Members of the Calhoun Endowment Foundation visited EXCEL in Calhoun City this week to present a $3,000 grant to allow the organization to pay off its remaining debt for the building on the Calhoun City Square. Among those in attendance were, from left, Bill Williams, Romona Tillman, Michael Watkins and John Burt. Photo by Joel McNeece
Cullie Ann Woods Suggs, 71, of Grenada died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 at her home. She was born May 26, 1943 in Big Creek, to E.B. Woods and Bertha Hallum Woods. She was a retired toll operator for BellSouth and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. [Read more...]
Edna Ruth Barton, 85 of Metairie, La. passed on January 12, 2015. She was born April 27, 1929 in Calhoun City. She was the wife of the late Ernest Edwain Barton, who passed on December 13, 2012. She was a homemaker, graduate of Mississippi State University and school teacher for 30 years, in Mississippi and Louisiana. She was a Sunday School teacher 30 plus years and active member of First Baptist Kenner, in Kenner, La. where she helped established a prayer ministry, and had her own personal ministry in visiting folk ill in their home or in the hospital. She was a gentle spirit, but yet a warrior for her faith. [Read more...]
John Thomas Carl Coleman, 89, of Pontotoc, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at Pontotoc Rehab. Born March 20, 1925, he was the husband of the late Faye Reynolds Coleman. He was retired from Memphis Hardwood Flooring and was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. [Read more...]
Calhoun County Supervisors met Thursday morning where the dominant topic of conversation was improvements needed to the multi-purpose building and overall drainage around the fairgrounds. See the related story in the news section. Photo by Joel McNeece
Improvements to the multi-purpose center in Pittsboro were the primary topic of conversation at Thursday morning’s board of supervisors meeting.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office apprehended Douglas Manley Reid in Derma Wednesday afternoon on a warrant from the Onondaga Sheriff’s Office in Syracuse, New York.
Emily Rennie looks through dozens of magazines at a time, but not necessarily because she’s fascinated by the stories. She’s on a scavenger hunt for interesting images she can turn into her increasingly popular magnets.
The past few weeks I’ve been visiting folks in Houlka, Algoma, Houston and Pontotoc as part of research on the Tanglefoot Trail – the old rail … [Read More...]
Our youngest granddaughter, sweet Ellie Kathryn, will be 3 years old this Friday. Her birthday is easy to remember January 23– 1-2-3. … [Read More...]
STARKVILLE – I like to think of it as the day that Mississippi taxpayers were told that with a little faith and an investment in new technology, we … [Read More...]
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