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Oktibbeha County to pay $133K annually

for flood control association membership
County lifts pandemic-
related curfew
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Oktibbeha supervisors voted
3-2 Monday to join the Tombig-
bee River Valley Water Man-
agement District after reviving
a debate from last year over
the pros and cons of becoming
a member of the Tupelo-based
state agency.
District 3 Supervisor Marvell
Howard Montgomery
Howard suggested the county
join the district after the su-
pervisors voted unanimously
to authorize an assessment of
Hollis Creek, which has flood-
ed residential areas in southern
Starkville and Oktibbeha Coun-
ty recently due to the buildup of
debris.
“I think it’s time, I think it’s
of value and it’s not an outra-
geous cost,” Howard said.
District 1 Supervisor and
Board President John Mont-
gomery disagreed, saying it did
not make sense for the county
to pay $133,000 per year to an
agency that was not guaranteed
or required to complete any
projects in the county.
Montgomery and District 4
Supervisor Bricklee Miller were
the dissenting votes. Howard,
District 2 Supervisor Orlando
Trainer and District 5 Supervi-
sor Joe Williams voted in favor.
The water management dis-
trict does flood control, cleanup
and repair projects on water-
ways of all sizes in 12 north-
east Mississippi counties, with
Oktibbeha soon to be the 13th.
The agency can go on private
property to clean up creeks,
something the county cannot do
without previous consent from
property owners.
The board unanimously
agreed in September that the
county would benefit from join-
ing the agency and decided
in November to do further re-
search before choosing whether
to join. At that time, both How-
ard and Montgomery said they
had heard that the agency did
not allow counties to leave if su-
pervisors decide to do so.
The board has since learned
that counties with no debt in-
curred from water management
projects can leave the agency if
the remaining member counties
See OKTIBBEHA, 3A

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES Church leaders

in Columbus
concerned
about reopening
too soon
Mayor: City, state
governments will not
infringe on church rights
to gather; recommends
‘having a game plan’
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com

Roughly a dozen
church leaders who
sit on a city-formed
committee on re-
opening Columbus
expressed reluctance
to open their doors
too soon amid the
Smith
COVID-19 pandemic
at a meeting with city leaders Mon-
day.
Birney Imes/Dispatch Staff The pastors, members of the
Jimmy Valentine Sr. stands next to a climbing rose Wednesday afternoon he says has been growing in the front yard of his Churches and Funeral Homes Sub-
home on Apple Street for at least 10 years. Awhile back Valentine was considering pruning part of the rose that was growing committee of Restart Columbus,
along the roofline of his front porch, until his mother Ada, who is 95, advised him not to. He followed his mother’s advice. had a roughly two-hour meeting
Valentine says his parents imparted in him a love for gardening.
with Mayor Robert Smith, City At-
torney Jeff Turnage and several
other public officials. Directors of
funeral homes will meet with city
officials at a later date.

Former officer who drove patrol car to apply Smith, who hosted the meeting,
assured church leaders no govern-
ment authority would infringe upon
for out-of-town job sues Columbus, councilmen church activities out of respect for
religious freedom. The city’s police
department will not issue citations
Adams, who drove to Moorhead while on duty, claims councilmen to large church gatherings if that
were to happen, he said, and Gov.
should never have reported his offense to The Dispatch Tate Reeves also announced on sev-
eral occasions the state government
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN Reginald Adams, who the ed his privacy and breached
ialtman@cdispatch.com would not dictate the reopening or
city council terminated from an implied covenant of good
shutdown of church events.
his position during an ex- faith and fair dealing by tell- “When you decide to open up,
A former investigator
ecutive session of a council ing The Dispatch Adams that’s on you,” Smith said.
with Columbus Police De-
partment has filed a federal meeting on March 5, 2019, would be disciplined for Adams Mickens But faced with the rising num-
lawsuit against the city and filed the suit in federal court taking a police vehicle and bers talked to The Dispatch ber of confirmed COVID-19 cases
Ward 2 Councilman Joseph in Aberdeen on Friday. In the driving to Moorhead while before the March 2019 meet- and deaths, Smith said he strongly
Mickens, among other coun- complaint, he alleges Mick- on duty and without authori- ing, they could not have been recommended the churches refrain
cil members, claiming the ens and two other council zation to apply for a job. impartial when they took up from reopening until June.
council fired him unjustly members — who are listed as Adams also argues that the matter on March 5 and “It’s optional. I’m only asking you
last year. “Councilmen A-D” — violat- because the council mem- See LAWSUIT, 3A See CHURCHES, 6A

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Feds urge ‘extreme caution’

for reopening nursing homes
Authorities: Visits shouldn’t happen before all
residents and staff have tested negative for the
coronavirus for at least 28 days
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Federal author-
ities are urging governors to use
“extreme caution” in deciding when
to resume visits at nursing homes,
saying it shouldn’t come before all
residents and staff have tested neg-
ative for the coronavirus for at least
28 days.
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services’ criteria for re-
laxing restrictions at nursing homes
come more than two months after
the agency ordered homes to ban
visitors. Instead of firm dates, it lists
a variety of factors state and local
officials should consider, such as ad-
equate staffing levels at homes and
the ability to regularly test all resi-
dents and workers.
“We’re urging governors to pro-
ceed with extreme caution because
these are the most vulnerable citi-
zens. We know that nursing homes
have struggled,” Seema Verma, head
of CMS, told The Associated Press.
Already, outbreaks in nursing
homes and long-term care facilities
have claimed more than 33,000 lives,
more than a third of all coronavirus
deaths in the U.S., according to a
count by the AP.
The recommendations bolster
the Trump administration’s broader
guidelines that say senior care fa-
cilities should be among the last in
a community to reopen, given the
vulnerability of their elderly resi-
dents. And they noted that some
homes may have to wait even longer
than 28 days from the last negative
test if they have had problems with
infection controls, staffing or other
issues.
Once visits resume, family mem-
bers and others should still wear
face coverings and practice social
distancing, CMS said.
Although the ban on visitors is in-
tended to keep residents safe, Toby
Edelman of the Center for Medi-
care Advocacy said the prolonged
isolation could have negative con-
sequences, since family members
often act as an extra set of eyes to
ensure their loved ones are being
properly cared for.
“It’s been necessary but it takes
its toll on residents and family mem-
bers, psychologically, mentally,
physically — in every conceivable
way,” Edelman said.

Democrats: Fired watchdog

was looking into Saudi arms sale
Secretary of State Pompeo said he
recommended inspector be removed
because he was ‘undermining’ the
State Department’s mission
BY MAT THEW LEE
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON — ed the dismissal might
Congressional Demo-
crats say the State De-
partment watchdog fired
by President Donald
Trump last week was in-
vestigating possible im-
propriety in a massive
arms sale to Saudi Ara-
bia last year, adding new
questions to the watch-
dog’s abrupt dismissal.
Democrats said Mon-
day that ousted Inspector
General Steve Linick was
probing how the State
Department pushed
through a $7 billion Saudi
arms sale over congres-
sional objections. Demo-
crats previously suggest-
have been tied to Linick’s
investigation of allega-
tions that Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo may
have improperly ordered
staff to run personal er-
rands for him.
Linick’s dismissal
late Friday comes amid
broader concerns over
Trump’s removal of in-
spectors general at vari-
ous departments. Trump
has said he had lost con-
fidence in those fired but
has not given specific
reasons, which lawmak-
ers from both parties
have criticized.
Pompeo told The
Washington Post on Mon-
day that he had recom-
mended to Trump that Li-
nick be removed because
he was “undermining”
the State Department’s
mission. He would not
address specifics except
to say it was not in retalia-
tion for any investigation.
“It is not possible that
this decision, or my rec-
ommendation rather, to
the president rather, was
based on any effort to
retaliate for any investi-
gation that was going on,
or is currently going on,”
Pompeo told the Post,
adding that he did not
know if Linick’s office
had been looking into
possible impropriety on
his part.

Barr says he doesn’t envision

investigations of Biden, Obama
BY ERIC TUCKER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — At-
torney General William
Barr said Monday that he
did not expect an investi-
gation into the origins of
the FBI’s Russia investi-
gation to lead to criminal
probes of either President
Donald Trump’s Dem-
ocratic opponent, Joe
Biden, or former Presi-
dent Barack Obama.
Trump has stated
without evidence that
he believes Obama
committed unspecified
crimes as president,
repeatedly tweeting,
“OBAMAGATE!” The
claims have become a ral-
lying cry among Trump
supporters, while Demo-
crats view it as a desper-
ate attempt to shift the
focus from the president’s
handling of the coronavi-
rus outbreak and the na-
tion’s soaring unemploy-
ment.
Barr, speaking Mon-
day at an unrelated news
conference and respond-
ing to a question about
Trump’s allegations, in-
sisted that the Justice
Department would not
be swayed by political
pressure to investigate
the president’s opponents
and that the “criminal
justice system will not be
used for partisan political
ends.”
Barr’s comments come
as Democrats and some
former law enforcement
officials have accused
the attorney general of
politicizing decisions and
doing Trump’s bidding at
the Justice Department.
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Gov. Reeves’ ‘safer at home’ order enters final week

BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississip-
pi Gov. Tate Reeves’ “safer at
home” order to slow the spread
of the new coronavirus is enter-
ing its final week.
Some restaurants and other
businesses have been easing
into reopening with sanitation
and social distancing restric-
tions in place. Tattoo parlors
were allowed to reopen during
the weekend, and casinos are
preparing to start reopening
Thursday.
Many high schools have
been holding commencement
ceremonies with videos of indi-
vidual students receiving their
diplomas, often edited together
to show the entire graduating
class. Other high schools are
planning ceremonies in a few
weeks.
The “safer at home” order,
which expires May 25, is meant
to limit people’s physical in-
teractions. Republican Reeves
said last week that he believes
the order is accomplishing its
goal of limiting the spread of
the virus enough to prevent
the health care system from
being overwhelmed. He is still
suggesting that people who are
medically vulnerable should re-
main home.
Mississippi Secretary of
State Michael Watson said in
a statement Monday that his
office is starting to make plans
for handling the November gen-
eral election with coronavirus
safety precautions. Watson, a
Republican, said he will ask the
Legislature to authorize in-per-
son absentee voting during a
state of emergency. Mississip-
pi’s current law says absentee
voting is limited to people who
will be out of town on Election
Day or to people who are 65 or
older.
“I want Mississippians to un-
derstand this is not a ploy to im-
plement early voting, but a tem-
porary way to permit those who
are most at risk of contracting
COVID-19 a safe opportunity
to exercise their right to vote,”
Watson said.
Watson said training for poll
workers could be conducted
online and will include infor-
mation about social distancing
and sanitizing polling stations.
He said his office might allow
some voting to be conducted in
outdoor settings.

Oktibbeha
Continued from Page 1A
agree to it.
Williams proposed
the county join the water
management district in
January, and the board
voted down the proposal
3-2. Howard was the one
who flipped his vote Mon-
day, and he said he fully
changed his mind after
some additional research
on the agency.
“We’ve got so many
drainage issues, and there
are so many steps and
regulations that you have
to adhere to when you get
ready to do a drainage
project,” Howard told The
Dispatch. “The water dis-
trict is already equipped,
they already know the
process and they can han-
dle all that up front.”
Montgomery and Mill-
er both said they did not
want to join
an agency
that could
take years
to turn its
attention to
the newest
of 13 coun-
ties. Mill- Miller
er said the
county should use the
agency membership mon-
ey to tackle projects with
county employees “in-
stead of putting that mon-
ey into a wishlist basket.”
Howard said the coun-
ty’s desired projects were
not guaranteed to be “at
the back of the line,” and
assigning county work-
ers to drainage projects
instead of road projects
could become a “slippery
slope.”
“Instead of being so re-
active, we need to be more
proactive,” he said.
The board and the gov-
ernor will each appoint a
member representing Ok-
tibbeha County to the wa-
ter management district
board. Property taxes
fund the services, and Ok-
tibbeha County does not
need to increase millage
rates in order to receive
them.
Other business
The county’s 10 p.m. to
5 a.m. curfew since April 6
expired Monday morning,
and the board chose not to
extend it. Most business-
es statewide are gradually
reopening after Gov. Tate
Reeves limited their abil-
ity to operate throughout
March and April due to
the COVID-19 coronavi-
rus pandemic.
Board attorney Rob
Roberson said young
people and
A frican
A mer ic a ns
are most
likely to be
suspected
and held to
account for
v i o l a t i n g Roberson
curfews,
and while the curfew is
not meant to target any
particular group, “it has
a targeted effect.” He also
said it might eventually
violate the constitutional
right to assemble.
“At some point, when
does this become too
much?” Roberson said. “If
we can make this excuse
today, could we make it a
year from now? This virus
is not going away, and I
hate to say it that way, but
at some point we’re go-
ing to have to decide how
we’re going to approach
this. I do believe we have a
sheriff and police depart-
ment that would be very
careful in how they ap-
proach this, but this could
have some far-reaching ef-
fects for our community.”
Reeves’ latest exec-
utive order requires a
maximum of 10 people at
indoor gatherings and 20
people at outdoor gath-
erings. He also allowed
restaurants to serve 50
percent of their indoor
seating capacity, and Rob-
erson pointed out that
more than 10 people could
meet that requirement.
“We’re telling our
citizenry to do so many
things, and it’s really con-
fusing as to what you can
do and what you can’t do,”
he said.
After almost an hour
of executive session, the
board also unanimously
voted to send a letter to
the ethics department of
the state attorney gener-
al’s office to ask if a county
engineer can do work for
the county on a project he
or she is overseeing.
The goal is to deter-
mine the scope of the
business a
private com-
pany can
do for the
county, Rob-
erson said.
Some offi-
cials and cit-
izens have Pritchard
suggested
that county engineer
Clyde Pritchard might
have a conflict of interest
by drawing up plans to
replace the county lake
dam, a project his firm,
Pritchard Engineering,
would carry out.
A county engineer in
Mississippi “cannot re-
view, approve or recom-
mend approval of his own
plans or documents, or
plans or documents pre-
pared by any member of
the firm of which he is a
member,” according to
the rules and regulations
for the state Board of Li-
censure for Professional
Engineers and Land Sur-
veyors.
However, Pritchard’s
job involves drawing up
plans for county projects
that Pritchard Engineer-
ing completes regularly, Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
so if a conflict of interest Phyllis Benson, left, project analyst for the Golden
exists for the dam project, Triangle Planning and Development District, and
it does for several past John Cunningham, Engineer Manager for Starkville’s
projects as well, Roberson Neel-Schaffer Engineering office, present the lowest bid
said. for the construction of an elevated water tank at North
“This is the way things Star Industrial Park. The board unanimously voted to
have been done as far accept the bid of $2,468,300 from Indiana-based
as I know,” he said. “Of Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors.
course we’ve used outside Planning and Develop- vided $1 million in grant
engineers and architects ment District. “It’s not like funding for the construc-
for other professional the guys who go out there tion of the tank. Mont-
services, but we’ve used and install water and sew- gomery said the board’s
(Pritchard Engineering) er lines. There are very vote brought the area “one
quite a bit.” few contractors of this na- step further along in the
He also said he did not ture.” process” of completing
remember any previous The Appalachian Re- the long-awaited industri-
county engineering proj- gional Commission pro- al park.
ects needing review and
approval before Pritchard
could follow through with
them.
The board also voted
unanimously to accept the
lowest bid for the elevated
water tank to be built at
the North Star Industrial
Park under construction
in northern Starkville.
Indiana-based Phoenix
Fabricators and Erectors
bid $2,468,300, higher
than expected, said John
Cunningham, Engineer
Manager for Starkville’s
Neel-Schaffer Engineer-
ing office.
“There aren’t many
tank erectors out there
in the world,” said Phyllis
Benson, project analyst
for the Golden Triangle

Lawsuit
Continued from Page 1A
therefore violated due
process. He claims too
that he was fired because
of his race — Adams is
African-American — and
because of his good rela-
tionship with “some coun-
cilmen” and Mayor Rob-
ert Smith, who he claims
Mickens and the other
two council members op-
pose politically.
“As a proximate con-
sequence of the actions
of Defendants, Plaintiff
Adams suffered and con-
tinues to suffer lost earn-
ings and benefits, emo-
tional pain and suffering,
professional and personal
embarrassment, humilia-
tion, loss of enjoyment of
life, inconvenience, and
other consequential dam-
ages,” the complaint says.
In February 2019, mul-
tiple city sources told The
Dispatch Adams drove
a city police vehicle to
Moorhead in Sunflower
County — about a two-
hour, nine-minute drive
from Columbus — to ap-
ply for the town’s police
chief position, while on
duty and without autho-
rization. While those
sources said CPD Chief
Fred Shelton planned to
recommend a 10-day sus-
The Dispatch on the con-
dition that their names
not be printed, said the
recommendation was not
severe enough. Mickens
was quoted in the Feb. 21,
2019 edition of The Dis-
patch as saying Adams
would likely be terminat-
ed if the issue came to a
vote.
“Adams put a stain on
the city,” Mickens said at
the time. “He stole from
the city because he took
money for work he didn’t
do (since he was on duty
at the time), on top of tak-
ing the car out of town
without authorization.”
The other two council
members who spoke to
The Dispatch are listed
in the lawsuit, though the
suit says Adams doesn’t
know their identities and
that they will be added
to the complaint “upon
their identification in this
cause.”
Adams also argues
termination was a harsh-
er penalty than what the
council has approved for
white officers disciplined
for “more serious offens-
es,” though the suit did
not identify the officers
or their offenses. (Mick-
ens is also African-Amer-
Commission unanimously his termination,” he add-
upheld Adams’ termina- ed.
tion. Dispatch reporter Yue
In the lawsuit, Adams Stella Yu contributed to
asks for a jury trial to de- this report.
termine damages, includ-
ing back-pay, compensato-
ry damages and damages
for mental pain and men-
tal anguish, among oth-
ers.
Adams’ attorney, Car-
los D. Palmer of Grenada,
did not return a call or
email from The Dispatch
by press time.
Mickens declined to
comment when reached
by The Dispatch on Mon-
day.
City Attorney Jeff
Tu r n a g e ,
emphasiz -
ing he was
speaking
for himself
and not on
behalf of the
city, said he
is not wor- Turnage
ried about
an “adverse outcome” for
the city.
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to comment on pending SOLUNAR TABLE
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commission in a public of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

pension for Adams, Mick- ican.) hearing,” Turnage said.

ens and two other council
members, who spoke to
Following his termi-
nation, the Civil Service
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clearly what he did led to The Dispatch
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OUR VIEW
State health dept. should release names of LTCs
A
ccess to quality data
has been essential
in every phase of the
COVID-19 pandemic. The re-
lationship between the public
and those who provide that
data is one built on mutual
trust: We trust our experts to
give us accurate, actionable
information, and they trust us
to follow their recommenda-
tions.
Unfortunately, in Missis-
sippi there has been a breach
of trust in the relationship
that endangers public health
and seriously undermines
the credibility of our state’s
health experts.
The elderly residing in
long-term care facilities
(LTCs) are particularly
vulnerable to the virus.
According to the Mississippi
State Department of Health,
as of Monday, nearly half the
COVID-19 deaths state-wide
were linked to LTCs.
In light of this, newspapers
have repeatedly asked MSDH
to provide the names of the
LTCs where deaths have oc-
curred. The Pine Belt News in
Hattiesburg, The Clarion-Led-
ger in Jackson and The Me-
ridian Star has all asked for
this information to no avail.
The Pine Belt News filed suit
to demand the MSDH release
the names of these facilities.
The Clarion-Ledger has filed
a complaint with the state’s
Ethics Commission.
The Mississippi Press
Association, which represents
member newspapers through-
out the state, has written a
letter to MSDH supporting
these efforts. The Dispatch
also supports them.
MSDH has refused to
release the names, saying
they will not release the in-
formation until the crisis has
passed. One of the reasons?
They’re too busy, they say.
The state’s leading health
expert, Dr. Thomas Dobbs,
said MSDH has a list of
those facilities, so we cannot
imagine that MSDH does not
have the manpower and time
required to scan and email a
single-page document.
This is not a matter of pro-
tecting personal information
under HIPPA law. None of
the requests seek the names
of any LTC residents. It is
instead, a request for infor-
mation crucial to the health
of many including those who
have family members or staff
in LTCs, families who are
considering placement of a
family member in an LTC,
vendors and others who may
come into regular contact
with those at the LTCs.
MSDH says it doesn’t want
to release the names of the
facilities for fear they will be
stigmatized. To the degree
that is true, there is an even
greater interest at stake here:
The right of people to have
facts that inform their deci-
sion.
MSDH simply doesn’t trust
us enough to provide that
information.
If a restaurant were found
to have an outbreak of salmo-
nella poisoning there would
be no hesitation in providing
the name of the restaurant.
The stakes are infinitely
higher here. With a public
health crisis that has already
cost the lives of 528 Mississip-
pians — almost half of them
in LTCs whose names haven’t
been revealed to the public -
it is inconceivable that MSDH
would deliberately, cynically,
conceal this information.
Such obstinance not only
damages the department’s
credibility, it jeopardizes
lives.
If we cannot trust our state
health experts in this time of
crisis to provide such relevant
information, where are we
supposed to turn?

HEALTH CARE
Pandemic makes
end-of-life care harder
I
just lost a dear elder-
ly friend to cancer.
Home hospice workers
kept him comfortable.
He spent his final weeks
watching spring unfold in
the outdoor Eden he had
nurtured for decades. He
died peacefully at night
with me present.
My friend’s death had
little to do with COVID-19.
One can say that he was Froma Harrop
spared the trauma of get-
ting hit by that deadly vi-
rus in the jaws of a pandemic. He wasn’t among the
tragic thousands who died at home without medical
attention. Nor did he pass away alone in a hospital
that wouldn’t let loved ones in for fear of spreading
the virus. His nurses didn’t have to FaceTime with
loved ones to help them say goodbye.
But even so-called good deaths have been harder
to achieve in the age of the coronavirus. When my
friend exhibited signs of a stroke, I had to weigh the
dangers of sending him to a hospital, where he might
have gotten infected, over not attending to a possible
health crisis.
I did call 911. As it turned out, he hadn’t had a
stroke (or COVID). Tests found evidence that the
cancer’s return affected speech. Reducing his calci-
um levels cleared up much of the immediate prob-
lem.
But during his three days in the hospital, neither I
nor other caregivers were allowed to visit. The busy
doctors offered us disjointed reports of what was go-
ing on -- when they bothered (or had the minutes) to
call at all.
Upon his return, we immediately signed up for
services provided by Visiting Nurse & Hospice of
Fairfield County in Connecticut. When you do that,
emergency calls no longer go to 911 but to a number
answered 24 hours a day by a hospice nurse.
When patients are nearing the end, hospice care
emphasizes comfort and quality of life over harsh
medical interventions. People in hospice often live
longer than those undergoing radical treatments
that weaken the body.
It may sound as though home hospice provided an
island of calm far from the COVID front lines. It was
far preferable to the harried and largely impersonal
treatment in a hospital that focuses on keeping peo-
ple alive at all costs.
But the virus made even home care with superb
help complicated. Two appointments with his palli-
ative care doctor had to be done via video calls. She
did her best to assess what he needed but could not
obtain important information only observable in a
face-to-face consultation -- things like checking the
heart and weakness in the legs.
The hospice workers themselves face new chal-
lenges. Some family members are afraid to even
have them in the house.
“I have one couple, both elderly,” Jennifer Pool, a
social worker with Visiting Nurse told me. “The wife
is the caregiver right now.” The woman asked her,
“Should I have the aide come? I don’t want to be the
one to be responsible” for letting in the virus. And
many such spouses are themselves older and medi-
cally vulnerable.
Frail elderly people may also fear allowing family
to visit. And family members may share their con-
cern.
Social distancing has forced hospices to cancel
some of their services. They don’t do massages these
days, and it’s difficult to offer spiritual guidance.
When the person dies, one can’t safely hold a fu-
neral if it draws a large crowd. A funeral home direc-
tor told me that many families are announcing that a
service will be held at some future date.
Those left behind may have to mourn their loss in
isolation. Bereavement groups can’t meet in person.
Caring and grieving have always been arduous
work. As with so many other life events, the pandem-
ic has made it all that much harder.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes for
the Providence (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is fharrop@gmail.com.
STATE OF THE NATION
Fauci vs. Trump — Who’s right?
“W
e have
met the
moment
and we have prevailed,”
said President Donald
Trump Monday, as he
supported the opening
of the U.S. economy
before the shutdown
plunges us into a deep
and lasting depression.
Tuesday, Dr. Anthony
S. Fauci, the nation’s Patrick Buchanan
leading expert on
infectious diseases, made clear to a
Senate committee his contradictory in Texas, though New Jersey is a
views.
“If states reopen their econo-
mies too soon, there is a real risk
that you may trigger an outbreak
that you may not be able to control,” nation’s third-most populous state
said Fauci. “My concern is that we
will start to see little spikes that
might turn into outbreaks of the
disease (and) the inevitable return
of infections.”
Fauci is talking of the real
possibility of a second and even
more severe wave of the pandemic
this summer and fall, if we open too New York Times, one-third of all
soon.
There is evidence to justify
the fears of Fauci and Dr. Robert
Redfield of the Centers for Disease
Control, who told the same Senate
committee, “We are not out of the
woods yet.”
Yet, there is a case to be made
for the risks that Trump and red
state governors are taking in open-
ing up sooner.
The Washington Post daily
graph of new deaths nationally
has been showing a curve sloping
downward for a month from April’s
more than 2,000 a day. On no day
yet this week did the U.S. record
2,000 dead from the virus. On some dy invasion, General Eisenhower
days, there were fewer than 1,000.
The graph for new coronavirus
cases, which was showing more
than 30,000 a day in April, is now
closer to 25,000.
Also, hospitalizations and ICU
occupancies are not as high as they
were. Hospitals put up in Central
Park and the Javits
Center seem not to have
been needed. There was
and is no shortage of
ventilators. The Navy
hospital ships Comfort
and Mercy are return-
ing to their home ports.
Also, not all states
are suffering equally,
nor are all communi-
ties in the hardest-hit
states. There have been
three times as many
COVID-19 cases in New Jersey as
fraction of the size and has a frac-
tion of the population of Texas.
There are twice as many cases
in Massachusetts as in Florida, the
with one of its highest percentages
of retirees and elderly. There have
been five times as many cases in
New York as in California.
It is the nursing homes filled
with the elderly and ill that have
proven to be the real killing fields
of this virus. According to The
deaths from COVID-19 have come
among residents and staff of nurs-
ing homes. Beyond these are the
meatpacking plants and the prisons
where social distancing is almost
nonexistent.
Moreover, while Fauci and Red-
field are specialists in epidemics,
Trump’s portfolio goes far beyond
that.
He is chief of state, head of gov-
ernment and commander in chief,
responsible for the security and
defense of the nation. His portfolio
is broader and deeper than those of
Fauci and Redfield.
In the first hours of the Norman-
must have been rightly alarmed
about the high U.S. casualties on
Omaha Beach. But he also had to
concern himself with the failure to
capture the Port of Caen to bring
ashore the armor to stop any Ger-
man counterattack that might turn
D-Day into another Anzio.
Ike could not worry about casual-
ties alone.
According to The Washington
Post, economists already project
that 100,000 small businesses have
shuttered, never to reopen.
“(D)eeper and longer recessions
can leave behind lasting damage
to the productive capacity of the
economy,” warned Federal Reserve
Board Chair Jerome Powell on
Wednesday. “Avoidable household
and business insolvencies can
weigh on growth for years to come.”
Ultimately, Fauci is not “The
Decider” here. Trump is.
It is he who is accountable to the
nation for weighing the losses, both
human and material, due to his
decisions.
Fauci may be the best at what he
does, but he is still only an adviser.
As John F. Kennedy said after the
Bay of Pigs, it is the president who
ultimately bears responsibility for
what he does and fails to do, while
“the advisers may move on to new
advice.”
Believing he can do no more
than his White House is now doing
to contain the incidence of cas-
es, hospitalizations and deaths,
Trump has decided his primary
job is to prevent the nation from
a catastrophic economic collapse
from which it might take years to
recover.
The country is slowly moving in
Trump’s direction, slowly opening.
And he will be responsible for
whether the policy succeeds or
opens the floodgates to a second
and worse wave, should it come.
As Abraham Lincoln put his
situation: “I mean to keep going.
If the end brings me out all right,
then what is said against me won’t
matter. If I’m wrong, ten angels
swearing I was right won’t make a
difference.”
Patrick J. Buchanan, a nationally
syndicated columnist, was a senior
advisor to presidents Richard Nixon,
Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
His website is http://buchanan.org/
blog.

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging
In next phase of study, NIH researchers will
try to determine which dose is best for a
definitive experiment they aim to start in July
BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
An experimental vac-
cine against the coronavirus
showed encouraging results in
very early testing, triggering
hoped-for immune responses
in eight healthy, middle-aged
volunteers, its maker an-
COVID-19 data sharing with law
enforcement sparks concern
Supporters say measure is designed
to protect those on the front line
BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
— Public health officials
in at least two-thirds of
U.S. states are sharing
the addresses of people
who have the coronavirus
with first responders. Sup-
porters say the measure is
designed to protect those
on the front line, but it’s
sparked concerns of pro-
filing in minority commu-
nities already mistrustful
of law enforcement.
An Associated Press re-
view of those states found
that at least 10 states also
share the names of every-
one who tests positive.
Sharing the infor-
mation does not violate
medical privacy laws, un-
der guidance issued by
the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Ser-
vices. Law enforcement
Despite risks, Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — tial cure or prophylaxis
President Donald Trump
said he is taking a malar-
ia drug to protect against
the coronavirus, despite
warnings from his own
government that it should
only be administered for
COVID-19 in a hospital
or research setting due
to potentially fatal side
effects.
Trump told reporters
Monday he has been tak-
ing the drug, hydroxy-
chloroquine, and a zinc
supplement daily “for
about a week and a half
now.”
Trump has spent
If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
nounced Monday.
Study volunteers given ei-
ther a low or medium dose of the
vaccine by Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts-based Moderna Inc.
had antibodies similar to those
seen in people who have recov-
ered from COVID-19.
In the next phase of the
study, led by the U.S. National
officials say the informa-
tion helps them take extra
precautions to avoid con-
tracting and spreading
the coronavirus.
But civil liberty and
community activists have
expressed concerns of
potential profiling in Af-
rican-American and His-
panic communities that
already have an uneasy
relationship with law en-
forcement. Some envision
the data being forwarded
to immigration officials.
In Tennessee, the is-
sue has sparked criticism
from both Republican and
Democratic lawmakers
who only became aware
of the data sharing earlier
this month.
“The information could
actually have a ‘chilling
effect’ that keeps those
already distrustful of the
government from taking
the COVID-19 test and
weeks pushing hydroxy-
chloroquine as a poten-
for COVID-19 against the
cautionary advice of many
of his administration’s top
medical professionals.
The drug has the poten-
tial to cause significant
side effects in some pa-
tients and has not been
shown to combat the new
coronavirus.
Later, in a move that
could have far-reaching
medical impact during
the pandemic, Trump
tweeted a letter he had
sent to the World Health
Organization threaten-
ing to permanently drop
U.S. funding unless WHO
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 5A
Institutes of Health, research-
ers will try to determine which
see if it remains so. A high dose
version is being dropped after
first stages of testing or near-
ing it. Health officials have said
dose is best for a definitive ex-
periment that they aim to start
spurring some short-term side
effects.
that if all goes well, studies of
a potential vaccine might wrap
in July. The results have not been up by very late this year or ear-
In all, 45 people have re- published and are only from ly next year.
ceived one or two shots of the the first of three stages of test- More than 4.7 million infec-
vaccine, which was being test- ing that vaccines and drugs tions and 315,000 deaths from
ed at three different doses. normally undergo. U.S. govern- the coronavirus have been
The kind of detailed antibody ment officials have launched a confirmed worldwide since it
results needed to assess re- project called “Operation Warp emerged in China late last year.
sponses are only available on Speed” to develop a vaccine There are no specific approved
eight volunteers so far. and hopefully have 300 million treatments, although several
The vaccine seems safe, the doses by January. are being used on an emergen-
company said, but much more Worldwide, about a dozen cy basis after showing some
extensive testing is needed to vaccine candidates are in the promise in preliminary testing.
Outside judge named
to preside over cases
possibly accelerate the
spread of the disease,” the
Thomas Saenz, presi-
dent of the Mexican Amer- in Arbery slaying
Tennessee Black Caucus
said in a statement earlier
ican Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, said
BY RUSS BYNUM
The Associated Press
this month. law enforcement agencies
Many members of mi- should explain why they SAVANNAH, Ga. — A judge from outside
nority communities are are collecting names or
the coastal Georgia community where Ahmaud
employed in industries addresses and assure mi-
Arbery was fatally shot has been appointed to
that require them to show nority communities that
preside over trial proceedings of the two men
up to work every day, mak- the information won’t be
ing them more susceptible charged with Arbery’s murder, including one de-
turned over to the federal
to the virus — and most in fendant with close ties to law enforcement.
government. He noted the
need of the test. Court documents filed in Glynn County show
Trump administration’s that Superior Court Judge Timothy R. Walmsley
The AP review shows
demands that local gov- was appointed to the case after all five judges in
that public health officials
ernments cooperate with the legal circuit where Arbery was killed recused
in at least 35 states share
immigration authorities themselves. Walmsley is based in Savannah, about
the addresses of those
as a concern. 70 miles north of where the slaying occurred just
who have tested positive
“We should question outside the port city of Brunswick.
for the coronavirus —
provided by the state or why the information Arbery was killed Feb. 23 after a pursuit by a
local health departments needs to be provided to white father and son who armed themselves and
to first responders who law enforcement, wheth- gave chase after seeing the 25-year-old black
request it. In at least 10 er there is that danger of man running in their subdivision. More than two
of those states, health misuse,” Saenz said. months passed before Gregory McMichael, 64,
agencies also share their Law enforcement of- and Travis McMichael, 34, were jailed on charges
names: Colorado, Iowa, ficials note they have of felony murder and aggravated assault.
Louisiana, Nevada, New long been entrusted with
Hampshire, New Jersey, confidential information
North Dakota, Ohio, — such as social securi-
South Dakota and Ten- ty numbers and criminal
nessee. Wisconsin did so history. The COVID-19
briefly but stopped earlier information is just a con-
this month. tinuation of that trend.
commits to “substantive independent probe into
improvements” over the how it managed the inter-
next 30 days. The U.S. national response to the
provides $450 million a coronavirus, as most of
year to the organization. its member states have re-
Trump has accused quested. It did not commit
WHO of giving “bad ad- to investigating the ori-
vice, terrible advice” and gins of the virus, another
favoring China. In the let- point of contention be-
ter to WHO Director-Gen-
tween Trump and China.
eral Tedros Adhanom
At the White House,
Ghebreyesus, Trump said
Trump said his doctor did
“the only way forward” is
if WHO can “demonstrate not recommend hydroxy-
independence from Chi- chloroquine to him, but
na.” Before releasing the that he requested it from
letter Trump had said he the White House physi-
was considering cutting cian.
U.S. funding by more “I started taking it, be-
than 90 percent. cause I think it’s good,”
WHO announced Mon- Trump said. “I’ve heard a
day it would launch an lot of good stories.”
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Health
HEALTH TIP
n ‘Organic’ or ‘gluten-free’ doesn’t mean healthy:
You can make junk foods from organic ingredients just as
well as non-organic ones. Foods that are naturally gluten-
free are fine, but gluten-free processed foods are often
made with unhealthy ingredients that may even be worse
than their gluten-containing counterparts.
Source: healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen mal Twitter poll by der, upper back or
COVID-19 fears are keeping heart an online commu- abdomen, short-
attack patients out of the ER nity of cardiolo- ness of breath or
In 1974, President Richard Nix- gists found almost nausea — call 911.
on delayed a visit to the hospital for half reported a EMTs and ERs are
phlebitis (blood clots in his left leg) 40 percent to 60 eager and prepared
because he had nosocomephobia,
percent reduction to help you with
an exaggerated fear of hospitals.
in admissions for a cardiovascular
He worried that if he went in,
heart attacks; 20 emergency. Your
he’d never come out alive. It’s a
percent reported risk of catching
pretty common phobia, especially
now that the global pandemic has greater than a 60 COVID-19 in the
turned hospitals in many locations percent reduction. Drs. Oz and Roizen ER is not great
into M*A*S*H units and filled them That is scary, if recommended
to capacity with potentially lethal, since it means precautions are in
infected patients. that people are not place (protective gear, distance
It’s especially evident among getting early intervention that can between patients, no visitors, etc.).
people suffering from life-threat- save their lives and may be dying Let them help.
ening cardiovascular conditions. at home. Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
A recent Gallup poll found that If you have symptoms that could Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
86 percent of people with heart signal a heart attack — tightness M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
disease said they would be either and pain in the chest, lighthead- Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
“very concerned” or “moderately edness, clammy skin, sweating, land Clinic. To live your healthiest,
concerned” about contracting the heartburn or (often in women) tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
virus from a hospital visit. An infor- discomfort in the neck, jaw, shoul- www.sharecare.com.

Churches
Continued from Page 1A
to have a game plan,” he
said. “The death toll has
moved up. Numbers are
increasing daily. The cri-
sis is definitely not over.”
County Emergency
Services Director Cindy
Lawrence, who gave an
update on the number of
cases in the county during
the meeting, said federal
guidelines still recom-
mend against church
gatherings. The county
had seen 126 confirmed
cases with six deaths as of
press time, according to
Mississippi State Depart-
ment of Health’s website.
“Churches could be the
deadliest
place in the
C OV I D -19
pandemic,”
L awrence
said. “The
singing
of church
choirs may Lawrence
be the worst
practice one’s participat-
ing (in).”
Many pastors said at
the meeting they were
hesitant to reopen for
worship services due to
the number of cases and
deaths.
Nathaniel Houston,
president of the Northeast
Mississippi Baptist State
Convention, said during
the meeting many con-
gregants are afraid of the
virus.
“It has been said many
times that people are fear-
ful, and they are,” he said.
“Attending churches,
weddings, funerals is not
recommended (by Missis-
sippi State Department of
Health),” he added, “and
it’s leading to COVID-19
transmission to others.”
There seems to be a
consensus among most
pastors it may be risky to
reopen too soon, Turnage
told The Dispatch Mon-
day afternoon. Some said
it was “foolish” to gather
people under the current
circumstance, he said.
“Some others said,
‘I’ve changed my mind
about it,’” Turnage said.
“‘I was thinking we ought
to go ahead and open
the churches, but having
heard from Cindy Law-
rence and (Amy Bogue,
vice president of) Allegro
Clinic, I think it might
be wise to continue to
get people to attend via
streaming services or re-
motely.’”
Statewide, there have
been 11,432 cases and 528
deaths, according to Mis-
sissippi State Department
of Health’s website this
morning.
The city has yet to ap-
point a committee chair,
city spokesperson Joe
Dillon told The Dispatch.
No committee members
could be reached for com-
ment by press time.
Precautionary
measures
If churches were to re-
open, Lawrence said they
should strongly consider
providing masks and oth-
er protective gear to all
the attendees and imple-
ment precautionary mea-
sures such as deep clean-
ing and social distancing.
“You really need to con-
sider providing masks for
all your members,” she
said. “They need some
type of protection.”
During the meeting,
Smith posed several ques-
tions for churches to take
into consideration, includ-
ing procedures for collect-
ing offerings, conducting
communion services and
cleaning high-contact ar-
eas before, between and
after services, Turnage
told The Dispatch.
Some church leaders
are not in a rush to re-
open, Turnage said, be-
cause they have more peo-
ple participating online
through live-streamed
services than normal.
Other churches have
designed phased-out
plans to adjust to a new
normal.
Todd Stevens, lead
pastor at
Mt. Vernon
Church and
who does
not sit on
the commit-
tee, told The
Dispatch
the church Stevens
is now in the
second phase of a three-
step plan to slowly reopen
for services, but without
a set date. The church is
not offering in-person ser-
vices now, he said, but has
loosened some restric-
tions.
Some staff have re-
Courtesy photo/City of Columbus
More than a dozen pastors from churches in Colum-
bus met with city leaders during a Monday meeting at
the Trotter Convention Center to discuss possibilities
and plans to reopen the churches in the near future.
Many expressed fear of spreading the virus further by
doing so, citing the most recent numbers of confirmed
COVID-19 cases and deaths in the state.
turned to work on-site,
and encouraged Face-
book watch parties of ser-
vices in small in-person
groups following the state
guidelines, which allow
up to 10 people indoors
and up to 20 for outdoor
gatherings, according to a
video Stevens posted last
week. Child ministry and
in-person activities for the
elderly are still canceled.
“Preschoolers won’t so-
cial distance themselves,”
he said. “We just don’t
want to take chances for
getting anybody sick.”
Like church leaders on
the committee, Stevens
said he hopes the state
does not recommend re-
opening too quickly. The
church chose to remain
closed and has been
streaming its services on-
line, he said, even though
the governor has left the
decision-making to pas-
tors.
“We are voluntarily fol-
lowing all recommenda-
tions,” Stevens said.
But the future is large-
ly uncertain, he said, due
to the ever-changing state
guidelines. Some busi-
nesses are allowed a fixed
number of people gather-
ing, whereas others are
capped at a certain per-
centage of their capacity.
“Not knowing which
direction they are going
to go makes it really chal-
lenging to plan,” he said.
“We are totally in a guess-
ing game. We are making
plans for what the service
would look like, but we
don’t know when we can
pull the trigger.”

Members from the church placed on the Church

and Funeral Homes Subcommittee
■ Nathaniel Houston, Sr. Miller’s Chapel
Church, President of the Northeast Mississip-
pi Baptist State Convention
■ Charles Whitney, Grace Baptist Church
■ Sandra DePriest, Good Shepherd Episcopal
■ Jason Delgado, Vibrant Church
■ Therman Cunningham Sr., Oak Grove MB
Church
■ Joe L. Peoples, Stephen Chapel MB Church
■ Willie Gardner, Bethlehem MB Church
■ Bobby Sanderson, First Baptist Church
■ Bobby McCarter, Sr., Charity Mission FGBC
■ James A Boyd, Zion Gate MB Church
■ Maxine Hall, Full Gospel Ministry
■ Timothy Bailey, A Prepared Table Ministry
■ Breck Ladd, Fairview Baptist Church
■ Rayfield Evins, Jr. Southside MB Church
■ Steven L. James, United Christian
■ Russell Mord, Golden Triangle Baptist
Association
(Note: Not everyone is in attendance at the Mon-
day meeting after the mayor limited the number
of attendees to 20. Source: City of Columbus)
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not lacking size or confidence

Photos courtesy of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Mississippi State target Jadarrius Perkins, left, has seen a large amount of recruiting interest, picking up 17 offers from schools since March 22. Mississippi State has
steadily remained in the mix for his services.

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — While the spring
football season was marred by the
COVID-19 pandemic, recruiting inter-
est in Mississippi Gulf Coast Commu-
nity College defensive back Jadarrius
Perkins has persisted in bulk.
Since March 22, Perkins has picked
up 17 offers from schools ranging from
Texas A&M, Oregon and Ole Miss to
Texas Tech, Louisville and Oklahoma
according to 247sports. Mississippi
State has also steadily remained in the
mix for his services.
And while Perkins told The Dis-
patch he doesn’t have an exact time-
table for when he hopes to make a col-
lege decision, he’d fit what coach Mike
Leach and defensive coordinator Zach
Arnett are building in the secondary
in Starkville should he pick the Bull-
dogs.
At 6-foot-2, 190 pounds, Perkins
mimics the length and strength of
previous MSU commits in the class
of 2020 and 2021. MGCCC teammate
Cortez Eatmon, who spent his fresh-
man season at Independence Commu-
nity College in Kansas and committed
to MSU earlier this month, stands
at 6-foot-3, 190 pounds. Emmanuel
Forbes — the second-highest rated
player in MSU’s 2020 class — and De-
camerion Richardson stand 6-foot-1,
171 pounds and 6-foot-2, 176 pounds,
respectively.
Given his size, Perkins excels in
coverage against the exceedingly larg-
er wide receivers that have begun infil-
trating the college game. His 4.42 40-
yard dash time also offers a glimpse at
the elite level speed he possesses.
“He’s just a bigger body, bigger
shoulders, bigger legs,” MGCCC
coach Jack Wright said. “He’s the type
of corner now that all the big time pro-
grams want, because at some point
they’re going to try a big athlete out
there and try to get you one-on-one,
man (coverage) and he’s the type with
his body type that really can match up
with that.”
Beyond the physical attributes,
Perkins boasts a confident persona
that gives him a certain edge when
lined up along the line of scrimmage.
As an ode to this mantra, the message
“#COCKY” is conveniently nestled at
the back end of his Twitter biography.
“That’s just saying I’m fearless; I
have the confidence that I will dom-
inate anybody that steps in front of
me,” he explained in a text message
Monday. “It’s more like a mentality
that I feel is something you need to
play this position.”
Though offseason work and spring
ball were slowed or entirely canceled
due to the coronavirus, Perkins has
continued to put in time honing his
craft. As recently as Sunday, he was
running through cone drills in which
he’d chop his feet, hit a certain spot
and swat a tennis ball thrown his
way. Upon reaching the final cone, he
turned, backpedaled and leaped into
the air to catch a football tossed over
his shoulder to simulate coverage.
Performing the drill along a set
of railroad tracks, Perkins conceded
he’s had to get creative in where he
can work out. Most days he bounces
between his front yard and the prac-
tice field at Hattiesburg High School
— where he helped the Tigers to a
See PERKINS, 2B

Virus has NFL prospects pondering threat of a lost season
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS least one that will raise
COLUMBUS, Ohio
— Joe Burrow was a com-
their profile with NFL
scouts. The virus threat
did away with spring
petent if unspectacular football and in-person
quarterback as a backup workouts on campus.
at Ohio State and during And no-
his first post-transfer body can
season at LSU. In 2019, say yet what
he transformed into Su- the 2020
per Joe. season will
Imagine if a pandemic look like,
had shortened or wiped or if there
out that last, golden sea- will be one
son for Burrow, who won at all. Myers
the Heisman Trophy and “It’s a to one-year superstar
led LSU to the national nightmare, to be hon-
championship. Would est with you,” said Ohio
he still have emerged State’s Josh Myers, a
as the first overall NFL second-team All-Big Ten
draft pick who is now be- center last year and an
ing hailed as the savior NFL prospect. “That’s
of the woeful Cincinnati time we can never get
Bengals?
back.”
These times have “It’s a critical (year)
brought an extra level of for development, getting
anxiety for current col- that much more experi-
lege players hoping for a ence and elevating our
Burrow-like season or at games to an even high-
er level,” said Myers, a
fourth-year junior. “So
even the thought of not
playing this season is
terrifying and absolute
worst-case scenario.”
There are examples
all over the NFL of how
important one college
season can be. Dwayne
Haskins Jr. — who beat
out Burrow as the start-
er at Ohio State, lead-
ing Burrow to transfer
— went from backup
in 2018. He threw for
50 touchdowns and led
the Buckeyes to a 13-1
record and Rose Bowl
victory. The 15th overall
pick in the 2019 draft, he
is now the presumptive
starter for the Washing-
ton Redskins.
For Burrow’s part, he
acknowledged becoming
a different and far better
player in one year.
“I wasn’t very good
my junior year,” he said.
“You know, it’s pretty
simple. I worked really
hard to get better.”
Burrow didn’t have
the challenge of being
sheltered at home for
a long stretch, missing
spring practice and be-
ing left to his own devic-
es to work out, eat right
and study film in prepa-
ration for a season that
might not happen.
Penn State tackle
Will Fries announced in
December he would re-
turn for a fifth year, long
before the pandemic
changed everything. He
insisted he doesn’t regret
the decision.
“I mean, there’s noth-
ing I can do about it,”
said Fries, who was All-
Big Ten honorable men-
tion in 2019. “At the end
See NFL, 2B
Column: NASCAR
managed small miracle
in problem-free return
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DA R L ING T ON,
S.C. — The odds were
against NASCAR flaw-
lessly executing its re-
opening plan, which was
a potential standard-set-
ting moment for other
professional leagues to
follow in this new nor-
mal of sports.
No plan is ever per-
fect and all the assis-
tance from outside
health officials couldn’t
protect NASCAR from
the obvious flaw in its
procedures: The system
in large part is based on
the honor code.
A sport with a sto-
ried history of cheating,
lying and sometimes
stealing in the name of
winning expects its par-
ticipants to tell the truth
if they aren’t feeling
well, practice social dis-
tancing at the track and
at the shop, and wear
face masks.
Cloth over your face
for 12 hours under the
South Carolina sun is
not ideal. Yet everyone
complied Sunday at Dar-
lington Raceway and
NASCAR — a series of-
ten criticized for being
consistently inconsistent
and making up rules on
the fly — successfully
staged a spectator-free
event.
“They pulled this
thing off and it feels a
little like a Christmas
See NASCAR, 2B
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Chiefs’ Hill completes year-long reclamation of himself

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

K ANSAS CITY, Mo.

— The steady stream of
nurses filing out of St.
Luke’s Hospital for close
to an hour was finally
slowing down, which
was altogether fortu-
nate, because the young
man with thighs like tree
trunks was running out
of food to give them.
It may have been the
most impressive thing
Tyreek Hill had done
since running 2-3 Jet
Chip Wasp.
The Pro Bowl wide re-
ceiver, who caught a 44-
yard pass at the end of
that route the first week
of February to spur a Su-
per Bowl comeback for
the Kansas City Chiefs,
had been talking to his
mother about how much
the world had changed.
Hill had not run anoth-
er route since that night
in Miami, or caught an-
other pass from Patrick
Mahomes, after the out-
break of the coronavirus
changed the daily life of
pro football players and
nurses, and everyone in
between.
“My mom, she’s ac-
tually a nurse,” Hill ex-
plained, “and she always
comes home and talks
about how some people
don’t care about them
risking their lives ev-
ery day. So I was like, Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY Sports
‘Mom, maybe there’s Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill (10) celebrates with his son Zev after a victory against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on
something I can do here Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium.
in Kansas City for the
health care workers, you after audio surfaced on into a positive outcome. caught 58 passes for 860 ‘I’ in team.” his 5-year-old son. He’s
know?’ It can be small. It the night of the draft in First, the district at- yards and seven scores. That’s another rea- getting a room added
can be big.” which his then-fiancee torney declined to press He helped lead dramatic son he was so keen to onto his house, the ham-
So, they came up with accused him of hurt- charges after he was un- comebacks each round deliver food to front-line mering providing the
the idea of delivering ing his 3-year-old son. able to determine who of the playoffs. And ulti- workers: For one day, staccato-like soundtrack
food to St. Luke’s last The district attorney caused injuries to the mately, he caught a pass Hill wanted to join their to a Zoom call last week.
week. The little boxes launched an investiga- child. Then the league at the end of the now-fa- team. He’s financially secure
of sandwiches were a tion, the Kansas De- lifted its suspension and mous 2-3 Jet Chip Wasp “Me and my mom talk — his whole family is, for
welcome improvement partment for Children the team followed suit — to help the long-suffer- a lot about giving back,” that matter — and he’s a
from their usual fare, but and Families became not only welcoming Hill ing Chiefs win their first he said. “That’s the way I Super Bowl champion.
it was the delivery guy involved, and the odds back for training camp Super Bowl champion- was raised.” “It’s been great. I’ve
behind the white mask appeared no better than but tying up the details ship in five decades. With the world had a chance to have all
that made the moment 50-50 that Hill would of a $54 million, three- “I mean, I just feel like gripped by the worst four of my kids, which
so special. ever step foot on an NFL year contract extension. I’m blessed with being pandemic in genera- is the hardest thing I’ve
It was special for Hill, field again. Hill proceeded to able to play the game of tions, it is exceedingly ever done in my life,”
too. “It was hard,” Hill break his collarbone in football,” Hill said. “My ironic that Hill seems at Hill said. “It is fun. It’s
Just over a year ago, said the week before the Week 1 against Jackson- job is just to win. I want such peace. challenging. But it’s also
the record setter was a Super Bowl. “I’m not go- ville, but that was merely to win. I’ve always been He’s spent more time like, a process of me
league-wide pariah. He ing to lie.” a four-game sidetrack on part of a winning culture. than he thought possible bettering myself, so I’m
had been suspended by The churlish night- what turned out to be an- I’ve always been taught with his four kids: baby enjoying it. Every step of
the Chiefs and the NFL mare eventually turned other sublime season. He team is first. There is no twins, a 1-year-old and it.”

Perkins
Continued from Page 1B
13-1 record and a second
round appearance in the
MHSA A 5A Playoffs as a
senior in 2018.
Now two years on
from that final season,
Perkins stands as one
of the more sought after
junior college defensive
backs in the country af-
ter previously being rat-
ed a two-star recruit by
Rivals out of high school.
As far as MSU is
concerned, he told The
Dispatch he’s heard fre-
quently from the Bulldog
coaching staff — most
notably safeties coach
Jason Washington and
head coach Mike Leach.
That said, wheth-
er Perkins ends up in
Starkville remains to be
seen. Recent offers from
Oregon and Texas A&M
have caught his atten-
tion. Arkansas should
also factor into his re-
cruitment as it hits the
home stretch.
But wherever Per-
kins does end up, he’ll
carry the physical traits
of dominant defensive
backs before him and a
confidence he’ll succeed
at any level.
“I mean, he knows
he’s a good player,”
Wright said. “And I think
if you look at the best
players at (defensive
back), they have a lot of
confidence. If they do
give up a ball, in their
mind, it’s because they
made a mistake or some-
body got lucky, so it’s on
to the next play. I think
he brings that attitude
to the secondary that, I
think, you’ve got to have
to be successful there.”

NASCAR
Continued from Page 1B
miracle,” said driver
Brad Keselowski.
Things could have
gone awry starting at
sunrise when crews
pulled off through an
obscure entrance and
into a gravel lot. Offi-
cials with clipboards
and thermometers wait-
ed ahead.
If NASCAR had not
set staggered arrival
times, the system could
have broken right there
with 900 -something ve-
hicles trying to enter at
the same time. Instead,
every entrant had their
forehead scanned, tem-
perature logged on a list
and not a single person
was turned away.
NASCAR is not test-
ing for COVID-19 but
believes its social-dis-
tancing protocols ease
the risks.
“I think everybody
found their groove,”
said NASCAR execu-
tive vice president Steve
O’Donnell. “Didn’t have
to tell anyone or remind
anyone to wear a mask.
I think the industry re-
ally came together and
did a tremendous job to
enable us to get to the
race.”
There was no other
choice for NASCAR,
now in a survival mode
approach to get cars
back on the track. Mon-
ey can’t be made if races
aren’t run and a shut-
down since March 13
wounded every area of
the industry.
Team owners stopped
receiving sponsorship
checks, promoters had
nothing to promote and
crew members took pay
cuts, lost bonuses or
were furloughed.
Wallets already hit,
few seemed daring
enough to mess this up
for themselves or the
sport.
Kevin Harvick had no
true victory celebration
for his 50th career win.
On the desolate front-
stretch, he noted the ee-
rie silence of the empty
grandstands in an “awk-
ward” post-race session
with Regan Smith, the
only Fox Sports reporter
sent to the track.
“Usually you get out
of the car and the crowd
is screaming and yell-
ing,” said Harvick, add-
ing he was unsure what
to do. “You’ve got Regan
from Fox six feet away,
a masked man, I didn’t
know if I was supposed
to put a mask on and
talk to him.”
Harvick noted his
team didn’t get a chance
to celebrate with the car,
but “in the big picture
of things, being able to
do what we did — and
that’s race — is what ev-
erybody wants to do.”
The effort must con-
tinue to keep the en-
gines running. NASCAR
has eight more Cup Se-
ries races scheduled
over the next 35 days
and it includes three
Wednesday night races.
The Cup cars last ran on
a Wednesday in 1984,
Richard Petty’s 200th
and final victory.
It’s a heavy work-
load for race teams and
stamina will be tested
for drivers now running
multiple times a week.
But in getting past the
first test, there is hope.
“This was a really big
moment for the sport
to be able to pull this
off,” said Keselowski.
“Up until probably two
or three hours before
the race I was ready for
something to go wrong.
Like, alright, what is it
going to be? Is some-
one going to be sick? Is
there going to be some-
body boycotting outside
the race track? Nobody
did. Nothing bad hap-
pened.
“It would have been
really, really easy to just
say, ‘We will wait for the
NHL, NFL or NBA to be
the guinea pigs.’ (NA-
SCAR) didn’t take that
attitude and I have a lot
of respect for them mak-
ing that decision.”

NFL
Continued from Page 1B
of the day, I can’t worry
about it. All I can do is
just get myself better ev-
ery day.”
Myers and fellow Ohio
State lineman Wyatt Da-
vis, an All-American who
passed up the draft to
come back for a fourth
year, are unequivocal
about their need for a
2020 season, whether it
involves playing in empty
stadiums, extreme quar-
antining and even sign-
ing a waiver of liability.
“I was looking so
forward to this season,
because I felt like last
season I was just barely
breaching the surface,”
said Davis, the grandson
of late Pro Football Hall
of Fame defensive end
Willie Davis of the Green
Bay Packers. “I know this
is a very big year for me.”
Since shutdowns in-
terrupted spring foot-
ball practices in March,
coaches around the coun-
try are trying to stay on
top of their squads with
video meetings and calls.
Still, it’s mostly left to
players who are 18, 19
and 20 years old to keep
themselves in game
shape and act right.
That thought worries
Mickey Marotti, the Ohio
State strength and condi-
tioning guru who usually
oversees offseason work-
outs.
“When you lay in bed
(at night), you’re just like,
oh I hope everyone is
doing what they’re sup-
posed to do,” he said.
College football teams
typically start preseason
workouts in early Au-
gust. Some Power Five
schools, including LSU,
are making plans to re-
open their on-campus
facilities to players next
month without a firm
plan in place to bring
students back to campus
this fall. The NCA A says
campuses will have to be
open before fall sports
can commence.
Mike Hart, Michigan’s
all-time leading rusher
who now coaches run-
ning backs at Indiana,
thinks players who ulti-
mately have the mental
toughness to play beyond
college will get there and
be ready to play whenev-
er the opportunity arises.
“If you want to play
in the NFL, this is really
an NFL schedule,” said
Hart, who spent three
seasons with the India-
napolis Colts. “This is
what it’s like. You train
on your own. You have to
be on your own.”

EPL players face year of coronavirus restrictions
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANCHESTER, En-
gland — The Premier
League has been told by
government experts that
coronavirus restrictions
could endure for at least a
year across English foot-
ball, with players allowed
to resume only non-contact
training from Tuesday.
England’s top division
has been studying how the
Bundesliga was able to re-
sume at the weekend while
being realistic about miss-
ing its aspiration of getting
back underway by June 12.
“We have to be flexible
about it,” Premier League
chief executive Richard
Masters said in a media
call on Monday. “The Ger-
mans are a couple of steps
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MALLARD FILLMORE
ahead of us obviously and
we can learn from them
and watch them and take
confidence from their suc-
cess.”
Team executives will
hold talks next Tuesday to
discuss protocols for allow-
ing players to take part in
contact training, but it is
dependent on government
approval and there being
no new spike in COVID-19
cases after an easing of
lockdown restrictions.
“(Once) we have had
a proper discussion with
clubs about how much is
required to create the fit-
ness levels before they can
start playing, we are then
in a position to be able to
confirm when the season
start is,” Masters said.
The 20 clubs on Mon-
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day agreed to protocols for
small groups of players to
train while maintaining so-
cial distancing that exists
in wider society. Inspec-
tors will drop into training
complexes to check the
rules are being followed.
“That will enable us to
give everyone confidence
that the protocols are be-
ing complied with, and
give the public confidence
that we are trying to create
a very safe working envi-
ronment,” said Richard
Garlick, the league’s direc-
tor of football.
“We can request infor-
mation from videoing of
the sessions and GPS data,
too.”
The protocols have
been formed in conjunc-
tion with the government,
which has cautioned a
COVID-19 vaccine may not
be developed at all, despite
the huge global effort to
produce one.
“They’ve made it very
clear that the social situa-
tion, the public health situ-
ation is not going to change
over the next six to 12
months,” Premier League
medical adviser Mark Gil-
lett said. “We’re going to be
looking to make the same
kind of cultural changes
at training grounds and
in footballers’ behaviours
whether we have this con-
versation now or at any
point this year. It is import-
ant that people understand
that.”
Regular testing of play-
ers, coaches and support
staff is the league’s way
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I’m currently
waiting to
donate my kidney
to my sister, who
is a year older
than I am. My
husband and I
traveled many
hours to get evalu-
ated and tested at
her clinic, so the
insurance would
cover the cost.
Before head-
ing back to our
home state, we
decided to stop Dear Abby
by to pay her a
surprise visit and, honestly, she
did something that’s making
me rethink my decision. She
was eating pizza and drinking a
can of soda. Abby, my sister is
on dialysis and supposed to be
following a strict diet. It upset
my husband, but he didn’t say
anything to her because we had
just had an argument in the car
about my decision to donate to
her. It upset me, too, but I didn’t what you saw, but understand
speak up either.
I have been disciplined all
my adult life, living a healthy
life and making smart choices
to benefit my body. Now that
my sister needs a kidney, I feel
this may have been the reason
for my good habits. How can I
stress to her how important it
is to me that she adopt better
eating habits if she is to get my
kidney? I don’t have another
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May
19). When your choices were
few, it was easier to make
them. This year, the cosmic
array widens delightfully, making
it both harder and more fun to
choose! You’ll grow in confi-
dence. Your purposefulness
will lead to lucrative alliances.
For weeks at a time, you’ll have
control over your mind and will
obey your highest wishes. Libra
and Cancer adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 8, 30, 11,
2 and 17.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Whatever emotion you’re experi-
encing, assume that it is valid.
You don’t have to know why it’s
showing up. Sometimes, it’s
enough to let a feeling run its
of trying to quickly detect
any infections and stop the
virus spreading at clubs.
Testing is due to take place
twice weekly at clubs on up
to 40 people.
Training will be allowed
to begin on Tuesday once
the results of the first set
of results are delivered on
Tuesday.
Players will have to ar-
rive at the training ground
on their own — already
in their kit — and leave at
least three spaces between
each car in the parking
area.
“We strongly discour-
age tactical meetings on
site so that social distanc-
ing is maintained at all
times,” Gillett said. “They
have 15 minutes in which
to prepare themselves in
one to donate
if she ruins this
one. My husband
and I will also
be sacrificing
time away from
our four kids
(ages 1-15) for
the surgery and
recovery. — SEC-
OND THOUGHTS
IN TEXAS
DEAR SEC-
OND THOUGHTS:
Your concerns are
valid. Donating
a kidney is a
decision that
needs to be well
thought out. It is also a decision
that is ultimately up to only you.
It shouldn’t be made because
you feel pressure based on who
you’re donating to, in your case,
your sister. Keep in mind, it’s
impossible to control another
person’s behavior. Once this
precious gift is given, there’s no
going back. Speak up now and
let her know how you felt about
it won’t necessarily guarantee
that she will make any changes.
My suggestion is to contin-
ue this conversation with your
living donor social worker or
ILDA (independent living donor
advocate) at the transplant cen-
ter where you were evaluated.
These professionals can help
to guide you toward making the
best decision by further explor-
ing your concerns, not only for
course.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Reflect on recent visits and
settle on a way of seeing things
that helps you understand the
benefit of the interaction. Soli-
tude gives meaning to your time
with others.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You’re not sure exactly what led
you to this place. Maybe you
didn’t come here on purpose,
but you’re here nonetheless.
Assume you belong and take
advantage of the opportunities
around you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Production swings into high
gear. You’ll have checked a
dozen items off of your list by
lunchtime. It’s not too early to
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 3B
terms of treatment prior to
training. But they can use
the gym as long as they so-
cially distance themselves
from another athlete and
they clean the equipment
after every use.”
Up to five players will be
allowed on training pitch-
es only for a maximum 75
minutes for now.
“A player has a quarter
of a pitch to work within,
so social distancing is not
a problem,” Newcastle
manager Steve Bruce said.
“We’ll train with eight to 10
at a time on two separate
pitches. Everything is in
place in the safety aspect.
I’ve got no issues and I
can tell the supporters
the players and the staff
are as safe as we possibly
can be.
you, but also your family.
While being a living kidney
donor can be a positive and
beautiful experience, it is
equally important to make
sure that it’s the right decision
for you. The same is true for
anyone considering donating.
For those who are interested in
being a potential kidney donor
and would like to confidentially
connect with someone who has
already donated, contact the
Patient Information Help Line of
the National Kidney Foundation
((855) 653-2273). However:
THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE
FOR SPEAKING WITH A LIVING
DONOR SOCIAL WORKER OR
ILDA.
DEAR ABBY: I understand
that nonbinary folks prefer the
pronoun “they” instead of “she”
or “he.” It’s going to take some
getting used to, but that’s OK.
My question is, when using
“they” but referring to one
person, do you use a singular
or plural verb? Singular sounds
weird, but plural is confusing. —
THE GRAMMAR NERD
DEAR GRAMMAR: I agree
that the usage will take some
people a while to get used to,
but language is constantly
changing. Use the plural form of
the verb when speaking about
a nonbinary or gender-fluid per-
son who prefers “they.” Exam-
ple: “They are a new member of
our company.” Or, “I love singer
Sam Smith. They have won four
Grammy Awards.”
feel proud and accomplished.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
What’s worth fighting for? Play-
fulness itself. You’ll enjoy peo-
ple who bring out your feistiness
and have a stellar time sparring
with a well-matched opponent.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). You may not be ready to
make changes just yet, but
think about your options. This
is the fun part. It’s like you’re
shopping for your future. Don’t
be too quick to invest. Try it on
first.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Don’t get roped into thinking
about the time periods over
which you have no control, e.g.,
“back then” or “someday.”
When you concentrate on the
here and now, your timing is
sublime.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You speculate about
experiences you want and don’t
want but stay open-minded. The
reality is that you never know
how a thing will feel or how
you’ll react until you are actually
in the situation.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Because of your wonder-
fully ambitious mind and elastic
imagination, it’s easy to get
carried away with your own
expectations. Say what you’re
going to do, and then cut that
in half. Small goals are more
motivating.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Your sense of humor has
you examining certain past
decisions with an element
of self-mockery. Luckily, this
won’t prevent you from flinging
yourself fully into a present
extravagance.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Feelings are signals.
They’re like the teapot whistle
that tells you the water is boil-
ing. The signal itself isn’t bad or
good; it’s your reaction to it that
defines the feeling one way or
the other.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). It is said that Brazil got
its name from the nut and not
the other way around. Similarly,
you will relate a big event of
your life after something small,
thus mentally keeping it at
level of significance that feels
manageable.
Button-down collar
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There’s
no place
like home
to slow the
spread of the
coronavirus.
Social distancing is the most effective tool we
have for slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
And that means staying home, if you can.

Work from home. Play at home. Stay at home.

If you must go out, keep your social distance—
six feet, or two arm-lengths apart. Young.
Elderly. In between. It’s going to take every one
of us. If home really is where the heart is, listen
to yours and do the life-saving thing.

Visit Coronavirus.gov for the latest tips and

information from the CDC.

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Walter Nettles
COLUMBUS — Wal-
ter Cornelius “W.C.”
Nettles, 75, died May
17, 2020, at Baptist Me-
morial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
A private family
memorial service will
be held at a later date.
Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home and Cre-
matory College Street
location is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Nettles was
born Nov. 24, 1944,
in Charleston, South
Carolina, to the late
Walter C. and Lillian
Strickland Nettles. He
was formerly employed
in construction.
In addition to his
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
wife, Letha B. Nettles;
son Walter “Little Walt”
Nettles; and sister, Faye
Williams.
He is survived by his
son, Larry “Harlow”
Nettles of Columbus.
Shannon McMinn
STARKVILLE —
Shannon Kenneth “KS”
McMinn, 92, died, May
15, 2020, at The Car-
rington Nursing Center.
A private family
graveside service is
at 10:30 a.m. today, in
Clear Springs Prim-
itive Baptist Church
Cemetery in Maben.
Welch Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. McMinn was
born to the late Tan-
dy and Adele Gregg
McMinn. He was
formerly employed as a
carpenter with McMinn
Construction Company.
Lucy Cowley
Memorial Services:
Held At A Late Date.
2nd Ave. North Location
Walters Nettles
Memorial Services:
Held At A Late Date.
College Street Location
Sue McKissack
Graveside Services:
Wednesday, May 20 • 3 PM
Lee Memorial Park
2nd Ave. North Location
Leonor Sloan
Graveside Services:
Tuesday, May 19 • 11 AM
Friendship Cemetery
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
College Street Location
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In addition to his grandchildren; and 12 of Macon was in charge
Sue McKissack
parents, he was pre- great-grandchildren. of arrangements. Sue Brooks McKissack, age 90, of Columbus,
ceded in death by his Pallbearers will be Mrs. Johnson was MS, passed away May 17, 2020, at The Arrington.
brothers, Roy McMinn, James Bradley Wil- born Nov. 24, 1923, in Graveside services will be Wednesday, May
20, 2020, at 3:00 PM at Lee Memorial Park
Greg McMinn and R.P. liams, Justin Flye, Tyler Montezuma, Kansas,
McMinn. Shaw Elliott, Corey Pen- to the late Fred P. and of Verona, MS, with Rev. Charlie Whitney
He is survived by nington, Jeremy Harpol Sarah Smith Koehn. officiating. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home
and Scotty Brackin. She was a member & Crematory 716 2nd Ave. North location is in
his wife, Helen Elaine
Memorials may be of Church of God in charge of arrangements.
Norwood McMinn of St-
made to St. Jude Chil- Christ, Mennonite. Mrs. McKissack was born July 28, 1929,
urgis; children, Jennifer
dren’s Research Hospi- in Tupelo, MS, to the late William and Pauline
Kilpatrick of Crawford, In addition to her
tal, 501 St. Jude Place, Grissom Brooks. She owned and operated the
Michael McMinn of Ma- parents, she was
Memphis, TN 38105. Plaza Beauty Shop for 50 years and was a member
ben and Paul McMinn preceded in death by
of East End Baptist Church.
of Greensboro, North her husband, Willard
In addition to her parents, Mrs. McKissack
Carolina; 11 grandchil- Frances Johnson Johnson; four sisters;
was preceded in death by her husband, Billy
dren; 16 great-grand- BROOKSVILLE — one brother; and two
McKissack; one brother; and two sisters.
children; and seven Frances Lillian Koehn grandchildren.
Survivors include her sons, Mike McKissack
great-great-grandchil- Johnson, 96, died May She is survived by
and his wife Debi of Olive Branch, MS and Steve
dren. 16, 2020, at Oakwood her children, Joyce McKissack and his wife Carol of Columbus, MS;
Memorials may be Manor. Ashworth, Joe, Caro- six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A graveside service lyn, Camillia Smith,
made to Lake Forest Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Ranch, 5326 Lake was held at 3 p.m. David, Susan, Isabelle, Memorials may be made to East End Baptist
Forest Rd., Macon, MS Sunday, at Southaven Richard and Lori; 30 Church, P.O. Box 8480, Columbus, MS, 39705, or
39341. Mennonite Church. grandchildren; and 71 the donor’s favorite charity.
Cockrell Funeral Home great-grandchildren.
George Williams
COLUMBUS —
George Edward Wil-
liams, 80, died May 16, Sign the online guest book at
2020, at Baptist Memo- www.memorialgunterpeel.com
rial Hospital-Golden 716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Triangle.
A family graveside
service is at 2 p.m. to-
day, at Murrah’s Chapel Lucy Cowley
Cemetery, with Jack Lucy Lindamood Cowley age
Taylor officiating. 97, died Sunday, May 17, 2020,
Lowndes Funeral at her residence in Columbus.
Home of Columbus is
Hilda Matthews
Memorial Services will be held
in charge of arrange- at a later date.
ments. Mrs. Cowley was born on
Mr. Williams was Thursday, November 16, 1922
born Nov. 16, 1939, in Hilda Darnell Matthews, age 91, passed away in Pascagoula, MS, to the
Crowville, Louisiana, to on May 15, 2020, in Columbus, MS. late Garland Ribble and Cora
the late James Lamar Mrs. Matthews was born in Columbia, TN, on Sue Reeves Lindamood. She
and Marjorie Scoggins July 2, 1928, to the late John Darnell and Lillian was a 1941 graduate of S.D. Lee High School,
Williams. He was a Moore Darnell. and attended the Vo- Tech Center. In 1983 and
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased
veteran of the United after 37 years of service she retired from South
by her brother, John Wilson “Jay” Darnell; sisters,
States Navy and was Central Bell. She was a lifetime member of the
Dorothy Darnell Porter and Ethel “Polly” Darnell
formerly employed as a AT&T Pioneers, as well as a lifetime member
Ferguson; and husband, Doyle Matthews. of Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
bi-winder operator with
She is survived by nieces, Joy Porter Nichols and past member of the V.F. W. Ladies Auxiliary.
Weyerhaeuser/Bastrop
and husband Aubrey of Columbus, MS and In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
Papermill. He was a
June Ferguson Smith and husband Bruce of death by her husband, Thomas L. Cowley; her
member of Life Fellow-
Birmingham, AL; nephew, James Michael “Jim” sister, Laura Jean Wiggins; her brother, Henry
ship.
Porter and wife Wanda of Como,MS; and a host Lindamood; and her grandson, David Enterkin.
He is survived by
of great-nieces and great-nephews. Survivors include her daughters, Linda
his children, Wendy
A private graveside funeral service for family Butler Reid (Austin), Columbus, MS and Bonny
Williams Lowery,
members will be conducted by Nelson Funeral Cowley Kefauver (Robert), Sinking Spring,
Angela Pennington and Home of Fayette, AL, on May 19, 2020.
James Williams; sib- PA; son, Robert E. Butler, Jr., Columbus, MS;
three grandchildren; and numerous great-
lings, Dorothy Page and Paid Obituary - Nelson Funeral Home
Dennis Williams; 10 grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to
Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society, P.O. Box
85 Columbus, MS 39703.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Leonor Lopez Sloan
Leonor Lopez Sloan, age 95, of Columbus, MS,
formerly of Vicksburg, MS, died May 16, 2020, at
Trinity Personal Care.
A graveside service will be Tuesday, May
19, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery
with Father Jeffrey Waldrep and Father Gerard
Hurley officiating. Memorial Gunter & Peel
Funeral Home College Street, is in charge of
arrangements.
Leonor was born on March 16, 1925, in San
Antonio, Texas to the late Frank and Leonor
Lopez. On January 14, 1957, she married Brodie
Coy Sloan and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where
he was stationed at Lincoln Air Force Base.
Upon Brodie’s retirement from the Air Force,
they moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi where they
lived for 43 years until they moved to Columbus
in 2006. While in Vicksburg, Leonor worked as
the church secretary at St. Paul Catholic Church
for almost 20 years and was an active member
of St. Michael Catholic Church. She volunteered
for many years at Mercy Hospital as a “Pink
Lady” and was active in the Catholic Women’s
Auxiliary and the American Business Women’s
Association, serving as President. After moving
to Columbus, she was a member of Annunciation
Catholic Church.
In addition to her parents, Leonor was
preceded in death by her husband, Brodie; and
her brothers Frank Diaz Lopez and Joseph
Anthony Lopez.
Survivors include her daughter, Wanda Sloan
Holley of Columbus, MS and her husband, James
L. Stafford; grandchildren, Hope Holley Durst
and her husband Don, Daniel Sloan Holley and
John Hampton Holley and his wife Emily. She
is also survived by great grandchildren, Mary
Hampton Durst, Margaret Sloan Durst, Daniel
Coy Durst and Hope Douglass Holley.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made
to Annunciation Catholic School, 223 North
Browder St., Columbus, MS 39702 or Saint
Aloysius High School, 1900 Grove St., Vicksburg,
MS 39183.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
College Street • Columbus, MS
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
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January, A.D., 2020. This is to
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to Probate and Register same
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