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LCSD to implement
Starkville native’s ‘Thrive’ group full in-person
helps businesses during COVID learning plan
starting Aug. 20
Students will start school
Aug. 6 under hybrid model
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com

Lowndes County School Dis-

trict plans to start the school
year with a hybrid learning
method, then return to a fully
in-person traditional method
after two weeks.
The district’s board on Fri-
day unanimously approved
the return to school plan with Allison
hopes in-person learning could
continue through the remainder of the school
year.
“We have to teach these kids,” LCSD Super-
intendent Sam Allison said. “If we stay out of
the classroom any longer, those learning gaps
get bigger. Some students will be able to re-
cover and some won’t. ... For those that can’t,
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff whether they can’t get it because of retention
From left, Carolyn Abadie, the owner of Book Mart & Cafe, and Hannah Jian discuss the details of creating or falling behind, at the end, they’re going to
an online platform for Book Mart & Cafe to sell books on Friday in Starkville. Jian wanted a way to help drop out. We’ve got to get back to teaching
businesses that are impacted by COVID-19, so she decided to start a pro-bono consulting organization and the kids, the best way to do that is in the class-
offer services to a few Starkville businesses.
room.”
The hybrid method of schooling will start
gone and fewer customers coming in
Jian, fellow Emory students work to browse, Abadie knew she needed
Aug. 6 for the district of more than 5,000 stu-
dents, with each school separating students
with hometown businesses using to make an effort to start selling
books, MSU merchandise and more
into two groups. Each group will receive five
total days of in-person learning (attending ev-
multiple online tools for sales on the internet, but she didn’t know
quite how to go about it.
ery other weekday) in the hybrid period.
BY THEO DEROSA All students will begin attending in-person
At a recent meeting of Starkville’s daily starting Aug. 20, according to the plan.
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Main Street Association on the upper In the hybrid weeks, classrooms will oper-
Jian

B
usiness at the Book Mart & Cafe on Main
Street in Starkville doesn’t look much like it
did before the COVID-19 pandemic descend-
ed on the area in March.
Most of the Mississippi State University students
who frequented the bookstore and the Bully Shop
inside it went home for the summer. A lot of older
readers began to stay away for fear of exposure to
the virus.
“People are coming in and buying things,” own-
er Carolyn Abadie said. “It’s just a lot different.”
With the businesses to her left and right both
level of her store, Abadie talked about
her need for an online sales presence
with Hunter Harrington, director of membership
development for the Greater Starkville Develop-
ment Partnership. Not long afterward, Harrington
called Abadie with an opportunity.
The Partnership had recently been contacted by
2019 Starkville High School valedictorian Hannah
Jian, who, along with four business administration
classmates at Emory University in Atlanta, estab-
lished Thrive Strategy and Consulting in June.
The pro-bono organization is designed to help
See THRIVE, 8A
ate at half capacity, which Allison estimates
will be between 10 and 15 students per room.
Classrooms will return to full capacity after
Aug. 20, with spacing of desks and hand sani-
tizer in each room.
While Allison said a virtual learning sched-
ule is a “last case scenario,” he said accommo-
dations will be made when necessary.
“We’re going to have that option for medi-
cally fragile kids or kids that have some issues
within their families,” Allison said. “We’re go-
ing to review those.”
Allison said the hybrid start gives the school
district an opportunity to teach kids best prac-
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Caledonia schools BROWSING FOR BOOKS

moving on from
Confederate mascot
LCSD board votes unanimously for change;
new mascot to be revealed within 60 days
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com

Caledonia schools are changing the name

of their sports teams from the Confederates.
The Lowndes County School District
Board unanimously voted Friday to work with
students, faculty and alumni in an effort to
change the name of its athletic teams, which
have been called the Confederates since the
1950s. Under the motion passed, the new
name will be announced to the public within Clark
60 days.
This decision comes on the heels of the state of Missis-
sippi deciding to remove a state flag bearing a Confederate
battle emblem in late June.
“I know Mr. Sam (Allison) has done a survey of the com- Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff
munity, and the survey pretty much came back 50-50,” LCSD Navarrete Ashford looks through free books during a walk on Thursday outside the Starkville Public
See MASCOT, 8A Library.

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ASK RUFUS
A Gift of Memories
O
n Friday I went out to
Caledonia with Dan-
ny Coggins to take
a gift from James Farmer to
Bradford Freeman.
Farmer is a British actor
who portrayed Freeman
in four episodes of the hit
mini-series “Band of Broth-
ers.” Farmer had sent Free-
man his cast member jacket
and several photos from the
series’ production.
Rufus Ward
Sitting on his front porch,
with proper social distanc-
ing, we had a delightful and, as always,
fascinating conversation with “Mr. B”.
A genial unassuming man, Freeman is
not the picture of one who has had tea
with Prince Charles, sat on a stage with town of Foy. Easy Company was placed
President Trump and the President of
France and whose wartime exploits
became part of a best-selling book
by Stephen Ambrose and an award
winning television mini-series. In his
90s, he still enjoys working in his yard
and had been doing so just before we
arrived at his house on Friday. As he
opened the package from England, the
conversation drifted back 75 years.
Freeman is a living history book of
the World War II European Theater
during and after the Normandy assault. the German attempts to break through
He recalls the addresses by British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and
by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to the air-
borne soldiers on June 5, 1944, the day
before the D-Day landing. And that’s
just the beginning of his experiences as its position for about a month without
a soldier in the famed Easy Company of
A Band of Brothers.
The night before the D-Day Landing
they parachuted behind enemy lines
to knock out German artillery aimed
at what would soon be the Utah Beach
landing. In September 1944, Easy Com-
pany participated in a second combat
jump during Operation Market Garden.
That joint British, American and Allied
operation was the subject of the book
and the movie “A Bridge Too Far.” In
late December, they helped hold off
the German attack at Bastogne in the
Battle of the Bulge.
They saw firsthand German death
camps and labor camps with their
untold horror. Then as the war ended
the company was the first Allied unit to
enter Hitler’s famed mountain retreat,
the “Eagle’s Nest.”
Sitting on his front porch (which is
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called by his friends “the
porch of wisdom”) on a
beautiful but hot afternoon,
Freeman had an almost far
off look in his eyes as he
began telling in more detail
than he previously done of
one of the incidents which
had occurred during the
Battle of the Bulge.
Easy Company was a
good distance behind the
lines of combat when in the
darkness of Dec. 18, 1944,
they were ordered to grab
their weapons and get onto trucks.
They were taken in open-top trucks in
freezing weather without heavy winter
coats to a front-line position near the
in the defensive perimeter of Bastogne
in a position that was about 100 yards
Courtesy photo
from the German lines and had earlier
Last week James Farmer, a British actor, who portrayed Bradford Freeman in four
been vacated by another American unit. episodes of “Band of Brothers,” sent Freeman his cast member jacket and photos
Upon the Germans discovering that of himself as Freeman. Looking at the photographs of Farmer dressed as he ap-
the position was now held by “Ea- peared 75 years ago brought back poignant memories of times long past.
gle Heads” (the insignia of the 101st
Airborne was an eagle’s head) their
previous rapid offensive actions slowed
and they became very cautious.
At their position near Foy, Easy Com-
pany and the 101st Airborne held off
American lines there and capture
Bastogne. Freeman’s mortar squad had
taken a previously abandoned American
foxhole and enlarged it into a larger fox-
hole for the mortar. His squad occupied
proper winter clothing, little food, with
limited supplies and under constant
German artillery fire during one of the
worst blizzards imaginable.
A couple of years ago, Freeman told
me how two American aircraft had
mistaken Easy Company for Germans
and by mistake began strafing their
foxholes. Looking at a photo of James
Farmer portraying him in “Band of
Brothers,” Mr. Freeman sat quietly for a
moment and then began adding details
to that account he had not previously
mentioned to me.
Mr. Freeman thought it was about
five days after they had taken up posi-
tions outside Foy that the strafing inci-
dent occurred. The Germans had cap-
tured Foy before the 101st had arrived,
and two American aircraft thinking
Germans had also taken Easy Compa-
ny’s positions began strafing them. One
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Mississippi top doc: COVID ‘solution is not to get infected’

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Mississippi is
hiring more people to investi-
gate the spread of COVID-19,
but cases are expanding rapid-
ly in the state and the work is
outpacing the number of em-
ployees.
The state health officer, Dr.
Thomas Dobbs, is imploring
the public to take precautions
against the pandemic. Re-
sources such as hospital beds,
personal protective equipment
and coronavirus tests can be
exhausted.
“The solution is not to get
infected,” Dobbs said Friday
during a news conference with
Gov. Tate Reeves.
The pathway to avoid infec-
tion is to wear masks, stay at
least 6 feet (1.8
meters) apart
from other peo-
ple and avoid
groups, the phy-
sician said.
“Forgive my
frustration that Dobbs
everybody wants
the magic bullet of the contact
tracing or the testing or the
vaccine when the solution is
just plainly obvious, in front of
us for everyone to see,” Dobbs
said. “And I’m baffled that the
simplest of solutions is the
one that we refuse to broadly
adopt.”
At the beginning of the pan-
demic during the spring, Mis-
sissippi had about 200 contact
tracers. They communicate
‘Forgive my frustration that everybody wants the magic bullet of the
contact tracing or the testing or the vaccine when the solution is
just plainly obvious, in front of us for everyone to see.’
State health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs
Mississippi has a popula-
with people who test positive in those facilities, the depart-
tion of about 3 million. The
for a particular disease to find ment said.
Health Department said Sat-
out who they’ve been near; the The true number of virus
urday that the state has had at
tracers then reach out to those infections is thought to be far
least 41,836 confirmed cases
others and suggest they get higher because many peo-
and at least 1,346 deaths from
tested or take steps such as iso- the coronavirus as of Friday ple have not been tested, and
lating themselves while they evening. That was an increase studies suggest people can be
could be contagious. of 1,017 cases and 14 deaths infected without feeling sick.
Dobbs said the department from numbers reported the While most people who con-
now has about 240 contact day before. tract the coronavirus recover
tracers and is in the process At least 3,142 cases of the after suffering only mild to
of hiring about 100 more. In virus have been confirmed in moderate symptoms, it can be
addition, another state agency long-term care facilities such deadly for older patients and
is having its employees pitch in as nursing homes, with at those with other health prob-
on the work. least 647 virus-related deaths lems.

LCSD
Continued from Page 1A
tices for social distancing to
maintain a productive in-person
learning environment.
“We know that the virus will
come through our school doors,”
Allison said. “It’s naive to think
that’s not going to happen. But
what we want to do is teach our
kids the things they need to do
to not catch it.”
The learning curve also ap-
plies for the teachers, too.
“Our teachers have to take
care of themselves because I
don’t think subs will be beating
the door down,” Allison said.
Face coverings will be re-
quired for both students and fac-
ulty on school grounds, and Alli-
son said the district has supplied
masks to teachers. He added
they will be necessary to ensure
the learning model succeeds,
but that there will be opportuni-
ties for kids to take breaks when
properly social distanced.
“We’re going to have to wear
masks,” Allison said. “It’s not re-
alistic for a kid to wear a mask
eight hours a day, but they’re
gonna have to be commonplace
in our school because we know
that masks eliminate exposure
to some extent.”
Because of the ongoing
COVID-19 coronavirus pandem-
ic, other districts in the area
have already adopted a hybrid
plan to last at least for the fall se-
mester, with Columbus Munic-
ipal, Starkville-Oktibbeha and
West Point-Clay school districts
all allowing students to learn en-
tirely online if they choose.
Before the vote was taken
Friday, LCSD board member
Brian Clark commended Allison
and his staff for the work on the
reopening plan, voicing his sup-
port.
“I know these are times we’ve
never experienced before,”
Clark said. “I know there’s some
hard calls that have to be made.
I want to commend your efforts
in trying to get back to normal
as fast as possible.”
Clark said he thinks two
weeks may be a little too fast to
get back to a traditional setting
but lauded the attempt neverthe-
less.
“The unknown is the un-
known, but I really think we can
do it within that time period,”
Allison responded. “If it doesn’t
work and we’re not able to do it,
I’ll have the reason why. That’s
the big thing. This is what we
want; who knows what’s going
to happen. If I felt like it was go-
ing to be terrible, I wouldn’t be
doing it this way.”
Allison said depending on
positive test results, some class-
rooms or buildings could move
to virtual learning while others
remain in the traditional setting.
He was unsure Friday of a spe-
cific number of confirmed cases
that would necessitate a shut-
down, but he said the district
would follow CDC guidelines.
“We may have to shut dif-
ferent buildings or different
classrooms down,” Allison said.
“I hope not; I hope we limit the
spread to where we don’t have
to do that. We’ll use those CDC
guidelines the best we can and
make the best decision for kids.
If we feel like we have an out-
break, we’re going to close that
classroom down and go to virtu-
al learning.”
Allison said the district con-
ducted a survey of parents,
with about 50 percent of the re-
sponses opting for a traditional
learning setting and the other
50 percent preferring either a
hybrid method or complete vir-
tual learning.
“Unless the governor shuts
us down, or some other unfore-
seen thing, we want to get back
and work through this pandem-
ic,” Allison said. “Because we
have to get back to school. …
Our goal is that when we go
back, we want to stay back.”
Registration for school starts
next week, with the dates vary-
ing depending on the school.

Rufus
Continued from Page 2A
member of Easy Com-
pany had left the safety
of his foxhole to go and
relieve himself. That was
when the planes began
their strafing run.
Freeman said he did
not know whether to
duck down in his foxhole
out of fear of the plane’s
shells ripping through
the snow covered trees
above him or peek over
the side of the foxhole
and watch the scene
unfolding nearby.
The soldier who had
gone to relieve himself
was attempting to run
back to the safety of his
foxhole while trying to
pull his pants up from
around his ankles as the
airplane’s bullets were
kicking up dirt behind
him as he ran. Freeman
said after the soldier
made it safely back, what
could have been a tragic
mistake turned into a
very funny sight and he
could not help but laugh.
Easy Company,
seeking help from the
mistaken attack, was
able to communicate
with a “Red Tail pilot,” a
Tuskegee Airman. With-
out regard for his own
safety the Red Tail pilot
“came in low knocking
the snow out of the trees
tops over Easy Company
and between the strafing
American planes and
Easy Company.” That
shielding of Easy Com-
pany let the attacking
American planes know it
was friends down there.
Before Danny and
I left Mr. Freeman’s
front porch, a previous
conversation came back
up. Danny had once
asked Freeman what
had been the best meal
he had eaten during the
war. Without hesitating
Freeman said, “split pea
soup.”
Apparently Easy
Company had been at
its position near Foy for
about four days under
blizzard conditions with-
out a meal, much less a 1 ½ cups washed, quick-cook- onions, sauté until tender. more hot milk or water.
hot one, when they were ing dried split peas Add ham bone, and next 5 n Serve in heated soup
½ teaspoon Celery salt ingredients. Cover; simmer bowls. Garnish with croutons,
notified there would be minced parsley, or minced
1 tablespoon Pepper until peas mash readily when
a hot meal brought up 6 cups cold water pressed between fingertips chives. Makes 6 to 8 serv-
to them. It was split pea 2 cups hot milk – about 1 hr. Remove ham ings. (9 cups)
soup. bone; cut off meat. Return
Because they were ex- n In a kettle, melt butter (or meat to soup with hot milk. Rufus Ward is a local
posed to German fire the fat cut from ham bone). Add Heat. (If desired thinner, add historian.
soldiers could go two at
a time and fill containers
with hot soup. Just after
the last soldier got his
soup, a grenade or shell
hit the soup pot and blew
it up. Mr. Freeman and
others always wondered
if some Germans had
been able to sneak in,
get some soup and then
drop a grenade in the pot
when they left. For Easy
Company’s best meal
of World War II, here is
the recipe from the 1942
Good Housekeeping
Cook Book:
Split Pea Soup
1 tablespoon butter
1 sliced, peeled medium
onion
1 ham bone, or small ham
shank end

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Earnest Bland Jr.
MACON — Earnest
Bland Jr. died July 17,
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minister.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his son, By-
ron Spencer; siblings,
Trudy Knight, Lillian
Sharp, Lola Grace
Nabors, Edward Lewis
Nabors, Roosevelt
Nabors, Marvin Nabors
and Tommie Nabors;
and one granddaughter.
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wife, Deborah Nabors
of Columbus; children,
Irma J. Nabors, Keysha
Jennings, Erica Hodg-
es, Margie N. Nabors,
Marvin Nabors and
Robert Nabors; sib-
lings, Margie Nabors
West, Jessie Nabors
and Marcellus Nabors;
19 grandchildren and
two great-grandchil-
dren.
Earl Talley
COLUMBUS — Earl
“Shug” Talley, 77, died
July 13, 2020.
Graveside services
are 11 a.m. Monday
at Union Cemetery in
Columbus with the Rev.
James Gordan officiat-
ing. Visitation is today
at Century Hairston
Funeral Home.
Mr. Talley was
born Oct. 28, 1942, in
Columbus to the late
Olen Williams Sr. and
Earlean Talley. He was
formerly employed as a
factory worker.
He is survived by
his son, James Gordan;
siblings, Karl Douglas
and Debra Wilson, both
of Columbus, Dortean
Shelton of Chicago
Enji Tillman, both of Columbus with Ed Nix
Starkville, Jasmina, officiating. Visitation is
Clinton and Latoya Monday from 9-10 a.m.
Banks of Chicago, De- at Lowndes Funeral
witt Van-George Banks Home in Columbus.
and Jarron Le’Hen-
durs Zuber, both of Hilda Ratliff
Starkville, Earnest COLUMBUS ­— Hil-
Banks and Billy Web- da Pearl Ratliff died
ber, both of Saint Louis; July 16, 2020, at Bap-
and adoptive sons, Ray
James Richardson
tist Memorial Hospi-
Brownlee and Maben, tal-Golden Triangle.
both of Jacksonville, A private, family
Florida. graveside service will
James Edward Richardson, 85, of Columbus,
be held Monday at MS passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at his
Billy Conner Memorial Gardens residence.
MACON — Billy Cemetery with the Rev. A graveside service will be Sunday, July 19,
Byron Benson officiat-
Conner died July 16, 2020, at 2:00 PM at Living Faith Tabernacle
2020, at University ing. Memorial Gunter Cemetery, Columbus, MS, with Bro. Melvin
Peel Funeral Home &
Medical Center in Mordecai officiating and Lowndes Funeral Home
Jackson. Crematory, Second Av- directing.
enue North location, is
Arrangements are Mr. Richardson was born September 16, 1934,
incomplete and will be entrusted with arrange- in Columbus, MS, to the late Ruby Belle Trever
ments.
announced by Carter’s and John D. Richardson. He was a member of
Funeral Services of Mrs. Ratliff was born Living Faith Tabernacle. Mr. Richardson owned
Aug. 14, 1924, in Sun-
Macon. Richardson’s Curb Market on 4th Street South
flower County to the for many years and was a driver for Alabama
late Jeff and Alma Jen- Carrier for 38 years. He loved his dog, Chloe.
Martha B. Fleming nings Whitten. She was Mr. Richardson loved and supported President
COLUMBUS ­— a graduate of Linn High
Martha B. Fleming, 83 Donald J. Trump and would have loved to vote for
School, where she was
died July 17, 2020, at him again.
honored as the vale-
Baptist Memorial Hos- In addition to his parents, Mr. Richardson is
dictorian of her senior preceded in death by his wife Shirley Richardson.
pital-Golden Triangle. class. She was featured Mr. Richardson is survived by his son, Larry
Graveside services in the Commercial Richardson; daughter, Kathy Forrester; step-
are Monday at Friend- Dispatch in 2017 for daughter, Linda Rayner; grandchildren, Summer
ship Cemetery in See OBITS, 5A Owens, Brittany Richardson, Dalton Forrester,
Carson Forrester and Lexie Rayner; great-
grandchildren, Dylon Mason, and Breanna
White; great-great-grandchildren, Declan
Forrester, Kylie Dennison and Arua Rayner;
sister, Charlene Brownlee; and sister-in-law,
Jackie Wright.
Pallbearers will be Carson Forrester, Dalton
Forrester, Randy Owens, Kevin Dees, Garrett
Dees and Dylon Mason.
Memorials may be made to Wounded Warrior
Project P.O. Box 758517 Topeka, KS 66675.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net

John Heard Sr.

was held at 2 p.m.
Saturday, at Celebra-
tion Worship Center
Church, with James
Godsey officiating.
Chandler Funeral
Home of Vernon was
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Godsey was
born Nov. 20, 1952,
in Vernon, to the late
Elbert and Virgina
Lou Godsey. He was
formerly employed as a
truck driver and was a
member of Celebration
Heights, Illinois, Queen
Smith of Denver, Colo-
rado, Bernice Shelton,
Gloria and Marilyn, Longtime Noxubee County Supervisor and
all of Georgia, Willie cattle and row-crop farmer John Henry “Johnny”
Jones, Pat, Mosby and Heard, Sr., of Brooksville, Miss., died July 15,
Larry Williams. 2020, in Macon. Johnny was 92 years old. He
leaves behind a life of devotion to his family,
William Banks community and Mississippi State Bulldog
STARKVILLE — baseball.
William Bonner Banks, A private graveside was held Friday, July 17,
77, died July 13, 2020. 2020, at Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville,
Graveside services MS, with Rev. Jay Spiller officiating. Memorials
are 11 a.m. Wednesday may be made to Brooksville Baptist Church, P.
at St. Paul M.B. Church O. Box 52, Brooksville, MS 39739 or Brooksville
Cemetery in Starkville Cemetery, 586 Hines Rd, Brooksville MS 39739.
with Pastor Carlton Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to entrusted
Fisher officiating. Visi- with arrangements.

Worship Center.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his sister,
Barbara Griffin.
He is survived by his
children, Jody Godsey,
Jackie Godsey, Chris
Godsey and Kristy
Morton; siblings, James
Godsey, Lynn Godsey,
Bryan Godsey, Altea
Hollis, Liz Guyton and
Brenda Thomas; five
grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Robert Nabors
COLUMBUS — The
Rev. Robert Earl Na-
bors, 83, died July 14,
2020, at Baptist Memo-
rial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
Grave-
side ser-
vices are
10 a.m.
Monday at
Memorial
Gardens Nabors
in Colum-
bus with
the Rev. Marcellus
Nabors. Visitation is
today from 1-4 p.m. at
Southside M.B. Church
in Columbus. Carter’s
Funeral Services of Co-
lumbus are entrusted
with arrangements.
Mr. Nabors was born
Jan. 7, 1937, in Pickens-
ville, Alabama, to the
late Marcellus Nabors
Sr. and Sarah Ann Na-
bors. He was formerly
employed as a commer-
cial driver for Seminole
Manufacturing and a
medical technician and
was a former owner of
a janitorial service. He
was a member of South-
side M.B. Church and
the NAACP. Robert was
a graduate of Ministeri-
al Institute and College
and was a licensed
tation is Tuesday from
1-5:30 p.m. at Century
Hairston Funeral Home
in Starkville.
Mr. Banks was
born June 11, 1943, in
Starkville to George
and Sadie Powers
Banks. He was former-
ly employed as a pastor
and police officer.
He is survived by
Brenda McCoy and
Hilda Ratliff
Private Graveside Service:
Monday, July 20
Memorial Gardens Cemetery
2nd Ave. North Location
memorialgunterpeel.com
Marie Milam
Marie Jenkins Milam, age 93, of Steens, MS,
passed away July 16, 2020, at Vineyard Court
Nursing Center.
Graveside services were held Saturday, July
18, 2020, at 4:00 PM at Memorial Gardens of
Columbus with Pastor Chuck Green officiating.
Visitation was from 3:00 PM until 3:45 PM
at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home &
Crematory 903 College St. location.
Mrs. Milam was born January 27, 1927, in
Earle, AR, to the late H. D. and Hazel Dale Miller
Jenkins. She was a beautician and cosmetologist
for over 60 years and owned and operated the
Best Little Hair House on Hwy 12. Mrs. Milam
was a former member of Fairview Baptist Church
and was a current member of Sovereign Faith
Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her husband, Jesse Allen Milam; and
son, Richard Milam.
Survivors include her sons, Ron Lynn Milam
and his wife Pam of Fulton, MS, and David Allen
Milam of Steens, MS; daughters, Deborah Dianne
Fehner of Caledonia, MS, and Nancy Dale Bush
and her husband Perry Dale of Steens, MS; seven
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one
great-great grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Lance Hall, Bryan Hall,
Josh Bush, Tommy Watkins, Luke Wesley,
Dewayne Vaughn and Stephen Watkins.
Memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society, 1380 Livingston Lane, Jackson,
MS, 39213, or St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN,
38105.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
College Street • Columbus, MS
Johnny was born to George Thomas Heard,
Sr. and Ruby Boykin Heard on January 3, 1928,
in the family home outside of Brooksville.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in
death by his sister, Elizabeth “Sis” Krueger, and
his three brothers, George Heard, Jr., Jimmy
Heard and Sam “Tiny” Heard Sr.; and son-in-law,
Don Garner.
Johnny was a humble, generous and sincere
man who had friends far and wide, but his
greatest love was his family. In 1947, Johnny
married the love of his life, Peggy Hoffman
Heard, who survives him, and they were blessed
with four children; Linda, John Henry “Buzzy”,
Jr., (Deborah), Dana (Mike) and Scott. Along
with his wife and children, he is also survived by
a sister-in-law, a brother-in-law, six grandchildren
and 11 great-grandchildren, along with numerous
nieces and nephews.
With familial roots in the Lynn Creek
community, Johnny grew up on the family farm.
When he was 10 years old, his father passed away
suddenly, but Ruby and the family continued
with the farm, and when the two older brothers
went off to war, Johnny and his younger brother,
Tiny, continued the farming operation. Up until
the end of his life, he was active in his cow-calf
operation, spending much of his time working,
feeding, and checking his cattle.
In addition to his farming pursuits, Johnny was
Noxubee County District 5 County Supervisor
for over 20 years, serving some of that time as
President of the Board of Supervisors. Johnny
also served on various other agricultural boards
and was a member of Brooksville Baptist Church.
Known for his strong work ethic, it is not
surprising that most of his hobbies revolved
around work. Until a couple of years ago, Johnny
enjoyed working his team of mules, and was
frequently seen driving them down county roads
(including appearances in the Macon Christmas
parade). He had his mules shod in the Amish
community in Randolph, MS, and was well-
known there, and would sometimes bring candy
to the Amish children.
His one indulgence, however, was Mississippi
State Baseball. He looked forward to Opening Day
in the spring and had high hopes for his Diamond
Dawgs every year. He had the opportunity to see
them appear in person eight times at the College
World Series in Omaha. An avid reader, if he was
watching his Dawgs or other sports on television,
he also often had a Louis L’Amour Western in his
hand. He was, without a doubt, their biggest fan.
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John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80 accord that the likely passing oppression in the South. ed remarks at the insistence
The youngest and last survivor of the Big Six of this Atlanta Democrat would Within days, King led more of others, dropping a reference
represent the end of an era. marches in the state, and Presi- to a “scorched earth” march
civil rights activists died Friday at 80 The announcement of his dent Lyndon Johnson soon was through the South and scaling
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS league, and are heartbroken by death came just hours after the pressing Congress to pass the back criticisms of President
his passing,” Pelosi said. “May passing of the Rev. C.T. Vivian, Voting Rights Act. The bill be- John Kennedy. It was a potent
ATL A NTA his memory be an inspiration another civil rights leader who came law later that year, remov- speech nonetheless, in which
— John Lewis, that moves us all to, in the face died early Friday at 95. ing barriers that had barred he vowed: “By the forces of
a lion of the civ- of injustice, make ‘good trouble, Lewis was the youngest and Blacks from voting. our demands, our determina-
il rights move- necessary trouble.’” last survivor of the Big Six civil “He loved this country so tion and our numbers, we shall
ment whose The condolences for Lewis rights activists, a group led by much that he risked his life and splinter the segregated South
bloody beating the Rev. Martin Luther King its blood so that it might live into a thousand pieces and put
were bipartisan. Senate Majority
by Alabama Jr. that had the greatest impact up to its promise,” President them together in an image of
Leader Mitch McConnell said
state troopers on the movement. He was best Barack Obama said after Lewis’
Lewis was “a pioneering civil God and democracy.”
in 1965 helped Lewis death. “Early on, he embraced
rights leader who put his life on known for leading some 600 It was almost immediately,
galvanize oppo- the principles of nonviolent re-
the line to fight racism, promote protesters in the Bloody Sun- and forever, overshadowed by
sition to racial segregation, and sistance and civil disobedience
equal rights, and bring our na- day march across the Edmund the words of King, the man who
who went on to a long and cele- as the means to bring about real
tion into greater alignment with Pettus Bridge in Selma. change in this country.” had inspired him to activism.
brated career in Congress, has its founding principles.” At age 25 — walking at the He won his seat in Congress
died. He was 80. Lewis joined King and four
Lewis’s announcement in head of the march with his other civil rights leaders in or- in 1986 and spent much of his
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi late December 2019 that he had hands tucked in the pockets of career in the minority. After
ganizing the 1963 March on
confirmed Lewis’ passing late been diagnosed with advanced his tan overcoat — Lewis was Democrats won control of the
Washington. He spoke to the
Friday night, calling him “one of pancreatic cancer — “I have knocked to the ground and beat- House in 2006, Lewis became
vast crowd just before King de-
the greatest heroes of American never faced a fight quite like the en by police. His skull was frac- his party’s senior deputy whip,
livered his epochal “I Have a
history.” one I have now,” he said — in- tured, and nationally televised Dream” speech. a behind-the-scenes leadership
“All of us were humbled to spired tributes from both sides images of the brutality forced A 23-year-old firebrand, post in which he helped keep
call Congressman Lewis a col- of the aisle, and an unstated the country’s attention on racial Lewis toned down his intend- the party unified.

Obits
Continued from Page 4A
her collection of Japa- ceded in death by her In addition to her lector’s Club. West Point; son, Mark Memorials may be
nese furniture, art and husband, Carl Brewer; parents, she was pre- She was preceded of Atlanta; brother, made to the First Unit-
porcelain Geisha dolls brothers, Howard Ray, ceded in death by her in death by her father, Charles Wood of ed Methodist Church
that she made by hand Jim Ray and Ranney son, Bryan Perkins; Donald C. Wood; moth- Hoover, Alabama; and Choir PO Box 293 West
during her time in Ja- Ray; sisters, Mildred and one granddaughter.
er, Fay Wood; and sister nephew, Sam Smelcer Point, MS 39773. Rob-
pan. Hilda was a proud Gray, Katie Rector and She is survived by
her husband, Wilburn Sara Smelcer. of Ecru, who she was inson Funeral Home
member of East End Jenath Ray.
Baptist Church. She is survived by Perkins; daughter, Tam- She is survived by guardian and caretaker is assisting the family
In addition to her her son, Jeff Brewer my McCool; and one her husband, Ben of of. with arrangements.
parents, she was of Okolona; daughter, grandson.
preceded in death by Paula Brewer Jones of
her husband, James E. Sturgis; sisters, Syble Shirley Rosenkrans
Ratliff; three sisters Lamons of Starkville, WEST POINT — ­
and one brother. Shirley Halliburton Shirley Wood Rosenk-
She is survived by of Dresden, Tennes- rans, 73, died July 17,
her sister, Jean Norrell see, Mac Price of 2020, at her residence.
of Jackson; sons, Bobby Columbus, and Alice A family graveside
Gerald Ratliff of Jack- Wickwire of Omaha, service will be held
son and Michael James Nebraska; brothers, at Memorial Gardens
Ratliff of Columbus; Aubrey Ray and Jerry Park in Oktibbeha
four granddaughters Ray of Sturgis; four County with the Rev.
and two great grand- grandchildren, 10 Darian Duckworth
sons. great-grandchildren, officiating.
Memorials may be four stepgrandchildren, Mrs. Rosenkrans
made to East End Bap- 12 step great-grand- was born Dec. 12, 1946,
tist Church, P.O. Box children and three step in Amory. She gradu-
8480, Columbus, MS, great-great-grandchil- ated from Mississippi
39705. dren. State University with a
Pallbearers will bachelor and master’s
Verna Brewer be Kenneth Brewer, degree in education.
STARKVILLE ­— Chris Reed, Al Quinn, She was formerly
Verna Mae Ray Brewer, Stephen Black, Hunter employed as a math
91, died July 18, 2020, Reed, Will Vice, Brad- teacher at West Point
at the Carrington ley Brewer and Aiden High School. Shirley
Nursing Center in Quinn. was a longtime mem-
Starkville. Memorials may be ber of the First United
Graveside services made out to Saint Jude Methodist Church’s
Children’s Research choir, the West Point
will be held 10 a.m.
Hospital at P.O. Box 50, music Coterie and an
Tuesday at McClelland
Memphis, TN 38101- active member of Flow
Cemetery on Craig
9929. Blue International Col-
Springs Road in Stur-
gis. Visitation is 9:30-10
a.m. Tuesday at Mead- Mary Perkins
owview Baptist Church. CALEDONIA ­—
Welch Funeral Home in Mary Frances Perkins,
Starkville is entrusted 76, died July 17, 2020, at
with arrangements. Baptist Memorial Hos-
Mrs. Brewer was pital-Golden Triangle.
born May 9, 1929, in A private family
Winston County to the graveside service will
late JD and Claudie be held 2 p.m. today
Carpenter Ray. Mae at Furnace Hill with
was a formerly em- Don Harding officiat-
ployed as a bookkeeper ing. Chandler Funeral
for Briarwood Lamp/ Home of Vernon, Ala-
Hershede Hall Clock bama, is entrusted with
Company. She was arrangements.
a member of Mead- Mrs. Perkins was
owview Baptist Church born March 10, 1944,
in Starkville. in Vernon, Alabama,
In addition to her to the late Lester and
parents, she was pre- Della Collins.
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OUR VIEW

Roses and thorns

A rose to
the employees
of Baptist Me-
morial Hospi-
tal-Golden Tri-
angle for their
efforts in helping provide fans
for vulnerable people through
Helping Hands. Employees
raised $1,272 to aid Helping
Hands’ annual Fan Drive,
enough to purchase 70 fans.
Employees also donated 11 box
fans for the drive. Thanks to
Military Hardware, Helping
Hands can purchase a fan for
$18. In addition to a discounted
price, Military Hardware also
delivers the fans to Helping
Hands for distribution. Heat
Waves such as the one we are
currently experiencing can
have deadly consequences, so
these fans not only ease suf-
fering, but in some cases may
actually save lives. We applaud
these Baptist employees and
hope it will be an inspiration
for others to donate fans or
money to the drive as well by
dropping off fans or donations
at the Helping Hands office
at 223 22nd St. N. or sending
a check (write “fan drive” in
the memo section) to: Helping
Hands Ministries, P.O. Box
1241, Columbus, MS, 39703.
A rose to
the Lowndes
County School
District Board
of Trustees,
who voted
unanimously Friday to change
Caledonia’s school nickname
from “Confederates,” a name
adopted in the 1950s. Students,
faculty and alumni will work to
come up with a new nickname
within 60 days. The symbolism
evoked by the Confederates
nickname comes at a time
when communities every-
where are taking a serious look
at what is venerated in public
spaces. As the Germans of the
post-Nazi era understood, sym-
bols are values made visible.
We are pleased to note that
Caledonia is seeking a symbol
that better reflects our better
values. The Confederate name
is archaic and divisive and has
been for many, many years. We
consider the board’s decision
a mark of real progress in the
community.
A thorn to
the Lowndes
County Board
of Supervisors
for its decision
to table a mask
requirement proposal during
Tuesday’s meeting. Board
members justified the decision
by saying that it wanted more
information about the number
of cases in the county before
joining the city of Columbus in
requiring masks in public facil-
ities. We believe it is far better
to be proactive than reactive,
which is precisely what the
Board chose to do in tabling
the proposal. While board
members said they advocate
wearing masks, their failure
to act not only has the poten-
tial to create confusion about
where citizens are and are not
to require masks, but under-
mines an important message:
Wearing masks is a critical
tool to stop the spread of the
pandemic in our community.
The Board’s action on this is
unfortunate and misguided.
A rose to
Megan Colvin,
Karla Morgan,
Tawnya Blalock
and Anna
Pantano —
two licensed counselors and
two life coaches — who are
using their expertise to help
people cope with the stresses
and anxieties created by the
COVID-19 in our community.
Through Facebook posts and
Zoom meetings, “A Gathering
Place” provides coping strat-
egies, encouragement and
resources, at no charge, during
this unsettling time. Often,
just realizing that you are not
alone in feelings you may be
experiencing is a comfort.
The Gathering Place provides
professional advice, but it also
serves as a chance for people
to share, comfort and en-
courage each other. The next
Zoom session is planned for
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. A link to
register will be posted on the
Facebook page, facebook.com/
groups/779058405954868/.
We applaud these four profes-
sionals for creating the won-
derful community resource.

OTHER EDITORS CARTOONIST VIEW

Alcohol soon to be legal
in every county
Mississippi obviously doesn’t
like to rush things. While most of
the attention during the last weeks
of the Legislature was on retiring
a 126-year-old flag, lawmakers also
ended something else almost as
old: alcohol prohibition.
Nearly nine decades after the
U.S. gave up on prohibition as a
failed experiment, Mississippi has
thrown in the towel, too.
A new law allows people to pos-
sess alcohol in every county in the
state, even where it’s still illegal to
sell it.
This won’t impact the Delta, of
course. It didn’t heed prohibition
even when it was the law nationally.
Greenwood Commonwealth

We must start taking

cases seriously
With record hospitalizations
and a growing number of cases
daily, Mississippi is heading in the
wrong direction with the global
pandemic.
We’ve heard repeatedly about
the need to take action immediate-
ly, whether it be social distancing,
wearing a mask or limiting social
gatherings. We are now in danger-
ous territory, with record hospi-
talizations statewide and five of
the state’s largest hospitals having
maxed out on intensive care units.
On July 10, the Mississippi State
Department of Health report-
ed 1,031 new confirmed cases
COVID-19, 11 deaths and the high-
PARTIAL TO HOME
Of masks and monuments
est-ever number of hospitalizations
with 711.
Yet, as medical professionals

continue to urge Mississippians to
take this virus seriously, we contin-
ue to see people going about their
lives as normal. No mask wearing,
large parties and group gatherings
taking place and people referring
to this as a “hoax” or a conspiracy.
Here are some more facts:
Mississippi is now No. 5 in the
nation per capita for COVID-19
cases in the country.
Last week, The New York Times
reported that Mississippi is 10th in
the world for new cases logged in
the previous week (around 1,700).
What more needs to be said to
take this seriously?
Gov. Tate Reeves said July 9
that, beginning July 13, he would
by executive order require mask-
ing and limit social gatherings in
the state’s hardest hit counties.
This currently does not include
any counties in our region, but that
does not mean we shouldn’t be
cautious.
We will continue to talk with
our local health officials and report
how the virus is affecting our
region, but this cannot fall on deaf
ears. We’ll soon know more about
how the new school year will look
for our children, and fall sports will
also be determined. We want to see
normality return, but before that
happens, we must listen to what
officials are telling us and take the
necessary precautions.
There’s too much on the line
to continue acting like this isn’t
serious.
(Tupelo) Daily Journal
L
ast week a friend sent
me a cartoon of two
beekeepers in their
bee suits standing next to
a disturbed hive of bees,
some of which are angrily
swarming around the head
of their unmasked compan-
ion.
One of the veiled bee-
keepers, who is holding an
extra mask at his side, is
saying to the other, “I told Birney Imes
him, as an expert in the
field, I strongly recommend wearing
it, but he just kept bringing up his
rights.”
Wear a mask in public and practice
social distancing. Really, it’s not much
to ask.
Yet, there are those who resist the
idea, saying they don’t like the govern-
ment telling them what to do. Never
mind that government is already in
every aspect of our lives.
How do you explain all the sound
and fury?
Is it a display of allegiance to a pres-
ident, who has refused to wear a mask, Floyd in Minneapolis by a policeman,
save for a recent visit to wounded vet-
erans at Walter Reed Hospital? Is it a
refusal to acknowledge that COVID-19 ments of Lowndes Supervisor Harry
even exists, that it is fake news?
Despite a local ordinance, there
were patrons and at least one promi-
nent vendor not wearing masks at Sat-
urday’s Hitching Lot Farmers Market.
I asked the market manager if he
had said something to those not wear-
ing masks.
“I’m not going to have someone pull
a gun on me,” he said.
Wearing a mask is not
only an acknowledgment of
the virulence of the virus, it
is a visible show of con-
cern for our neighbors and
townspeople. It telegraphs
the message, “I care about
your good health, neigh-
bor.”
What is objectionable
about that?
What does it say when
you go into a business and
none of the employees are
wearing masks? Is it a blatant indiffer-
ence to the welfare of their customers?
Maybe it’s a Southern thing. We
southerners don’t like Washington
telling us what to do.
We went to war over that back in
1861.
We’re still struggling with vestiges
of it. A war over the institution of slav-
ery. A war of rebellion.
Fortunately, we were unsuccessful.
And I say “we” as a proud Southerner,
who loves his homeland.
The killing of an unarmed George
the vote to change the state flag and,
closer to home, the misguided com-
Sanders have created the impetus that
seems to have made the removal of the
Jim Crow-era Confederate statue from
the Lowndes County Courthouse an
urgent necessity.
Initially the idea of moving it to
Friendship Cemetery seemed like a
good idea.
Maybe it was the $100,000-plus cost
quoted to move the statue. Maybe it
was the realization if this edifice is
a monument to a morally repugnant
crusade to perpetuate human bondage
and succession from the Union, why
should we preserve it at all?
Billy Hairston, who has family
buried in Friendship Cemetery (Billy’s
father was once mayor of Columbus)
and the rare ability to distill an issue
to a few sentences, said as much in a
letter to the editor last week:
“Everything about this entire
monument is antithetical to the name
Friendship Cemetery. I do not want
it looking down on my family and
friends.”
Billy also noted how, thanks to the
immense size of the monument, it
would tower over the cemetery, creat-
ing an eyesore.
Another letter writer, A.B. Douglas
of Caledonia, suggested letting citi-
zens have a go at the monument with
a sledge hammer and use the rubble
created to repair county roads.
Some see the removal of the Con-
federate statue from the courthouse
lawn as an unmerited acquiescence.
I beg to differ.
Were we to peaceably dispose
of that monument, that paean to a
war fought to preserve the practice
of human bondage, it would exhibit
wisdom, strength and grace. In doing
so we would offer a rare example of a
community willing to grapple with and
resolve a perplexing moral issue.
That would be a bit of good news
in a time when good news is a scarce
commodity.
Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.com)
is the former publisher of The Dispatch.
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Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND, Ore. — The
mayor of Portland demanded
Friday that President Donald
Trump remove militarized fed-
eral agents he deployed to the
city after some detained people
on streets far from federal prop-
erty they were sent to protect.
“Keep your troops in your
own buildings, or have them
leave our city,” Mayor Ted
Wheeler said at a news confer-
ence.
Democratic Gov. Kate
Brown said Trump is looking
for a confrontation in the hopes
of winning political points else-
where. It also serves as a dis-
traction from the coronavirus
pandemic, which is causing
spiking numbers of infections
in Oregon and the nation.
Brown’s spokesman,
Charles Boyle, said Friday that
arresting people without prob-
able cause is “extraordinarily
concerning and a violation of
their civil liberties and consti-
tutional rights.”
Oregon Attorney Gener-
al Ellen Rosenblum said she
would file a lawsuit in federal
court against the U.S. Depart-
ment of Homeland Security,
the Marshals Service, Customs
and Border Protection and
Federal Protection Service al-
leging they have violated the
civil rights of Oregonians by
detaining them without prob-
able cause. She will also seek
a temporary restraining order
against them.
The ACLU of Oregon said
the federal agents appear to be
violating people’s rights, which
“should concern everyone in
the United States.”
“Usually when we see people
in unmarked cars forcibly grab
someone off the street we call
it kidnapping,” said Jann Car-
son, interim executive director
of the American Civil Liberties
Union of Oregon. “The actions
of the militarized federal offi-
cers are flat-out unconstitution-
al and will not go unanswered.”
Federal officers have
charged at least 13 people with
crimes related to the protests
so far, Oregon Public Broad-
casting reported Thursday.
Some have been detained by
the federal courthouse, which
has been the scene of pro-
tests. But others were grabbed
blocks away.
“This is part of the core
media strategy out of Trump’s
White House: to use federal
troops to bolster his sagging
polling data,” Wheeler said.
“And it is an absolute abuse of
federal law enforcement offi-
cials.”
One video showed two peo-
ple in helmets and green cam-
ouflage with “police” patches
grabbing a person on the side-
walk, handcuffing them and
taking them into an unmarked
vehicle.
“Who are you?” someone
asks the pair, who do not re-
spond. At least some of the
federal officers belong to the
Department of Homeland Se-
curity.
Customs and Border Protec-
tion said in a statement that its
agents had information indicat-
ing the person in the video was
suspected of assaulting federal
agents or destroying federal
property.
“Once CBP agents ap-
proached the suspect, a large
and violent mob moved towards
their location. For everyone’s
safety, CBP agents quickly
moved the suspect to a safer lo-
‘This is part of the core media strategy out of Trump’s White House:
to use federal troops to bolster his sagging polling data. And it is an
absolute abuse of federal law enforcement officials.’
cation,” the agency said. How-
ever, the video shows no mob.
In another case, Mark Pet-
tibone, 29, said a minivan
rolled up to him around 2 a.m.
Wednesday and four or five
people got out “looking like
they were deployed to a Middle
Eastern war.”
Pettibone told The Associ-
ated Press he got to his knees
as the group approached. They
dragged him into the van with-
out identifying themselves or
responding to his questions
and pulled his beanie over his
eyes so he couldn’t see, he said.
“I figured I was just going
to disappear for an indefinite
amount of time,” Pettibone
said.
Pettibone said he was put
into a cell and officers dumped
the contents of his backpack,
with one remarking: “Oh, this
is a bunch of nothing.”
After he asked for a lawyer,
Pettibone was allowed to leave.
“Authoritarian govern-
ments, not democratic repub-
lics, send unmarked authorities
after protesters,” Democratic
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said in
a tweet.
U.S. Attorney Billy Williams
in Portland said Friday he has
requested the Department of
Homeland Security Office of
the Inspector General to inves-
tigate the actions of DHS per-
sonnel.
In a letter Friday, Oregon’s
two senators and two of its
House members demanded
that U.S. Attorney General Wil-
liam Barr and Homeland Se-
curity Acting Secretary Chad
Wolf immediately withdraw
“these federal paramilitary
forces from our state.”
The members of Congress
also said they’ll be asking the
DHS inspector general and the
U.S. Department of Justice to
investigate the presence and
actions of federal forces in Port-
land.
“It’s painfully clear this ad-
ministration is focused purely
on escalating violence with-
out answering my repeated
requests for why this expedi-
tionary force is in Portland and
under what constitutional au-
thority,” Democratic Sen. Ron
Wyden said.
On Thursday night, federal
officers deployed tear gas and
fired non-lethal rounds into a
crowd of protesters.
Wolf visited Portland on
Thursday and called the dem-
onstrators, who are protesting
racism and police brutality, “vi-
olent anarchists.”
Wolf blamed state and city
authorities for not putting an
end to the protests. But Port-
land police said Friday they
wound up arresting 20 people
overnight.
At least two protests oc-
curred Thursday night, one
near the federal courthouse
and the other by a police sta-
tion in another part of the city.
Police told protesters to leave
that site after announcing they
heard some chanting about
burning down the building.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler
Protester Paul Frazier said Fri-
day the chant was “much more
rhetorical than an actual state-
ment.”
Portland Police Chief Chuck
Lovell told reporters Friday
that his officers are in contact
with the federal agents, but that
neither controls the others’ ac-
tions.
“We do communicate with
federal officers for the purpose
of situational awareness and de-
confliction,” Lovell said. “We’re
operating in a very, very close
proximity to one another.”
The American Civil Liber-
ties Union Foundation of Ore-
gon on Friday added the federal
government to a lawsuit it filed
earlier to halt the use of crowd
control measures, including
tear gas and rubber bullets,
against journalists and legal ob-
servers at protests in Portland.
“The lawsuit is one of many
the ACLU will be filing against
federal authorities in Portland
for their unconstitutional at-
tacks on people protesting the
police killing of George Floyd,”
the group said.
Tensions have escalated in
the past two weeks, particu-
larly after an officer with the
U.S. Marshals Service fired a
less-lethal round at a protest-
er’s head on July 11, critically
injuring him.
The protests following the
police killing of Floyd in Min-
neapolis have often devolved
into violent clashes between
smaller groups and the police.

Millions of kids told full return

to school in fall unlikely in US
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Millions more chil-

dren in the U.S. learned Friday that they’re unlikely to
return to classrooms full time in the fall because of the
coronavirus pandemic as death tolls reached new highs.
It came as many states — particularly in the Sunbelt
— struggled to cope with the surge and governments
worldwide tried to control fresh outbreaks. In a sign of
how the virus is galloping around the globe, the World
Health Organization reported nearly a quarter-million
new infections in a single day.
In the U.S., teams of military medics were deployed in
Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by corona-
virus patients. The two most populous states each report-
ed roughly 10,000 new cases and some of their highest
death counts since the pandemic began. Big numbers in
Florida, Arizona and other states also are helping drive
the U.S. resurgence that’s forcing states to rethink the
school year.
California Gov. Gavin
Newsom laid out strict cri- ‘The schools’
teria for school reopenings
that makes classroom in- start date is less
struction unlikely for most
districts. The Democrat’s than 30 days
rules mandate that students
above second grade and all away. And I don’t
staff wear masks.
Texas gave public schools
feel that there’s
permission to stay closed for
more than 5 million students
a very great plan
well into the fall. Under the
guidelines, schools can hold
in place that
online-only instruction for
up to the first eight weeks,
makes me feel
potentially pushing a return comfortable
to campus in some cities un-
til November. enough to send
Most Chicago children
would return to the class- my baby to
room just two days a week
and spend the other three school...’
days learning remotely un- Orange Park, Florida
der a tentative plan outlined parent, Ivette Garcia or
by officials from the nation’s
third-largest school district. A final decision for fall class-
es for the district’s more than 300,000 students won’t
come until late August.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, announced
she will override school districts and require students to
spend at least half of their schooling in classrooms, draw-
ing criticism from the state teachers union.
The uncertainty about the way to safely restart schools
has parents like Ivette Garcia of Orange Park, Florida,
struggling with what to do. When she learned her school
district only had two options this fall, in-person or virtual
lessons, she decided to keep her kindergarten son home.
She plans to schedule instruction before and after work,
with her parents reinforcing education in between.
“The schools’ start date is less than 30 days away.
And I don’t feel that there’s a very great plan in place that
makes me feel comfortable enough to send my baby to
school and then return back to our family dynamic,” Gar-
cia said.
Several states have been reporting record numbers
of COVID-19 this past week, contributing to a surge in
the national death rate. The seven-day rolling average
for daily new deaths has risen 34% from two weeks ago,
while the case count in that period shot up 43%.
Globally, confirmed cases surpassed 14 million, ac-
cording to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, and
COVID-19 deaths topped 600,000. WHO reported a sin-
gle-day record of new infections: over 237,000. Experts If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
believe that the true numbers are even higher.
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Thrive
Continued from Page 1A
small businesses in its mem-
bers’ respective hometowns
— Starkville; Los Angeles;
Gainesville, Florida; and
cities in Georgia and Colora-
do — navigate the financial
challenges of the coronavirus
pandemic.
“We have resources,” Jian
said. “We have expertise that
we think can actually translate
to real help for small business-
es in our communities.”
One of Thrive’s listed
specialties is digital branding,
and Abadie, interested, set up
a meeting with Jian. On Friday
afternoon, the two Starkville
High graduates shared a
booth in the bookstore’s cafe
area, and they discussed ways
Thrive could help the Book
Mart.
By the time Jian left 90 min-
utes later, Abadie had a sheet
full of notes, a promise to meet
again the following week and a
deepened appreciation of Jian’s
efforts.
“Starkville’s close to her
heart,” Abadie said. “She’s
wanting to help the town where
she lives. It means more when
it comes from somebody who
grew up here.”
‘How can I help?’
Jian returned to Starkville
when Emory’s Atlanta campus
shut down in March because
of COVID-19, and apart from
finishing up online classes and
tinkering with a couple proj-
ects, she was mostly “chilling”
at home.
Then a thought struck her:
“How can I help?”
“How can I really take what
I’ve learned in school and what
I’ve learned working with other
small businesses in my consult-
ing experience and apply that
to Starkville and helping out
as many small businesses as I
can?” Jian thought.
At Emory, she’d already
had several forays into busi-
ness consulting. With the
undergraduate-run Impact
Investment Group, Jian helped
Johari Africa — which teaches
African refugee women how to
sew, typically creating cultural
African clothing and jewelry
— produce face masks instead.
As part of Ponce & Friends, a
virtual organization of business
students at Emory, Jian helped
perform market and competitor
analysis for an Atlanta robotics
startup hoping to take advan-
tage of the many companies
turning to automation in their
warehouses.
So she and four classmates
decided to found Thrive in June
to take their work back to their
respective hometowns. The
organization focuses on market
research and digital branding,
and it is also aimed at helping
restaurants switch to contact-
less menus via QR codes by
putting the eateries in touch
with the Los Angeles-based
start up Orderspot.
In Starkville, Jian said she
is working with Glo, where she
interned in high school, help-
ing the prosperous company
generate customer leads after
the cancellation of trade shows
badly hurt the business.
Soon after, she reached
out to the Partnership, asking
them to circulate the flyer for
Thrive; so far, Abadie is the
organization’s only bite.
“Right now, we’re really at
the discretion of how many
businesses want to work with
us,” Jian said.
Partnership CEO Mike Tag-
ert said Jian’s help in assisting
businesses pivot to digital
strategies and new means
of serving customers in the
midst of a public health crisis is
critical and that her experience
growing up in the area is a
point in her favor.
“Having people such as
Hannah pitch in and offer that
assistance is vital for the local
economy,” Tagert said. “The
fact that she is from Starkville,
certainly that helps small busi-
ness owners understand that
she has a feel for the communi-
ty and the town.”
‘The way to go’
According to Forbes.com,
U.S. retailers’ year-over-year
online revenue was up 49 per-
cent in early January. By mid-
April, that number had risen to
68 percent.
Chip Templeton, director of
the Mississippi Small Busi-
ness Development Center at
Mississippi State, said digita-
lization is “definitely the way”
for businesses like Abadie’s
to rebound from a decrease in
in-store traffic.
“This may be an opportu-
nity to streamline and convert
things over,” Templeton said.
Abadie is attempting to do
precisely that, as she and Jian
discussed a plan to list online
items from each of the store’s
most popular sections: “trade
books” from publishers that are
intended for general reader-
ship; children’s books; Missis-
sippi State gear from the Bully
Shop; food and drinks from
the café; and the discounted
vintage books upstairs. Jian
said the website Shopify would
allow the Book Mart to sell 200
items at a time for a fee of $20
per month.
While Jian acknowledged
it would take Abadie and her
staff some time to take photos
and write descriptions of each
item the store plans to sell, Jian
said it would be easier than
trying to sell things through
the Book Mart’s own site.
Abadie said she plans to
look around at what Shopify
offers and see how other stores
are marketing online products
before she meets with Jian
again next Friday. Abadie also
wants to bulk up her store’s
Facebook and Instagram and
possibly even expand to Twit-
ter or TikTok.
With the increased empha-
sis on e-commerce during the
pandemic, Tagert said tran-
sitions like Abadie’s will help
bring in new customers and
serve them in a new way.
“Any additional ways that
our small business owners
have to interact with their cus-
tomer base is more important
than ever,” Tagert said. “They
have to be diverse. They have
to have secondary and tertiary
ways of selling their products.”
So far, Jian has facilitated
that, working with Abadie to
pursue a new line of business
the owner admitted that she
would have struggled with
herself.
“She can provide guidance
for small business owners who
have not traditionally relied on
e-commerce,” Tagert said.
More left to give
Abadie and the Book Mart
are just the start in Starkville
for Jian, but Tagert said assist-
ing even a single business is as
good a start as any.
“While she may be helping
one individual business owner,
it helps the community as a
whole make it through,” Tagert
said.
Jian made it clear the help
she offers won’t stop with
Abadie, and it won’t be a
temporary thing, either. She
wants to continue her work
throughout her undergraduate
career at Emory, consulting
for businesses in Starkville,
Atlanta and her team members’
communities, too.
She said working with small
business owners has made her
aware of the unique challeng-
es the pandemic has brought
upon them — things she hasn’t
necessarily seen as a college
student — has been “extra mo-
tivation” to continue to help.
“As a student, whatever
happens to this business, it
doesn’t really affect me that
much because, you know, I’m
in college. I’m not working for
them. My livelihood doesn’t
depend on this,” Jian said. “But
working with these entrepre-
neurs and CEOs, you really see
how important your business is
to them and how much they’re
being affected by the pandem-
ic, and it just makes you want
to help out even more.”
Jian found out Friday her
classes at Emory will be
remote this fall, meaning she’ll
be staying in Starkville for
the foreseeable future as she
continues her studies.
It’s another sign the pan-
demic isn’t over yet — and that
Jian and Thrive have more help
left to give.
“We aren’t going to be able
to return to normal for a long
time,” Jian said. “Businesses
are still going to be feeling the
impacts of the pandemic on the
economy for a long time after
now.”

Mascot
Continued from Page 1A
board member Brian Clark said. “I
know some in the community view it
as an offensive issue. I think the board
needs to take a leadership issue and
look at both sides of it. What I did, is I
went to the Bible.”
Clark referenced a Bible verse, Ro-
mans 14: “Let us not pass judgment on
one another any longer. Rather decide
to never put a stumbling block or a hin-
drance in the way of a brother.”
The discussion before the vote
was brief, with only Clark deciding to
comment from the board table. While
Clark voted in favor of the change, he
acknowledged the topic was a sensitive
issue to many community members.
“It was very tough because when
we do a survey and it comes back half
and half. It tells me the community has
had this mascot a long time and they’ve
identified with it,” Clark told The Dis-
patch after the meeting. “The other
half tells me we’re ready for change.
So we’re on the cusp. I really struggle
with whatever decision I make, I’m up-
setting half of the population and half
of the community. But when I went to
the Bible it really made my decision a
lot easier.”
Perhaps no Caledonia resident was
more passionate about changing the
name than Amanda Nielson, the found-
er of a movement titled “Unify Caledo-
nia.”
Nielson, a self-described conserva-
tive who has lived in Caledonia for 2
1/2 years, said she started the move-
ment because listening to certain voic-
es in her community made her realize
the nickname has negatively impacted
some residents for decades. More than
a month ago, Nielson started an online
petition in hopes of bringing awareness
to the issue. As of Friday, the petition
bore nearly 800 signatures.
“I’ve talked to people who were in-
timidated by the name,” said Nielson,
who has two children in the school
district. “That’s not appropriate for a
school mascot.”
Shortly after the motion passed,
Nielsen, donning a red face covering
with the words “Unify Caledonia,” be-
gan a PowerPoint presentation advocat-
ing for the name to change. She cut it
short after it was pointed out the deci-
sion had already been made.
“I did get tipped ahead of time they
were going to do this,” she said of the
mascot change. “But I still wanted to
make sure they were held accountable
and that this was not done in silence.”
Clark said if the board simply “just
kicked the can down the road,” the top-
ic would have just come up again in the
near future.
“I do not believe that the community
of Steens and Caledonia is racist in any
way,” Clark said. “But people outside of
our area looking in see our mascot and
may view us that way. I think it’s time to
change that. I didn’t know necessarily
if it was a board area to change it, but
the board really needed to take a lead-
ership position on this and get the ball
movement moving forward.”
District Superintendent Sam Allison
commended the board for its decision.
“We’ve got a really good board and
they’re there to make tough decisions,”
Allison said. “I just commend them to-
day for making a tough decision but do-
ing what’s best for kids. That’s what we
need to do.”
Caledonia football coach Michael
Kelly said he hadn’t heard any feed-
back, negative or positive, from players
the last two years about the school’s
team name, but he supports the deci-
sion.
“I feel like it was time for a change,”
Kelly told The Dispatch. “I’m just proud
of our school board to go ahead and
make the change before school starts.”
The decision touched recent Cale-
donia High School graduate Naterika
Shellman, who said she didn’t see this
coming.
“I was surprised the board made this
decision. But I’m glad they’re taking a
step in the right direction,” said Shell-
man, who has lived in Caledonia for the
last 10 years.

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MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL

WITH ROGERS ON BOARD, WHO COULD DAWGS’ NEXT COMMIT BE?
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Follow-
ing a brief lull on the recruit-
ing trail in recent weeks, MSU
nabbed its 11th commitment
in the class of 2021 on Friday
as three-star Florida lineback-
er Timar Rogers committed to
coach Mike Leach and the Bull-
dogs’ staff.
“I would like to thank all my
coaches from youth years to
now for all the lessons and val-
ue they have taught me not only
football but life itself,” Rogers
wrote on Twitter on Friday. “I
would also like to (thank) every
(coach) who recruited me and
gave me a chance to achieve
my goal as a DI student athlete.
With all that being said I am
proud to say I am 100% commit-
ted to Mississippi State.”
Rogers, who is a high school
teammate of recent three-star
safety pledge Myzell Williams,
fills a major need at lineback-
er in this year’s group and be-
comes the second player at the
position to commit to MSU af-
ter No. 1 junior college inside
linebacker Navonteque Strong
committed to MSU on June 8.
With Rogers and Strong now
in the fold at linebacker, MSU is
expected to add at least another
one or two players at the posi-
tion. The Bulldogs did suffer a
loss at the position when three-
star Georgia product Thomas
Davis decommitted on June 8.
Davis initially said MSU would
remain in the mix but released
a top three consisting of South
Carolina, Florida State and Mi-
ami via Twitter on Saturday.
Linebacker is a major posi-
tion of need for the Bulldogs
in the 2021 class, as Willie Gay
Jr. is already off to the NFL,
and senior Erroll Thompson
will exhaust his eligibility this
fall should football actually
Timar Rogers, a high school teammate of recent three-star safety pledge Myzell Williams at Deland
High School in Florida, committed to the Bulldogs on Friday.
be played. Behind Thompson,
the Bulldogs brought in Copi-
ah-Lincoln Community College
transfer Tyrus Wheat in the
2020 class along with freshman
Alabama native Rodney Groce
Jr.
Should things hold as is,
MSU would have just Groce,
Wheat, Strong and sophomores
Jett Johnson, Aaron Brule and
Nathaniel Watson as meaning-
ful pieces in place for the 2021
season. Look for MSU to dip
into the junior college ranks
or perhaps an underrecruited
name that has yet to arrive on
the recruiting board to fill these
spots.
“You’re just trying to maxi-
mize the athleticism you’ve got
on the field,” MSU defensive
coordinator Zach Arnett ex-
plained of his 3-3-5 system in
Courtesy of Timar Rogers
February. “And then that group-
ing has been the way we can be
the most multiple. You want to
get into a four-down look? Well,
you put a linebacker at the line
of scrimmage. You want to get
another linebacker down in
there? You drop a safety down
then he becomes a linebacker.
It’s not so much some strict,
‘Hey, there’s three (defensive)
linemen; there’s always three
linebackers right here.’ It just
allows us the most multiplicity.”
While linebacker is a bit of a
mystery, MSU’s next major re-
cruiting domino could fall any
day, now as four-star Louisiana
receiver Malik Nabers whittled
down his options to Leach’s
Bulldogs and Georgia in recent
weeks. If Nabers does head to
Starkville, he’d join an already
impressive receiver haul along-
side four-star Texas pass-catch-
er Theodore Knox and three-
star Flowood receiver Brandon
Buckhaulter.
The Bulldogs are expected
to sign anywhere from three to
five receivers in the 2021 class,
as the cupboard left by Joe
Moorhead’s staff is due for an
upgrade with Leach’s high-fly-
ing air raid offense now being
installed. Texas native Da’Wain
Lofton is also an expected MSU
lean and could join the Bulldogs
sooner rather than later.
Defensively, Lafayette High
School cornerback Brendan
Toles is expected to be in play
for MSU. Toles, who spoke with
The Dispatch last week, said
the offer he received from the
MSU coaching staff caught his
attention and that it will make
him think long and hard about
his current commitment to Lou-
isiana Tech.
“I was happy, and it was a
good moment because it was
my first SEC offer, and I’m just
happy that I got that offer,”
Toles said.
At present, MSU’s class
ranks No. 49 nationally and No.
12 in the SEC according to the
247Sports composite rankings.
And though it remains to be
seen whether football is even
played this fall, the Bulldogs
have begun to round out Leach’s
first full class in Starkville.

No Canada: Blue Jays barred As camp approaches, how will

from playing games in Toronto NFL handle players opting out?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TORONTO — The Blue Jays
won’t play their home games in
Toronto this year because Can-
ada’s government doesn’t think
it’s safe for players to travel
back and forth from the United
States, one of the countries hit
hardest by the coronavirus pan-
demic.
Immigration Minister Mar-
co Mendicino said Saturday the
federal government had denied
the Blue Jays’ request to play
at Rogers Centre, confirming
what an official familiar with
the matter had told The Asso-
ciated Press ahead of the an-
nouncement.
The team had been given
clearance by city and provincial
governments to play in its home
stadium and was awaiting ap-
proval from Canada’s federal
government. The other 29 Ma-
jor League Baseball teams plan
to play in their home ballparks,
without spectators, when the
pandemic-shortened 60-game
season begins on July 23.
Mendicino told The AP fre-
quent travel to the U.S., where
COVID-19 cases are surging,
was the biggest issue.
“There were serious risks
if we proceeded with the regu-
lar-season proposal of the MLB
and the Jays and therefore we
concluded it was not in the
national interest,” Mendicino
said. “I get that some people
will disappointed but this deci-
sion can’t be taken as a fan. It
is taken on behalf of the health
and safety of Canadians.”
The Blue Jays were in-
formed via a phone call. The
team’s alternate site for home
games is its training facility
in Dunedin, Florida, which is
among the states that are vi-
rus hotspots. Players have said
they preferred to play in Toron-
to, and the team said it is in the
process of finalizing a home lo-
cation for the season.
“From the onset of discus-
sions with league and govern-
ment officials, the safety of the
broader community — our fans
— and the team remained the
priority of everyone involved,
and with that, the club com-
pletely respects the federal gov-
ernment’s decision,” Blue Jays
president Mark Shapiro said in
a statement.
“Though our team will not
be playing home games at Rog-
ers Centre this summer, our
players will take the field for
the 2020 season with the same
pride and passion represen-
tative of an entire nation. We
cannot wait until the day comes
that we can play in front of our
fans again on Canadian soil.”
The Blue Jays are scheduled
to start the season July 24 at
Tampa Bay. Their home open-
er was set for five days later
against Washington.
Mendicino said the govern-
ment is open to considering fu-
ture restart plans for the post-
season should the risk of virus
transmission diminish.
“We’ve committed to main-
taining an open line of commu-
nication with both MLB and
the Toronto Blue Jays and we
will reassess in due course,” he
said.
MLB needed an exemption
to a requirement that anyone
entering Canada for nonessen-
tial reasons must self-isolate
for 14 days. The U.S.-Canada
border remains closed to non-
essential travel until at least
Aug. 21.
“In Canada you’ve seen us
flatten the curve. You’ve seen
that cases have decreased sig-
nificantly and that is largely
attributable to the sacrifices
Canadians have made. We can
ill afford a step back,” Mendici-
no said.
“We think this is the right
call and it is backed by the ev-
idence and advice of our health
experts. And fans who still
would like to see baseball will
still be able to watch the broad-
cast, just from a different loca-
tion.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The 60-game mini-season
Major League Baseball as-
sembled this summer was still
long enough that a dozen or so
health-concerned players, even
a few stars, decided to skip it.
The NFL’s player pool is
more than twice as big as
MLB’s, groomed for fundamen-
tal extreme-contact activities
of blocking, tackling and cover-
ing that are as in-
herently ripe for
virus spread as
any in sports. If
the 2020 season
can get off the
ground this fall
amid the global Solder
paralysis of the
COVID-19 pandemic, players
opting out will be a sure bet.
For those who choose to
sideline themselves with a
medically approved high-risk
condition, will they continue to
receive their salary and bene-
fits and accrue a season toward
free agency eligibility? Who
will sign off on the categories
and the diagnosis?
As with the rest of society in
the fight against this unseen,
fierce and unprecedented foe,
the list of questions is far lon-
ger than the answer key.
“I just pray that everybody
can be safe. A lot of people
have families. People have
kids,” Tennessee Titans run-
ning back Derrick Henry said.
With the targeted July 28
start for training camp for most
teams fast approaching, the
owners and the players have a
lot of health-related protocols
to establish so this precari-
ous season can even kick off.
Testing frequency is at the top
of the list. The practice sched-
ule and necessity of exhibition
games are also major points of
negotiation. Then there’s the
issue of opt-out clauses.
One potential point of lin-
gering contention between
the league and the NFL Play-
ers Association is whether
COVID-19 will be categorized
as a “non-football injury.” Play-
ers on the reserve non-football
injury list are not required to
be paid.
In baseball, high-risk indi-
viduals were allowed to opt out
with pay. San Francisco Giants
catcher Buster Posey, how-
ever, will not receive a salary
because his reasoning for not
playing was specific to him and
his wife adopting identical twin
girls.
For an NFL player who
makes a similar decision, the
NFLPA will push for at least
service time accrual and bene-
fits eligibility, even if salary is
withheld.
To date, NFLPA executive
director DeMaurice Smith said
Friday, no players have formal-
ly decided to skip the 2020 sea-
son out of virus concern.
“Are there some things that
are incredibly important to our
players about being able to opt
out? Yes. We don’t want play-
ers unfairly punished by it, in
the same way that we wouldn’t
want our players unfairly pun-
ished ... because of testing pos-
itive,” Smith said.
He added: “If that was your
son, what options would you
want him or her to have, as
they made a decision about en-
gaging in this work? I know it
sounds a little utterly altruis-
tic. It is. That’s how we try to
make these decisions.”
The NFL declined to make
chief medical officer Dr. Allen
Sills available for an interview
this week or comment on the
opt-out issues, citing the sensi-
tivity of the active negotiations
with the union.
“We will continue to im-
plement the health and safety
protocols developed jointly
with the NFLPA, and based
on the advice of leading med-
ical experts, including review
by the CDC,” the league said
Friday in a statement. “We will
address additional issues in a
cooperative way. All decisions
will be made in an effort to
put us in position to play a full
regular season and postseason
culminating with the Super
Bowl which is the shared goal
of the clubs and the players.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers left
tackle Donovan Smith said
recently on social media that
playing this season during the
pandemic “does not seem like a
risk worth taking” for him and
the health of his family.
New York Giants left tack-
le Nate Solder was more blunt
last week on Twitter: “If the
NFL doesn’t do their part to
keep players healthy,” he post-
ed, “there is no football in 2020.
It’s that simple.”
The culture of the sport,
from the natural aggression
that unfolds on the field to the
short careers made more ur-
gent by the lack of guaranteed
contracts, could well prompt
a fringe player to ignore a
heightened personal or fami-
ly risk out of fear of losing his
spot on the roster or his place
in the league. Unlike baseball,
pro football has fewer players
secure enough to skip a season
without worrying about the
ramifications.
“You’re putting them in a
really difficult position, not
that much different than the
essential worker that’s got to
make a decision, ‘Do I go drive
the bus and potentially risk
my own health and my fami-
ly’s health in order to pay the
rent?’ I’m not comparing $18
per hour to $610,000 a year,
but the guy making $610,000,
the seventh-round rookie, he
hasn’t made the team yet. He
doesn’t have any money,” said
agent Blake Baratz, of The In-
stitute for Athletes.
In this age of heightened
awareness of head injuries and
greater player empowerment
across the league, though,
there’s clearly more support
for taking care of off-the-field
matters and less peer pressure
to avoid letting the team down
than in past eras.
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Small masks, big task

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Jennet Lacey, left, hands volunteer Tracy McBride a kit of materials for assembling 10 children’s cloth masks Wednesday behind St. Paul’s Episco-
pal Church in Columbus. Kits are available to any volunteer between 5-6 p.m. daily, including Sundays, through July 31. A sewing machine is need-
ed. Finished masks can be dropped off between 5-6 p.m. at the same drive-through location. The masks will be provided to Columbus Municipal
School District Pre-K through fourth-grade students.

A group of volunteers
asks a ‘village’ to come together
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

M
any hands make light work.
The power of that old ad-
age is being summoned as a
core of volunteers at St. Paul’s Epis-
copal Church in Columbus appeals
to the public to help make several
thousand cloth masks for little faces.
With Columbus Municipal School
District school bells set to ring Aug.
6, the group hopes to have 3,000 re-
usable, non-medical face coverings
made in fairly short order — enough
for each of about 1,500 students in
pre-K through fourth grade to have
two. An ambitious goal.
“We were more than happy to
take them up on the
offer,” said Glenn De-
deaux, CMSD assis-
tant superintendent.
“Students are going to
be required to wear a
mask when they enter
a bus or any of our Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff
schools.” Parents are Dedeaux Jennet Lacey, left, and Annis Cox sort through mask materials at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
being encouraged to in Columbus July 13.
purchase their own masks and get
children accustomed to wearing
them before school begins, but inev-
itably masks, over time, will be lost,
dropped or dirtied.
“And you can’t find children’s
masks easily,” said Jennet Lacey.
She and fellow St. Paul’s congrega-
tion member Annis Cox put their
heads together shortly after the
board’s mask decision. “When they
announced school was going to be
opening and that masks were to be
worn, we knew there was a need.”
It helps that Lacey and Cox are
both experienced mask makers.
Lacey has made face coverings for
use at Columbus Air Force Base
and at The W, among others. Cox
has sewn masks for nursing homes,
first responders and for distribution
at the Brother’s Keepers barbecue
location. Ever since reading a story
about the Navajo Nation’s struggle
with the coronavirus, she has also
been sending 25 masks weekly to Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff
Window Rock, Arizona. “Fun” fabrics are preferred for making face coverings young students can identify as their
See MASKS, 6B own. Each mask is sewn with a plain muslin backing.
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Bennett named Faculty Member of the Year at MUW
MUW UNIVERSITY
RELATIONS
K
elly Bennett would
agree students
come in all shapes
and sizes.
When Bennett was 4
years old, she would line
up her stuffed animals
on her bed. Armed with
a binder and a pencil,
Bennett would teach the
animals every day.
“I really thought
holding the pencil made
me more of a teacher,”
Bennett said.
Once Bennett started
school, she brought home
any old papers and work-
books that her teachers
gave her and she taught
her sisters, Jessie and
Erin. Bennett discovered
the lessons she learned
from Sesame Street, her
mother and from school
helped her connect with
her “students.”
These days, Bennett’s
students are a little older
and the setting is more
structured. But Bennett’s
passion for teaching
hasn’t waned. In fact,
it has blossomed as an
assistant professor of ed-
ucation at the Mississippi
University for Women.
Bennett’s love for her
work was recognized
earlier this year when she
was named The W’s Fac-
ulty Member of the Year.
“I am grateful and
honored to receive this
award,” said Bennett, who
is from Amory and who
has been at The W since
August 2018. “Thank
you to all of the students
and faculty who voted for
me, even though I feel
undeserving, and to the
MUW’s Star and Scepter
Chapter of Mortar Board
and the MUW Alumni As-
sociation for the generous
award. I will treasure this
forever.”
Bennett said her
desire to be a teacher
grew as she moved into
Courtesy photo
Kelly Bennett
high school. Her time as
a student at The W, where
she earned a degree in
elementary education
with seventh- to 12th-
grade endorsements in
mathematics and English,
nurtured her love for
teaching. Bennett said
every teacher she had at
The W was passionate
and dedicated and helped
her learn more than she
ever imagined.
“Once I entered the
Teacher Education pro-
gram, my love for The W
grew,” Bennett said. “The
professors who taught
me how to be an effec-
tive teacher weren’t just
‘teaching’ the material;
they modeled every tech-
nique that they taught us.
They inspired me.”
Bennett praised
Barbara Moore for her
instruction and guidance
in a course that included
learning how to write les-
son plans. She said Moore
had the students write
the lesson plans in such
detail, and that they all
thought it was just awful.
However, Bennett later
recognized every detail of
those plans allowed them
to be confident they were
prepared the first time
they stood in front of their
students.
Bennett’s goal is to
pass on what she learned
from Moore and all of
her teachers at The W
to the next generation of
teachers. She is forev-
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er grateful to Moore just like her mother, Kay,
for pushing her and and her grandparents,
her classmates and for
Barbara and Thomas.
putting such thought Today, Bennett cherishes
into their assignments the opportunity to pass on
because it is helping her her love for learning and
to “live her dream.” teaching and to see those
Leigh W. Todd, the di- “A ha” moments happen
rector of field experience with her peers, which is
and a visiting assistant why she was so emotional
professor in School of when she learned she
Education at The W, said had been named Faculty
Bennett is a “phenome- Member of the Year.
nal” educator who taught “I give my all, and to
her son in high school
know others recognize
math. and appreciate that is
“Kelly Bennett was one
overwhelming, and I
of his favorite teachers,
am just so grateful and
and he praised her as honored,” Bennett said.
being the reason he was
“Teaching is my passion,
successful in math,” Todd
and I feel honored and re-
said. “Dr. Bennett works
warded each time I get to
diligently to make sure all
teach. Teachers have the
students’ needs are met.
power to make or break a
She takes time to know
student’s academic future
her students and make
true connections with with their actions and
words, and that is some-
them. The W School of
thing to remember at all
Education is fortunate to
times.”
have her.”
Deana Pendley, a
visiting instructor of
education and a program
support specialist, agrees
Bennett is a deserving
pick for Faculty Member
of the Year. She said
Bennett tirelessly works
to help her students and
her co-workers.
“She is knowledgeable,
loving and gentle with her
wisdom,” Pendley said.
“Kelly loves her job, and
she is in constant motion
finding ways to help
others in our profession.
Kelly has always taken
the time to answer and
head up problems.”
Bennett has plenty of
experience trouble-shoot-
ing problems. She played
a big role in teaching her
sisters math after her
mother started homes-
chooling them when they
were in the fourth and
second grade. Bennett
also assisted with other
subjects until her sisters
graduated. Those early
lessons set Bennett on the
path to value education

MSU architecture freshmen show skills
in ‘Emmett Till River Site Memorial’ exhibition
Designs by four
area students
included
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS
S
everal area Missis-
sippi State students
are among 36
freshman architecture
students showcasing their
final first-year studio proj-
ects Aug. 28-Oct. 1 in an
“Emmett Till River Site
Memorial” poster exhi-
bition at the Emmett Till
Interpretive Center in Tal-
lahatchie County. They
include Philip “Andy”
Ladd of Columbus, Grace
Owens of Starkville, Jacob
Herrington of Louisville
and James “Jeb” Thomas
of Tupelo.
Located at 120 N.
Court St. in Sumner, the
center is open Tues-
day-Saturday from 11
a.m.-1 p.m. or by appoint-
ment. Admission for the
exhibition is free.
Through a spring 2020
semester partnership
with the Emmett Till
Memorial Commission,
The W names McCarter director of admissions
MUW UNIVERSITY
RELATIONS
A
lumna and veteran
admissions profes-
sional Iika Mc-
Carter has been named
director of the Office of
Admissions at Mississippi
University for Women.
“Ms. McCarter has
been a leader across
campus throughout her
tenure at The W. These
experiences, her vision
and her strong belief
in our institution make
her the ideal candidate
to lead our admissions
efforts. I am truly excited
to see the ways that she
and her team are going to
innovate and identify new
students to join the Long
Blue Line,” said Scott
Tollison, provost and vice
president for academic
affairs.
McCarter has served
as assistant director since
October 2006. In addi-
tion to assisting with the
recruitment/application
process, she was respon-
sible for scheduling cam-
pus tours, coordinating
recruitment receptions
and supervising the office
support staff.
“I have served the
campus for 25 years but
to be able to serve in this
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This design by Mississippi State architecture major Kailyn Gardner of Madison is
one of 36 student projects featured Aug. 28-Oct. 1 in an “Emmett Till River Site
Memorial” poster exhibition at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner.
the students produced
design proposals for a Till
memorial at the Graball
Landing site. Silvina Lo-
pez Barrera, MSU School
of Architecture assistant
professor and studio coor-
dinator, said this site sits
at the convergence of the
Tallahatchie River and
the Black Bayou, where it
is believed Till’s body was
found. Since April 2008,
the ETMC has attempted
to commemorate the site,
she explained.
“As part of my own
research, we started this
collaboration with the
ETMC, and we partnered
with the first-year studio
to design the memori-
Courtesy photo
Iika McCarter
capacity is full circle for
me. I began my profes-
sional career in this office
and I am elated to contin-
ue to ride this wave. The
W has been near and dear
to my heart since 1991
and seeing this place
thrive and continue to be
successful is what I care
about,” said McCarter.
McCarter plans to con-
tinue building a robust
recruitment team where
everyone plays a vital role
connecting to students.
Fostering relationships
with the campus commu-
nity will be another top
priority for the Office of
Admissions.
“I believe that we are
in a unique place that will
allow us as a university
to take a look at how we
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020 3B
and educative features
in their proposals, the
tecture in MSU’s College
of Architecture, Art and
students responded to
specific environmental
Design offers the only
curriculum in the state
conditions of the place, leading to a professional
which could help engage degree in architecture.
visitors with Till’s history, It is home to the only
the civil rights movement, architecture program in
and future of racial recon-
the nation that requires
ciliation.
two semester-long col-
“We hope the work of
laborative studios for all
this exhibition contrib-
Courtesy photo architecture and building
utes to conversations
construction science
about the future devel-
opment of the Graball students, including a
Landing site and explores design/build studio in the
al,” she said. “Now, the required to include a site design visions and values second year. For more,
commission wants to entrance, space for reflec- that could be included in visit caad.msstate.edu/
move forward with the tion and contemplation, the new memorial and its sarc.
development of the river and bus parking area. restorative narrative,” she The Emmett Till Inter-
site and is planning to Lopez Barrera said by said. pretive Center is online at
use students’ designs to incorporating symbolic The School of Archi- Emmett-Till.org.
start community conver-
sations.”
Along with Lopez
Barrera’s coordination,
students have contributed
to the community engage-
ment project under the
guidance of John Ross,
MSU visiting assistant
professor, and Simon
Powney, studio assistant.
The students’ propos-
als could incorporate
a wide range of design
intentions and sources of
inspiration, but they were
are doing as a whole.
I’m excited that we get
to somewhat reinvent
ourselves and try new
modes of operation that
I feel will benefit us and
our students in times like
these,” said McCarter.
Outside of her roles in
the Office of Admissions,
the Crawford resident has
served as the director of
diversity education and
programs and participat-
ed in numerous search
committees. As director,
McCarter will serve the
university on Directors
Council, Academic
Council, Administrative
Council and the Strategic
Enrollment Planning
Council.
“I want to get everyone
involved in recruitment
from all academic pro-
grams to our alums. This
campus community is
strong and none of us are
capable of standing alone
so it takes all of us to re-
cruit and retain students
to our campus.”
McCarter, who earned
a business administration
degree from The W in
1995, is a member of the
Mississippi Association of
Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers and
National Association for
College Admissions.

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‘Crazy Hair Art’ to ‘plant people,’ 4-H stays connected during pandemic
BY JAN SWOOPE T-shirts, Crazy Hair Art and need; they can
jswoope@cdispatch.com more are posted to help youth decorate a face.

W
ith so many outlets for
face-to-face activity
stripped from the
summer of 2020 by COVID-19,
youth organizations have been
forced back to the drawing
board. Typically, 4-H would be
hosting camps, fun days and
club meetings. Instead, the
youth-oriented nonprofit is fo-
cused on alternate ways to con-
nect with current and potential
members. From Camp in a
Box, to a virtual talent show, an
at-home agronomy project with
prize money available, or cre-
ating your own “plant people,”
Lowndes County 4-H’ers can
engage.
Junior 4-H members, ages
8 to 13, can participate in a
Virtual Project Achievement
Day. Demonstration videos
on STEM activities, Sports
Fishing, Photography, No-Sew
complete specific activities.
A Virtual Share the Fun Tal-
ent Show invites junior mem-
bers to submit short videos to
be posted on 4-H social media.
For more information on
the achievement day or talent
show, junior members should
contact the Extension office at
662-328-2111 or email 4-H Ex-
tension Agent Darrell Banks at
darrell.l.banks@msstate.edu.
Surrounding county 4-H
groups are offering similar
activities.
Not a member?
While some activities are
open to current 4-H members,
Grab and Go “plant people”
kits are available to all youth.
“It’s an easy gardening ac-
tivity,” said Banks of the learn-
at-home project. “We give them
soil, seeds and materials they
When they water
it, it’s going to
grow ‘hair.’”
The activity
might be com-
pared to creating
Banks
a homegrown
chia pet.
“Any youth can pick up a
kit,” said Banks. If multiple
Grab and Go bags are desired,
contact the Extension office at
662-328-2111 to ensure enough
will be ready for pickup.
“Our plan is to do new
activities each month,” Banks
explained. “The organization
has gained new 4-H members
through some of the ones we’ve
already offered.”
Learn more about 4-H at
4-h.org, visit your county’s Courtesy photo
Mississippi State University While in-person camps can’t take place this summer, 4-H is
Extension Service Facebook offering activities for youth, like these Grab and Go “plant people”
page or contact your county home kits Lowndes County 4-H has available for pick up at the
Extension office. Extension office at 485 Tom Rose Road.

Masks
Continued from Page 1B
When it comes to
making 3,000, it comes
in handy, too, that both
women are longtime
quilters.
“Our stash of fabrics
could probably be an
archaeological dig,”
laughed Lacey. “Quil-
ters hoard a bit, and it’s
healthy for us to give
some of it up.”
How many did you say?
“Oh, that’s a lot of
masks!” Jennifer Shelby
remembers thinking
when she got the initial
email Lacey and Cox sent
out asking fellow con-
gregation members to
help organize the effort.
Shelby’s husband, Jason
Shelby, is rector at St.
Paul’s.
“I’m also a quilter and
had a stash in my closet
that I pulled out,” she
said. “There’s a distinct
need for masks, so I said
yes, I’d love to help.” Oth-
ers signed on as well.
To get the project
rolling, fun fabrics were
pooled and the cutting
began. Kid-oriented
prints are prime. Some
sporting Daniel Tiger,
Pete the Cat, Star Wars
and other popular themes
have already been incor-
porated. More fabric will
be needed.
“Our preference is
for juvenile-friendly
fabrics, something that
will attract a child and
give them some sense
of identity,” remarked
Lacey, a former elemen-
tary educator and former
director of St. Paul’s
preschool. “After teach-
ing kindergarten, I want
the children to feel like
they have some control.
If they can pick a mask
they like, they will attach
to it and then wear it.”
Donations of 100 per-
cent lightweight cotton
are welcome. (No sports
team-oriented fabrics,
please.) The masks, be-
ing made in three youth
sizes, are sewn with a
muslin backing.
“Some people have
given us monetary do-
nations to help purchase
muslin, elastic and the
pipe cleaners we need,”
Cox said. Sections of
pipe cleaner are used so
masks can be shaped to
the nose.
You can help
This past Wednesday
Lacey and Cox began
handing out prepackaged
kits to willing mem- Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff
bers of the community, On July 13 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Columbus, Jennifer Shelby holds up a prepackaged kit containing all
precut fabric, elastic and pipe cleaners needed to easily assemble 10 youth masks.
something they expect
to do daily from 5-6 p.m. Kay Ellis of Columbus would be beneficial in youngsters in pre-K teachers, everybody.”
through July 31. Anyone decided to make it a fami- more ways than one. through fourth-grade Of the face coverings,
with a sewing machine ly endeavor. “I just thought not are the immediate focus, he said, “This is a great
and a little time to give Ellis is only is it a good educa- but Cox and Lacey hope thing, great community
is asked to pitch in by retired from tional experience for the that, once that goal is support, a great way to
driving up to the rear the school met, they can expand to partner with the school
grandchildren (the older
entrance of St. Paul’s district but making masks for older to do something positive
two are in eighth- and
Church at 318 College St. still has a students. They would for the students. We re-
fourth-grade), with the
in downtown Columbus, big heart also like to provide ally are appreciative and
measuring and cutting,
stay in your vehicle, pick for children. coverings for students ecstatic about the offer.”
but it’s also a good civic
up a kit or two to assem- She is also Ellis at county and other “It’s a work of heart,”
project to get them inter-
ble at home, provide empathetic schools. No one can said Lacey, “but there
your name and contact ested in helping people
to the challenges school predict how long masks are lots of hearts and
information. Finished their own age. It’ll be a
administrators and par- will be needed. hands at St. Paul’s and in
masks may be dropped good experience, and it’ll
ents are currently grap- Dedeaux remarked, this community.”
off between 5-6 p.m. at pling with. While her be fun for them to have a “This is very fluid, Editor’s note: For
the same location. daughter, Meagan Koch, purpose.” unprecedented times more information about
The kits are simple is visiting with her three we’re in, and we’ve just the mask project, email
and quick to put together, children, Ellis thinks Beyond 3,000 got to make it as safe as Gail Laws at Gaillaws@
Cox said. making kids’ masks Face coverings for possible for students, cableone.net.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My wife and I are
expecting our second child.
We are facing a moral deci-
sion based on choosing his name.
My wife’s cousin sadly had a
late-term miscarriage two years
ago. The name they were going to
give their baby is coincidentally
the same first and middle name
that we have chosen for our child.
We have wanted this combination
of first and middle names for
years, well before her cousin had
her misfortune.
In our case, the middle name Dear Abby
is in honor of my wife’s father.
The first name is just one we have
always liked and, frankly, we cannot think of
any other names we like more. Is it immoral or
even unkind to name our child the same as her
cousin’s child? Should we consider a different
name to avoid causing them pain? — RESPECT-
FUL IN HAWAII
DEAR RESPECTFUL: Please try
harder to find a different first name
for your baby. Although it would not
be immoral to give your little one
the same name(s) as this cousin’s
stillborn baby, if this woman inter-
acts with you at all, it will cause her
pain. Even though no one “owns” a
name, to use these two would be
extremely insensitive.
DEAR ABBY: I shared some
information with my grandson
about his mother that I shouldn’t
have. He repeated it to her during
an argument, and now she’s angry
with me. I apologized, but it has
not been acknowledged or accept-
ed. Our relationship has always been tenuous
and, frankly, it’s not a big deal for me. She will
get over it, but she’s enjoying holding it over my
head and being the victim.
They’re moving into a beautiful house this
weekend. My son told me he can’t wait for me to
see it, and he’s sure it won’t be long before I’m
allowed to come out and visit. What would you
do? I’m thinking of buying an olive tree. They’re
in style, and it would be my way if extending
an olive branch. I will take it over when I know
my son is there. Good idea? — BIG MOUTH IN
OKLAHOMA
DEAR BIG MOUTH: It’s cute, but an olive
BRANCH and another sincere apology might be
less expensive and go over better. It might even
last longer than a tree in her brand-new yard that
reminds her of something unpleasant.
DEAR ABBY: I have a miniature dachshund,
“Snoopy,” that I take on walks in the neighbor-
hood. I am very good about picking up any de-
posits that he makes. One neighbor has asked
that I not allow him to use her yard for either No.
1 or No. 2 while on his walks. Is this unreason-
able or, more to the point, practical?
Anybody who has ever had a dog knows that
stopping a dog and picking him up the second
he lifts his leg or squats will quite often result
in disaster. Again, I’m very good about picking
up his deposits and have never left anything in
her yard. What say you? — RESPONSIBLE PET
GUARDIAN
DEAR GUARDIAN: Dogs do not urinate just
to relieve themselves. They also do it to leave
“messages” for other dogs. Snoopy would have
less of an urge to go in that woman’s yard if
other dogs had not already signed in. I feel for
that poor homeowner because, if enough dogs
use her lawn as a post office, they could destroy
it. Also, when dogs defecate, traces can be left
behind, which make it very unpleasant for those
who take care of the landscaping. Please try to
do as she has requested.
P.S. If the homeowner had written me about
this, I would have advised her to fence her
property if it is allowed by the homeowners
association.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded
by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 19). Your
confidence and charisma surge as you rise to
invigorating challenges. The motor that drives
your actions are your own interesting goals. You
find yourself in amazing, adventurous situations
and it’s all because of the way you see your
future. Healthy changes favorably affect your
personal life and relationships. Virgo and Pisces
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 30, 22,
10 and 4.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The excitement
of a new prospect will only slightly surpass the
amount of trepidation you feel over the matter,
and that’s enough. Later, you’ll be able to say
that it was attraction, not fear, that drove you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your knowledge
of words and symbols will lead you to analyze a
situation and comprehend it so well that you’ll be
a point of reference for others. You’ll contribute
significantly to team decisions.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Someone relays
an idea. Someone very different relays the same
idea. The idea won’t be accepted equally from
these two sources. Bias is always in effect. Who
says a thing will matter a great deal.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It feels like there
is a continual war of opposites going on today. If
anyone can bring this together into a cohesive,
functioning whole, you are just the agent of unity
to do it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your primary inten-
tion is to help others. Because of this, every-
thing else will make space for you. You make
the scene tolerable for you, and everyone else
benefits.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Greatness
doesn’t happen overnight. Be content with minor
gains; they are the ones that will matter in the
end. Major gains are nothing but a collection of
minor gains.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You prefer every-
thing to be peaceful, and you have very little tol-
erance for drama. High-intensity emotions seem
like an indulgence. Even so, you’ll find yourself
fascinated by the strong feelings of the day.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). When you add
kindness, you don’t know what’s going to happen
next, but you do know that you won’t regret it.
Your compassionate energy radiates, and it’s
just what is needed in the situation and the
world.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). With so
much going on, your mind will toggle between
being engaged, distracted, engaged, etc. Finally,
you’ll have a heavenly stretch of time to ponder
what you are and what you might be.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll require
more from yourself, and you’ll deliver on that,
too. It’s not easy to be you, but at the end of the
day, when your head hits the pillow, you’ll know
that the world is a little better for your hand in it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A joyful life is
a custom job. No one recipe will work for every-
one. In fact, if you were to do someone else’s
joy-program it would bore you at best. Create
your own adventure.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The thing that
makes you call an activity “work” is that it’s at
least a little harder than doing nothing at all.
However much effort it takes, it can also be
exceedingly pleasant. That’s how it will go down
today at least.

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope
Road. Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
662-664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military
Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery
provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-
6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch
McWilliams, Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible
Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Jeff Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771
Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth
classes 6:30 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe
LLC
Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle
Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult
Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW,
Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-
3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday
School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490
Yorkville Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes
6:30 p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844
Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.
cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy.
50 W. (Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by
Discipleship Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m.,
Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting,
Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m.
Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben
Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
We unlock Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621
Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40
Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or
662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912
11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy
Burns. 662-328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
— 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m.
Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH —
Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship
5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics
Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday
7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding,
Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner
Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening
Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Interim Pastor Ron Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.
com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver
Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628
East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8
a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley,
Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake
Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor.
662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd.
Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups
for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway
50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin
Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe
Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday
Evening - AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth
& Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday -
Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940 www.
newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave.
and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel,
Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
405 Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
1st 2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-
7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor
High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Join us at phbccolumbus.com or on Facebook for services.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852
Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH —
12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11
a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor.
sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282
E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST
CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams,
Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2
blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Dr. Steven L. James Sr., Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104
Louisville St., Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St.
Luke Lutheran Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH —
Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship
6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright,
Youth Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@
yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy.
373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957
Sunset Drive, Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference
Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1131
Woodlawn Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. Rev. William
Sparks, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Kenny Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
Activity Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd,
4th & 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-
744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess
Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr.
Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-
434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand
Road. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or
662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert
Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry
Johnson, Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East
North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH —
1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Antoine T.
Colvin, Pastor. 662-327-5408 www.missionaryunionbc.org
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot
#4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A.
Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New
Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley,
Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor
Thurston Rd. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
5th Sunday 8 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m.
Pastor Therman Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal
- Wed. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus
Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir
SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020 7B
Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy
L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH
— 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible
Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213
Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH —
4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S.
(1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin,
Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th
Ave. N. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.
Bible Study Wednesday 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
ST. JAMES MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups
Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
ST. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St.
Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00
a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive,
Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver
Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150
Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH —
8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David
Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-
4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy.
45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-
2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
842 Hwy. 45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30
a.m. Herb Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland
Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday
School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder
Joseph Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew
Rd., Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-
5939 or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808
College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m.,
Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation
Catholic School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey
Waldrep, Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary.
Lavelle Smith, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave.
N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main
St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson
662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday
Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-
328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th
St. S. Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday) 9:45
a.m., (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer
6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060
Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401
7th St. N. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson,
Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m.,
Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69
S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay Street.
www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone
Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess
Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor.
662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST
— 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday
Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00
p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098.
Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens
Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Tim Gentle, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828
10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45
a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis
Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes,
Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840
Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
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LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave.
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103
Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts,
Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville
Rd., Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH
OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday
7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m.,
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday
Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-
327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military
Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer
Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th
Thursday Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor.
662-574-2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor.
662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father
Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven
Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH —
321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest.
662-574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College
St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday
Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy
Bourne, Senior Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer
Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership
Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-
5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W.
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter
662-328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study
7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-
327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old
Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson,
Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-
monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
UNIVERSALIST
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple
B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday.
662-620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
(WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible
Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.)
— 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m.
Stan Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton
Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11
a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30
p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50
Church Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3
p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — 1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Eugene Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Main St., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10
a.m. Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417
Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning
worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602
Main St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m.
Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell
Bradley, Associate Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate
Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
80 Old Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St.
S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road,
Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class
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each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45,
Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday
Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-
4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road
East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia
Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah
Windham, Pastor.
NEW ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2169 S. Montgomery St., Starkville. Sunday School 9:30-
10:30 a.m., Young Adult Bible Study (ages 18-30) Thursday
6:30 p.m. Tyrone Stallings, Pastor. 662-324-0789
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy
Tentoni, Pastor.
PLAIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1579
Sun Creek Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 8:45-9:45
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6-7 p.m. Rev.
Sylvester Miller III, Pastor. 662-324-0036
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th
St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45
a.m. Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional
Worship Service 9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 722 Military Rd. Breakfast 9:10 a.m., Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Adult/Children Bible Study
Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Dwight Prowell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m.
John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Demetric Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor
Lizzie Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St.
S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday
5:15 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges,
Pastor. 662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m.,
Youth Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-
328-3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and
6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College
St. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m.
Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11
a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER
— 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor.
662-855-5006
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S.
McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor.
662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109
Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7
p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98
Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st
Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba)
Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH —
1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST
MINISTRIES — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning
Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP
CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St.,
Brooksville. Prayer Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m.,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David
T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742
Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday
School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30
p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For
more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-
1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or
Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
— 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-
327-1960
LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information,
call 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr.
Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11
a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH
INTERNATIONAL — 113 Jefferson St., Macon.
Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-2456 E-mail:
livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every
1st and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study
10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-
9843 or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441
18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP —
2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF
JESUS CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service
9 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
241-6723 www.memorialgunterpeel.com
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7
p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old,
5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck
Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY
CHURCH — 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer
Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter
and Pastor. 662-630-5216
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St.,
Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella,
Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY —
2119 7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie
Edwards, Pastors.
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner of
Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 7:30 p.m.
662-798-0259
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Since 1960
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
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TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER 1024 Gardner Blvd.
MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
328-8277
Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus.
Sunday Worship 8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
8 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis,
Pastor. 662-230-3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
CHURCH — 725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.
stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and
updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North
McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny
L. Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601
14th Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF
LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human
Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267
Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH
— 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45
a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106
22nd St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District
Elder Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7
p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6
Boyd Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon,
Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Mildred Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875
Richardson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747
E-mail: nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH
MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday
10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women
Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922
17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge
Road. Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor.
UNITED PENTECOSTAL 1721 Hwy 45 N
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia.
® Columbus, MS
Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, 662.848.0919
Pastor. 662-356-0202
Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC)
— 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 Hunting • Fishing
p.m. John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m.,
Oktibbeha County Co-Op
Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: 662-323-1742
Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt
Rd. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m.,
Insurance Services:
Personal Young
Adult Choir Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Auto Insurance Agency
Home GEORGE F. YOUNG
Wednesdays 6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
Commercial Office-662.570.1688
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Final Expense Cell-662.251.3563
gfyoung08@gmail.com
Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship
1205 Gardner Blvd.,Columbus, MS
Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha,
Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy.
82 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m.,
Sabbath School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting
6:30 p.m. Ray Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311 The McBryde Family
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th
St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 Specializing in industrial accounts
p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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