Earlene Pettit Parker, 81, of Vardaman, died June 7, 2013 at Choctaw County Nursing Home, Ackerman. She was born November 6, 1931 in Pontotoc County, the daughter of Buie Thomas Pettit and Vera Elizabeth Higginbotham Pettit. She was retired from Kellwood Company in Calhoun City, and was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church.
Vardaman sends lots of basketball players to ICC camp
June 10, 2013 By
Vardaman High School sent a lot of participants to the 2013 ICC Lady Indians Basketball Camp in Fulton.
Scam discovered in area where caller pretends to be from TV satellite company
June 10, 2013 By
Calhoun County citizens are asked to be on alert for a scam in the area in which callers are portraying TV satellite companies.
Morgan shoots 302 at State Am in Saucier
June 10, 2013 By
T.J. Morgan shot three 75s and a 77 for a total score of 302 in the four-round State Amateur Golf Championship last week in Saucier.
Late Mississippi cotton planting amplifies bug threat
June 10, 2013 By
Farmers are finally catching up on cotton planting, but experts are worried that the late start could expose the crop to more insects than if wet weather hadn’t delayed planting.
June 10, 2013 By
University of Mississippi Pharmacy student Carlos Black, of Louisville, recently completed a two-week externship with Andy Stepp and Stepp-Saver Pharmacy in Bruce. Photo by Celia D. Hillhouse
Bruce Museum receives more upgrades, exhibits
June 8, 2013 By
Improvements to the Bruce Museum continued this week with several improvements to the building and some new exhibits added as well.
June 8, 2013 By
Lynn Thornton, of Bruce, came by The Journal to show this large cabbage from his garden. He said it isn’t the largest produced in his garden this year, but his children claimed the bigger ones. Photo by Joel McNeece
Pittsboro board discusses new fire truck, pest control contract
June 7, 2013 By
The Pittsboro Board of Aldermen were updated on new trucks for the fire department and looked into the town’s pest control contracts at a brief meeting Thursday night.
June 7, 2013 By
The David Murphree Chapter, Mississippi Society Sons of the American Revolution, at its May meeting, presented a Flag Certificate to the Board of Supervisors for properly displaying the U.S. Flag at the courthouse and presented to Rebecca McCord a certificate of Outstanding Citizenship with stipend. Pictured are Clay Wade, Board of Supervisors President Barney Wade, David Murphree Chapter President Clarence Milstead, Rebecca McCord, Ann McCord and School Board President Rev. Billy McCord.
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