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Tupelo property manager buys Ryan’s building

The building that
formerly housed Owner still determining use She said she has not yet decided what kind of
business the building will become, due to the
Ryan’s Buffet near
the interchange of for former restaurant ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re just going to wait a few more months,”
Highways 82 and Hu said. “Maybe (we’ll) put in a restaurant, or
BY TESS VRBIN
45 in Columbus has
been purchased by tvrbin@cdispatch.com I was thinking maybe of leasing to someone.”
Tupelo-based NH According to the Mississippi Secretary of
Property Manage- The building that formerly housed Ryan’s State’s website, Hu is also affiliated with LLCs
ment owner Angela Buffet near the interchange of Highways 82 that own the Hibachi Buffet at Leigh Mall in
Hu for $500,000. and 45 has a new owner after two and a half Columbus and The Madden Crab seafood
Hu said she has no years of uncertainty about the property’s fu- restaurant in Tupelo.
definite plans for ture. The property has been up for sale since April
the building while The new owner is Angela Hu, who runs NH 2018, when former owner Realty Income Corp.
the COVID-19 pan- Property Management in Tupelo, according to of Escondido, California, contracted with Rhett
demic is ongoing, records in Lowndes County Chancery Court Realty to sell the 10,819 square-foot building.
but said she is and the Mississippi Secretary of State business Ryan’s had been there since 2005, when
considering leas-
ing it or putting in database. Realty Income bought the building. It closed
another restaurant. Royce Hudspeth, the listing agent for the 1.9- abruptly in June 2018 when the restaurant’s
The building has acre property, said Hu bought it for $500,000, lease expired. The restaurant unsuccessfully
been for sale since much less than the listing price of $875,000. tried to negotiate a new lease to remain there.
2018. Hu started NH Properties in September, The building has been vacant since Ryan’s
Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff and the Ryan’s property is her first purchase. closed.

Golden THE CLIMB

Triangle
COVID-19
numbers
continue to
increase
150 new cases reported
in Oktibbeha County,
125 in Lowndes
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

COVID-19 coro-
navirus cases in
the Golden Trian-
gle continue to rise
along with those
nationwide, with
339 new cases in the past week af-
ter 215 new cases the week before.
As of Wednesday at 6 p.m., the
most recent update to the Missis-
sippi State Department of Health
website before press time, Lown-
des County had 2,066 cases, an in-
crease from 1,941 at the same point
last week, and Oktibbeha County
had 2,210 cases, an increase from
2,060. Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Oktibbeha County saw a sharp- Jack Hairston, 4, of West Point, climbs a piece of playground equipment near the Lowndes County Soccer Complex Thursday
See COVID CASES, 6A evening. His favorite thing to play on the slide, he said. He is the son of Jeff and Abby Hairston.

Rural health study prepares to recruit Oktibbeha residents

6-year, $21.4M initiative to look at
diminishing health outcomes in rural areas
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
For most of the 20th Century,
experts hailed the health bene-
fits of country living. Fresh air,
less-crowded living conditions
and homegrown food sources
were lauded as a preferable al-
ternative to urban living.
“It used to be, if you lived in
the country, you were likely to
live longer,” said Dr. Ervin Fox, a
cardiologist at University of Mis-
sissippi Medical Center in Jack-
son. “Somewhere in the 1980s,
it switched around. People who
live in rural areas tend to die of
heart disease at a higher rate
than those who live in cities.
Why? That’s what
we hope to learn
of information that research-
ers will use to understand what
“Right now, we’re just trying
to get the word out to people,”
from this study.”
The study Fox
causes high rates of heart, lung
and blood disorders.
Fox said. “We’ll be recruiting
people through phone calls and
referred to is a six- In Mississippi, Fox said the letters, so we want them to be fa-
year, $21.4 million study, which begins this year, miliar with us before that.”
project that will will recruit 600 to 700 people in Fox and his team have been
be conducted in Oktibbeha and Panola counties attending community events in
Fox
four Southern starting next fall. Oktibbeha and Panola counties
states — Mississippi, Alabama, Fox will lead a medical team since January, setting up tables
Kentucky and Louisiana. for UMMC in conducting the and passing out brochures that
In each state, residents from study in Mississippi, one of detail the study.
two counties/parishes will be 16 universities involved in the He said the project will begin
chosen to provide a wide range study. See STUDY, 6A

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■ Symphony postponed: The
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2 Name one of the two lead actors who starred Starkville-MSU Symphony Associ-
visors meeting, 9 a.m.,
in “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz” and “The ation’s “L’Histoire du soldat” con-
Chancery Courthouse
World’s End.” cert previously in this calendar
Nov. 17: Starkville
3 In 2017, the 35th President of the United has been postponed indefinitely
States would have turned 100. Who was he? Board of Aldermen
Collins Davis due to required quarantines for
4 What Broadway musical starring a porous sea meeting, 5:30 p.m.,
Second grade, Annunciation COVID-19 exposure.
creature opened in November 2017? City Hall

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High common hands-only game with three options Sunday gional Medical Center
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four-year-old child? Columbus Blood Drive is 8 a.m.- meeting, 4 p.m.
Full forecast on Answers, 6B
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across from Annunciation Cath- Board of Aldermen
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A few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden’s win
Just a few of the Senate’s 53 and five of the 28 GOP governors had
publicly recognized Biden as president-elect as of Thursday afternoon
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The most
powerful Republicans in Wash-
ington stood firmly behind
President Donald Trump and
his unsupported claims of vot-
er fraud on Thursday, but new
cracks emerged among GOP
leaders elsewhere who believe
it’s time to treat Democrat Joe
Biden like the president-elect
he is.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris
Sununu, who endorsed Trump’s
reelection, became the latest
Republican official to say what
Trump and his allies refuse to
accept. The GOP governor ac-
knowledged that Biden’s lead
is getting “bigger and bigger by
the day” and Trump’s legal op-
tions are dissipating.
“Joe Biden is the presi-
dent-elect, and I think like most
Americans, we suspect he’ll be
taking the oath of office in Janu-
ary,” Sununu told reporters, in-
sisting there was no legal fraud
in his state, which Biden easily
carried.
Separately, and party argu-
ing aside, the state and federal
officials and election technol-
ogy companies that run U.S.
elections declared Thursday
that the Nov. 3 national election
was “ the most secure in Amer-
ican history. “ The Cybersecu-
rity & Infrastructure Security
Agency said, “There is no ev-
idence that any voting system
deleted or lost votes, changed
votes or was in any way compro-
mised.”
In a barely veiled shot at
Trump and his supporters, the
agency said Americans should
have confidence in the results
although “we know there are
many unfounded claims and op-
portunities for misinformation
about the process of our elec-
tions.”
That’s a departure from the
overwhelming majority of Re-
publican officials who still re-
fuse to publicly accept Biden’s
victory. The resistance is com-
plicating Biden’s effort to lead
a smooth transition to the Jan-
uary inauguration, keeping him
from the funding and agency
resources typically afforded to
an incoming administration.
But some Republicans, wor-
ried about the national security
implications of those hurdles,
are beginning to say that Biden
should at least have access to
intelligence briefings so he has
the most complete information
about threats facing the coun-
try when he takes office.
“I think — especially on
classified briefings — the an-
swer is yes,” said the Senate’s
most senior Republican, Chuck
Grassley of Iowa. That echoed
comments by South Carolina
Sen. Lindsey Graham and Okla-
homa Sen. James Lankford,
among other GOP colleagues.
However, Grassley also said
he saw no reason for Biden to
have fuller transition access,
sticking with an approach from
the disputed 2000 election that
was later blamed as a national
security shortcoming in the
Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The Republicans willing to
break publicly with Trump’s
unprecedented effort to under-
mine the election remain an
extremely small minority. Just
a handful of the Senate’s 53 and
five of the 28 Republican gover-
nors had publicly recognized
Biden as the president-elect as
of Thursday afternoon.
Many Trump allies in Wash-
ington see no path to a Trump
victory but remain wary of
crossing the outgoing Republi-
can president — or his support-
ers — especially with control of
the Senate still uncertain.
Trump turned out a record 72
million voters in the presiden-
tial election, which shattered
the previous record yet fell 5
million votes short of Biden.

Democrats, GOP take different

approaches on Georgia Senate blitz
‘This is literally
the showdown
of all showdowns’
Sen. Marco Rubio
BY BILL BARROW
AND BEN NADLER
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Jon Os-
soff took the stage in Co-
lumbus and looked out
over a parking lot filled
with cars, with support-
ers blaring their horns in
approval as he declared
that “change has come to
Georgia.”
Hours earlier, Repub-
lican Sen. Kelly Loeffler
stepped to a microphone
in suburban Atlanta and
addressed hundreds of
eager supporters packed
into the Cobb County
GOP headquarters. The
freshman senator and
her Florida colleague,
Sen. Marco Rubio, stirred
the crowd with their in-
sistence that the change
offered by Ossoff and his
fellow Democratic Senate
hopeful Raphael Warnock
means “radical elements”
would control Washing-
ton.
Those opening salvos
of Georgia’s twin Senate
runoff campaign -- Ossoff
looking to unseat Repub-
lican Sen. David Perdue
and Warnock facing off
with Loeffler -- show-
case starkly different ap-
proaches the two parties
are taking to the unusual
circumstances that make
this newfound two-party
battleground the epicen-
ter of a national battle for
control of the Senate.
Both sides are play-
ing to core supporters,
the most reliable voters
among the 5 million who
split their ballots roughly
evenly between the two
parties in the first round.
But for Democrats,
it’s seemingly a more
piecemeal, voter-by-vot-
er approach, while Re-
publicans are pushing
a broad branding mes-
sage through mass me-
dia. Whichever strategy
proves more effective on
Jan. 5 will help determine
the ambitions and reach
of President-elect Joe
Biden’s tenure depending
on which party ultimately
controls the chamber.
Republicans need one
of the Georgia seats for
a majority. Democrats
must win both to yield a
50-50 Senate, with Vice
President-elect Kamala
Harris then holding the
tie-breaking vote.
“This is literally the
showdown of all show-
downs,” Rubio told the
Cobb County crowd,
many of them not wearing
masks as the Florida sen-
ator did. “This is Geor-
gia’s decision to make.
But it’s America that will
live with the consequenc-
es.”

709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The
number of people seek-
ing U.S. unemployment
benefits fell last week to
709,000, a still-high level
but the lowest figure since
March and a further sign
that the job market might
be slowly healing.
Yet the improvement
will be put at risk by the
sharp resurgence in con-
firmed viral infections
to an all-time high well
above 120,000 a day. Cas-
es are rising in 49 states,
and deaths are increas-
ing in 39. The nation has
now recorded 240,000
virus-related deaths and
10.3 million confirmed in-
fections.

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Mississippi health officials hopeful about COVID-19 vaccine

Officials are hoping to see vaccine delivered by mid-December
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM
The Associated Press/Report for America
Mississippi’s top health of-
ficials said Thursday that they
are hopeful a coronavirus vac-
cine could become available for
health care workers and first
responders in the state as early
as next month.
State epidemiologist Dr.
Paul Byers said Mississippi
has requested an initial round
of 183,000 doses of the vaccine
developed by Pfizer and part-
ner BioNTech, which officials
are hoping to see delivered by
mid-December.
Potential vaccines are still
in the trial phase and have not
been approved. They must be
safe and effective before ap-
proval for use by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration.
Supplies are limited, so those
who are the most high-risk will
get the vaccine first, Byers said.
“We need to make sure we
get them protected,” Byers
said of the state’s health care
workers, during a virtual news
conference. “Those are the in-
dividuals who are taking care
of the COVID-19 patients in
the hospital, in the clinical set-
ting. That’s going to be the first
push.”
With a COVID-19 vaccine
drawing closer, public health
officials across the country are
gearing up for the biggest vac-
cination effort in U.S. history
— a monumental undertaking
that must distribute hundreds
of millions of doses, prioritize
who’s first in line and ensure
that people who get the initial
shot return for the necessary
second one.
The push could begin as ear-
ly as next month, when federal
officials say the first vaccine
may be authorized for emer-
gency use and immediately
deployed to high-risk groups,
such as health care workers.
For the vaccination effort
to get off the ground, state of-
ficials have been readying sys-
tems to track supplies and who
has been vaccinated. That infor-
mation will be fed into a nation-
al network and will be critical
in giving federal health officials
an up-to-date picture of vaccina-
tions around the country.
The announcement comes
as Mississippi is experiencing a
surge of new confirmed corona-
virus cases and hospitalizations
that rival numbers seen during
the peak in the state over the
summer. In the last couple of
weeks there have been more
than 10,000 new cases in Mis-
sissippi and 150 deaths, an “as-
tounding” number, Byers said.
Byers and state health offi-
cer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said that
the news they’ve received so far
about trials on the new vaccine
is encouraging.
Pfizer and its German part-
ner BioNTech have enrolled
nearly 44,000 people in final
testing of their vaccine. Every
vaccine study is overseen by an
independent “data and safety
monitoring board,” or DSMB.

AREA ARRESTS Woman charged after she thought

The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Robert Carver, 25,
was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine.
n Richard Craddock,
18, was charged with pos-
session of a controlled
substance.
n Helena Heard, 38,
was charged with bur-
glary of a dwelling house.
n Diana Hitchcock,
was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine.
n Dwight Irons, 28,
was charged with bur-
glary and felony taking of
a motor vehicle.
n Donald Lee, 34, was
charged with sex offender
registration failure and
holding for other jurisdic-
tion.
n Jason Montgomery,
27, was charged with sex
offender registration fail-
ure.
n Johnny Murray, was
charged with possession
of methamphetamine, re-
sisting arrest, disorderly
conduct and public drunk-
enness.
n Jovan Petty, 35, was
charged with possession
of cocaine, careless driv-
ing, no drivers license,
no insurance, possession
of marijuana in a vehicle
and failure to yield to blue
light.
n Rodney Sharp, 40,
was charged with perjury.
n Curtin Smith, 36,
was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine, no insurance and
expired license tag.
n Eric Toney, 41, was
charged with possession
of a controlled substance.
The following arrests
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Jaylen Brown, 20,
was charged with posses-
sion of a stolen firearm,
possession of marijuana
in a vehicle and carrying
a concealed weapon.
n John Rigsby, 27,
trafficking controlled
substance, possession of
cocaine with intent to dis-
tribute, two counts pos-
session of marijuana with
intent to distribute and
possession of schedule III
drug.
n Kwantavians Gath-
ings, 22, was charged
with grand larceny and
Carver Craddock
Montgomery Murray
Brown Rigsby
Robson Taylor
Ordell Graham
hold for other agency.
n Jalen Davis, 23, was
charged with aggravated
domestic assault and kid-
napping.
n Jamarcus McCar-
ter, 22, was charged with
disorderly conduct, two
counts no insurance, no
drivers license, speeding
and no seatbelt.
n Zachary Walker, 24,
was charged with a bench
warrant.
n Brennyn Robson,
18, was charged with bur-
glary other than dwell-
ing and domestic vio-
lence-simple assault.
n Gabrielle Taylor, 35,
was charged with sexual
battery.
n Annette Lacey, 23,
was charged with a bench
warrant.
n Kentravius
Splounge, 19, was charged
with shooting into a dwell-
ing, shooting at or in an
automobile, aggravated
assault and shots fired.
n James O’Briant, 21,
Heard Hitchcock
Petty Sharp
Gathings Davis
Lacey K. Splounge
Boyles C. Splounge
was charged with aggra-
vated assault, shooting
into a dwelling and shoot-
ing at or in an automobile.
n James Handly, 23,
was charged with sale of
marijuana more than 30
grams and five counts
sale of a controlled sub-
stance.
n Christian Ordell, 22,
was charged with sale of
marijuana more than 30
grams.
n Robin Graham, 40,
was charted with felony
malicious mischief.
n Gary Boyles, 39, was
charged with assault on
an officer, failure to stop,
three counts hold for oth-
er agency and possession
of a weapon by a felon.
n Cedric Splounge, 21,
was charged with aggra-
vated assault.
n Samuel Vaughn, 23,
was charged with two
counts possession of con-
trolled substance and con-
spiracy.
n Moses McLaurin,
gun unloaded, shoots man
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ABERDEEN — Police in northeast Mississip-
pi have charged an 18-year-old woman with man-
slaughter, saying she accidentally shot and killed
her roommate on Wednesday, because she didn’t
Irons Lee
realize a gun was loaded.
Aberdeen Police Chief Henry Randle said Ami-
yah Verner shot 26-year-old Robert Jackson at an
apartment in Aberdeen, telling police she didn’t
understand how the gun worked. Jackson died be-
fore paramedics arrived.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal re-
ports the 18-year-old Verner remained jailed with-
out bail on Thursday, waiting to see a judge. It’s
Smith Toney unclear if she has a lawyer to represent her.
Randle said that Verner thought there were no
bullets in the gun because the magazine wasn’t
inserted. However, there was a bullet in the cham-
ber.
“That’s the round that killed the young man,”
Randle said. “Freak accident, but we’ve still got a
dead body.”
Verner, who is originally from Hamilton, had
McCarter Walker just moved in with Jackson, Randle said.
“It’s a sad situation because we’ve got two loss-
es on both sides of the families,” he said. “I still
think it’s important that people put guns up, and
this is a prime example. Even though you’re of age,
you still don’t properly know how to handle a gun.”
O’Briant Handly
Vaughn McLaurin
Burkis Hill
39, was charged with re-
ceiving stolen property,
and two counts hold for
other agency.
n Todd Burkis, 51, was
charged with DUI 4th of-
fense.
n Taylor Hill, 23, was
charged with four counts
aggravated assault.

Lafayette County fines business

owner $115,000 in zoning dispute
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OXFORD — A north
Mississippi county is
fining a business owner
$115,000 after he built
a commercial business
without getting a building
permit or site plan approv-
al.
Lafayette County su-
pervisors voted Nov. 2 to
assess the fines and pur-
sue legal action against
2 to give Jones another
month to finish the work
he’s started, but the board
refused
County building official
Joel Hollowell told super-
visors that, while he found
some junk cars had been
removed and the prop-
erty’s sewer system had
been repaired, an inspec-
tion at the end of the grace
period also discovered a
large dumping area filled
that pertain to all of Jones’
promises he’s made.”
The trouble began in
2016 when inspectors
found Jones had moved
his business from Panola
County to Lafayette Coun-
ty and was operating it at
a residence not permitted SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
to operate as a commercial peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Fri. Sat.
business. Major
Minor
—
6:05a
—
7:13a
Jones failed to comply Major 11:32a 12:25p
6:29p
after deadline extensions,
Minor 5:49p
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
and Jones pleaded guilty

J&J Wholesalers owner
Ryan Jones
The Oxford Eagle re-
ports that supervisors
in October gave Jones a
two-week grace period
to come into compliance.
Lawyer Gaines Baker
asked supervisors on Nov.
with household trash.
Hollowell said he no
longer believed Jones
would come into compli-
ance after four years of
disputes.
“We have heard his
promises before,” Hollow-
ell said. “I have 19 pages
to violations in Lafayette
County Justice Court,
paying a $1,000 fine. The
county then ordered Jones
to stop operating the busi-
ness.
Jones told supervisors
he now plans to relocate to
Tate County.
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OUR VIEW

Consistent messaging on virus is (still) a big problem

Nowhere has the ultimate
toll of COVID-19 been high-
er than in the United States,
where more than 240,000 peo-
ple have died, roughly twice
the number of deaths than
India, which is second on the
list of COVID-19 deaths.
Now, the daily new-case
reports shattering the previous
highs recorded in late spring,
health officials brace for the
inevitable deaths to follow.
How do we account for this?
One key factor is messaging or,
rather, a lack of consistent mes-
saging. From the start, there
has been no consistent messag-
ing, either on the national or
state level.
Precautions and policies
have been shifting sand.
That’s certainly true in
Mississippi, where Gov. Tate
Reeves has seemed to favor a
piece-meal approach to masks
mandates. Currently, 15 of the
state’s 82 counties are under a
mask order.
When members of Joe
Biden’s new coronavirus team
suggested a national shutdown
might be needed to arrest
the unprecedented surge in
COVID-19 cases, Reeves was
defiant in stating Mississippi
would not comply with such an
order.
What’s good for the goose
is proving good for the gander,
too. DeSoto County sheriff
Bill Rasco said this week he
will not enforce Reeves’ mask
mandate in his county.
The comments by Reeves
and Rasco undermine any
hope of consistent messaging,
something that is needed for
a unified effort in fighting the
pandemic.,
Here in the Golden Triangle,
local governments have been
far more consistent, though
not perfect, in sending a clear
consistent message backed by
policy.
Yet the struggle continues,
as evidenced this week in West
Point.
On Tuesday, the city’s Board
of Selectmen voted to rescind
a permit issued to a carnival
a day before, citing the health
risks associated with the carni-
val, which has been coming to
West Point for years.
Carnival operators pointed
out their own safety policies
and noted the carnival operates
outdoors and is not subject to
the city’s crowd-limit restric-
tions that apply only to indoor
venues. Some selectmen noted
city parks have been closed to
the public for eight months as a
precaution, and they ultimately
voted to rescind the carnival
permit.
While we appreciate the
selectmen’s efforts to apply
restrictions consistently, we
are not unsympathetic to the
carnival operators, who fol-
lowed all the requirements of
the permit process and acted in
good faith.
The unfortunate situation
in West Point illustrates the
need for local governments
to carefully craft, review and
adjust policies in the interests
of consistency and provide a
clear message to citizens about
what is and is not subject to the
rules.
Local government has
become the last line of defense
against the virus.
Until the messaging on
COVID-19 policy on the na-
tional and state level becomes
consistent, local governments
are left with an inordinate
responsibility for providing for
the safety of citizens.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Voice of the people
Sees hypocrisy in behavior of state leaders
Governor Reeves asks us to pray for his
daughter and her momma after his daughter is
diagnosed with COVID-19. We should pray. Pray
indeed for this innocent child who may have
contracted a deadly virus through her parents’
irresponsible behavior.
The day her daughter was diagnosed, her mom-
ma was speaking to a group of women in Columbus
at a crowded banquet hall, only three participants
and the staff wearing masks. In the middle of a
pandemic when infection cases are rising every
week, hospitalization rates are increasing and
deaths are multiplying, our First Lady, mother and
wife, potentially infected with COVID-19, is travel-
ing across the state, exposing untold numbers of
Mississippi citizens to coronavirus. While her hus-
band cancels a COVID-19 press conference where
he along with Dr. Dobbs would no doubt have
pleaded with Mississippians to mask, distance and
stay home if exposed to the virus, she cavorts with
women Republicans to do lunch and take inter-
views with the media to tell us all how lucky we are
to have had this time to spend with our families.
This event, by the way, was held on state property, THE NATION
in a county with a mandatory mask mandate, while
also in attendance were two Circuit Court judges,
one Chancery judge and our County Sheriff. It
appears the hypocrisy and non-compliance is not
Was gun waving the worst part?
unique to state office representatives. Some of the sickest visitors intended to nobler ways to catch the public’s
My children, 9 and 11, spend 8 hours a day in images to come out of participate in may- attention.
school because I work to support them in an essen- our recent turmoil have hem tourism or were You will recall that unforget-
tial job at the Columbus Air Force Base. They wear featured Americans simply acting out some table photo of Mark and Patricia
masks the entire school day to protect themselves waving guns at other commando fantasy. McCloskey — he with a semiau-
and their school mates, their teachers, and those Americans — not in But because they were tomatic rifle, she a semiautomatic
people’s loved ones from infection. We do not go self-defense but to openly carrying fire- handgun — pointing their weap-
to birthday parties, movies, theme parks, sleep provoke fear. The worst arms, the authorities ons at certainly peaceful Black
overs, soccer games or any of the everyday events showed armed thugs could charge them with Lives Matter marchers. Video
that make childhood fun. We sacrifice to protect threatening Michi- weapons violations. showed some participants sending
ourselves and our community from the pandemic gan Gov. Gretchen Back at their parked insults back but also saying, “We
that has already infected so many, including some Whitmer on the state Hummer, police found got kids out here!” and “Nobody
in our own family. We sacrifice because we know capitol steps over her Froma Harrop an AR-style rifle, as wants to hurt you.”
doing so will save the lives of others. We sacrifice anti-COVID regula- well as one of their If I feared my home could be
to save medical resources for those who will need tions. (This was separate from an mothers. invaded by what Mark McCloskey
them in times of dire need. We sacrifice because alleged plot by a different set of Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, said was an “out-of-control mob,”
it is the right thing to do. My children understand creeps to kidnap her.) voters were allowed to take their I’d be inside, crouched under a
this, but it seems our governor and his wife do not. There were other low points. guns to the polls unless the polling window. The couple argued that
They have chosen lunches over lives. They Phoenix saw a group of armed place was a school, courthouse the protesters were trespassing on
have put individual wants over community re- exhibitionists modeling their or other location where state law their private lane, which was true
quirements. They have chosen to lead by poor weapons at a demonstration for prohibits firearms. But what does but not an excuse for brandishing
example. They get on TV and social media and tell vote counting, and no one was any public display of firepower firearms. A St. Louis grand jury
us how important these rules are but do not follow arguing with them. Arizona is a look like during a tense election? It charged the McCloskeys with un-
them. They expect sacrifice on our parts but do state where just about anyone over looks like voter suppression. lawful use of a weapon, a felony.
not sacrifice in their own lives. They ask for our 21 can carry a gun on the streets, Sure enough, an election official This goes beyond the usual
prayers when their bad choices result in illness permit not required. In Raleigh, North Carolina, told debate over gun control. I believe
befalling their family. And we pray. We pray for the Some men (and some women) CNN that dozens of citizens had that sane gun laws would allow
child who is sick possibly because of her parents’ now accessorize their outfits with called before Election Day to ask ownership of weapons for sport
selfish decisions. We pray for the poor leadership weaponry. It’s a fashion statement, whether they’d be safe at the polls. or self-defense, with some excep-
our State has in these critical times. We pray for one supposes, meant to convey It’s true that laws in open-carry tions, and assuming the owner is
all those affected by this pandemic who were not power and masculinity. states generally forbid aggres- of sound mind and clean criminal
afforded the best care I’m sure the Governor’s fam- Americans can’t openly display sively exhibiting a weapon with record. This isn’t about that.
ily is receiving at this time. We pray for everyone their guns everywhere — only in intent to intimidate. But how on It’s about changing laws that let
making sacrifices so their communities are safer a few states. These open-carry Earth are police to determine such people menace bystanders with
places. We pray for those who will continue to states might reconsider laws that motives even with some guidelines a deadly weapon. No two ways
put themselves above others and choose not wear let weak and disturbed people in place? about it. A firearm conspicuously
masks, and attend large gatherings and spread this show members of the public how In Arizona, a gun in a holster displayed on the street is a threat
virus far and wide, in hopes they will see the error easily they could kill them. or slung over the back is gener- — including to law enforcement
of their ways and learn to love their neighbors as Philadelphia, by contrast, does ally considered nonthreatening. officers, who are sometimes the
we are all asked. Pray indeed, Mr. Governor and not permit open carry. That en- Then, what is it? People who carry targets. Open-carry laws seem,
First Lady. We will pray. What will you do? abled its police to stop two armed firearms into businesses and frankly, insane.
Sarah McAnally Virginia men creeping near the public spaces are often “looking Froma Harrop, a syndicated
Columbus convention center where votes for a response,” a Scottsdale Police columnist, writes for the Providence
were being counted. Department spokesman told The (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
A letter to the editor is an excellent way to partic- It was unclear whether these Arizona Republic. There are far address is fharrop@gmail.com.
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Obituaries
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Stanley Jantz with Willie S. Sanders Mrs. Randle-Young parents, she was David McVey and Patsy made to The Episcopal
BROOKSVILLE — officiating. Carter’s was born Dec. 14, preceded in death by McVey Duncan; 10 Church of the Res-
Stanley Jay Jantz, 83, Funeral Services of 1974, in West Point, to her husbands, William grandchildren; and 12 urrection, 105 North
died Nov. 10, 2020, at Columbus is in charge Herman Dismukes and Carroll “Billy” Culp great-grandchildren. Montgomery Street,
The Windsor of Colum- of arrangements. Esterlean Strong. and John Lewis McVey. Memorials may be Starkville, MS 39759.
bus. He is survived by his In addition to She is survived by
Funeral services parents, Jeffrey Gore Jr. her parents, she is her children, Elizabeth
will be at 10:30 a.m. and Kadeeshia Gibbs; survived by her hus- Culp Callahan and
Saturday, at The West and siblings, Jayden band, David Young; Deborah Culp Fulmer;
Point Mennonite Gibbs, Jayla Gibbs, children, Jamarkus stepchildren, John L.
Church, with the Rev. and Karson Gore all of Randle, Derico Randle, McVey Jr., Charles
Brad Wedel, Rev, Mark Columbus. DeAngleo Johnson
Koehn and Rev. Marc and David Young Jr.;
Schrock officiating. Karter Gore siblings, Harry Randle,
Burial will follow in COLUMBUS — In- Elton Young, Jeremiah
Memorial Gardens fant Karter Gore died Dismukes, Montrell
Cemetery. Visitation is Nov. 12, 2020, at Univer- Dismukes, Romesia
from 6-8 p.m. today, at sity of Mississippi Med- Randle, Jackie Bibbs,
the church. Robinson ical Center of Jackson. Karen Young and Ty-

Martha Sledge
Funeral Home of West Graveside services cee Robinson; and one
Point is in charge of will be at 10 a.m. Sat- grandchild.
arrangements. urday, at Piney Grove
Mr. Jantz was born M.B. Church Cemetery, Margaret McVey Martha Ann Sledge, 83, of
march 26, 1937, in with Willie S. Sanders
officiating. Carter’s
STARKVILLE — Jacqueline Brumley Columbus, MS passed away
Halstead, Kansas, to Margaret Ann Crowder Visitation: Wednesday, November 11,
the late Eva Schmidt Funeral Services of McVey, 84, died Nov. Saturday, Nov. 14 • 1:15-2 PM 2020, at Baptist Memorial
and Frank Jantz. He Columbus is in charge Memorial Gardens
Hospital-GT.
11, 2020. Graveside Services:
was formerly employed of arrangements. Saturday, Nov. 14 • 2 PM A visitation will be Saturday,
A private graveside
as a dairy farmer. He is survived by his Memorial Gardens
November 14, 2020, from 10:30-
service will be Sat- Burial
In addition to his par- parents, Jeffrey Gore Jr. Memorial Gardens 11:30 AM at Murrah’s Chapel
urday, in Memorial
ents, he was preceded and Kadeeshia Gibbs; 2nd Ave. N. Location Baptist Church. A graveside
Gardens Cemetery.
in death by his siblings, and siblings, Jayden service will follow at 11:30 AM
Welch Funeral Home of
Clifford Jantz and Carol Gibbs, Jayla Gibbs, Roger Porter in Murrah’s Chapel cemetery with Bro. David
and Karson Gore all of Starkville is in charge Visitation:
Wiebe. of arrangements. Coleman officiating and Lowndes Funeral Home,
Columbus. Friday, Nov. 13 • 1-3 PM
He is survived by Mrs. McVey was 2nd Ave. N. Locaiton Columbus, MS directing.
his wife, Violet Jantz; born in West Point to 2nd Ave. N. Location Mrs. Sledge was born on February 7, 1937, in
children, Lyle Jantz of Michella Spencer the late Mr. and Mrs. JimmyJordan
Columbus, MS to the late Rachel Dickens Hayes
Aberdeen, Marlin Jantz STARKVILLE — and Clyde Hayes Sr. She loved animals, taking
R.H. Crowder. She at- Visitation:
of Liberty, Kentucky, Michella Spencer, 42, Friday, Nov. 13 • 6-8 PM care of her chickens and taking care of others.
tended West Point High
Jeremy Jantz, and died Nov. 8, 2020. Saturday, Nov. 14 • 10-11 AM In addition to her parents, Mrs. Sledge is
School and Mississippi Canaan Baptist Church
Jonelle Litwiller both Graveside services preceded in death by her husband, Hubert
State University. She Services:
of West Point; siblings, will be at 11 a.m. Satur- Saturday, Nov. 14 • 11 AM Eastland Sledge; daughter, Cynthia Spangler;
Ben Jantz of Texas, was formerly employed Canaan Baptist Church
day, in East Sand Creek brothers, James “Bud” Hayes, Johnny Hayes and
Kirby Jantz of Kansas, as the secretary to the 2nd Ave. N. Location
Cemetery. Clyde Hayes; and sisters, Elizabeth Maxey and
Jeffrey Jantz, Vangie Visitation is from 1-6 county agent while
Pearl Mize.
Eck both of Oklaho- p.m. today, at West Me- living in Vicksburg.
Mrs. Sledge is survived by her daughter,
ma, Raymond Jantz of morial Funeral Home. She was a member of
memorialgunterpeel.com Kathy (Jeff) Walker of Columbus, MS; sons,
Arkansas and Mary West Memorial Funeral The Episcopal Church
Raymond (Margie) Sledge of Ethelsville, AL and
Ellen Jantz of Arizona. Home of Starkville is of the Resurrection.
Billy Wayne (Sue) Whatley of Coldwater, MS;
10 grandchildren; and in charge of arrange- In addition to her
12 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; six

DeWitt Joiner
three great-grandchil- ments. great-great-grandchildren; brother, Leon Hayes;
dren. She is survived and sisters, Joyce Allen and Sarah Richardson.
Pallbearers will be by her mother, Katie Pallbearers will be Wayne Whatley, John
Garrett Jantz, Bran- L. Smith; children, Walker, Nathan Sledge, Justin Sledge, Green
DeWitt Joiner passed away at Methodist
don Litwiller, Tanner Jarques Madison, Bailey and Lucas Whatley.
Southlake Hospital on November 1, 2020, while
Koehn, Matthew Xaviera Spencer and Honorary pallbearers will be Greg Bryant,
sleeping due to renal and heart failure.
Koehn, Jeff Schmidt Quenesha Fulton; and Albert Richardson and Robert Richardson.
He was the fifth child born on February 23,
and Brock Unruh. one grandchild. Memorials may be made to French Camp
1943, in Macon, MS to General B. and Ara Mae
Memorials may be Academy 1 Fine Pl, French Camp, MS 39745.
Joiner. Both parents preceded him in death along
made to OakWood Re- Betty Randle-Young with one sister and three brothers, Dorothy/Dot,
tirement Community 55 WEST POINT Compliments of
Oakwood Dr. Brooks- — Betty Jean Ran-
Howard, Eddie (Lillie) and Gene (Marie).
He leaves to cherish his memory five siblings,
Lowndes Funeral Home
ville, MS 39739. www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
dle-Young, 45, died Nov. one sister and four brothers, Morris (Ruby
2, 2020, at North Mis-

Jimmy Jordan
Jean), Dora, Joe (Joyce), Ernest (Lois) and loyal/
Kameron Gore sissippi Medical Center devoted brother, Fred. He will be especially
COLUMBUS — In- of West Point. missed by special niece and nephew, Lydia and
fant Kameron Jace Gore Graveside services Javon. His memory will live on in the hearts of James R. “Jimmy” Jordan,
died Nov. 4, 2020, at are at 11 a.m. today, in many relatives near and far away. age 83, died Tuesday, November
University of Missis- Greenwood Cemetery, Services will be held on Friday, November 10, 2020, at Baptist Memorial
sippi Medical Center of with the Rev. Donnie 13, 2020, visitation 9 AM; Funeral Service 11 Hospital, Columbus.
Jackson. Fields Sr. officiating. AM at Smith, Bizzell and Warner Funeral Home Services will be held
Graveside services Carter’s Mortuary 4209 Grant Street, Gary, Indiana 46408. www. Saturday at 11:00 AM at Canaan
will be at 10 a.m. Sat- Services of West Point smithbizzellwarnerfuneralhome.com Baptist Church with Bro. Paul
urday, at Piney Grove is in charge of arrange- Shaw officiating; burial will
M.B. Church Cemetery, ments. Paid Obituary - Smith, Bizzle & Warner Funeral Home
follow at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Friday

James “Ed” Barham

James Edward “Ed” Barham,78, of Columbus,
MS passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at
Oktibbeha County Hospital, Starkville, MS.
A visitation will be Saturday, November 14,
2020, from 1:00-2:00 PM at Life Church. Funeral
service will follow at 2:00 PM officiated by Bobby
Richardson assisted by Nick Cannady and Jody
Andrews.
Mr. Barham was born on May 21, 1942, in
Vernon, AL to the late Millie Grey Barham and
Joel Barham. He served in the United States
Marine Corps and then worked for Yellow
Freight as a truck driver for many years. James
Edward was a servant of God who loved his
family dearly his children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren. He was the most giving
person who would help anyone in need and lend
a helping hand whether it be mowing the lawn,
working on cars, or whatever needed to be fixed.
We all knew if Papaw couldn’t fix it, we were
all screwed. He loved being outdoors, playing
solitaire, and catfishing, and spending time with
his friends at the Tennessee River. He was an
amazing man who will be terribly missed. He
was his family’s hero.
Mr. Barham is survived by his wife of 41
years, Sallie Gayle Henry Barham of Columbus,
MS; daughters, Amy (Bobby) Richardson of
November 13, 2020, from 6 until 8 PM at Canaan
Baptist Church, and again Saturday one hour
prior to service.
Mr. Jordan was born on June 19, 1937, in
Columbus to the late Harold Duncan and Celia
Druemont Jordan.
Mr. Jordan was a graduate of SD Lee High
School, Class of 1955. He attended Mississippi
State and served in the Army Reserve. He was
a civil service employee for over 30 years. Mr.
Jordan was a longtime licensed funeral director
at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home, and
served as a deputy coroner in Lowndes County
for many years.
Mr. Jordan was an active member of Canaan
Baptist Church, an avid fan of NASCAR and
Alabama football. He also loved to watch Western
movies. He was a local history buff and collector
of antique coins and guns. Mr. Jordan was a
devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-
grandfather.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by his wife, Juanita Foreman Jordan; and
his son-in-law, John Kemp.
Survivors include his daughters, Gail Jordan
Kemp and Lisa Jordan Swims (Michael); son,
James R. “Jim” Jordan, Jr.; grandchildren, Ashley
Glasgow (Scott), John Eric Kemp (Carley), James
R. “Trey” Jordan III, Megan Jordan, Gage Jordan,
Haley Swims and Emily Gail Swims; great-
grandchildren, Katie Hoglund, Tristan Hoglund,
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of Columbus, MS; grandchildren, Robby
Richardson, Austin (Randah) Richardson,
Taylor (Madison) Richardson, Kelsie (Alan
Solomon) Hoover, Kodie Hoover, Kalieb Hoover,
Kolten Guess, and Andrea Cannady; great-
grandchildren, Landyn Richardson, Easton
Richardson and Maxton Richardson; brothers,
Jim Barham, Clay Barham, Earl Barham and
Paul Barham; and sister, Louise Pritchard.
Pallbearers Robby Richardson, Austin
Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Kodie Hoover,
Alan Solomon, James Hoover standing in for
Kalieb Hoover who is at Army Basic Training.
Honorary Pallbearer Ron Brackin.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
Jackson Kemp Glasgow and John Wayne “Tripp”
Kemp.
Serving as pallbearers will be Chad Weldon,
John Eric Kemp and Scott Glasgow.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Dr.
Michael Duckworth, Dr. Joel Butler, Frank
“Greasey” Griffin III, John “Buddy” Dyson,
Charles Weldon, Jr., Mary Shaw, Katherine
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Jamie Nettles takes a “sniff” break for her dogs, Cerberus, left, and Charon, on Columbus’ Southside recently.
Nettles said the dogs are named after beasts from Greek mythology. (Cerebus is the watchdog of the Underworld
while Charon is the boatman on the River Styx delivering the souls of the dead). Despite their names, both are
sweet dogs, Nettles said, who love their daily routine. “We run every morning and take a walk every afternoon,”
Nettles said. “We never miss a day.”
COVID cases
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er spike in new cases with
150, compared to 57 the
week before, and Lown-
des County saw 125 new
cases compared to 113
the prior week.
Clay County had 793
cases, an increase of 45
cases compared to 33
the previous week, and
Noxubee County had 634
cases, an increase of 19
compared to 12 the previ-
ous week.
Some local school dis-
tricts, however, are see-
ing a lull in new cases.
S t a rk v i l le - Ok t ibb e -
ha Consolidated School
District currently has
four positive student cas-
es and two positive staff
cases of COVID-19, ac-
cording to its website,
where administrators
update the district’s cas-
es weekly at https://
w w w.starkvillesd.com/
covid19/numbers/index/.
The two staff cases
are sixth-grade teachers
at Partnership Middle
School who tested pos-
itive this past weekend,
The Dispatch previously
reported. All sixth grad-
ers started learning en-
tirely online Monday after
eight more teachers had
to quarantine due to close
contact with the two who
tested positive.
Lowndes County
School District saw 28
new cases for both stu-
dents and staff from Nov.
Study
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a marketing campaign in
the summer and hope to
start the recruiting pro-
cess in September.
While medical profes-
sionals understand some
factors that contribute to
higher rates of heart/lung
disease in rural areas —
access to healthy food and
medical care, for example
— the study will examine
dozens of other factors,
from the water supply to
home environment to what
Fox calls “rural stressors.”
“We want to attract peo-
ple from every socio-eco-
nomic group — poor,
wealthy, Black, white,
every group — because
these health issues don’t
limit themselves to any
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2 to Nov. 6, according to
its update every Monday
at https://www.lowndes.
k12.ms.us/. LCSD had 27
new cases from Oct. 26 to
Oct. 30, a sharp increase
from nine the previous
week.
Columbus Municipal
School District had no
new student cases and
two positive teacher or
staff cases in the same
time frame, Superinten-
dent Cherie Labat told
The Dispatch on Thurs-
day. The district had seen
four new cases the previ-
ous week.
School districts are re-
quired to report the num-
ber of COVID-19 cases
among staff and students
to MSDH weekly. When
schools report fewer than
five confirmed COVID-19
cases in a week, MSDH
lists the number as be-
tween one and five.
West Point Consolidat-
ed School District report-
ed one to five new cases in
three buildings — there-
fore ranging from three
to fifteen new cases —
from Nov. 2 through Nov.
6, according to the MSDH
website.
None of the schools in
Noxubee County School
District are listed as re-
porting to MSDH, and Su-
perintendent Rodriguez
Broadnax did not respond
to a request for case num-
bers by press time. Last
single group,” he said.
Study participants will
give interviews, complete
survey questionnaires
and undergo a battery of
screenings and tests at
mobile medical units that
will set up shop in the
counties for six-to-eight
weeks.
To aid in their effort,
Fox has reached into the
community for support.
OCH Regional Medical
Center will support the
study, along with a com-
munity advisory commit-
tee.
“We want to reach out
to every community in the
county, not just the city of
Starkville,” Fox said.
Maben Mayor Lar-
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week he reported there of COVID-19, with 1,271
were only three cases in new cases from Tuesday
the district. to Wednesday alone, ac-
Mississippi School for cording to MSDH.
Mathematics and Science The United States
reported between one and saw a record number of
five new cases each for 150,000 new cases on
both employees and stu- Thursday, just a week af-
dents to MSDH, and four ter reaching a record of
employees were quaran- 100,000, bringing the to-
tined due to COVID-19 tal number of cases up to
exposure between Nov. 2
10.6 million.
and Nov. 6.
Annunciation Cath-
olic School in Colum-
bus, Starkville Christian
School and Magnolia
Christian School in Nox-
ubee County all reported
no new cases among stu-
dents or staff, according
to MSDH’s website. No
other private schools in
the area are listed as re-
porting to MSDH.
Mississippi State
University updates its
COVID-19 cases on
its website daily. As of
Wednesday, MSU has 28
positive student cases and
five employee cases.
Mississippi Universi-
ty for Women updates its
COVID cases on its web-
site every Friday morn-
ing, and as of today there
are 14 new student cases
and one new employee
case in the past week.
MUW has a total of 57
positive student cases and
seven positive employee
cases.
Mississippi has seen
a total of 130,665 cases
ry Pruitt is a member of
the advisory committee,
something he believes
will definitely improve the
health of his community.
“I believe the study will
benefit the whole commu-
nity and the surrounding
area,” Pruitt said. “Some-
times it’s a struggle get-
ting quality health care
in small towns, so this is a
great opportunity for a lot
of our residents to get real-
ly good examinations.
“It’s not only great for
the people who are a part
of the study, but the infor-
mation that comes from
the study could help fu-
ture generations,” he add-
ed. “I’m happy to be a part
of it.”
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ers amid Washington years, and
State’s 2-4 start to the Leach is
2012 campaign, then- again in
head coach Mike Leach the midst
added another historic of a mud-
line to his memorable died 2-4
list of rants. start in his
“Some of them have first year
had this zombie-like, g u i d i n g Leach
go -through-the -mo - a Missis-
tions,” Leach said of sippi State team that
his seniors’ leadership. fired incumbent coach
“That’s how it’s always Joe Moorhead despite a
been, and that’s how it’ll winning record and 2-0
always be.’” mark against Ole Miss.
“Some of them quite In a place and pro-
honestly have an emp- gram that has seen
ty-corpse quality,” he about as little success
as any in major college
football (take MSU’s
0.490 winning percent-
age, the eighth-worst
mark in Power Five con-
ference football, as an
example), the longtime
outlaw coach echoed the
“zombies” disclaimer
following the Bulldogs’
loss to Kentucky on Oct.
10.
“We’re going to have
to check some of our
group and see who real-
ly wants to play here, be-
cause any malcontents,
we’re going to have to
purge a couple of those,”
Leach said.
Coming purges aside
— though MSU has al-
ready seen eight players
leave the program for
varying reasons over
the past three weeks —
the parallels between
Leach’s first season in
Pullman and this year
in Starkville are eerily
similar.
With the promise of
a high-flying aerial as-
sault that would take
the Southeastern Con-
ference by storm, the
Bulldogs looked well
on their way to making
significant noise in 2020
after downing then-No.
6 LSU on an afternoon
the Tigers honored the
2019 national title team
in the season opener.
Former Stanford quar-
terback K.J. Costello
rather loudly announced
himself to the Deep
South that day courtesy
of a conference record
623-yard outing as the
Bulldogs won 44-34 in
a game that wasn’t as
close as the score indi-
cated.
But in the weeks
since, the MSU offense
has shifted from dynam-
ic to middling to down-
right anemic. In MSU’s
five games after the win
over LSU, the Bulldogs
have failed to reach the
300 passing yard pla-
teau four times, scored
14 points or less four
times, were held without
an offensive score twice
and were completely
shut out by then-No. 2
Alabama on Halloween,
marking the first time
in Leach’s 19-year head
coaching his team failed
to score a single point.
It’s here where the
parallels begin.
During Leach’s in-
augural season in Pull-
man, he and his staff in-
herited a program that
had bottomed out under
Paul Wulff, notching a
record of just 9-40 over
his four seasons. Finish-
ing the year 3-9 in 2012,
the Cougars were held
to less than 300 yards
passing four times and
mustered seven points
or less on four separate
See LEACH, 2B

PREP CAPSULES High School Basketball

West Point
opens playoffs
Columbus girls get revenge on Pontotoc
on the road
at HCC
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com

After West Point al-

lowed Center Hill to
score on its first play
from scrimmage in last
week’s home game, the
Green Wave turned to
a saying on which they
rely heavily.
“Play the next play,”
coach Chris Chamb-
less said. “Play the next
play regardless of what
happens. Just play your
next play as hard as you
can. Good things will
happen.”
Last week, that led
to a 40 -21 win that sent
West Point — which has
won the past four MH-
SA A Class 5A titles —
to the postseason. Un-
like past years, though,
the Green Wave (7-3)
open on the road.
“We haven’t had to
See CAPSULES, 3B

Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff

Heritage
Academy’s
Tipton,
Martin sign
to continue
softball
careers
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
The transition wasn’t
easy when Carley Mar-
tin first came to Heritage
Academy from Shreveport,
Louisiana, in sixth grade.
Soon, though, Martin
began to make friends. One
of the first was Madison
Tipton, a fellow sixth-grad-
er who joined Martin on
the softball team.
That was six years ago.
The two Patriots have been
throwing partners — and
close friends — ever since.
“She really impacted my
softball career,” Tipton said
of Martin. “She’s an amaz-
ing player. I love playing
with her. She’s one of my
best friends.”
On Thursday, both Heri-
tage Academy seniors took
a step up in their softball
careers. Tipton signed her
letter of intent to play for
Mississippi University for
Women; Martin will head
to East Mississippi Com-
See HERITAGE, 2B
Columbus sophomore MaKhya Weatherspoon (20) dribbles against Pontotoc senior Angela Middleton (30) in the fourth quarter of
Thursday’s game at Columbus. The Falcons won 53-47.
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
When the Columbus High
School girls basketball team
faced Pontotoc early last season,
the Falcons were no match for
Warriors star post player Samya
Brooks.
“Last year, 24 (Brooks) just
dominated us,” Columbus coach
Yvonne Hairston said.
Thursday, the Falcons
showed they still remembered.
Junior Charity Yeates and Co-
lumbus (3-1) flipped the script,
limiting Brooks’ effectiveness
and pulling out a 53-47 win over
the Warriors in Thursday’s
home game.
“To do that against 24
(Brooks), that was big,” Hairston
said of Yeates, who led the team
with 16 points. “She knew that,
and she rose to the occasion.
Some people get scared, but she
didn’t. I know she played big, and
she played well.”
Yeates and the Falcons tight-
ly guarded Brooks, a junior who
is already an NCAA Division I
prospect, and kept someone in
front of her all night to force her
to give up the ball.
Pontotoc’s Sky Vaughn and
Makayla Boyd nearly made the
Falcons pay with several 3-point-
ers, but Columbus was skilled
enough to hold on.
“We really weren’t expecting
them to shoot the ball as well as
they did, but they did,” Hairston
said. “We were fortunate enough
to win the ballgame.”
It wasn’t just luck as the Fal-
cons won their third straight
game after an uncharacteristic
performance against Northeast
Lauderdale in their season open-
er, following the loss with wins
over Center Hill and Louisville
prior to Thursday’s contest. Co-
lumbus, which won last year’s
Class 5A title, looks every bit as
solid as last year’s team did after
the 2019 Falcons split their first
four games.
But when the preseason rank-
ings came out, Columbus was
outside the top 10. Pontotoc was
in it.
“That was motivation for us to
go out and say, OK, they have the
X on their back,” Hairston said.
“We don’t.”
That motivation fueled Co-
lumbus to pull away in the sec-
ond half after trailing 24-23 at
the break. Sophomore MaKhya
Weatherspoon fired up the home
crowd with three midrange
jumpers from the same location
— the left elbow — to put the Fal-
cons up 35-28 and force a Ponto-
toc timeout.
Hairston said she’d told
Weatherspoon to shoot from
midrange after her 3s weren’t
falling early in the season.
“That’s my new spot,” Weath-
erspoon said.
Columbus’ lead never dipped
under four after her series of
makes, and the Falcons finished
a huge home win over a team
they’d been waiting a year to
beat.
“We weren’t here to prove
anyone wrong,” Yeates said. “We day.”
were here to just prove ourselves:
that we are good, that we’re here,
Blake Burnett led Columbus
with 17 points. Jaquarius Wil-
and we are contenders.” liams had nine, Tre Dismuke had
eight and Ethan Conner had six.
Pontotoc boys 46, Morris pointed out that his
team is more experienced than
Columbus 44
Willie Young stayed un-
last season’s squad — which
gave three sophomores signifi-
derneath the basket just long
enough to watch.
cant minutes — and that the Fal-
cons need to improve soon.
From there, the Columbus
“This year, we’re not as young
junior took it in: his last-second
as we were,” he said.
attempt at a tying layup rolling
around the side of the rim and
Other scores
down to the court.
Prep Girls Basketball
As Pontotoc collected the re-
Starkville 78, West Point 23
bound and heaved the ball down
Columbus Christian Acade-
the court to run out the clock,
my 50, Grace Christian 8
Young shook his head, dejected-
Starkville Academy 49, Oak
ly, and began a slow walk toward
Hill Academy 33
his team’s bench.
It was the Falcons’ final
Prep Boys Basketball
chance at pulling out a win
Starkville 92, West Point 26
against the Warriors, and Co-
Grace Christian 52, Colum-
lumbus (2-2) couldn’t take
bus Christian Academy 38
advantage in a 46-44 loss to a
Starkville Academy 56, Oak
strong Pontotoc team.
Hill Academy 34
“It’s a tough game, but we’re
going to get better from it,” Co-
Prep Girls Soccer
lumbus coach Phillip Morris
Kosciusko 8, Columbus 0
promised.
New Hope 5, Amory 2
Columbus led Pontotoc 25-21
Mississippi School for Math-
at halftime, but a string of wast-
ematics and Science 2, Nettle-
ed possessions in the second
ton 1
half doomed the Falcons. All too
Clinton 2, Starkville 0
often, errant dribbles bounced
off feet, and misguided passes
Prep Boys Soccer
found the wrong hands.
Kosciusko 9, Columbus 2
“Turnovers down the stretch
Amory 4, New Hope 3
beat us,” Morris said. “When
Mississippi School for Math-
I go back and watch the film,
ematics and Science 5, Nettle-
I’ll see that turnovers down the
ton 0
stretch beat us at the end of the
Clinton 3, Starkville 1
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Heritage
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munity College.
“I think they’re glad that
they get to share this mo-
ment together,” Heritage
Academy coach Heidi Mat-
thews said.
Matthews, in her first
year coaching the Patriots,
said Tipton and Martin de-
served it thanks to positive
attitudes and hard work.
With a small roster this fall,
they had to put in extra time
to improve their game and
help the team.
“It’s special,” Matthews
said. “I’m very proud of the
way they’ve played and the
way they’ve handled them-
selves.”
A former player and
current graduate assistant
at MUW, Matthews will be
able to continue her rela-
tionship with Tipton. The
coach was pleased when
Tipton informed her of her
college choice.
“I was like, ‘OK, well,
that’s good. I have some ins
over there,’” Matthews said.
Tipton said she had her
eye on playing for The W
for a couple years, and her
likes for the school’s busi-
ness program as well as
new coach Charles “Buddy”
Foster helped solidify the
decision.
“It’s something I’ve
looked forward to my whole
life,” Tipton said. “I’m just
happy I get to continue
my softball career with an
amazing program and an
amazing school.”
Martin said she fell in
love with EMCC’s coaches
— Austin McNair and Kim-
my Nicholson — as well
as the campus on her first
visit. Right then, she knew
the school was “perfect” for
her. A shortstop at Heritage
Academy, she will likely
play second base in college.
She’ll also have to split
up with Tipton, but the
two don’t look at it as a bad
thing. Instead, they’ll get to
share their new experienc-
es — and they might even
face off in an exhibition or
two.
“We’ll have to play
against each other, so
that’ll be fun,” Martin said.
“We can finally go our own
ways and still be able to talk
about it and stuff and have
that moment together.”

MSU
Continued from Page 1B

occasions. on the inaugural two-deep. er defender. and going back home to be

Similarly frustrating,
Washington State conclud-
ed the season with just 349
yards on the ground total
and finished four games
with negative rushing
yards.
Sound familiar?
There’s also the matter
of the offensive line play.
Historically lauded for the
wide splits the air raid em-
ploys, the spacing Leach
asks of his offensive line is a
far cry from the tight splits
employed in Moorhead’s
RPO-based attack.
Transitioning from be-
ing on top of one another
to seemingly miles apart,
the MSU offensive line has
seen its Pro Football Focus
run blocking grade drop
from 67.2 to 48.9 (No. 110
nationally) on a 100-point
scale, while its pass block-
ing grade dipped from 62.7
to 44.1 (No. 115 nationally).
Washington State’s 2012
offensive line endured sim-
ilar growing pains. After
allowing 38 sacks during
Wulff’s final year in Pull-
man, the Cougars finished
dead last in the country by
allowing 57 sacks — 4.75
per game — during Leach’s
first season, including a 10-
sack outing against Stan-
ford.
“At first it was ‘He’s go-
ing to go how far out?’” of-
fensive line coach Mason
Miller, who spent two years
with Leach at Washing-
ton State, said in August.
“Now it’s kind of turned into
they’re stepping on each
other, which means they’re
moving their feet. If you’re
stepping on each other
with three-and-a-half foot
splits we’re covering some
ground there.”
Entering 2020, MSU re-
turned just 12 starters and
boasted 26 underclassmen
By contrast, Washington
State headed into 2012 with
just 13 returning starters —
a stat Leach maligned when
asked of his memories of
that year on Wednesday.
Having not been afford-
ed spring practices amid a
pandemic, coupled with a
conference-only schedule
bereft of the usual noncon-
ference cupcakes the Bull-
dogs tend to rack up three
or four wins per year on, it’s
fair to assume MSU could
finish this season 2-8. And
while the optics of such a
conclusion to Leach’s first
year in Starkville may make
fans quiver at the thought,
Washington State’s 6-7 re-
bound in Year 2 should offer
a semblance of optimism
whether Leach adds to his
growing list of famed rants
or not.
“We’re definitely in the
training wheels stage,” he
said following MSU’s slim
win over Vanderbilt last
week. “But suffice it to say
it’s going to get a little bit
more aggressive than that.”
Mississippi State safety
Marcus Murphy opts out
of 2020 season
STARKVILLE — Mis-
sissippi State is down anoth-
Junior safety and West
Point native Marcus Mur-
phy announced Thursday
afternoon via Twitter that
he will opt out of the rest of
the 2020 season.
“After careful consider-
ation of what is best for me
and my family moving for-
ward, I have decided to opt
out of the 2020 football sea-
son,” he wrote. “I appreciate
the love and support I’ve
received during my time at
Mississippi State Universi-
ty.”
Earlier this season, Mur-
phy discussed the possibili-
ty of opting out of the season
over COVID-19 concerns
with reporters due to his
son Mason, who is battling
a rare genetic abnormality.
“On the opting out deal,
I mean it was a concern, but
then again I love football
and I love him,” he said in
September. “It’s got to go
hand in hand in how I bal-
ance that out or whatever.
I know whenever he’s older
he’s going to ask me, ‘Dad,
what’d you do during this
pandemic?’ or ‘How did you
handle this pandemic?’ It all
comes down to making sac-
rifices. It’s just what I had
to do -- making sacrifices
to be around my teammates
there for him.”
Murphy is now the sec-
ond MSU player in as many
weeks to opt out of the 2020
season, after starting run-
ning back and Columbus
product Kylin Hill revealed
last week that he would be
leaving the program in or-
der to prepare for the NFL
draft.
The Bulldogs have also
seen another seven players
enter the transfer portal
for varying reasons over
the last month. Those who
have done so include former
Alabama transfer Tyrell
Shavers and one-time Mich-
igan running back Kareem
Walker.
MSU was scheduled to
play Auburn on Saturday,
but that game has been
delayed until Dec. 12 due
to MSU’s inability to meet
the 53-scholarship player
threshold the SEC requires
each team to hit in order to
play amid the COVID-19
pandemic.
The Bulldogs are next
slated to play Nov. 21 at No.
12 Georgia.

ON THE AIR
Friday
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
7 p.m. — Florida Atlantic at
Florida International, CBSSN
7 p.m. — Iowa at Minneso-
ta, FS1
7:30 p.m. — East Carolina
at Cincinnati, ESPN2

Saturday
College football
11 a.m. — Vanderbilt at
Kentucky, SECN
11 a.m. — Indiana at Michi-
gan State, ABC
11 a.m. — Penn State at
Nebraska, FS1
2:30 p.m. — Southern
Miss at Western Kentucky,
CBSSN
2:30 p.m. — Notre Dame at
Boston College, NBC
2:30 p.m. — USC at Arizo-
na, FOX
2:30 p.m. — Colorado at
Stanford, ESPN
6 p.m. — Arkansas at Flori-
da, ESPN
6 p.m. — Oregon at WSU,
FOX
6:30 p.m. — South Carolina
at Ole Miss, SECN
6:30 p.m. — Wisconsin at
Michigan, ABC

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do it in a while, for sure,
but we consider our-
selves very fortunate to
have a shot to play in the
playoffs, especially with
it being a COVID year,”
Chambless said.
He said his team is “up
to the challenge” posed
by a trip to Lexington
to face Holmes County
Central (7-2). The Jag-
uars boast two future
college star defensive
backs: Mississippi State
commit Corey Ellington
and LSU pledge Kham-
auri Rogers.
But that won’t change
West Point’s offensive
modus operandi: estab-
lish the run and knock
the other team off the
ball.
“We’re going to stick
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with what we’ve been Booneville, which
doing,” Chambless said. beat Nettleton 14-6 two
“We’re going to stick to weeks ago and had a bye
last week, is the latest
what our normal game
threat. The Blue Devils
plan is.”
peaked at four straight
wins in the middle of the
Booneville (6-2) at season before a loss to
Noxubee County (7-1)
Amory on Oct. 23.
Noxubee County will Young said Booneville
have to start faster than has a fairly standard of-
it did last week to beat fense with a slight pre-
Booneville in Friday’s disposition for the pass.
Class 3A second-round Shutting down the Blue
playoff game. Devils’ run game and
The Tigers’ offense keeping signal caller
wasn’t a problem in the John Daniel Deaton in
54-6 win over Byhalia, check will be fundamen-
coach Teddy Young said, tal for Noxubee County.
but the defense allowed “We have to win in the
an opening-drive touch- trenches, and we have
down. That will have to to contain the quarter-
change as the level of back,” Young said.
competition increases
with each passing week. West Lowndes (4-5) at
FAMILY CIRCUS
Biggersville (10-0)
Once again, West
Lowndes opens the Class
1A playoffs with a road
game at Biggersville.
The Panthers will
hope this season’s con-
test goes better than last
year’s.
Biggersville knocked
out West Lowndes 44-6
in the first round in 2019
and has only improved
since. The Lions’ most
tightly contested wins
this season came by
26 and 27 points;their
third-closest game was
a 52-0 shutout of Myrtle.
“They’re just so much
stronger than we are,”
West Lowndes coach
Anthony King said. “We
have to get in that weight
room to be able to com-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
As we return
to work,
businesses and
expanded health
care are opening
up after the pan-
demic shutdown.
We all are pretty
much required
to wear masks
anywhere we go
these days.
I am a deaf
person and rely
on lip-reading for
communication.
Wearing a mask Dear Abby
has shut out my
contact with the
hearing world as far as commu-
nication goes. I have been mis-
treated in more ways than one
because masks do not allow me
to lip read. When I’m not able to
have a sign language interpreter
with me, I bring a pen and pad
everywhere I go to converse as
best as I can.
I am a very patient person;
however, people in the public
sector are not being patient nor
compassionate in helping us
deaf individuals. Please under-
stand, we are TRYING to com-
municate as best as we can.
We simply ask the community to
be patient and either lower your
mask to respond, or write your
response. Yelling through the
mask is pointless. — DEAF IN
LAS VEGAS
DEAR DEAF: I can only
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
13). This solar journey has
you keenly aware of how every
experience changes you in
some way. Because of this, you
put yourself in the line of beauty
and sign yourself up for the
challenges that might blossom
the qualities you desire to em-
body. You will be surprised and
pleased by the results of these
endeavors. Cancer and Libra
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 8, 40, 44, 28 and 14.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Accept pangs of frustration as
feedback that you should adjust
your plan or alter your aim.
These feelings only need to be
experienced for a fraction of
a second to have served their
practical purpose.
pete with the better
teams in 1A.”
But Biggersville
hasn’t played the past
two weeks due to
COVID-19 outbreaks
with opponents H.W.
Byers and Thrasher.
West Lowndes, which
had to forfeit one game
and cancel another for
an undisclosed reason,
knows what that’s like.
“It’s hard to make up
for two weeks when you
weren’t doing anything,”
King said.
With their season on
the line, the Panthers
hope to improve on last
year’s playoff showing,
but that won’t be easy.
“It’ll be a tough task,
and we just have to be
ready to play,” King said.
imagine how
frustrating and
isolating this has
been for you and
other deaf people.
Reusable trans-
parent masks and
masks with clear
plastic inserts
(windows) are
available on the
internet. (NPR has
posted a YouTube
video demonstra-
tion.) I would urge
anyone who has
contact with deaf
individuals to go
online and check
this out. Some
are marked, “Hearing Impaired.”
I have considered buying some,
if only so friends and family can
see me in my entirety and know
without question when I’m being
facetious.
DEAR ABBY: I babysit my
1-year-old grandson 40 hours a
week while my son and daugh-
ter-in-law work nights. They were
paying me $80 a week, then
suddenly stopped. My son said
they might not pay me all the
time because they often forget
to “debit over” at the store to
get the money for me.
I watched the baby for seven
hours on Sunday, too, while my
son enjoyed a day off. When I
asked him if he remembered
to debit over, he replied, “Debit
over for what?” I said, “For my
services.” He said, “Services for
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The atmosphere will be a bit
stale upon arrival and, as sen-
sitive as you are, it will be clear
that someone’s got to crank out
the good vibes that will turn this
around, and that someone is
probably you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You usually realize what people
are protective of before you
cross a boundary, but some-
times there are hidden rules you
only know about once you come
up against them and experience
the pushback.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Go ahead and aim high while
working low — doing the ground-
work that will bring step-by-step,
gradual success. A good plan
will include simple measures
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 3B
Freeman, Abreu win
MVP awards
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Braves slugger Freddie
Freeman easily won the
NL MVP award Thurs-
day, topping off a trying
year that saw him become
so ill with COVID-19 he
prayed “please don’t take
me.”
Chicago White Sox
slugger José Abreu earned
the AL MVP, a reward for
powering his team back
into the playoffs for the
first time since 2008.
Freeman got 28 of the
30 first-place votes in bal-
loting by members of the
Baseball Writers’ Associa-
tion of America. Dodgers
outfielder Mookie Betts
got the other two firsts to
finish second, and San Di-
ego third baseman Man-
ny Machado was third.
what?” I said, “Babysitting,” and
he replied that his wife should
have paid me, but she didn’t. —
FORGOTTEN IN FLORIDA
DEAR FORGOTTEN: I’m
sorry to say this, but your son
is a deadbeat who should
be ashamed of himself. He
could pay you by check or an
electronic transfer if he doesn’t
have the cash on hand. If you
need money, find a client who
will honor the deal, which will let
your son and his wife learn how
expensive replacing you will be.
(If you decide to let them rehire
you, make sure you get the
money upfront.)
DEAR ABBY: I want to be a
good friend, but I’m at my wits’
end. A friend has decided he is
going to be a singer-songwriter,
and he’s terrible. He keeps
sending me videos, invitations
to watch him perform online
concerts, etc. I have tried
offering constructive criticism,
which he deflects. Now he has
recorded a CD, which he wants
to send me at his expense. I
do not want him to waste his
money, and I don’t care to
waste my time listening to it. Is
there a gracious way out of this
situation? — NOT INTERESTED
IN THE WEST
DEAR NOT INTERESTED:
Yes. Accept the disc, which
he is sending at his expense.
And when he asks you for a
compliment, give him one. In
other words, be a friend, not a
music critic.
and lots of repetition.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
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involving that it’s hard to know
just how you’re feeling in the
midst of it. Notice how you feel
in the moments after you leave
though because that feeling
says a lot.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). You’ll have an exhilarating
sense of forwarding movement
today, though perhaps not in
the area you want to move.
That’s OK because progress in
any area will eventually bring
you forward in others.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
It is impossible to know how
another person is seeing the sit-
uation; however, with a combi-
nation of curiosity and empathy,
you will come about as close as
it gets to this superpower.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). A past letdown has influ-
enced you to view your present
circumstance in a less-than-
helpful way. Rethink and rewrite
your history. Your opinion of
what happened is what matters,
and that’s something you can
change.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). To put one’s head in an
alligator’s open jaws is more
foolish than bold, but that’s the
price of the gator-stunt. Perhaps
it’s also foolish to put one’s
heart in the hands of another
and hope for mercy, but that’s
the price of love.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Jealousy is golden! It
tells you what you really want
and care about. Still, it’s often
better expressed in a journal or
some other private way, as it’s
not the most attractive quality
and can skewer the balance of
relationships.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It takes more than love to
make a relationship work. Right
now, it’s the simple act of mak-
ing and keeping agreements
that will tell you all you need to
know about how the relationship
is doing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ll listen to the same
story a few times, but when
patterns become too repetitive,
it’s both taxing and a sign that
the other person isn’t holding
up their end of the conversation-
al bargain.
Paper over the cracks
SOLUTION:
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RELIGIOUS BRIEFS
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life experience also can also be used for de-
gree granting purposes. For further information
feel free to call 662-425-8443
Fellowship Dinner, Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith Center, 923 Ridge
Road, hosts a fellowship dinner and youth
service every third Sunday.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church, 1102 12th Ave. S.,
invites the public to join its Community Gospel
Book Club from 6-7 p.m., on the fourth Friday
of each month, to study and share views of the
Holy Bible. Open to all ages and ethnicities.
For more information, call Barbara Mattison or
Lillian Murray, 662-570-5595.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief and Mourning offers
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tion, call 662-327-0604 or e-mail unitedchris-
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Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery, the nation’s largest
Christian recovery program, meets Tuesdays at
6:00 p.m. at Meadowview Church, 300 Linden
Circle in Starkville. Millions have found help,
healing, and support for hurts, habits, and
hang-ups using our popular Biblical 12 step
program.
Prayer for Youth
Every second and third Saturday, Pleasant
Ridge Faith Center hosts a prayer for the youth
from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2221
14th Ave. N., hosts free coffee and a prayer
community outreach service from 8-9 a.m.
every fifth Saturday. For information, contact
Jesse Slater, 662-328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins invites the public to
tune in to WTWG, radio 1050 AM for Perfecting
the Saints Broadcast, Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Women Prayer, Worship Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd St. S.,
holds a prayer and worship service every Thurs-
day from 5-6 p.m. Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting Outreach Ministry
invites the public to call in with their prayer
requests at 662-327-9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd. St.
S., Columbus, holds prayer service Thursday
nights 5-6 p.m. Contact Marie Nabors, 662-
549-4322. Church service times: Sunday
school 10 a.m.; Sunday worship 11:15 a.m.;
Tuesday Bible study 7 p.m. For information,
call Pastor District Elder Lou Nabors, 662-329-
1234.
Fitness Transformations
The Transformational Church, 2301 Jess
Lyons Road, hosts boxing lessons Mondays
and Wednesday from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss boot
camp Tuesdays and Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and
both on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.

Recovery Room Youth Fellowship

New Life Assembly, 4474 New Hope Road
(near Dollar General) hosts Recovery Room, at
6:30 p.m. each Sunday. Find help, healing, and
support for any hurt, habit, or hang-up using
our Christ-centered 12 steps.
The Transformational Church, 2301 Jess
Lyons Road, hosts Youth Fellowship from 7-8:30
p.m. every Tuesday. Games, prayer, service,
food, and more. Transportation available. For
information, call Iris Roberson, 662-295-7456.

Pope Francis vows to end sexual

abuse after McCarrick report
Report blamed a host of bishops,
cardinals and popes for downplaying
and dismissing mountains of evidence
of former cardinal’s misconduct
BY NICOLE WINFIELD
The Associated Press
ROME — Pope Fran-
cis pledged Wednesday to
rid the Catholic Church of
sexual abuse and offered
prayers to victims of for-
mer Cardinal Theodore
McCarrick, a day after the
Vatican released a detailed
report into the decade-
slong church cover-up of
his sexual misconduct.
The Vatican report
blamed a host of bish-
ops, cardinals and popes
for downplaying and dis-
missing mountains of
evidence of McCarrick’s
misconduct starting in
the 1990s — but largely
spared Francis. Instead,
it laid the lion’s share of
the blame on St. John Paul
II, a former pope, for hav-
ing appointed McCarrick
archbishop of Washington
in 2000, and making him
a cardinal, despite having
commissioned an inquiry
that found he had slept
with seminarians.
Francis concluded his
weekly general audience
Wednesday by recalling
that the report into the
“painful case” of the for-
mer high-ranking Amer-
ican cardinal had been
released the previous day.
“I renew my closeness
to victims of any abuse
and commitment of the
church to eradicate this
evil,” Francis said. He
then paused silently for
nearly a minute, apparent-
ly in prayer.
Francis defrocked the
90-year-old McCarrick
last year after a separate
Vatican investigation
found he sexually abused
children as well as adults.
Francis authorized the
more in-depth study into
McCarrick’s rise through
the hierarchy after reve-
lations that it was an open
secret in the U.S. and Vat-
ican hierarchies that he
behaved inappropriately
with seminarians, sleep-
ing with them in his bed
on weekend getaways.
The report raised un-
comfortable questions
about John Paul and his
trusted secretary, Car-
dinal Stanislaw Dziwisz,
who has been subject to
increasing scrutiny and
criticism in his native Po-
land over allegations he
covered up other cases of
clergy sexual abuse.
Just this week, the
head of Poland’s bishops
conference, Archbishop
Stanislaw Gadecki, said
he hoped an “appropriate
commission of the Holy
See will clarify all the
doubts” about Dziwisz’s
record — scrutiny Dziwisz
himself said he welcomed.
In his remarks Wednes-
day, Francis held up for
praise John Paul, who
was beloved in his native
Poland and by many Cath-
olics elsewhere but has
come under criticism for
his failure to take action
against pedophile priests.

Vatican calling: Pope congratulates Joe Biden on election

BY WILL WEISSERT AND
DAVID CRARY
The Associated Press
It’s not exactly divine
intervention, but even the
pope considers the U.S.
presidential race over.
President-elect Joe
Biden, a lifelong Roman
Catholic, spoke to Pope
Francis on Thursday, de-
spite President Donald
Trump refusing to con-
cede. Trump claims —
without evidence — that
the election was stolen
from him through mas-
sive but unspecified acts
of fraud.
Biden’s transition
team said in a statement
that the president-elect
thanked Francis for “ex-
tending blessings and
congratulations and not-
ed his appreciation.” He
also saluted the pontiff’s
“leadership in promoting
peace, reconciliation, and
the common bonds of hu-
manity around the world.”
Biden said he hopes
to work with Francis on
issues such as climate
change, poverty and im-
migration.
News of the call came
even as some Catholic
bishops in the U.S. de-
cline to acknowledge
Biden’s victory and argue
that the faithful should
not back him because of
his support for abortion
rights.
On Tuesday, for ex-
ample, Bishop Joseph
Strickland of Tyler, Texas,
tweeted that Biden and
Vice President-elect Ka-
mala Harris support “the
slaughter of innocents” at
any point during pregnan-
cy.
Biden has said he ac-
cepts church doctrine
about abortion on a per-
sonal level, but does not
want to impose that belief
on everyone.
Biden has had several
phone calls this week with
foreign leaders, including
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson, French
President Emmanuel Ma-
cron and German Chan-
cellor Angela Merkel.
They have congratulated
him on winning and con-
sider the election settled.
Having the pope on
board, too, likely has
special significance for
Biden.
He is just the second
Catholic to be elected
president in U.S. history,
and the first since John
F. Kennedy. Biden speaks
frequently and openly
about the importance
of faith in his life and at-
tends Mass near his home
in Wilmington, Delaware,
nearly every week.

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The following vehicle has been
abandoned at Shelton's Tow-
ing, Inc., 1024 Gardner Blvd.,
Columbus, MS 39702.
2001 Ford Econoline Van
Vin: 1FBSS31L21HA53920
This vehicle will be put up for
sale on the 4th day of Decem-
ber, 2020 at 10 am at
Shelton's Towing, Inc., 1024
Gardner Blvd., Columbus, MS
39702.
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 903
Alabama St. Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 4th day of Decem-
ber, A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Shanie Parr - E279
Jerry Stockman - E246
Monique Chatman - E2
Latisha Williams - E3
Chelsey Jones - E244
Chelsey Kirby - E484
Caroline Payne - E366
Shelby Barnhill - E19
LaShana Scott - E58, E372
Alyssa Harris - E478
Jonathan Doss - E214
Cedrick Clemons - E1
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 5th day of November,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING,
LLC PLAINTIFF
V.
LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K.
SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY
FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH
FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE
FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE
LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B.
SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
SR., DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
PEACH FLOWERS SMITH,
Just a click away!
a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
DECEASED DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 44CH1:20-cv-
00080-RPF
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
TO: Tommie Lee Flower, Jr.
a/k/a Tommie Lee Flowers, Jr.
15743 Basin Lane
Victorville, CA 92394
You have been made a Defend-
ant in the suit filed in this
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
ing a judgment in favor of the
Plaintiff for confirmation of title
and reformation of certain in-
struments in the chain of title.
Defendants other than you in
this action are Larry Smith,
Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Eddie B. Smith,
III, unknown heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Sr., deceased, un-
known heirs of Eddie B. Smith,
Jr., deceased, and unknown
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
ceased.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint
filed against you in this action
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III,
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
39157, the attorney for the
Plaintiff.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING,
LLC PLAINTIFF
V.
LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K.
SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY
FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH
FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE
FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE
LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B.
SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
SR., DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
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SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
PEACH FLOWERS SMITH,
a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
DECEASED DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 44CH1:20-cv-
00080-RPF
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
TO: Tommie Lee Flower, Jr.
a/k/a Tommie Lee Flowers, Jr.
15743 Basin Lane
Victorville, CA 92394
You have been made a Defend-
ant in the suit filed in this
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
ing a judgment in favor of the
Plaintiff for confirmation of title
and reformation of certain in-
struments in the chain of title.
Defendants other than you in
this action are Larry Smith,
Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Eddie B. Smith,
III, unknown heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Sr., deceased, un-
known heirs of Eddie B. Smith,
Jr., deceased, and unknown
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
ceased.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint
filed against you in this action
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III,
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
39157, the attorney for the
Plaintiff.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED
AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY
OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED
IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original
of your response with the Clerk
of this Court within a reason-
able time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this 9th day of
November, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
Lowndes County, Mississippi
BY: /s/ Shantrell W. Grander-
son
D.C.
(Seal)
SUBMITTED BY:
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
No. 2247)
MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
Ste 702
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(769) 524-2300; (601) 510-
5609 (fax)
Publish: November 13, 2020
November 20, 2020
November 27, 2020
December 4, 2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF VIRGINIA R. LOWE, DE-
CEASED
CAUSE NO: 2020-0217-F
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
Virginia R. Lowe, deceased, by
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the
2nd day of November, A. D.,
2020. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
against said estate to Probate
and Register same with the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, within
ninety (90) days from the first
publication date of this Notice
to Creditors. A failure to so Pro-
bate and Register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This is the 3rd day of Novem-
ber, 2020.
/s/GENE D. LOWE, SR., EX-
ECUTOR
Steven R. McEwen
McEwen Law Firm
P. O. Box 709
Columbus, MS 39703
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- bus, MS 39703, until 10:00
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the ber 4, 2020, for supplying all
personal property to satisfy the labor and materials (as spe-
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- ity of the Contractor to perform Rosedale, Mississippi 38732
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- all work and furnish all labor,
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- and/or the drawings referred to 11/20/2020
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 4th day of Decem- ting a bid in excess of
ber, A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney $50,000.00 must show on his NOTICE OF SALE
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in Certificate of Responsibility
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- $50,000.00, a notation so
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- face of the envelope.
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to tion is given as specified.
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- the actual date of the opening
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et be contingent upon the Bidder
seq (Supp 1988).
Eric Yarbrough - B59
Kayla Kunz - B39
Larry Gillard II - B26
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 5th day of November,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST
WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
LAURA GENELL BRIDGES
BROWN, DECEASED
LESTER ARNELL BROWN EX-
ECUTOR
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0191-PDE
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO ANY UNKNOWN PERSONS
CLAIMING TO BE A CHILD OF
LESTER ARNELL BROWN
You have been made Respond- The Columbus Light and Water WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
ents in a petition filed in this
Court by Lester Arnell Brown,
seeking to close the estate of
Laura Genell Bridges Brown,
Deceased.
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the Peti-
tion filed against you in this ac- partment
tion at 9:30 o’clock a.m. on
the 9th day of December 2020, DATES OF PUBLICATION:
in the Chancery Courtroom of
the Lowndes County Court-
house at 515 2nd Avenue
North, Columbus, Mississippi,
and in case of your failure to
appear and defend a judgment LOWLOWNDES COUNTY, MIS-
will be entered against you for
the money or other things de-
manded in the petition.
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal SHARON GAYE WICKS-MUR-
of said Court, this the 28th day RAY,
of October 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chy Clk
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi Chancery Court
(SEAL)
By: Shantrell W. Granderson,
D.C.
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11/13/2020
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
COLUMBUS LIGHT AND WATER
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
Sealed bids will be received by ninety (90) days from the first
the Columbus Light and Water publication of the Notice to
Department, Columbus, Missis- Creditors will bar such claim as
sippi in the second floor confer- provided by MISSISSIPPI CODE
ence room at the Columbus
Light and Water Department,
420 4th Avenue South, Colum- This the 8th day of October,
A.M., Local Time, on Decem-
cified) necessary for the Right
of Way Clearing.
The above general outline of
features of the work does not
in any way limit the responsibil- Post Office Box 912
equipment and materials re-
quired by the specifications
therein.
CERTIFICATE OF RESPONSIBIL- STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
ITY: Each contractor submit-
bid and on the face of the en-
velope containing the bid, his
Number, as required by Sec-
tion 31-3-21 and 21-3-15, Mis- HOUSES for storage space in
sissippi Code of 1972. If the
bid does not exceed
stating must appear on the
EVIDENCE: No bid will be
opened, considered or accep-
ted unless the above informa-
No bidder may withdraw his bid lowing tenants.
within ninety (90) days after
thereof.
The award of this contract will
satisfying that a goal of 25%
minority business participation storage units leased by the fol-
has been considered in his/her lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
Bidder’s Proposal with evid-
ence provided.
Awarding public contracts to
non-resident Bidders will be on A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney
the same basis as the non-res-
ident bidder’s state awards
contracts to Mississippi Con-
tractors bidding under similar
circumstances. In order to en-
sure that Mississippi’s Golden
Rule is followed, state law re-
quires a non-resident bidder to South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
attach to his bid, a copy of
his/her resident state’s cur-
rent laws pertaining to such
state’s treatment of non-resid- time by the auctioneer/man-
ent contractors.
Bid documents are being made
available via original paper
copy.
The Columbus Light and Water
Department hereby notifies all
Bidders that it will affirmatively with the following and its al-
insure that in any contract
entered into pursuant to this
advertisement, disadvantaged
and women’s business enter-
prises will be afforded the full
opportunity to submit bids in
response to this invitation and Charles Mateer - H14
will not be discriminated
against on the grounds of race,
color, or national origin in con-
sideration for an award.
Department reserves the right
to reject any and all bids and to A.D. 2020.
waive any informalities or irreg-
ularities therein.
BY: /s/ Todd Gale
Todd Gale, General Manager
Columbus Light and Water De-
November 13, 2020
November 20, 2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
SISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF HUBERT STRANGE
WICKS
VS
PETITIONER
CAUSE NO.: 2020-0074
NOTICE OF CREDITORS
Letters of Administration have
been granted on the 31st day
of August, 2020, by the Chan-
cery Court Cause Number
2020-0074 of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, to the un- and Register same with the
dersigned Administratrix of the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
Estate of Hubert Strange
Wicks, Deceased, notice is
hereby given pursuant to Mis-
sissippi Code Annotated sec-
tion 91-7-145 (1972) to all per- bate and Register said claim
sons having claims against the will forever bar the same.
Estate to present the same to
the Clerk of this Court. Failure
to have a claim probated and
registered by the Clerk of the
Court granting Letters within
ninety (90) days from the first
publication of the Notice to
Creditors will bar such claim as 11/20/2020
provided by MISSISSIPPI CODE
ANN §91-7-157 (1972).
This the 8th day of October,
2020.
SHARON GAYE WICKS-MURRAY
Administratrix and Sister of
Hubert Strange Wicks, De-
ceased
Aelicia Thomas (MSB# 10792)
COUNSEL FOR THE ESTATE
Post Office Box 912
Rosedale, Mississippi 38732
Telephone: (662) 843-3777
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
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WICKS CAUSE NO. 2020-0204-DE WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
VS NOTICE TO CREDITORS and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
SHARON GAYE WICKS-MUR-
RAY,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
PETITIONER
CAUSE NO.: 2020-0074
Letters of Administration have
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
been granted and issued to the lowing tenants.
undersigned upon the Estate of
NOTICE OF CREDITORS To place ads starting at only $12,
Martha Ann Fortner, deceased, NOW THEREFORE, notice is
by the Chancery Court of hereby given that FRIENDLY
Letters of Administration have
been granted on the 31st day
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Lowndes County, Mississippi,
on the 21st day of October
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
of August, 2020, by the Chan- 2020. This is to give notice to tion to the highest bidder for
cery Court Cause Number all persons having claims cash all personal property in
2020-0074THE DISPATCH n
of Lowndes CDISPATCH.COM
against said estate n FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
to Probate storage units 13, 2020
leased 5B
n fol-
by the
County, Mississippi, to the un- and Register same with the lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
dersigned Administratrix of the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
Estate of Hubert Strange County, Mississippi, within Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
Wicks, Deceased, notice is ninety (90) days from the first at 8:30 am on the 4th day of
Legal Notices
hereby given pursuant to Mis- Legal Notices date of this Notice December,
publication Legal Notices A.D. 2020 and will
sissippi Code Annotated sec- to Creditors. A failure to so Pro- continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
tion 91-7-145 (1972) to all per- bate and Register said claim MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
sons having claims against the will forever bar the same. the following sequence: 903
Estate to present the same to Alabama Street, Columbus,
the Clerk of this Court. Failure
to have a claim probated and
This the 2nd day of November
2020.
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
registered by the Clerk of the South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
Court granting Letters within /s/ Sandy Brock tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 & drawn from the sale at any
11/20/2020 time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
ANN §91-7-157 (1972). IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- Title to the personal property to
SIPPI be sold is believed to be good,
2020. but at such sale, FRIENDLY
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF ROBERT CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
SHARON GAYE WICKS-MURRAY L. EDMONSON, JR., DECEASED convey only such title as is ves-
Administratrix and Sister of ted in it pursuant to its lease
Hubert Strange Wicks, De- THERESA GORE EDMONSON, with the following and its al-
ceased EXECUTRIX lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
Aelicia Thomas (MSB# 10792) CAUSE NO. 2020-0213-F seq (Supp 1988).
COUNSEL FOR THE ESTATE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Lashea Atiana Stagat - N161
Telephone: (662) 843-3777 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Kitty Davis - N64, N65
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 & Doris Jones - N245
Letters Testamentary having
been granted on the 2nd day of Sharon D. Little - N276
November, 2020, by the Chan-
cery Court of Lowndes County, Rhonda McClain - N272
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Mississippi, to the under-
signed Executrix of the Estate Debbie Gardner - N22
of Robert L. Edmonson, Jr., de-
Onterrio Lowery - N34
WHEREAS, the following ten- ceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims
ants entered into leases with Robert Snow - N88
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- against the estate to present
the same to the Clerk of this
Court for probate and registra- WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
which to store personal prop- this the 5th day of November,
erty and tion according to law, within
ninety (90) days from the first A.D. 2020.
WHEREAS, default has been publication of this notice or
they will be forever barred. FRIENDLY CITY
made in the payment of rent MINI-WAREHOUSES
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- By: C.H.L.
HOUSES pursuant to said This the 4th day of November,
Leases is authorized to sell the 2020. Publish: 11/6, 11/13 &
personal property to satisfy the 11/20/2020
past due and any other Theresa Gore Edmonson,
Executrix of the Estate of
charges owed to it by the fol-
Robert L. Edmonson, Jr., De- IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
ceased LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY Prepared by:
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- James P. Wilson, Jr., Esq.
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- (MSB#10783) TATE OF THOMAS SCOTT
BERRY, DECEASED
tion to the highest bidder for Mitchell McNutt & Sams, PA
P.O. Box 1366
cash all personal property in
Columbus, MS 39703-1366 CAUSE NO: 2020-0188-PDE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504 Publish: 11/6, 11/13,
Highway 69 South, Columbus, 11/20/2020
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 4th day December, LOWNDES COUNTY
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- Letters Testamentary have
Drive, Columbus, MS and will SIPPI
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
the following sequence: 903 THOMAS SCOTT BERRY, de-
TATE OF SHIRLEY McDILL, DE- ceased, by the Chancery Court
Alabama Street, Columbus, CEASED
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum- of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 5th day of Octo-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69 TONY McDILL, PETITIONER ber, A. D., 2020. This is to give
notice to all persons having
tions are with reserve and CAUSE NO. 2020-0196-F
therefore all units can be with- claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
drawn from the sale at any NOTICE TO CREDITORS with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
ager. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI within ninety (90) days from the
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Title to the personal property to first publication date of this No-
be sold is believed to be good, tice to Creditors. A failure to so
Letters Testamentary have Probate and Register said
but at such sale, FRIENDLY been granted and issued to the
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will claim will forever bar the same.
undersigned upon the Estate of
convey only such title as is ves- Shirley McDill, deceased, by
ted in it pursuant to its lease This the 3rd day of November,
the Chancery Court of Lowndes 2020.
County, Mississippi, on the
lowed under Mississippi Code 13th day of October 2020. This
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et /s/RUTH T. BERRY, EXECUTRIX
is to give notice to all persons
seq (Supp 1988). having claims against said es- McEwen Law Firm
tate to Probate and Register
Wendy Blunt - H60, H104 Steven R. McEwen
same with the Chancery Clerk P. O. Box 709
of Lowndes County, Missis- Columbus, MS 39703
sippi, within ninety (90) days
from the first publication date PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 &
Breana Newton - H91 of this Notice to Creditors. A 11/20/2020
failure to so Probate and Re-
Natasha Kyle - H48
gister said claim will forever
bar the same.
this the 5th day of November,
Did you
?
This the 28th day of October
2020.
know
FRIENDLY CITY /s/ Tony McDill
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
Publish: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- NOTICE OF SALE In 2014, The
Dispatch
SIPPI
WHEREAS, the following ten-
started
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- ants entered into leases with
TATE OF MARTHA ANN FORT- FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
NER, DECEASED HOUSES for storage space in
Lowndes
which to store personal prop-
SANDY BROCK, PETITIONER erty and
County
CAUSE NO. 2020-0204-DE WHEREAS, default has been
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- Imagination
Library, a
HOUSES pursuant to said
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Leases is authorized to sell the
non-profit
COUNTY OF LOWNDES personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
Letters of Administration have charges owed to it by the fol-
been granted and issued to the lowing tenants.
undersigned upon the Estate of
that promotes
early
Martha Ann Fortner, deceased, NOW THEREFORE, notice is
by the Chancery Court of hereby given that FRIENDLY
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
on the 21st day of October
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- childhood
2020. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in literacy.
against said estate to Probate storage units leased by the fol-
The
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
Dispatch
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
County, Mississippi, within Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
ninety (90) days from the first
publication date of this Notice
at 8:30 am on the 4th day of
December, A.D. 2020 and will
to Creditors. A failure to so Pro- continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
This the 2nd day of November MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
2020. bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
/s/ Sandy Brock tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 & drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Lashea Atiana Stagat - N161
Kitty Davis - N64, N65
ADS STARTING AT
Doris Jones - N245
$12
Sharon D. Little - N276
Rhonda McClain - N272
Debbie Gardner - N22
Onterrio Lowery - N34
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 5th day of November,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2020
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