seems very unique.
Whom to blame? Some religious person will
tell it is God’s punishment. Which God? Christian
God, Muslim Allah, Hindu Goddess or Jew’s God?
Or it is the work of human? Seriously, we don’t
know.
I know soon there will be a sticker — “coronavi-
rus survivor.” Namaste those survivors.
Now I would like to talk about my profession,
which is completely dismantled by this pandemic.
We are expecting tremendous impacts on academ-
ics in the future. With a simple 3-4 days flu virus,
students can stay out of class only for a few days.
However, in the future, coronavirus will affect
people including students, teachers and staff.
Mild infection also takes a month for full recovery.
It seems to me, face-to-face class will disappear
unless a vaccine can eliminate this virus from this
world.
In the future, every academic institution should
have a health clinic equipped with coronavirus di-
agnostic kits, PPE and every hospital should have
isolation units. I know microbiology and virology
education will be booming along with biotechnol-
ogy.
There is still a controversy regarding whether
virus is airborne or not. The next virus, imagine
“COVID-20,” may become completely airborne
and able to travel miles. Think about the situation!
Our virologist should initiate research thinking of
that picture.
Our leadership took very lightly the Wuhan
situation, and we are seeing the current fallout.
Can we disagree with scientific facts and experts’
opinions? Many third world countries are now
wondering how they can battle the coronavirus if
the world’s superpowers are helpless against it.
Science can send space craft to Mars; science
can predict climate change; science can cure lots
of diseases. Thus, I think our leaders of non-scien-
tific background should rely on science and scien-
tist’s opinion to solve a science-related situation.
The other day I was talking to one of my friends
over phone. He contracted one handyman before
this outbreak to do a renovation of his house. My
friend is over 70-years-old. So, he is now self-quar-
antined in Starkville and the house renovation
is on hold. But the handyman needs work for his
livelihood. He started mowing my friend’s yards
instead without telling. He had the key, so he
entered inside and wanted to talk to my friend. He
needed some cash. My friend gave him.
I can feel the pain of so many people not only
in the USA but around the world who live on daily
income. What a terrible time we are passing. We
like to see it over soon and are looking forward to
seeing a new world to say Namaste.
Jiben Roy, a native of Bangladesh, teaches chem-
istry and pharmaceutical sciences at Mississippi
University for Women. His email address is royji-
ben@yahoo.com.
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A MOMENT OF CALM
Worry Never
Worry never climbed a hill.
Worry never paid a bill.
Worry never dried a tear.
Worry never calmed a fear.
Worry never darned a heel.
Worry never cooked a meal.
Worry never led a horse to water.
Worry never done a thing you’d think it oughta.
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An open letter to CMSD
about GTECHS
I am 16. I grew up going to CMSD schools. I am
a sophomore at the early college high school. I have
20.5 credits. I received a 23 on my National ACT
(which is high enough to allow for me to drop out)
on the first try and did not even know there was an
English section before taking it. I’m the one that
started the fight for extracurriculars to be opened up
to GTECHS students. I am in the play at CMS. I am
an ambassador at my school. I went and spoke to the
8th graders at CMS back in January about GTECHS.
I am in 3 college classes this year and next year I
am set to have all college courses. I gave up MSMS
because I know that if I stay at GTECHS then when I
graduate, I will have my associate’s degree. My best
friend is a freshman; however, I have friends in all
of the grades. I do not like these distance learning
classes. My friends do not like distance learning
classes. We would much rather be in our class with
our teachers working, our teachers that have worked
and are still working hard to make sure that we have
everything we need to excel.
Two mornings ago I received a call from my best
friend who is from Starkville, freaking out. Her mom
saw the article and let her know about it and the
first thing she did was contact me. She did not post
about it. She contacted a person that it would affect
directly. Within minutes I got up to talk to my mom
who was in the middle of reading it already. My first
thought was, “Oh ok so no more new Columbus kids.
Wow.” But then I read it. I read it and I saw Colum-
bus district GTECHS students will return to CMSD
and I was like this isn’t right. They can’t do this. Not
without consulting us first. But then I realized, yeah,
they can. The MOA that CMSD proposed turned us
into a program, so it would no longer be taking us out
of a school, it would be taking us out of a program.
It’s not humanly right, but it’s their decision, except
is it? Where is the line of what the school board can
decide and what the community has a say in? The
community was unaware of this decision. The board
meetings have been private since February 13th
and this agenda was only added 30 minutes prior to
the April board meeting with no way for communi-
ty input. How can a decision that affects hundreds
be made under the table? Because that is what it is
doing.
How is this in the best interest of the students?
How is taking students out of their current high
school environment, changing the curriculum along
with the way they have adapted to the different
setting and set of peers in the best interest of the stu-
dents? Has it not been proven that drastically chang-
ing high schools can dramatically affect a student’s
educational and emotional development (this is not
even including the fact that we are in a world pan-
demic and how this can cause even greater harm at
this time)? By high school, peer acceptance is harder
to achieve along with environmental integration.
This can cause poor performance in both current
and future situations.
In addition, what is the plan for the upcoming
juniors and seniors when it comes to college cours-
es? Is this not the time that college courses are being
scheduled? And what is the plan for the students that
do not have the GPA for dual enrollment at CHS and
are already taking college classes?
I understand that separating from GTECHS will
financially benefit CMSD, however, there is another
way to do it. If CMSD agrees to allow students that
are currently enrolled in GTECHS to remain and just
end future relations, then they will still financially in-
crease, just at a slightly slower rate. This would keep
from uprooting students and hurting their future and
Columbus would overall still win this.
I am not requesting this for me, I am requesting
it in the best interest of the students. I live in the
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Columbus district; however, this will not impact
me. I have enough credits to graduate at the end of
this year, the only thing that I do not have is World
history, but I can get that over the summer. I have
the ACT score and the GPA to do dual enrollment,
to drop out, and to graduate. I am requesting this for
those that do not have the same options as I do. I am
requesting this completely, and wholeheartedly in
the best interest of the students.
Destiny Kayla Jones
Columbus
Makes call for fact-based
commentary
I got caught up on my reading over the past week-
end - I finally got to reading the Slimantics column
“Sticking Your Head Out...” responding to Wyatt
Emmerich’s recent column, “Caution Is Good, But...”
Emmerich said, in effect, we can’t stay shut down
long; it’s bad for the economy. Emmerich’s an econo-
mist, though, not a biologist — and it shows. I often
agree with him but not here. Like Slim Smith — I saw
getting back to “normal” in 2 weeks as disastrous —
to public health and to the economy.
Because I am a biologist I know only a little about
economics but a good bit more about epidemiologists.
I know that they specialize in combining mathemat-
ics and population biology to forecast the effects of
a highly contagious virus under different scenarios
— including both low and high amounts of social
contact. The result? A huge difference in the amount
of death: more contact, more death. Like Slim, I know
this - a functional economy needs: 1) healthy employ-
ees; and 2) live people to pay for things that economy
produces.
Then I read the letter from Kerry Blalock at-
tacking Smith for failing to see how the shutdown
affects businesses. Sadly, I found this letter based on
personal anecdote, not facts, and, even worse, full of
pointless attacks on Smith. Like Leroy Lollar, when
Blalock writes about local matters, it’s a different sto-
ry altogether. They stick to critically analyzing facts
— lots of them — in ways I find extremely valuable
and, better still, without the sort of attacks I saw in
Sunday’s letter.
When Blalock and Lollar go beyond local, though,
the facts tend to disappear. Instead, we get unfair
generalizations and conclusions made without any
evidence (Blalock claimed recently that DA Scott Co-
lom is backed by George Soros — sans evidence) —
along with an unhealthy dose of venom. See Blalock’s
recent response to Bill Gilmore’s letter on handguns
as an example. Instead of facts and reason, I see
mostly snark — and little of value to public discourse.
I wish both of those authors could write letters on
national issues like they do on local matters. It’s 2020,
after all. We have access to more information than
we can process - so we should use at least some of it.
Science has given us tools to make use of information
objectively so we are freed from the limits of hunches
and gut feelings. That’s a good thing — otherwise
we might still think swallows migrate to the moon in
winter, that the earth is flat, or that blood-letting is a
useful prenatal treatment.
Paul Mack
Columbus
Comments on responsible journalism
I was amused to hear of the lawsuit against Fox
News for deliberately disseminating misinformation
about COVID-19. One of these statements is true:
A) Fox News IS a news agency, and should be held
to task for every piece of misinformation aired.
B) Fox News IS an entertainment channel, and I
should never believe anything they air.
Take your pick.
Bonnie Oppenheimer
Columbus
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A

Kelvin Parks va, Tennessee, Ashley Freddie Mickens, Carl by her children, Randy
FLORENCE, Ala. — Tate of Macon, Kewon Lewis Mickens III, Hendricks and Christina
Kelvin “K.P” Parks, 54, Singleton of Colliervilla, Addison Mickens, Kwa- Fennelle; and siblings,
died April 6, 2020. Tennessee, Chara Sin- marcus Mickens, Glenn James Green, Johnette
Lavender’s Funeral gleton of Laurel, Mary- Mickens, Johnathan Green, Lizzy Green,
Service of Aliceville is land and Jalisia Roby of Mickens, Jonas Mickens Yolandra Green and
in charge of arrange- Birmingham, Alabama; and Dylan Bradley. Kenyun “KC” Davis.
ments. siblings, Alma Clark Pallbearers will be
of Aliceville, Alabama, Evette Fennelle Randy Hendricks, Louis
Annie Pearl Dent of LOS ANGELES, Jackson, James Green,
Thaddie Hughes Columbus, Shirley Dent Calif. — Evette “Bay- Kevin Green and Mau-
ALICEVILLE Ala.— of Phoenix, Arizona and rice Ducan.
Thaddie Keet Hughes, Bay” Davis
Jessie Dent of Brooks- Fennelle,
61, died April 8, 2020, at ville; and one grand-
DCH Regional Medical 53, died
child. March 25,
Center in Tuscaloosa. Pallbearers will be
A Graveside Home 2020.
Dennis Brewer, Tracy A
Going Celebration will Brewer Jr., Sammy Per-
at 11 a.m. Monday, at graveside
ry, Felix Russ Jr., Tim service will
Bigbee Baptist Church Hairston and Rodney Fennelle
Cemetery. Visitation be at 2 p.m.
Perry. Saturday,
will be from 2-6 p.m.
Sunday, at Lavender’s at Baldwin Cemetery
Funeral Service. Laven- Addie Mickens in Brooksville, with
der’s Funeral Service of BROOKSVILLE Kenyun Davis officiat-
Aliceville is in charge of — Addie Mickens, 81, ing. Visitation is from
arrangements. died April 3-5 p.m. today, at Lee-
7, 2020, at Sykes Funeral Chapel.
University Lee-Sykes Funeral
Frankie Dent Medical Home is in charge of Mark Baldwin Jr.
MACON — Frankie Center in arrangements. Services:
Lee Dent, 65, died April Jackson. Mrs. Fennelle was A private family graveside
serivce will be held.
3, 2020, at A grave- born June 20, 1966, in Memorial Gardens
Noxubee side ser- Los Angeles, California, 2nd Ave. North Location
General vice will be Mickens to Bennie Green and
Hospital. at 11 a.m. the late Hearvin Davis.
A private Saturday, at Hopewell She was a graduate
service will Baptist Church Ceme- of Los Angeles Trade
be at noon tery, with George Cain Technical College and
Saturday, officiating. Visitation Los Angeles South-
at Spring- Dent is from 2-5 p.m. today, west College. She was
hill Baptist at Lee-Sykes Funeral formerly employed with memorialgunterpeel.com
Church, with Montrell Chapel. Lee-Sykes Schneider National.
Rucker officiating. Funeral Home of Macon In addition to her
Burial will follow in is in charge of arrange- mother, she is survived
the church cemetery. ments.
Visitation is from 2-5 Mrs. Mickens was
p.m. today, at Lee-Sykes born Oct. 11, 1938, in
Funeral Chapel. Lee- Brooksville, to Joe and
Sykes Funeral Home of Julia Bentley Johnson.
Macon is in charge of She was previously
arrangements. employed in dietary
Mr. Dent was born and was a member
Dec, 1, 1954, in Nox- of Hopewell Baptist
ubee County, to the Church.
late Frank and Fannie She was preceded in
Dent. He was formerly death by her siblings,
employed with Boral Willie Bland, Joe John-
Brick, Inc and as a son Jr., Annie B. Jones,
mechanic for Golden Sue Willie Roby, Lucy
Triangle Mill Services. Sanders, Julia Frazier
He was a member
of Springhill Baptist
and Lucille Monroe.
She is survived by Wilson Simmons
Church. her children, Rodney
In addition to his par- Mickens, Freddie Mick- Wilson D. “Buck” Simmons, 82, of Shannon,
ents, he was preceded ens Jr., Ulysses Mick- previously of West Point, passed away on April
in death by his brother, ens, Landis Mickens, 6th, 2020, at NMMC in Tupelo after an extended
Walter Dent. Carl Lewis Mickens illness.
He is survived by his and Katina Mickens; 13 Buck was born in western Clay County, MS
wife, Pearlie Tate-Dent grandchildren; and 21 to W. Wilson and Clara Thompson Simmons on
of Macon; children, great-grandchildren. October 16, 1937. A graduate of West Point High
Taiwana Tate of Cordo- Pallbearers will be School (class of 1956), Buck attended Mississippi
State University where he was a member of
Kappa Sigma fraternity. During the Viet Nam

Mark Baldwin Jr.

Mark Wayne Baldwin Jr.,
Age 31, was called home by
his heavenly father after a long
battle with Multiple Sclerosis.
Mr. Baldwin was a resident at
Windsor Nursing Home and
Rehab Center in Columbus, MS.
A private family graveside will
be held at Memorial Gardens of
Columbus.
Mark was born on Thursday April 28th, 1988,
in Columbus, MS to his parents Mark Wayne
Baldwin Sr. and Dhana Kendrick Lybrand of
Columbus. Mr. Baldwin was an avid music lover
of all genres. Mark was never without a smile on
his face and always put others’ needs in front of
his own. His infectious smile and laughter drew
people to him as he never knew a stranger, he
grew to be a favorite of the residents at Windsor.
Not once did he complain of the hand he was
dealt, his determination and positive attitude
only strengthened against his Multiple Sclerosis.
He was a friend to many and the most wonderful
son any parent could ask for.
He leaves behind a mother, Dhana Kendrick
Lybrand of Columbus, MS; a father, Mark
Wayne Baldwin Sr., of Columbus, MS; siblings
Anthony Lybrand Jr., Erin Lybrand, and Brooke
Adams (Kirk), all of Columbus, MS; Maternal
Grandparents Lester and Lanell Beard of
Chelsea, AL; Paternal Grandparents George and
Shirley Baldwin of Columbus, MS.; Uncle Glenn
Baldwin of Columbus, MS.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: Anthony
Lybrand Jr., Matt Stanton, Nathan Strickland,
Jack Baldwin, Danny Boone Jr., also the staff of
Windsor Nursing Home and Rehabilitation.
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he worked in intelligence decoding messages
and serving as an analyst having been selected
as such by the NSA. After being discharged from
the service, Buck returned to West Point where
he resumed working for his father, as he had
since the age of 12, at the family’s fishing pole
business, known today as BnM Pole Company.
In 1976, Buck married Judy Ball (of Columbia),
and together, they reared two daughters, Barker
and Aubre. After his father “Mr. Will” retired,
Buck became president and co-owner of BnM
where he is credited with revolutionizing the
crappie fishing industry by introducing around
1990 a line of graphite jig poles. Buck loved his
work and was recognized in recent years by
the Crappie Masters Tournament Trail for his
lifetime achievement in the field. As one who
celebrated all things Mississippi State, Buck
was a longtime member of the Bulldog Club,
and he generously supported MSU athletics,
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Woodard
Continued from Page 1A
“I am going into the
draft with the intention of
not going back to school,”
Woodard II told ESPN
in an article published
Thursday. “I am main-
taining my eligibility be-
cause of the uncertainty
about the dates and what
workouts will look like,
but I don’t look at it as
testing the waters. I am
all in with this thing.”
In the latest NBA
mock draft from ESPN’s
Jonathan Givony, Wood-
ard II is projected to
go No. 23 overall to the
Miami Heat. If selected
in the two-round draft,
Woodard II would be the
first Columbus-born play-
er to be taken in the NBA
Draft since Sedric Toney
was selected by the Atlan-
ta Hawks in 1985.
Nevertheless, school
has always been import-
ant to Woodard II, as he
was Columbus High’s
valedictorian in his grad-
uating class. MSU coach
Ben Howland even at-
tributed a poor perfor-
mance from Woodard
II in December against
combine this year, so
teams will have to rely
on virtual interviews and
game tape while making
personnel decisions.
“This whole situation
with the coronavirus is
unreal,” Woodard II told
ESPN. “It’s hard to be-
lieve this is going on right
now. Being a part of his-
tory, it’s still mind bog-
gling … I was expecting
to be able to attend the
combine and work out for
NBA teams.”
In a conference call
Dispatch file photo
Mississippi State’s Robert Woodard II (12) drives the with reporters on March
lane around Alabama’s Jaden Shackelford (5) during 30, Howland said he
the first half of their NCAA college basketball game on stressed the importance
Feb. 25 in Starkville. Woodard is projected to go No. 23
of being a first round pick
overall in the latest ESPN mock draft.
to Woodard II.
Louisiana Tech to lack Woodard said. “There’s a “We fully support Rob-
of sleep because he was lot of uncertainty at this ert and his decision to
up all night studying for point. We’re preserving pursue the NBA Draft
finals. Because of the un- his eligibility and we’ll process,” Howland said
certain future ahead, the see what the process in a statement Thursday.
Woodards haven’t yet de- holds for us at this time.” “He’s an outstanding tal-
veloped a plan for Robert The NBA Draft is ent that possesses every
to finish college if he de- scheduled for June 25, tool to achieve success at
cides to go pro. but it may be pushed back the next level.”
“Right now we’re not to a later date consider- Woodard II had a
having conversations ing the uncertainty sur- breakout campaign with
about that because we rounding the COVID-19 the Bulldogs as a soph-
want to see what that coronavirus. It’s possible omore, averaging 11.4
process holds,” the elder there won’t be any NBA points per game and
the year started and said
‘He’s an he had “the best body of
outstanding anyone I’ve coached in 38
years.”
talent that “He’s going to put in
the work he has to in or-
possesses every der to achieve his goals,”
the elder Woodard said.
tool to achieve “He knows the task at
hand, so he has to be
success at the ready for the task.”
He is the second MSU
next level.’ player to enter the NBA
MSU basketball coach Draft this offseason, as
Ben Howland Associated Press co-SEC
Player of the Year Reg-
gie Perry announced his
shooting 45 percent
decision in late March. If
from beyond the arc. He Woodard II stays in the
scored in double figures
NBA Draft mix, MSU
22 times this season. will have lost three of
His athletic frame has
its top four scorers from
drawn hyperbolic com- a season ago, including
parisons out of Howland, Woodard II, Perry and
who called Woodard II Tyson Carter (leaving
a “Greek figure” before from graduation).

Church bells
Continued from Page 1A
sent a letter to religious the bells started chiming “saints” on the front lines are supposed to social
leaders across the state on time and saw Miller of the pandemic, includ- distance and stop the
last week asking houses on the front porch at the ing many MUW nursing spread,” she said. “The
of worship to ring their president’s residence, students who take classes bells are a great message
bells for one minute at 6 which “has the best view remotely while working of solidarity. We can
p.m. from April 6 to April of the clock tower of any- in hospitals. flatten the curve, and that
20, the last day of Gov. one,” he said. Pintado said she hopes will give nurses and doc-
Tate Reeves’ shelter in “I think I counted 32 the sound reminds the tors and (other) medical
place order that began chimes yesterday, so I’m public that they are “the professionals a chance to
at 5 p.m. on April 3. The glad they didn’t pick 6 first line of defense” catch their breath and be
gesture is “in recognition a.m. to do this,” Miller against COVID-19 — not able to take care of those
of our health care work- said with a laugh. just health care profes- that do become sick.
ers on the front lines, in She said she appreci- sionals, as “everybody That’s really why I love
prayer for those who are
ated the daily opportu- likes to say.” the idea of the bells, that
sick and in an attempt to
nity to think about the “We’re the ones that sense of togetherness.”
unify Mississippians in
sound and spirit.”
He also asked every-
one to ring their own
bells in the front yard,
something that Starkville
has a unique capacity to
do thanks to the Missis-
sippi State University
cowbell tradition, First
Baptist Church Associate
Pastor Jason Duran said.
He called the bell ringing
“a good reminder that we
need to take a moment
and pray for those who
are giving their all in this
time.”
The First Presbyteri-
an Church in Columbus
is less than a mile away
from Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Tri-
angle, and Roger Bur-
lingame said he hopes
health care professionals
can hear the bells when
he rings them every day,
if they happen to step
outside right at 6 p.m.
“There are a lot of
trees around our church,
so I don’t know how well
the sound is getting out,”
Burlingame said. “But
the attempt is to recog-
nize those people in our
medical community who
are working extra long
hours and being extra
vigilant to take care of
the community, and we
have a number of health
specialists in our congre-
gation as well.”
Churches are not the
only entities in Columbus
ringing their bells. MUW
facilities manager Steve
Jenkins received per-
mission from university
president Nora Miller to
have the clock tower bell
programmed to ring at 6
p.m. starting Tuesday.
Jenkins said he
checked to make sure

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Photo courtesy of Old Dominion Athletics

Nikki McCray-Penson (right) high-fives Marie Reichert during a game. McCray-Penson is slated to replace Vic Schaefer as the new head women’s basketball coach at Mississippi
State.

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — In less than
a week, Mississippi State could
have found its replacement for
Vic Schaefer.
Following Schaefer’s depar-
ture to Texas on April 5, MSU
athletic director John Cohen is
seemingly set to hire Old Domin-
ion’s Nikki McCray-Penson as
the new head women’s basketball
coach in Starkville according to
a source with immediate knowl-
edge of the situation.
A deal has yet to be officially
agreed upon.
After a standout career under
Pat Summitt at Tennessee, Mc-
Cray-Penson spent 11 years play-
ing professionally. A three-time
WNBA All-Star and a two-time
Olympic medalist, she finished
her pro career with 2,550 career
points.
McCray-Penson’s first coach-
ing gig came as an assistant
at Western Kentucky between
2006 and 2008. After helping
the Hilltoppers to the 2008 Sun
Belt Tournament championship
and an appearance in the NCAA
tournament, she joined Dawn
Staley’s staff at South Carolina.
In 10 years with the Game-
cocks, McCray-Penson helped
USC to four SEC regular season
titles, three conference tourna-
ment championships and the
2017 national title. Parlaying her
time in Columbia into the head
coaching job at Old Dominion,
she’s recorded a 53-40 record
in three seasons at the helm --
including 20-win campaigns in
both 2019 and 2020.
“Blessings come in different
forms, but working with Nikki
for the last nine years has been
life fulfilling,” Staley said in a
news release when McCray Pen-
son was hired at ODU in 2017.
“ODU’s past, present and future
players and the Lady Monarch
community have gotten a gem of
a person and head coach.”
It remains to be seen what Mc-
Cray-Penson’s salary will be at
MSU, but she stands to receive a
major pay raise. According to the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, she
made $200,000 in base salary in
2018-19. By contrast, a source
with immediate knowledge of
the situation told The Dispatch
last week Schaefer was slated to
make nearly $2 million annually
had he stayed.
Though attrition is natural
during a coaching search, Mc-
Cray-Penson should inherit a ros-
ter that is capable of a deep NCAA
Tournament run next March. The
Bulldogs are slated to lose lone
senior Jordan Danberry and ju-
nior Chloe Bibby — who entered
the transfer portal Tuesday night
— but return second team All-
SEC performers Rickea Jackson
and Jessika Carter. Five-star pros-
pect Madison Hayes will also join
the fold alongside Texas forward
Deyona Gaston in the freshman
class.
The Bulldogs went with Mc-
Cray-Penson over a candidate
pool that included Louisville’s Jeff
Walz and Schaefer disciple John-
nie Harris. A source confirmed
to The Dispatch Thursday final-
ists had been narrowed to Mc-
Cray-Penson and Walz.
Walz confirmed to WDRB’s
Rick Bozich Thursday night that
he would be staying at Louisville.

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seven-time NASCAR
champion and all-around
Everyman, has added
home-schooling elemen-
tary teacher to his re-
sume.
The sports stoppage
from the coronavirus
pandemic has thrown a
red flag on Johnson’s fare-
well tour. He had planned
a final season of racing a
full NASCAR schedule,
but so far that has lasted
just four races.
Amid all the uncer-
tainty, Johnson doesn’t
know when he’ll be back
in his beloved No. 48
Chevrolet.
NASCAR is publicly
targeting a May 9 return
at Martinsville, private-
ly holding its breath for
a May 24 re-opening at
the Coca-Cola 600 at
Cha rlot t e
but vow-
ing only to
complete
the entire
36-race
p o i n t s
schedule.
In the
Johnson
meantime,
Johnson
teaches his two daugh-
ters’ daily school lessons,
continues his fanatical
fitness routine, spends
hours upon hours on
his racing simulator
and waits to see how his
pending retirement plan
goes.
“I don’t know what’s
going to happen in the
coming months and if
we’ll be able to run the
full season or not,” John-
son said Thursday. “I feel
like I set out to make 2020
my last full-time year, but
I’ve always left the door
open for other racing and
NASCAR and abroad for
the future.
“I feel like I am still
pretty much on that path.
I am hopeful that we get
our full year in and we
can get back going in a
month or so ... and that
I can run the season to
its entirety. I really don’t
have an answer — it’s up
in the air just as so much
is in the world.”
This 19th season was
supposed to be his last
as a full-time driver at
Hendrick Motorsports
because Johnson, now 44
and father of two active
young girls, doesn’t want
to live in a motorhome at
tracks across the coun-
try 38 weekends a year.
Johnson wanted to shift
his racing to focus on a
bucket list — the kind of
schedule former Formula
One champion Fernando
Alonso, a new friend, has
created.
This unconventional
route works for drivers
who still have the skills
and ability to compete but
are exhausted from their
full-time jobs. NASCAR
has the longest season in
sports and participants
See JOHNSON, 2B
Columbus senior C’Asia
Grayer signs with Holmes
Community College
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
In a world that’s sud-
denly become all the more
uncertain, Columbus High
School senior outfielder
C’Asia Grayer secured her
athletic future Monday as
she signed with Holmes
Community College.
A prolific outfielder and
power hitter for the Fal-
cons, Grayer has yet to visit
the campus. But with for-
mer Neshoba Central High
School coach Trae Embry
now at the helm in Good-
man, she remains confident
in her decision.
“What really stuck out
to me was how much they
reached out to me and how
much time (Embry) was
willing to wait on my de-
cision to go there or not,”
Grayer said.
Embry comes to Holmes
after guiding the Rockets
to the last seven fast-pitch
and the last eight slow-pitch
softball state champion-
ships. After seeing Grayer’s
athleticism on display at the
Mississippi Association of
Coaches North-South slow-
pitch All-Star game in Octo-
ber, Holmes reached out to
Columbus head coach Eric
Thornton about his star se-
nior.
See GRAYER, 2B
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No ice, big problem: Nothing

mimics skating for NHL players
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Taking ice away from
NHL players has caused
some to resort to desper-
ate measures.
New York Island-
ers captain Anders Lee
bought a Peloton. Ana-
heim defenseman Josh
Manson wants a pair of
roller blades. League
leading scorer Leon Drai-
saitl of Edmonton stick-
handles around his dog.
Whatever works.
“You’re kind of going
back to that ‘Rocky’ men-
tality where you’re doing
push-ups and sit-ups and
punching the cow,” Co-
lumbus forward Nick Fo-
ligno said.
NHL players are run-
ning, biking and trying
to stay in shape in case
the season resumes after
being put on pause be-
cause of the coronavirus
pandemic. While many
athletes can replicate the
workouts and movement
of their sports — NBA
players are missing the
gym — hockey players
have no way to truly re-
place skating while rinks
are closed.
“I don’t think too many
people have access to
rinks or anything like
that, and that’s a huge
hurdle for a player,” Wash-
ington defenseman John
Carlson said. “It doesn’t
matter how hard you
train, the on-ice stuff is
different and we’re going
to have to pick it up pretty
quick when things turn
around here.”
While there remains
plenty of uncertainty over
whether the NHL will play
again this season, players
are proceeding as though
they will. Aside from a few
exceptions, most haven’t
skated since before play
stopped March 12, and
self-quarantine guide-
lines will keep them off
the ice for at least another
week and likely longer.
This is nowhere near
normal for athletes used
to spending the spring
gearing up for the intensi-
ty and brutal grind of the
NHL playoffs.
“I can just do my work-
outs and just try to stick
as close to a routine as
you can,” New Jersey de-
fenseman P.K. Subban
said. “It’s hard because
you’re anticipating the
season coming back, but
at the same token it’s so
much time. And when
you’re not skating, there’s
nothing you can do that’s
going to mimic skating.”
Little things have to
fill the void for now. Team
trainers are sending
out customized plans to
players with home gym
setups. Running has re-
placed practicing. Biking
might be the only way to
simulate the high intensi-
ty of a shift — sort of.
“That all helps and
it’s great, but there’s ab-
solutely nothing you can
do to prepare for the ins
and outs of a shift and the
physicality of it,” Boston
defenseman Torey Krug
said. “Not only are you
trying to mimic the skat-
ing motion, but there’s
no way you can train for
going into the corner
with a guy who’s 6-foot-2,
210 pounds and trying to
out-battle him and get the
puck and skate away from
him.”
Draisaitl’s Edmonton
teammate Connor McDa-
vid is staying strong by
lifting his dog, Lenny, and
Lee takes his dogs for a
run to keep his heart rate
up. Philadelphia’s Scott
Laughton does yoga with
his girlfriend on occasion,
which is one way to keep
his mind and body sharp.
Manson said he doesn’t
want to risk going to a
store to get roller blades.
Anaheim teammate Ham-
pus Lindholm has taken
his blades for a spin or
two during quarantine,
but he and others around
the league are quick to
point out it doesn’t re-
quire the same balance or
train the same muscles as
ice skating.
“You don’t get the
buildup of lactic acid and
having to deal with your
groins and your hip mo-
tion when you’re digging
into the ice and trying to
stop and start, and that’s
a big part of it,” Krug said.
Minnesota’s Zach
Parise tries to stay sharp
playing 1-on-1 in the base-
ment with his 6-year-old
son, Jax. He also bought
a bike because he is not
much of a runner.
Resigned to life off the
ice for some time, players
— especially those with
young families — are
typically getting work-
outs done early in the day
like it’s a morning skate.

Johnson
Continued from Page 1B
average three nights a new Camaro that General I want to be on track and worldwide.
week — the weekend — Motors is racing this year. sure, I want to go to these “This is way bigger
away from home. Final or not, this year places a final time,” he than me,” he said, “Way
Johnson figured he’d could ultimately be wast- said. “But I feel more for bigger than what was go-
transition to the kind of ed. But Johnson sympa- the fans who aren’t having ing to be my final time at
competitions he could thizes most with the fans that opportunity now than these tracks. There are so
never do as a NASCAR who paid to attend what I long for myself to expe- many other issues at hand
racer: Besides triathlons, they thought would be his rience it and to be there.” to be concerned with.
Iron Man competitions final races at respective He also recognizes It’s been all about others
and cycling pursuits, rather than how this has
tracks. that the sports shutdown
Johnson was locked in on affected me personally.”
“I know where I am in is minor when put in per-
trying IndyCar and had
a test scheduled for early terms of fulfillment with spective to the enormous
April that was canceled the career I’ve had. Sure, toll the pandemic has had
because of the pandemic.
Now he’s adapting
to what he described as
the most free time he’s
ever had as an adult and
is eager to get back to
work. Johnson was off to
a decent start before the
season was suspended;
through four races he had
a pair of top-10 finishes
and was fifth in the points.
Impressive for John-
son, who has slogged
through a winless streak
dating to June 4, 2017.
He’d unburdened himself
this year of the internal
pressure to win a record
eighth championship that
would separate him from
Richard Petty and Dale
Earnhardt. And he is far
more comfortable in the

Grayer
Continued from Page 1B
“Obviously any time we
get to see kids play at the
next level and see them
get school paid for for a lit-
tle while is great,” Thorn-
ton said. “C’Asia is one of
the most talented kids I’ve
coached. So we’ve known for
a couple years that she would
get the opportunity to play
somewhere.”
With Grayer’s commit-
ment, Columbus has earned
its latest collegiate softball
commitment. Entering his
sixth year guiding the Fal-
cons fast-pitch team, Thorn-
ton said Grayer’s pledge only
stands to help the program in
years to come.
“Our fast-pitch hasn’t been
one that’s produced a ton (of
college talent),” Thornton
conceded. “But over the last
three or four years we’ve sent
four or five girls play college
ball. So for us that’s a big
step as a program just seeing
that they have an opportu-
nity to play at the next level,
they have an opportunity to
get school paid for through
sports. We see a lot of kids
sign for basketball but when
you see them sign in softball
and other sports it provides
more opportunities for kids,
so that’s what we want to do.”

Night lights at school fields across nation a ‘sign of hope’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The virus outbreak
weighed heavily on Brett
Beesley’s heart and mind
as the Dumas High School
principal drove past the
stadium along the main
highway in his Texas Pan-
handle town.
Seeking to brighten
the spiritsof his suddenly
disconnected students in
a gloomy and frightening
time, he made a decision.
They should turn on the
lights.
“To let them know that
we’re thinking about them
and we miss them and we
love them,” said Beesley,
who quickly called football
coach Aaron Dunnam with
his idea.
Dunnam didn’t wait
for their conversation to
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end before climbing into
his car to head to the field
and do the honors back on
March 24 during the first
full week of closed schools
in Texas.
“I had chills running
down my arms, running
down my body,” said Dun-
nam, who has flipped the
switch each weeknight at
8 p.m. since for an hour of
hope and encouragement.
Nearly as fast, the sym-
bolic act became a move-
ment — fueled by social
media with the hashtag
#BeTheLight — across the
country.
“I just love the focus to
be on kids of this nation
now,” said Beesley, who
used Twitter to challenge
other Texas schools to fol-
low suit.
Dunnam’s oldest
FAMILY CIRCUS
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daughter, Lyssa, is the
top-ranked powerlifter in
Texas, a senior who likely
won’t get to compete for a
state title this spring. She
joins her dad every night at
the stadium.
“This has probably
been the hardest situation
I’ve had to deal with be-
cause I don’t have all the
answers for her,” Dunnam
said.
It’s fitting this origi-
nated in Texas, the home
of the book, movie and
television series “Friday
Night Lights” about the
windswept oilfield towns
where high school football
shapes both culture and
community. As the author
H.G. Bissinger wrote, “It
could be anywhere in this
vast land, where on a Fri-
day night, a set of spindly
stadium lights rises to the
heavens to so powerfully,
and so briefly, ignite the
darkness.”
The goal was to provide
a beacon for all students in
the district, not just the se-
niors or the athletes. Leav-
ing the lights on for an
hour costs adds $25 to the
electric bill, Beesley said.
“I didn’t think the tax-
payer would mind too
much if it meant giving our
kids some hope,” he said.
Adam Bright, an as-
sistant commissioner at
the Colorado High School
Activities Association, dis-
covered the ritual on Twit-
ter and shared the news.
More than 80 schools have
joined.
Christopher Noll,
the athletic director for
District 11 in Colora-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: Is
my daugh-
ter headed
into an abusive,
controlling relation-
ship, or am I imag-
ining the signs be-
cause of my own
experience with
domestic abuse
for many years?
She is 18 and, of
course, parents
are “idiots” who
don’t understand
anything. The
young man tries to
control where she Dear Abby
is, won’t let her go
anywhere without
him, and suspiciously questions
her if he thinks she spent too
much of her own money.
To me, these are signs of
the beginning of years of hell,
but to her, they’re cute because
he “cares,” or I don’t under-
stand him. Am I being unfair be-
cause of my own past? — BEEN
THERE IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR BEEN THERE: Unfair?
NOT AT ALL! You have listed
some of the classic signs of
an abusive partner, and your
daughter is headed for trouble.
Please share this column with
her because it’s important she
recognizes more of them:
1. PUSHES FOR QUICK IN-
VOLVEMENT: Comes on strong,
claiming, “I’ve never felt loved
like this by anyone.” An abuser
pressures the new partner
for an exclusive commitment
almost immediately.
2. JEALOUS: Excessively
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April
10). A bird’s first flying lessons
are really about how to get
pushed out of a nest and fall
without getting too hurt. You’ve
had those. This is the year you’ll
take to the sky. There will be no
competition for what you want.
You’ll be driven by a hunger for
accomplishment and adventure.
You’ll swoop up a new role.
Aquarius and Gemini adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 1, 33,
39, 20 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
It’s good to know where the nat-
ural endings are. Sense them
and get out while the getting
is good. You’ll avoid the ruin
do Springs, challenged
coaches, teachers and
administrators to place
a combined 1,000 phone
calls to families simply to
be supportive during the
shutdown. The total for
that first effort was 1,728
calls and the number was
put up in glowing orange
numbers on the stadium
scoreboard.
“I’m a huge believer
that positivity is conta-
gious,” said Noll, who pro-
duced a 14-minute video
on Monday night inside
an illuminated and vacant
Garry Berry Stadium in
Colorado Springs.
In Minnesota, the
mother of a senior lacrosse
player at Centennial High
School pointed out the
trend in Texas to activities
director Brian Jamros,
possessive; calls
constantly or vis-
its unexpectedly;
prevents you from
going to work be-
cause “you might
meet someone”;
checks the mile-
age on your car.
3. CON-
TROLLING: If
you are late,
interrogates you
intensively about
whom you talked
to and where
you were; keeps
all the money;
insists you ask
permission to go
anywhere or do anything.
4. UNREALISTIC EXPECTA-
TIONS: Expects you to be the
perfect mate and meet his or
her every need.
5. ISOLATION: Tries to iso-
late you from family and friends;
accuses people who are your
supporters of “causing trouble.”
The abuser may deprive you of
a phone or car, or try to prevent
you from holding a job.
6. BLAMES OTHERS FOR
PROBLEMS OR MISTAKES: It’s
always someone else’s fault if
something goes wrong.
7. MAKES OTHERS RE-
SPONSIBLE FOR HIS OR HER
FEELINGS: The abuser says,
“You make me angry” instead
of “I am angry,” or says, “You’re
hurting me by not doing what I
tell you.”
8. HYPERSENSITIVITY: Is
easily insulted, claiming hurt
feelings when he or she is really
and waste that can come with
overworking things.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). You may not agree with
everyone in the group, but you’ll
hold the group business sacred
and private, for insiders only.
Anyone on the outside will get
the outward-facing version of
your opinion.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You’ll be socially adventurous
and gain great benefits from
mixing in different circles. New
situations are a chance to try
out roles you don’t normally get
a chance to play.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). As you decide moment to
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020 3B
who first flipped on the
lights March 30 in Circle
Pines, a suburb north of
the Twin Cities.
“As you get older, it
brings you back in time,
what it means to be that
student athlete represent-
ing your community,” Jam-
ros said. “Even for those
with no affiliation to athlet-
ics or Centennial, there’s
this metaphor that there’s
light at the end of the tun-
nel.”
The next morning,
Minnesota State High
School League informa-
tion specialist John Millea
sent out the clarion call to
his 23,000-plus Twitter fol-
lowers for schools to par-
ticipate. Less than a week
later, he stopped counting
at 236, roughly half of the
state’s high schools.
mad. Rants about the injustice
of things that are just a part of
life.
9. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OR
CHILDREN: Kills or punishes an-
imals brutally. Also may expect
children to do things that are
far beyond their ability (whips a
3-year-old for wetting a diaper)
or may tease them until they
cry. Sixty-five percent of abusers
who beat their partners will also
abuse children.
10. “PLAYFUL” USE OF
FORCE DURING SEX: Enjoys
throwing you down or holding
you down against your will
during sex; finds the idea of
rape exciting.
11. VERBAL ABUSE:
Constantly criticizes or says
blatantly cruel things; degrades,
curses, calls you ugly names.
This may also involve sleep
deprivation, waking you with
relentless verbal abuse.
12. RIGID GENDER ROLES:
Expects you to serve, obey,
remain at home.
13. SUDDEN MOOD
SWINGS: Switches from sweet
to violent in minutes.
14. PAST BATTERING:
Admits to hitting a mate in
the past, but says the person
“made” him (or her) do it.
15. THREATS OF VIOLENCE:
Says things like, “I’ll break your
neck” or “I’ll kill you,” and then
dismisses them with, “Every-
body talks that way,” or “I didn’t
really mean it.”
Anyone at risk should
contact the National Domestic
Violence Hotline at 800-799-
7233 or thehotline.org.
moment how you’d like to live,
you’re forming who you are. This
process is so immersive that
there’s no time, reason or room
for worry.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your
mind will possess an idea, and
an idea will possess your mind.
This tangle will be hard to let go
of until you’ve figured out some-
thing substantial about it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
In light of the day’s attitudes,
it’s important to remember that
the version of yourself that is
measured in likes is not the real
you; it’s a clever projection, an
experiment and, at best, a tool
for learning about yourself.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
The day comes at you like a
dragon with a gift in its mouth.
As author Noela Evans says,
“Tame the dragon and the gift
is yours.” If you let the dragon
go on like dragons do, the gift is
charbroiled.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Whatever you accomplish,
no matter how difficult or
improbable it may be, it will be
added to your regular duties.
Consider the expectation you’ll
be setting up and manage
accordingly.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). If you see a relationship as
problematic, it will be. If you see
it as exactly what you need, it
will be. If you see it as a delight,
it will be. All the magic is in your
point of view.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You appreciate those who
express themselves with great
originality, and you strive to
be such a person. It’s accom-
plished by listening to your
thoughts and feelings and relay-
ing them with specificity.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). There’s something appeal-
ing about the self-involved. If
they fascinate themselves so
much, they must be fascinating
right? Be careful not to get
snagged into the orbit of one
who doesn’t give back.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ll seek a sense of ac-
complishment and completion,
as well as the confirmation of
certain ideas and beliefs. What
you won’t seek is happiness,
which is a byproduct of a goal,
not the goal itself.
Turn the place upside down
SOLUTION:
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In a test of faith, Christians mark Official: Saints emails on clergy

crisis should stay secret
Good Friday in isolation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘The crucifixion is the saddest thing possible, and
(Jesus) felt what we feel right now’
James Joseph, a Christian pilgrim from Detroit
BY JOSEPH KRAUSS
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Christians are
commemorating Jesus’ crucifixion
without the solemn church services
or emotional processions of past
years, marking Good Friday in a
world locked down by the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
The chanting of a small group of
clerics inside Jerusalem’s Church of
the Holy Sepulcher echoed faintly
through the heavy wooden doors,
as a few people stopped and kneeled
outside to pray. The centuries-old
church, built on the site where
Christians believe Jesus was cruci-
fied, buried and rose from the dead,
is usually packed with pilgrims and
tourists.
Later, three monks in brown
robes and blue surgical masks
prayed at the stations of the cross
along the Via Dolorosa, the ancient
route through the Old City where
Jesus is believed to have carried the
cross before his execution at the
hands of the Romans. It runs past
dozens of shops, cafes, restaurants
and hostels, nearly all of which are
closed.
In ordinary times, tens of thou-
sands of pilgrims from around the
world retrace Jesus’ steps in the
Holy Week leading up to Easter. But
this year, flights are grounded and
religious sites in the Holy Land are
closed as authorities try to prevent
the spread of the virus.
James Joseph, a Christian pil-
grim from Detroit dubbed “the Je-
sus guy” because he wears robes
and goes about barefoot, lives near
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
year-round. On Friday morning he
had the plaza outside to himself. He
said Good Friday has special mean-
ing this year.
“The crucifixion is the saddest
thing possible, and (Jesus) felt what
we feel right now,” he said. “But
thanks be to God. ... He rose from
the dead and changed the world on
Easter.”
Hundreds of emails detailing the New Orleans
Saints’ efforts to conduct damage control for the ar-
ea’s Roman Catholic archdiocese amid its clergy sex-
ual abuse crisis should remain shielded from the pub-
lic, a court official recommended Thursday.
The recommendation by a court special master
came almost three months after The Associated Press
urged the release of the confidential emails as a mat-
ter of public interest. Those emails emerged as part of
a lawsuit against the church and it will ultimately be
up to a judge in that case to make the final decision.
Releasing the messages would only “embarrass
or bring under public scrutiny” those who tried to
help the Archdiocese of New Orleans as it sought to
weather the fallout from the clergy abuse crisis, re-
tired Judge Carolyn Gill-Jefferson wrote in a five-page
filing.
She agreed with church leaders and the Saints
that the communications were private, writing that
“the exchange of information during discovery is to
be held within the confines of the pending litigation
and outside of public view.”

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Forgive and Live meets from 6-7 p.m. every
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Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church, 1102 12th Ave. S.,
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The Oil of Joy for Grief and Mourning offers
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The Assembly Church, 2201 Military Road,
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF BENJAMIN G. REID
SR., DECEASED
BENJAMIN G. REID JR., ADMIN-
ISTRATOR
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0164-RPF
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: All Unknown Heirs-at-Law of
Benjamin G. Reid Sr., de-
ceased, and Any Unknown
Parties In Interest
You have been made a defend- IMPORTANT AND YOU MUST
ant in the Petition for Adjudica- TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO
tion of Heirs-at-Law filed by the PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
Administrator, Benjamin G. Re-
id Jr., on March 25, 2020,
seeking to determine the heirs- and defend against the Peti-
at-law of Benjamin G. Reid Sr., tion for Termination of Parent-
deceased. Other than you, the al Rights at 9:00 o’clock a.m.,
only other interested parties in on Friday, the 15th day of May,
this action are Benjamin G. Re- 2020, in the Lowndes County
id Jr., Anita Reid Rickman and
Wanda C. Stanfield.
You are summoned to appear
and represent your interests
against said Petition before the entered against you for the
Honorable Rodney P. Faver,
Chancellor of the 14th Chan-
cery District at 9:00 a.m. on
the 27th day of May 2020, at
the Lowndes County Court-
house in Columbus, Missis-
sippi, and in case of your fail-
ure to appear your interest in
this matter will not be con-
sidered.
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this the 1st
day of April 2020.
CINDY E. GOODE, CHANCERY
CLERK
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
(SEAL)
BY: /s/ Tina Fisher, D.C.
PUBLISH: 4/3, 4/10 &
4/17/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
KIMBERLY DAVIS SANDLIN
AND JONATHAN SANDLIN
PETITIONERS
VERSUS
JOSHUA W. EGLER AND COM-
MONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
CABINET FOR HEALTH AND
FAMILY SERVICES
RESPONDENTS
CAUSE NO:2019-0258-S
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
TO: JOSHUA W. EGLER, whose
whereabouts are unknown
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT
THE DOCUMENT THAT IS AT-
TACHED TO THIS SUMMONS IS
IMPORTANT AND YOU MUST
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
Your are summoned to appear
and defend against the Peti-
tion for Termination of Parent-
al Rights at 9:00 o’clock a.m.,
on Friday, the 15th day of May,
2020, in the Lowndes County
Chancery Court, at the Chickas-
aw County Courthouse,
Okolona, Mississippi, and in
case of your failure to appear
and defend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in said Petition.
You are not required to file and
Answer or other Pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal Issued under my hand and offi-
of said Court, this 1st day of
April, 2020.
cial seal of said Court, this the
3rd day of April, 2020.
Chancery Court Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Cindy E. Goode
By: Tina Fisher, D.C.
(SEAL)
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
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SIPPI
KIMBERLY DAVIS SANDLIN
AND JONATHAN SANDLIN
PETITIONERS
VERSUS
JOSHUA W. EGLER AND COM-
MONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
CABINET FOR HEALTH AND
FAMILY SERVICES
RESPONDENTS
CAUSE NO:2019-0259-S
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
TO: JOSHUA W. EGLER, whose
whereabouts are unknown
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT
THE DOCUMENT THAT IS AT-
TACHED TO THIS SUMMONS IS
Your are summoned to appear
Chancery Court, at the Chickas-
aw County Courthouse,
Okolona, Mississippi, and in
case of your failure to appear
and defend, a judgment will be
money or other things deman-
ded in said Petition.
You are not required to file and
Answer or other Pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this 1st day of
April, 2020.
Chancery Court Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Cindy E. Goode
By: Tina Fisher, D.C.
(SEAL)
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF LULA PEARL TURNER
LEIGH (DECEASED)
CHESTER LEIGH, PETITIONER
PETITIONER
vs
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW
OF LULA PEARL TURNER LEIGH
(DECEASED) WHOSE STREET
ADDRESSES AND POST OF-
FICE ADDRESSES ARE UN-
KNOWN AFTER DILIGENT
SEARCH AND INQUIRY, AND
WHO ARE UNKNOWN AFTER DI-
LIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY
RESPONDENTS
CASE NO:18-238-RPF
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW
OF LULA PEARL TURNER LEIGH
(D),WHOSE STREET AD-
DRESSES AND POST OFFICE
ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN
AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND
INQUIRY
You have been made Respond-
ents in a Petition filed in this
Court by Chester Leigh, Peti-
tioner, seeking to Determine
The Unknown Heirs of Lula
Pearl Turner Leigh (d).
You are summoned to appear
and defend against said Peti-
tion at 9:00 a.m. o’clock on
the 21st day of May, 2020, in
the Chancery Courtroom of the
Oktibbeha County Courthouse
at 101 E. Main Street, Stark-
ville, Mississippi, in case of
your failure to appear and de-
fend a Judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in the Petition.
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleadings but
you may do so if you desire.
CINDY GOODE
CHANCERY CLERK
LOWNDES COUNTY,
BY: Shantrell W. Granderson,
D.C
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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
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You have been made Defend-
ants in a lawsuit filed in this
Court by the Columbus Re-
development Authority to con-
demn by eminent domain cer-
tain real property located in
Block 2, Square 34 North of
Main, Columbus, Mississippi,
and being Lowndes tax parcel
61W080008000, located at
605 4th Street North, Colum-
bus, Mississippi. The property
is necessary to renew and re-
development blighted condi-
tions in accordance with the
Urban Renewal Plan (Burns
Bottom) of the City of Colum-
bus, Mississippi.
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the com-
plaint or petition filed against
you in this action at 11:00
o’clock a. m. on the 5th day of
May, 2020, in the second floor
courtroom of the Lowndes
County Courthouse in Colum-
bus, Mississippi, and in case
of your failure to appear and
defend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in the complaint or peti-
tion.
You are hereby further given
notice that not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of
the trial on January 21, 2020,
you are required to file the
Statement of Values pursuant
to Miss. Code Ann. §11-27-7,
which shall be treated as
pleadings in this action. The
date of the filing of the Com-
plaint herein is the 16th day of
March, 2020, and the name
and address of the attorney for
the Plaintiff is Martha Bost
Stegall, P. O. Box 7120, Tu-
pelo, Mississippi 38802. Oth-
er than the Statement of Val-
ues you are not required to file
an Answer or other pleading
but you may do so if you de-
sire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this 31st
day of March, 2020.
TERESA BARKSDALE, CLERK
SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT
DOMAIN,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS
BY: Ann Marie Langford, D.C.
Publish: 4/3, 4/10 &
4/17/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
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BROWN, formerly known as
FRANCES VIRGINIA HARRIS,
DECEASED
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Issued under my hand and the
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CINDY E. GOODE, CHANCERY
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SIPPI
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BY: /s/ Tina Fisher, D.C.
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF ROBERT
TODD WALDROP, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2020-0027-DE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters of Administration have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
Robert Todd Waldrop, de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 9th day of March,
2020. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
against said estate to probate
and register same with the
Chancery Court of Lowndes
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publication of this Notice to
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF ROSIE MAE LEWIS
CLAY, DECEASED
KIMBLER GEAN DAVIS PETI-
TIONER
CAUSE NO. 44CH1:19-pr-
00212-RPF
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
By the Chancery Court of
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publication date of this Notice.
A failure to so Probate and Re- 1. Bid Date: May 7, 2020
gister said claim will forever
bar the same.
THIS the 31st day of March,
2020.
/s/Kimber Gean Davis
Administrator of the Estate of
Rosie Mae Lewis Clay, De-
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