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In Memoriam
T
he year will be remembered for the devastating effects of COVID-19, which took the lives of some of our most-
loved residents — including a larger-than-life chiropractor, a visionary developer and a man who lost his sight,
but not his vision. As 2020 draws to a close, we remember the much-loved Golden Triangle residents we lost,
some to the virus and some to other causes, in this difficult year.

John Acker, 48
Died March 31
Chairman of the Columbus
Redevelopment Authority and
long-time State Farm agent.
Helped establish a redevelop-
ment zone at Burns Bottom
and was key in negotiating the
sale of the long-closed Lee
Middle School property. Active
in his support of Heritage
Academy.
Murry Anthony, 88
Died July 28
Much-loved member of Craw-
ford community and the first
Black supervisor elected from
District 4 in Lowndes County
(1992). A farmer, road-depart-
ment supervisor and mentor in
his community.
Roger Brown, 61
Died May 18
Known as “Roger The Dodger”
in his days as a two-sport
athlete at Lee High in Colum-
bus. Became the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram’s first Black
sportswriter in 1987, later
moving into sport talk radio
and becoming an iconic figure
in Texas’ sports journalism.
Dan Camp, 79
Died Oct. 25
One-term mayor of Starkville,
but better known as “The
Mayor of the Cotton District,”
which he began developing in
the 1980’s. Remembered as
a visionary who brought broad
recognition to his quirky, hip
Cotton District development
and an enthusiastic patron of
the arts. COVID-19 victim.
Bobby Gale, 81
Died Aug. 29
Former Columbus Fire and
Rescue chief, where he was
instrumental in diversifying the
department through the hiring
of Black and women firefight-
ers. Father of Todd Gale, gener-
al manager of Columbus Light
and Water Department.

Jason Minor, 41 Mary ‘Ma’ Peek, 87 Paul Veal, 63 Carolyn Sullivan, 89

Died April 20
Starkville native and former
church music minister who,
after losing his eyesight, de-
voted his career to serving as
a trainer at a Charlotte, N.C.,
Lions Services Inc. factory
that specialized in employing
the vision impaired, where his
indomitable spirit provided
encouragement to those he
served. COVID-19 victim.
Died April 23
Sharecropper’s daughter
whose cooking skills made
her a legend in Columbus. Her
commitment to her church and
service to others over decades
emphasized that a person’s
station in life does not limit
their value to their community.
Died Aug. 6
Much-loved and respected
chiropractor in Columbus for
34 years. Known as a “gentle
giant” for his enormous hands
and his gentle touch, and al-
ways sunny disposition. Helped
found Abundant Life Church
and was an active, generous
member. Loved to travel and
fish. COVID-19 victim.
Died April 1
Known as “The Matriarch of
Main Street,” continued to
work at the store (Sullivan’s
Office Supply, Inc,) she and her
husband, Dan, opened on Main
Street in Starkville in 1959
until shortly before her death.
Known for her sense of style
and her tireless support of the
downtown Starkville business
community.

Citizens, businesses look forward to potential COVID relief funds

Bigelow: ‘Any support (businesses) can
receive is welcomed by each of them’
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Stephen Hall spent his
first federal stimulus check
on a new tool shed and a
fence. He has remained
employed throughout the
COVID-19 coronavirus pan-
demic as a law enforcement
officer in Columbus, consid-
ered an “essential worker,”
he said.
Jessica Hill’s situation was
completely different. She
was furloughed from her job
When she received the
$1,200 stimulus check, she
chose to add it to those sav-
ings instead of spending it
right away.
“I’m afraid of how long
this is going to happen, so
I’m just holding onto those
funds,” said Hill, who lives
in Starkville. “I’m a single
parent with a daughter. Kids
don’t know the extent of the
pandemic other than not be-
ing able to see friends or go
to school. They look up and
expect you to provide (for Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff

as a supervisor at Yokohama
Tire Corporation in West
Point for about six weeks and
had to dip into her savings to
make ends meet, she said.
them). I need to be able to
lay the groundwork of some-
thing for us to lean back on.”
The federal Coronavirus
See RELIEF FUNDS, 5A
Jessica Hill, of Starkville, was furloughed from her job at Yokohama Tire Corporation earlier this year due
to the COVID-19 pandemic and dipped into her savings to keep herself and her daughter afloat. She said
she needed the $1,200 stimulus check the federal government provided most adults in April to build her
savings back up. Congress passed a second COVID-19 relief package Monday, but the amount of the next
round of stimulus checks is still being debated, and Hill said leaders need to consider how much relief
people really need after months of financial uncertainty.

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Chancery Courthouse
their virtual assistant? Starkville Com-
Jan. 5: Starkville
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Board of Aldermen
Henry Jones at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio? presents this
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Second grade, Annunciation online radio perfor-
Lake Charles, which celebrated its 150th mance via stream, City Hall

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Jaqueline Whitfield
COLUMBUS —
Jaqueline L. Whitfield,
74, died
Dec. 20,
2020.
Funeral
services
will be at
11 a.m.
Monday, at
Lee-Sykes
Whitfield
Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial
will follow at Union
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 2-4 p.m. today, at
the funeral home. Lee-
Sykes Funeral Home of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Whitfield was
born Sept. 25, 1946, in
Columbus, to the late
Lila Harris and Waddell
Cockrell.
In addition to her
mother, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
husband, John A. Whit-
field Sr.; and son Kirby
Cockrell.
She is survived by
her children, Michael
Cockrell of Warner
Robbins, Georgia, Mark
Cockrell of Harker
Heights, Texas, John A.
Whitfeld Jr. of Tupelo,
Christopher Whitfield
of El Paso, Texas and
Nicholas Whitfield of
Starkville; brother, Ed-
die L. Harris of Colum-
bus; 19 grandchildren;
and 10 great-grandchil-
dren.
Emmaline Williams
COLUMBUS — Em-
maline Williams, 79,
died Dec. 24, 2020.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lee-
Sykes of Columbus.
Walter Young Jr.
STARKVILLE —
Walter Young Jr., 69,
died Dec. 21, 2020, in
Tupelo.
Graveside services
will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday, in Rest Haven
Cemetery. Visitation
will be from 1-6 p.m.
Monday, at West Me-
morial Funeral Home.
West Memorial Funeral
Home of Starkville is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Lewis Sanders
HAMILTON — Lew-
is Cleveland “L.C.”
Sanders, 84, died Dec.
24, 2020.
Funeral services will
be at 2 p.m. Tuesday,
at Hamilton Baptist
Church, with Robert
Moore and Jason West
officiating. Burial will
follow in Center Hill
Cemetery. Visitation
will be two hours
prior to services at the
church. Cleveland-Mof-
fett Funeral Home of
Amory is in charge of
arrangements.
He was preceded in
death by his parents,
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AREA OBITUARIES
George Cleveland born April 19, 1938, to Beebe Chapel Church Sulligent, Alabama was ceded in death by her
Sanders and Jessie the late Leo Clayton Cemetery. Visitation is in charge of arrange- siblings, Freddie Gosa,
Mae Spruill Sanders; Woodham and Ella from 12:30-5 p.m. today, ments. Buck Gosa, Carl Junior
siblings, Willie Mae Canrell Woodham. at the funeral home. Mrs. Berry was born Gosa, George Gosa, Gy-
Sanders Hill, Vera Lee He attended Sulligent Lavender’s Funeral Oct. 10, 1958, in Sulli- nette Seals, Annie Lee
Sanders Dobbs, George School and was former- Service of Aliceville is gent, Alabama, to the Harris, Jo Ann Cantrell
Clyde Sanders, John ly employed with Chro- in charge of arrange- late Lester Gosa and and Sheryl Woodham
Durwood Sanders, malox and the Vernon ments. Nettie Nolen. She was She is survived by
Charles Ray Sanders Police Department. He a graduate of Sulligent her husband, Daniel
and Sidney Thomas was a member of Mount Doris Bonner High School and was Berry; children, Eric
Sanders. Olive Church of Christ. PICKENSVILLE, formerly employed with Scott Berry, Christian
He is survived by In addition to his par- Ala. — Doris Jean Bon- McCoy Manufacturing, Cassius Berry, Amber
his wife, Dorothy Jane ents, he was preceded ner died Dec. 22, 2020, Vernon Manufacturing Nicole Berry Mc-
Vaughn Sanders; chil- in death by his sister, in Athens, Georgia. and as owner of ProDa- Cafferty and Kaycee
dren, Lewis Cleveland Mary Sue Woodham Graveside ser- ta Consulting Co. She Cousins; siblings, Edith
Sanders II, Mitchel Lucas.
vices will be at noon, was a member of River Humbers and Linda
Todd Sanders and He is survived by his of Life Church. Sue Smith; and five
Wednesday, in Mount
Andlyn Paige Sanders wife, Nellie Woodham; In addition to her grandchildren.
Hebron Baptist Church
Baswell; and eight children, Mike
Cemetery. There will parents, she was pre- See OBITUARIES, 4A
grandchildren. Woodham and Leigh
be no public visitation.
Memorials may be Anne Walker; five
made to Hamilton Bap- Lavender’s Funeral
grandchildren; and one
tist Church Youth Fund, Services of Aliceville,
great-grandchild.
P.O. Box 336, Hamilton, Pallbearers will be Alabama is in charge of
MS, 39745. Wes Walker, Trey Walk- arrangements.
er, Ryan Woodham,
Jamie Edwards Anthony Ashton, Phillip Lydia McGahey
WEST POINT — Lucas and Anthony COLUMBUS —
James Earl “Jamie” Ed- Burnett. Lydia McGahey, 95,
wards, 73, died Dec. 22, died Dec. 25, 2020, at
2020, at his residence. Janet Warren Windsor Place.
A memorial service COLUMBUS — A memorial service
will be held at 2 p.m. Janet Warren, 68, died will be held at a later
Tuesday, at Robinson Dec. 25, 2020, at her date. Lowndes Funeral
Funeral Home, with residence. Home of Columbus is
David Deen officiating. Arrangements are in charge of arrange-
ments.
Visitation will be one incomplete and will be
hour prior to services at announced by Lown-
the funeral home. Rob- des Funeral Home of Patricia Berry
inson Funeral Home of Columbus. GARDENDALE,
West Point is in charge Ala. — Patricia Ann
of arrangements. Earlie Wright Jr. Gosa Berry, 62, died
Mr. Edwards was PICKENSVILLE, Dec. 22, 2020, at her
born Nov. 30, 1947, to Ala. — Earlie “Jack” residence.
the late Flois Connor Wright Jr., 79, died Dec. Funeral services
Pruitt and James Durell 24, 2020, at his resi- were at 2 p.m. Saturday,
Edwards. dence. at Peoples Tabernacle
He is survived by his A home going cele- Church, with Daniel
wife, Peggy Edwards; bration will be at noon Berry, Phillip Blay-
children, Courtney Monday, in the James lock and Fred Assarisi
Rushing of Maben, and Lola Lavender Me- officiating. Visitation
James C. Edwards of morial Chapel of Laven- was two hours prior to
Starkville and Thad der’s Funeral Service. services at the church.
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Edwards of Winona; six Burial will follow in Otts Funeral Home of
grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Berneta Pollard
WEST POINT —
Margjorie Berneta
Pollard, 93, died Dec.
26, 2020, at NMMC-
West Point.
Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday,
in Fellowship Baptist
Church in Choctaw
County, with the Rev.
Collin Montgomery
officiating. Robinson
Funeral Home of West
Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Pollard was
born July, 27, 1927, in
Mathiston, to the late
Johnnie Arlin Smith
and Joseph Silvester
Jones. She was a mem-
ber of Siloam Baptist
Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, Lacy L.
Pollard Jr.; and son,
William Leslie Pollard.
She is survived by
her children, Marjorie
McKinney, Ginger
Fowler, Donna Foster
and Joe Pollard all of
Clay County; siblings,
Mildred Millsaps of
Cedar Bluff and Bar-
bara Baily of Oxford;
nine grandchildren;
nine great-grand-
children; and two
great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Memorials may be
made to First Baptist
Church Music Depart-
ment, 560 E. Broad St.,
West Point, MS, 30773
or Hebron Christian
School c/o Donna Fos-
ter, 5100 Henreyville
Road, Pheba, MS,
39755.
Billy Woodham
VERNON, Ala. —
Billy Joe Woodham, 82,
died Dec. 23, 2020.
Graveside services
are at 2 p.m. today, in
Mount Olive Church of
Christ cemetery, with
Sonny McLellan and
Ricky McGee offici-
ating. Visitation will
be from 1:30-2 p.m.
prior to services in the
cemetery. Otts Funer-
al Home of Sulligent,
Alabama is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Woodham was
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ASK RUFUS

Columbus 200 years ago

R
ecently,
several
people
have asked
me whether
Columbus will
be celebrating
its bicenten-
nial in 2021.
My response
of “but the
bicentennial
was last year”
always seems
Rufus Ward
to draw per-
plexed looks. Yes,
Columbus did celebrate
its centennial in 1921, but Feb. 9, Monroe County,
they got it wrong and my
great-uncle had been in
charge of it.
In 1921, they had
searched Mississippi
records for the first leg-
islative act recognizing
Columbus as a town, and
that was in 1821. Howev-
er, they did not realize
that the oldest Columbus
records were in Alabama
and the Alabama Legis-
lature had recognized
the Town of Columbus
on Dec. 6, 1819. Then
on March 6, 1820, the
Columbus Post Office
was established as an
Alabama post office
The Alabama-Missis- marriages that had been
sippi state line was sur-
veyed in late 1820 and it
was believed that the line law, as those marriages
would fall along or just
west of the Tombigbee
River. The first inkling
of a problem occurred
when a guideline was run bus that were written
in August 1820. In late
August, several Alabama
newspapers reported the
survey of the state line
was progressing and it
was feared that Missis-
sippi might wind up with
“a considerable portion of account that was reprint-
the best land in Marion
County.”
The final route of
the state line was clear
by Nov. 21 when the
Alabama Legislature
approved an act to draw
the boundaries of Marion 1861 and 1891, the 1820
County as it was then. In
Mississippi, the realiza-
tion that both Columbus
and Cotton Gin Port
were actually ing between 1817 and
in Missis- 1822 were John Mullen,
sippi was Alexander Gray, Alexan-
addressed by der Moore, William Cra-
Gov. Poindex- ven, Capt. John Kenwin,
ter on Jan. 3, WH Downing, Frances
1821, when Prince, WL Clark, JJ
he announced Humphries, John Raser,
that “a Capt. C. Adams, Joseph
considerable Gibson and Thomas
population on Wostenholm.
the waters of The 1820 Census
the Tombig- showed Columbus with a
bee formerly population of 107 per-
attached to sons, including 83 free
Alabama fall within the white, 23 slave and one
limits of this state.” On free Black. Of the 83
whites, 51 were males 18
Mississippi, was created or older.
and on Feb.10, the Town While the Columbus
of Columbus, Mississippi, bicentennial is past, 2021
was officially chartered does mark the bicenten-
by the Mississippi Legis- nial of the establishment
lature. of Franklin Academy
The legislative act Drawing by Frank Swords and Columbus Public
also provided for the Columbus in 1821 consisted “of two rows of cabins about 200 yards long — not a Schools. It is an event to
establishment of Frank- brick house in the place, and but one framed house — and that was a hotel kept by celebrate, as the school
lin Academy as a public Richard Barry that was not completed until 1822.” is steeped in history.
school. Monroe County Names associated with
was organized at the agency records. Street South about where Brown, Richard Barry
its earliest years include
house of Henry Greer Using those re- the office of the Colum- and several others settled
the first president of its
(now the site of Colum- cords, it is possible to bus Convention and in 1819 near or within board of trustees William
bus Air Force Base) identify many of the Visitors Bureau is now what is the present-day Cocke, a Revolutionary
which had been the coun- people who were living located.) Also in 1817, Si- Columbus city limits. War veteran who was one
ty seat of Marion County, in or on the edge of las McBee and his family 1820 saw the influx of Tennessee’s first two
Alabama. The Legisla- Columbus 200 years ago built their residence near of settlers into the town US senators, and Thomas
ture also quickly passed in December 1820. The the mouth of Magbee’s or just outside the town Jefferson who was cor-
an act legitimizing all names below are spelled (McBee) creek. limits continuing with responding with Cocke
as they were found in the Keeler in 1848 listed the arrival of: John Bibb, about the school.
solemnized in Monroe early records and are not the following as coming Joseph Miller, Samuel Rufus Ward is a local
County under Alabama always consistent with to the new settlement Berryhill, Andrew Mc- historian.
present day spellings. “about the middle of June Crary, William Vizer, Jo-
would have otherwise The earliest sur- 1819: Thomas Sampson, seph Smith, Eli Ethridge,
been void. viving narrative of the William Viser, William Chaffin Smith, Robert Five Question An-
There are a few history of Columbus was Poor and Spirus Roach.” Shane, Samuel Cowell,
early accounts of Colum- written by Oscar Keeler swers:
Keeler then stated that Moses Bunn, William
in 1848. It states that shortly after the first Bray, Ezekiel Williams, 1 The Village
in the latter part of the
within 60 years of its
founding when several year 1817, a man named
group arrived “Thomas Thomas Wilkinson, John Voice
Townsend, Green Bailey, Blondell, John Mayes,
early settlers were still Thomas Thomas built a Dr. B.C. Barry, Silas Barnabas Harris, John 2 Cortana
small split log hut in Co-
living. The best ones are
by W.E. Gibbs in the 1872 lumbus after the Indian
Brown, Hancock Chi- Dexter, William Robin- 3 Usain Bolt
solm, William Connover, son, William Bell, John
Columbus Index, Rev. agent (William Cocke) William Fernandes, John Bond, Samuel Smith, 4 Louisiana
ran him out of the Chick-
George Shaeffer’s 1870s
asaw Nation for being an
H. Leech and several Stephen Cocke, William 5 Debbie Reyn-
other young men came to Snow, Phillip Hodges,
ed in W.L. Lipscomb’s intruder. Keeler also told
the place.” Other records Edward Houghton, and olds and Carrie
1909 History of Colum- how Spirus Roach “occu-
bus and Oscar Keeler’s pied and kept entertain-
reflect Gideon Lincecum, John Smith. Fisher
Thomas Moore, Ovid Among those arriv-
Almanac of 1848. Ad- ment in the house built
ditional information is by Thomas Thomas and
provided by brief histori- from the peculiarities of
cal accounts published in himself and family, the
Indians named the place
US Census, by Alabama Shook-huttah-Tom-a-hah,
and Mississippi legisla- or Opossum Town.” (The
tive records and Choctaw site of that first cabin
and Chickasaw Indian was on present-day Third

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — People are getting an-
other way to watch Mississippi legisla-
tors as they conduct public business.
The state Senate will start webcast-
ing meetings from a second committee
room during the 2021 session, which be-
gins Jan. 5.
The Senate began webcasting meet-
ings from its largest committee room
this year because of social distancing
suggestions during the coronavirus pan-
demic. That was Room 216, also known
as the old Supreme Court chamber.
The Senate’s second-largest commit-
tee space is Room 409, and that is being
added to the webcasts.
Meetings of the full Mississippi
House or Mississippi Senate have been
available to watch online for years. Until
this year, that option had not been avail-
able for committee meetings, which is
where much of the important legislative
work is done.
Meetings from the two committee
rooms can be seen on the Mississippi
Legislature channel on YouTube.

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Major 10:36p —
Minor 4:28p 5:21p
Major 10:59a 11:48a
Minor 6:13a 7:10a
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A

Bonnie Smith
COLUMBUS —
Bonnie Smith, 84, died
Dec. 25, 2020, at her
residence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lown-
des Funeral Home of
Columbus.
Barbara Creppel
COLUMBUS — Bar-
bara Ann Creppel, 58,
died Dec. 24, 2020, at
her residence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Memori-
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Home and Crematory,
Second Avenue North
location.
Irving Power
COLUMBUS — Ir-
ving Power, 94, died
Dec. 26, 2020, at Baptist
Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lown-
des Funeral Home of
Columbus.
Marzine Robinson
MACON — Marzine
Robinson, 69, died Dec.
25, 2020, at Rush Hospi-
tal of Meridian.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Macon.
Doris Franklin
MACON — Doris
Franklin, 49, died Dec.
25, 2020, at his resi-
dence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Macon.
Curtis Johnson Sr.
STARKVILLE —
Curtis Dean Johnson
Sr., 73, died Dec. 23,
2020, at his residence.
Funeral services
are at 2 p.m. today, at
Center Grove Baptist
Church. Visitation
Johnson and the late Worship Center. senator for two terms,
Dot Johnson. He was In addition to his chairman of the State
formerly employed mother, he was pre- Parole Board and cir-
as co-owner of John- ceded in death by his cuit clerk of Oktibbeha
son Sawmill and was sister, Lisa Jo Gaddy. County.
a member of Center He is survived by his In addition to his par-
Grove Baptist Church. children, Sarah Martin ents he was preceded
In addition to his and Jennifer Martin; in death by his sister,
father, he was preceded and siblings, James Cecilia Clay.
in death by his siblings, Johnson, Debbie May- He is survived by
Jim Harris Johnson and field, Brenda Carruth, his wife, Linda Hamil-
Robert Johnson. Patty Hawkins and ton; daughter, Paisley
In addition to his Joyce Dillard. Hamilton of Starkville;
mother, he is survived and brother, Doug
by his wife, Paula Dal- Billy Owens Hamilton.
ton Johnson; children, COLUMBUS —
Dean Johnson, Kevin Billy Jack Owens, 78, Charles Harmond
Johnson, Angie Sinko died Dec. 26, 2020, at COLUMBUS —
and Lindsey Johnson; Baptist Memorial Hos- Charles Harmond
seven grandchildren; died Dec. 25, 2020, in
pital-Golden Triangle.
and four great-grand- Hattiesburg.
Arrangements are
children. Services will be
incomplete and will be
Memorials may be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at
announced by Memori-
made to Center Grove Memorial Gunter Peel
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Baptist Church, 146 Home and Crematory, Funeral Home College
Center Grove Road, Second Avenue North Street Chapel. Burial
Maben, MS, 39705. location. will follow in Friendship
Cemetery. Visitation
Leon Phillips Bobby Harcrow will be one hour prior to
COLUMBUS — COLUMBUS — services at the funer-
Leon Phillips, 65, died Bobby Harcrow, 75, al home. Memorial
Dec. 25, 2020, at his died Dec. 23, 2020, at Gunter Peel Funeral
residence. his residence. Home and Crematory
Arrangements are Funeral services will College Street location
incomplete and will be be at 2 p.m. Monday, is in charge of arrange-
announced by Carter’s at Lighthouse Baptist ments.
Funeral Services of Church. Visitation will
Columbus. be one hour prior to
services at the church.
Pietra Pruitt Lowndes Funeral
COLUMBUS — Home of Columbus is
Pietra Pruitt, 52, died in charge of arrange-
Dec. 25, 2020. ments.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be Edwin Hamilton
announced by Carter’s STARKVILLE —
Funeral Services of Edwin Glenn Hamilton,
Columbus. 65, died Dec. 25, 2020,
at North Mississippi
Ricky Martin Medical Center of
SULLIGENT, Ala. Tupelo.
— Rickey “Rick” D. A private family me- Vallie Gallop
Martin, 62, died Dec. morial service will be Visitation:
24, 2020, at North held Tuesday at Center Sunday, Dec. 27 • 1-2 PM
College St. Location
Mississippi Medical Grove Baptist Church. Graveside Services:
Center-Gilmore. Welch Funeral Home of Sunday, Dec. 27 • 2:30 PM
Stakville is in charge of Rowan Cemetery
A private family College St. Location
graveside service will arrangements.
be held in the Filmer Mr. Hamilton was
Addition of Sulligent born to the late Elwyn
City Cemetery, with Cecil Hamilton and
Thad Hawkins officiat- Juanita Valentine Ham-
ing. ilton. He was formerly
Otts Funeral Home employed as an inspec-
of Sulligent, Alabama tory for the Department memorialgunterpeel.com
is in charge of arrange- of Agriculture, a lobby-
ments. ist for the Department
Mr. Martin was of Agriculture, a state

is from 12:30-2 p.m.
prior to services at the
church. Welch Funeral
Home of Starkville is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Johnson was
born to Kathleen Quinn
Alma Harris
born Nov. 14, 1958, in
Rock Island, Illinois, to
the late Helen Martin.
He attended school in
Alma Clemmie Goodman
Kahoka, Missouri and
Harris, age 81, of Tuscaloosa,
was formerly employed
AL earned her angel wings
with NACCO. He was a
December 23, 2020.
member of Celebration

Frank Terrell
Graveside services will be
11:00 AM at Spring Hill Baptist

Ellsworth Turan
Ellsworth Burton Turan, 79,
of Caledonia, MS passed away
Friday, December 18, 2020, at
Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT.
An intimate family memorial
service was held on Saturday,
December 26, 2020, at Covenant
United Methodist Church,
Pastor Eugene Bramlett
presiding.
Mr. Turan was born on February 25, 1941, in
Nahma, MI, to the late Myrle Peterson Turan
and Henry Turan. He was in the United States
Air Force, retiring after 20 years of service as an
MSGT and worked for the USAF Civil Service
for 23 years. Mr. Turan was an active member
of Covenant United Methodist Church and the
East Columbus Lions Club, where he served as
president from July 2004 to July 2005. He was
awarded the Edward Dalstrom Distinguished
Service Award and Melvin Jones Fellow Award
for dedication to humanitarian services from the
Lions Club International Foundation. Mr. Turan
had a heart for service, volunteering, and serving
his fellow man. He was a jack of all trades, an avid
hunter, he loved his family, always had a joke to
tell, and never met a stranger. Whenever you left
his company or ended a phone call he would say,
“Keep smiling”, and he meant it.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Turan is
preceded in death by his wife, Darla Kay Turan;
brother, Wesley Turan; and sister, Rhea Groleau.
Mr. Turan is survived by his son, Troy Turan
of Caledonia, MS; daughters, Natalie Ellis of
Caledonia, MS and Dana (Jim) Evans of Roswell,
GA; grandchildren, Billy Parker (Anita), Tatum
Turan, Camden Turan, Skylar Ellis and Forrest
Evans; great-grandchild, Saylor Clair Lane;
sisters, Annette Jacques (Joe) and Lois Milkewicz
(Ric); and brother, Michael Turan (Sue); and a
host of nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the East Columbus
Lions Club, PO Box 2203, Columbus, MS 39704.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Church Cemetery, 1353 Spring
Hill Road, Carrollton, AL on
Monday, December 28, 2020,
where she will be laid to rest
with her late husband Charles.
Clemmie is now reunited with her first
husband, Roy Charles Goodman, Sr.; her father
and mother, Richard and Eula Mae Jones; her
brothers, Richard “Red,” Clif and Phillip Jones
and sister Marguerite, as well as many other
extended family and friends.
She will be fondly remembered by her husband,
TL; daughter, Roxanna Brackett (Thomas); son,
Dr. Roy Charles “Chuck” Goodman (Betty);
TL’s sons, Edward Harris (Paula) and Phillip
Harris (Judi); nine grandchildren, Crystal
Brackett, Dustin Goodman, Sandlyn Goodman,
Carli Brackett, Kayla Brackett, Courtney
Harris Gardner, Chris Harris, Madison Harris
and Payton Harris; and her sisters, Lil Zaiontz
(Hank) and Helen Phillips (Oliver).
Alma was born in Aliceville, AL on April 28,
1939, and resided there until after the death
of her husband, Charles. She then moved to
Tuscaloosa where she later met and married
Titus L. Harris in June, 2000. Clemmie enjoyed
reading her Bible, watching Atlanta Braves
baseball, Alabama Crimson Tide football and
traveling. She was a devoted member of Forest
Lake Methodist Church, where she volunteered
taking food to families who were sick or had lost
a loved one.
The family extends its gratitude to her loving
caregivers Cassandra McCain, Gloria Mays and
Loretta Green, whose help was invaluable.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials
to Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, or Spring Hill Baptist
Church, 1353 Spring Hill Road, Carrollton, AL
35447.
Paid Obituary - Skelton Funeral Home
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Subject: Religious brief
Thomas Franklin “Frank” Terrell, 67, of
Ethelsville, AL passed away Tuesday, December
22, 2020, at his home.
Funeral services will be Saturday, December
26, 2020, at 2:00 PM at Ethelsville Baptist Church,
Ethelsville, AL with Bro. Jordon Lollar officiating
and Bro. Mel Howton assisting. Interment will
be at Forrest Cemetery with Lowndes Funeral
Home, Columbus, MS directing.
Frank was born May 25, 1953, to the late
Charles Edgar Terrell and Margaret Ann Terrell.
His grandparents were Franklin and Manda
Terrell and William Conn and Erma Fortner
Conn.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his
brother, Darrell Reagan Terrell; and grandson,
Blake Lee Terrell.
He is survived by his wife of 28 years,
Terresa Terrell; sons, Shaun (Lindsey) Terrell
and Dilon Jackson; daughter, Brandi Holland;
granddaughters, Mia Lofton, Khloee Terry,
Alexis Terrell and Zoey Terrell; grandsons,
Christian Terrell and Caleb Fortune; a cousin
that is like a brother, Dennis Jackson; nephews,
CJ Terrell and Tyler Terrell.
Frank went to school in Caledonia, MS. He
worked at United Technologies for 30 years. Then
retired from Suburban Propane, where he worked
for 15 years. He was a member of Ethlesville
Baptist Church. He enjoyed his Christian music
ministry. He loved to sing and play the guitar.
He was an encouragement to others with his
ministry. God was first in Franks’s life. He loved
his family with all his heart. He was a devout
Christian husband, father, and grandfather. He
will be greatly missed.
Pallbearers will be Joey Brown, CJ Terrell,
Tyler Terrell, Dennis Jackson, Mike Brown and
Gee Wiggins.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Ruffin,
Chad Ruffin, Allen Jaynes, Petey Petterson,
Ernest Barton, Troy Gibbs, Neal Jaynes and
members of Ethelsville Baptist Church.
Memorails may be made to Ethelsville Baptist
Church 230 Main St. Ethelsville, AL 35461.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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Relief funds
Continued from Page 1A
Aid, Relief, and Econom-
ic Security Act (CARES
Act), passed by Congress
and signed into law by
President Donald Trump
in late March, gave money
directly to most American
adults and families: $1,200
for single adults, $2,400
for married couples and
an additional $500 for
each child under 17.
Congress is current-
ly discussing another
COVID-19 relief package
but has not agreed on an
amount for a potential
second round of stimulus
payments.
If another check
comes, Hill said she will
put it into savings like she
did with the first one. Hall
said he will use half his
check for bills and save
the other half.
The CARES Act also
expanded unemployment
benefits for people who
lost their jobs due to the
pandemic. It provided
$600 per week in addi-
tion to the amount each
state already provides per
week, which is $235 in
Mississippi, and extended
the extra benefits through
Dec. 31.
The relief bill also es-
tablished the Paycheck
Protection Program, a
loan program with the
goal of helping small busi-
nesses continue to pay
their employees. Applica-
tions closed in August.
Barbara Bigelow, ex-
ecutive director of Main
Street Columbus, said she
doesn’t know how many
local businesses received
federal aid, but she knows
of businesses that used
their PPP funds, as well
as other aid money, on
payroll, utilities, mortgag-
es or adjustments that al-
lowed employees to work
from home.
“From the Main Street
standpoint, I am thrilled
(the government is) do-
ing another package like
this because our small
businesses have had sig-
nificant losses this year,
as everyone knows,” Bi-
gelow said. “Any help that
they can receive, any sup-
port that they can receive
is welcomed by each of
them, I’m certain.”
Hill also welcomed the
financial support when
she was reeling from be-
ing laid off.
“For me, it was a huge
shock,” she said. “I think
everybody was shocked
by what was going on in
the world. You would look
and see things on the
news that were happening
everywhere else, but (it’s
different) for it to happen
to you locally, and it’s not
just affecting your work.
It’s affecting your city and
state.”
Hall said he was not op-
posed to receiving $1,200
from the government, but
it was not an absolute ne-
cessity for him.
“There should have
been a different system to
help determine the need
for this money,” Hall said.
“It’s only adding to the
national debt and must be
paid back.”
Some people who re-
ceive unemployment
support have ended up
making more money than
they did when they were
working full-time, Hall
said, and also make more
money that way than he
makes at his full-time, “es-
sential” job.
“The biggest thing I
have seen is the lack of
someone wanting to go
back to work because they
were making more money
doing nothing during the
time of unemployment ex-
pansion,” Hall said. “Sure,
that money would not be
a lot for people with high
cost of living such as Cal-
ifornia, but I think it gave
people with a low cost of
living and lower local sal-
aries an incentive to not
want to work.”
However, families na-
tionwide are in genuine
need, Hill said, and she
believes the federal gov-
ernment should be mind-
ful of both how long the
pandemic has lasted and
how long it has taken Con-
gress to make another re-
lief bill possible. The relief
package that passed Con-
gress on Monday included
$600 stimulus checks, but
Trump said he would not
sign the bill if the stimulus
checks were below $2,000.
Democrats in the
House of Representa-
tives tried to increase
the amount to $2,000,
but House Republicans
blocked the proposal on
Thursday.
“(Congress) needs to
think about not only the
amount they’re giving,
but also how long it’s tak-
ing and the gap it needs
to cover,” Hill said. “They
can say they’re going to
place it on hold because
they disagree … but we’re
in a state of emergency.”
Help for local
businesses
Gary Turner owns a
strip mall on West Main
Street in West Point,
across the street from
Spiller Furniture and
Mattress.
Thanks to the CARES
Act, Turner was able to
waive late fees and defer
rent on some tenants in
the strip mall that closed
due to the pandemic, he
said.
Turner applied for an
Economic Injury Disas-
ter Loan, a separate pro-
gram from PPP that’s de-
signed to provide relief to
businesses experiencing
a temporary loss of rev-
enue due to the pandem-
ic, according to the U.S.
Small Business Adminis-
tration website.
Several of Turner’s
employees are indepen-
dent contractors instead
of on payroll, he said, so
EIDL was a more feasible
option than PPP for him.
He received a 30-year
fixed loan and said the
payments are “minimal”
and manageable.
“I was able to main-
tain my current part-time
employees, use (the mon-
ey) as payroll and for up-
grades and things of that
nature,” Turner said.
In Columbus, Main
Street made sure busi-
nesses were aware of the
federal assistance pro-
grams and helped them
find more information,
send applications and
meet deadlines, Bigelow
said.
Banks were primarily
responsible for helping
businesses apply for and
receive PPP loans. Rena-
sant Bank “helped more
than 11,000 business-
es with more than $1.3
billion in PPP funding
requests” in five states,
including Mississippi, Di-
rector of Marketing John
Oxford said.
Gail Stevens, who
owns Park Place Bou-
tique in Columbus, said
the PPP loan she received
earlier this year helped
her support her employ-
ees, as it was designed
to do. But there was one
problem with the pro-
gram’s structure that she
hopes the next relief bill
will address and fix.
“They based what you
could get on the previous
year’s number of em-
ployees and payroll, and
we had grown,” Stevens
said. “In 2020, I had more
employees and a larger
payroll, but (the PPP pro-
gram) based what they
gave me on 2019, so … I
couldn’t cover as much of
the payroll as I actually
had.”
She said she hopes the
next round of PPP funds
will be based on busi-
nesses’ 2020 payroll and
employees so it will be of
more help to them finan-
cially.
Turner said the $1,200
direct payments defi-
nitely helped keep the
tenants at his strip mall
afloat, based on his con-
versations with them.
He described most of
those businesses as “ser-
vice-based retail” such as
a day care center and a
consignment store.
“When that money hit,
the $1,200 per person, it
was pretty obvious that
you could see an uptick in
sales,” Turner said.
Though sales at Park
Place Boutique took a hit
throughout the year, the
Christmas shopping sea-
son was a boon for busi-
ness, Stevens said.
“It seems more people
are wanting to shop lo-
cal,” she said. “They un-
derstand that local (busi-
nesses) got hurt badly,
so they’re making up for
that.”

Columbus police search

for suspects in McDonald’s shooting
Non life-threatening injury reported
in Christmas morning incident
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
Columbus investiga-
tors are searching for
a vehicle involved in a
shooting at McDonald’s
in East Columbus early
Christmas morning.
The suspect or sus-
pects inside a black Chrys-
ler 300 opened fire at the
side of the McDonald’s on
Alabama Street just after
midnight on Saturday,
according to a Columbus
Police Department press
release. The shots broke
out some glass, which
struck an employee who
was “slightly injured,” the
release said.
Investigators said the
suspect fired shots after
becoming involved in an
argument with employees
over payment, the release
said. There were three
Black males and one
Black female occupant,
and the car had dark-tint-
ed windows.
“We are not sure which
person did the shooting,
so we are looking for the
car,” Chief Fred Shelton
said in the press release.
“... Call us anonymously
and give us a tip. We don’t
want the caller’s name,
just the information.”
Anyone with informa-
tion on the incident can
call CPD at 662-244-3552
or Golden Triangle Crime
Stoppers at 800-530-7151,
or report a tip on the P3
phone application.

MEMA leader out of hospital after COVID-19 complication

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Missis-
sippi Emergency Manage-
ment Agency director Greg
Michel is back home after
being hospitalized three
days with pneumonia that
developed after he tested
positive for COVID-19.
“Director Michel was
released from the hospital
Wednesday night,” agen-
cy spokeswoman Malary
White wrote Thursday on
social media. “He’s now at
home resting and wants
to thank everyone that
has prayed for him and
checked on him during his
illness. He can’t thank his
medical team enough for
all their efforts in his re-
covery.
Michel tested positive
for COVID-19 on Dec. 9.
He is a retired colonel who
commanded Camp Shelby
in Hattiesburg from 2015
to 2017.
The state health officer,
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, has
implored people to avoid
large gatherings during
the holidays as coronavi-
rus case numbers continue
to grow.

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Roses and thorns

A rose to all those
organizations, volunteers
and donors who used
this Christmas season
as an opportunity to help
those in need and, in
doing so, best demonstrated the true
spirit of Christmas. The list of all who
qualify for this distinction would be
an impossibility in that it ranges from
large, well-established organizations
to smaller groups and even cases of
neighbor helping neighbor who togeth-
er provided food, toys and other acts of
kindness for those who are struggling.
The need is not confined to one day
a year, of course, so we hope these
acts will continue to meet the needs of
those around us. As Dickens wrote in
“A Christmas Carol,” may each of us
“honor Christmas in our hearts, and try
to keep it all the year.”
A rose of gratitude
to all those for whom
Christmas was a day of
duty rather than a day of
celebration. This applies
to all those essential
workers whose duties are required
regardless of holiday. We especially
acknowledge our medical workers —
doctors, nurses, hospital staff, nursing
home personnel and others — for
whom the year has been so demanding
during this pandemic. Christmas Day
found them still at work, caring and
comforting those whose circumstances
kept them from the family gatherings
that give holidays such as Christmas so
much of its meaning. We thank you for
your important service.
A rose to all who re-
main vigilant as we await
the widespread avail-
ability of the COVID-19
vaccine that will hopefully
put an end to the deadly pandemic.
While some in the Golden Triangle
have already received the first of the
two-dose vaccine, it will be months be-
fore it is available to the masses, which
means the spread of the virus remains a
serious threat. Let’s not let our guards
down as we await the vaccine, however.
We urge citizens to resist the urge to
gather in large groups for New Year’s
celebrations this year. The self-dis-
cipline we show Thursday may well
dictate how “happy” the new year that
begins Friday will actually be. Let’s do
all we can to end the year on a healthy
note.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CARTOONIST VIEW

Notes a loss for our community
Our region lost a genial contributor with the
recent death of Bob Reynolds. He combined
business leadership with a pleasant, approachable
personality.
Mr. Reynolds and Henry Weiss set the founda-
tion for the success of the Lowndes County Port.
The port for years now has been a crucial part
of our industrial strength, thanks to their labor
and that of their successors, John Hardy and Will
Sanders.
George Hazard
Columbus

Our next President

Less than a month to go, then that awful Trump
will be out of office, and we’ll have a real president
that is worth his salt and will receive the pay that
he will be working for and deserves. We’ll be free
of that “Evil Trump” that was working for nothing
for four years and pay a “real” president. It’s a
win-win deal the way I see it. We will have more
benefits, higher taxes, less freedoms and who
knows, maybe the socialists will take over, and
we can become a Venezuela with a 428.12 percent
inflation rate. If we’re really lucky maybe the stock
market will crash, and China can really take over.
It’ll be easy because the Biden administration has
already opened the door. I’m sure Hunter will help
his Dad to understand things, as Ole Joe “knows
nothing”? We also can look for more gun control,
open borders and so much more “free stuff” that it
overwhelms me. It’s a great day to be an American.
One question? Who’s going to pay for it all? Oh! POSSUMHAW
The Chinese of course. Silly me.
God help us! And God bless America!
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus
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Shannon Bardwell
TODAY IN HISTORY a hurry to
get on to
time I got in and out of the car.
I even rubbed hand sanitizer on
mention Sam has been extremely
grateful to neighbors who have
Today is Sunday, Dec. 27, the 362nd day of 2020. the next things…I wish I had trea- my steering wheel; right before I dropped off Christmas cookies.
There are four days left in the year. sured the doing a little more and the touch my face. Last spring worked The pandemic has been hard
getting done a little less. slowed and it was suggested on him in that way. I did make
Anna Quindlen-Loud and Clear we shelter as much as possible. banana pudding a few times.
Today’s Highlight in History: I stayed home venturing out Due to COVID I joined Face-
On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control Perhaps we can take a moment once a week for food and church book. This opened a whole
of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin (hah- to “look into the rearview mirror” services. Then church services other time commitment and an
FEE’-zoo-lah ah-MEEN’), who was overthrown and as they say. It’s certainly been a closed down. opportunity to reunite with old
executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal. strange year. Some say it’s like I spent six days working at and new friends. Sam suggested
having an extra part time job home and enjoyed it. By then I go through my family pictures
On this date: called COVID. I think of it as a going to town everyday seemed and share with him my growing
In 1822, scientist Louis Pasteur was born in backpack-one you carry and never rather excessive. There was plen- up years. It turned out to be a
Dole, France. quite put down. How many times ty to do at home. I set up my DVD wonderful idea. As I ran across
In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a have I jumped out of the car only exercise program and caught up photographs of and with my now
round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. to back up and retrieve my mask? on a million little overdue proj- Facebook friends, I shared the
In 1945, the World Bank and the International After ten months of mask-wear- ects. I stood in front of my well photographs. What fun it was
Monetary Fund were formally established. ing you’d think I’d remember. It curated closet only to realize I had reconnecting after some forty
In 1958, American physicist James Van Allen should feel as awkward as jump- nowhere to go so I curated some years. We had plenty of laughs as
reported the discovery of a second radiation belt ing out of the car without shoes. more. we didn’t always recognize our
around Earth, in addition to one found earlier in The guidelines recommended not Then restaurants closed. I current or younger selves.
the year. touching your face before washing cooked every meal with occasion- So as difficult as this 2020
In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made your hands. I suddenly was aware al take out. Cooking turned out COVID backpacking extra part
a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific. of how often I touch my face or not to be so bad as now I had plen- time job as been, perhaps we
In 1985, Palestinian guerrillas opened fire maybe I was touching my face ty of time. I believe we were eat- can find a few good moments
inside the Rome and Vienna airports; 19 victims because now I was reminded of it. ing a healthier diet with smaller somewhere there in the rearview
were killed, plus four attackers who were slain by I work in a highly public area portions and fewer preservatives mirror.
police and security personnel. American naturalist and have always carried hand or added sugar. I have not been Email reaches Shannon Bard-
Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied gorillas in the sanitizer in the pocket of my car. to a bonafide grocery store in well of Columbus at msdeltachild@
wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death. Only now I was using it every months. I would be remiss not to msn.com.
In 1995, Israeli jeeps sped out of the West Bank
town of Ramallah, capping a seven-week pullout
giving Yasser Arafat control over 90 percent of the
West Bank’s 1 million Palestinian residents and
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O
ne way to start off 2021
would be to resolve to take
advantage of free Quick
Bites video programs offered
monthly by the Mississippi State
University Extension Service. The
interactive video sessions provide
access to experts on a wide variety
of topics, from floral design to
cooking to dealing with fire ants.
The programs, currently offered
over Zoom video conferencing, are
held from noon-1 p.m. on desig-
nated Thursdays each month.
Some limited seating is available at
county Extension offices. All cur-
rent COVID-19 guidelines will be
observed. Sign up at your county
Extension office.
January’s programs include:
n Jan. 7 — New Eyes on a
New Year with presenter Lynette
McDougald of MSU’s Plant & Soil
Sciences explores unique winter
opportunities for floral design —
bare branches, seasonal berries,
evergreens and warm finishes.
McDougald will help participants
transition from holiday decorating
to longer-lasting designs for winter
displays.
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Columbus
library begins
O
h, 2020, what a year you’ve
been. We are relieved to see
your days numbered and
welcome the promise of 2021.
The past 10 months especially
opened our eyes to new revelations
about ourselves and our communi-
ties, for better and sometimes for
worse. Many of us learned we’re
more resourceful than we think,
that we all have something to con-
tribute. Some days taught us we
have to surrender with grace when
nothing works out as we thought it
would. Many had to learn quick-
ly how to become a “substitute
teacher” or to adapt to “working
asked a few area residents to share
some of their wishes for 2021. It
should be understood that each
one first wants to see an end to the
coronavirus as soon as possible.
The year 2020 has taught us
more about ourselves. With luck,
the best of those lessons will stick.
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“The first thing that comes
to mind for me is unity. After an
election year that
coincided with racial
tension and recon-
ciliation, my wish
is that people from
to normal and for us
to start having 4-H
and adult education-
al programs on a
normal basis. And
since I work in the
agriculture field here Nevins
in Lowndes County,
one of my other New Year’s wishes
is for the farmers to have a good
growing season, with good weath-
er and higher prices than previous
years.”
Reid Nevins, Hamilton
Extension Agent III, Lowndes
County

Winter Reading from home.” We may have been at

our clumsy best at first, but like to
all walks of life will
come together as one
■■■

Challenge think we improved with practice.

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Most of us gained new aware-
ness of how important health care
workers, delivery staff, grocery
to show love to each
other and to lend a Butler
helping hand to those
in need. Also, that we find purpose
“Some of my wishes for the new
year are that I hope to stay healthy
and active. And I
wish for an early

T
he Columbus-Lowndes Pub-
lic Library System (CLPLS)
will host its first Winter
Reading Challenge via its Bean-
stack reading platform, to be held
from Jan. 1, 2021 to March 1, 2021.
Those who read 10 books over the
three-month period are eligible to
enter a prize drawing for gift cards
at the end of challenge.
“The Winter Reading Challenge
is hosted by our Beanstack service
and is in partnership with Simon &
Schuster’s Books Like Us program
to promote reading diverse books
by diverse authors,” said Tori Hop-
per, the children’s and teen librar-
ian at CLPLS. “Simon & Schuster
will monitor the numbers over the
course of January and depending
on how our community responds
to this challenge, the library could
be eligible to win virtual author
events from the publisher.”
The library’s Beanstack plat-
form can be accessed via mobile
application or on a computer, while
paper options will be available at
all library branches beginning Jan.
1. The challenge requires readers
to complete 10 books and allows
store associates and other essen- in life and reflect on what truly spring with some
tial personnel are to our everyday matters. warm sunny days to
existence. Most of them kept Lastly, I hope that 2021 reunites ride my horse. I wish
reporting to their jobs. Hopefully families with their loved ones. for all my animals
we realized how much we need Cheers to a prosperous and healthy to stay healthy. And
to support locally-owned small year! God bless!” I wish happiness,
businesses and restaurants. They health and prosperity McIlwain
rely on us. Lateshia Harris Butler, Starkville for my family and
The year 2020 meant that some Compliance specialist, Office of friends.
of us touched hands with loved Compliance and Risk Management, I’d love for all animals in shel-
ones through a nursing home Miss. State University ters and on streets to find a good,
glass window. Some of us lost safe home — and for our society to
loved ones. Many developed closer ■■■ get a grip on spaying and neuter-
bonds with immediate family. And ing.”
somehow, we tried to keep putting “My New Year’s wish is for a
one foot in front of the other so we less hectic year with politics, pan- Madalene McIlwain, Starkville
could get to this point. demics and overall less hostility in Retired
The dawn of a new year gives the world with everything. See 2021, 8A
Oktibbeha monies announced for emergency program
Deadline for agency applications is Jan. 13 the capacity of food and shel-
ter programs in high-need ar-
private, voluntary nonprofits
or units of government; 2)
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH National Board Program). eas around the country. The be eligible to receive federal
United Way of North local board is responsible funds; 3) have an account-

participants to track their minutes
read, scan book barcodes for easy
logging, and more.
“This is a wonderful way to kick
off 2021. Especially with encour-
aging participants to read diverse
titles and authors,” said Erin Bus-
bea, library director. “As a whole it
See LIBRARY, 8A
U
nited Way of North
Central Mississippi
has been awarded
federal funds made available
through the department of
Homeland Security (DHS /
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency under the
Emergency Food and Shelter
Central Mississippi has been
chosen to receive $20,522 to
supplement emergency food
and shelter programs in the
Oktibbeha County area. A
local board was charged to
distribute funds appropriated
by Congress to help expand
for recommending agencies
to receive these funds and
any additional funds made
available under this phase of
the program.
Under the terms of the
grant from the National
Board, local agencies chosen
to receive funds must: 1) be
ing system; 4) practice
nondiscrimination; 5) have
demonstrated the capability
to deliver emergency food
and/or shelter programs,
and 6) if they are a private
voluntary organization, have
a voluntary board. Qualifying
See MONIES, 8A
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2021
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Area Weddings,
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“Being involved with several nonprofit orga-

nizations, I hope that the United Way of North

Engagements
Central Mississippi, Contact
Helpline and others will receive
a windfall of financial support
from donors and grants. These

and Anniversaries
organizations seek to help so
many people in our community. I
truly believe that we rise by lifting
others.
I would also like to see more Morris
companies and retail businesses
move into the Golden Triangle area. We need
more leisure/recreation options, too.
Earlier this year, I decided to launch a career Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

management consulting business. My goal is to

have my business in full operation by the end of Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
2021. Sudoku
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num- 2 7 8 9 5 3 4 1 6
Virtual learning has been an adventure for ber-placing
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2020 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

my family. I would like to see my children return based onthe
is to place a 9x9
numbers 3 9 1 4 8 6 2 7 5
to a somewhat normal school routine by the fall. grid
1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 4 8 2 5 6 7 3 9 1
My final wish is for MSU to win the egg and given
so that numbers.
each row, eachThe 7 6 9 1 3 4 8 5 2
keep the egg for five years. Hail State! object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
numbers 1 3 5 8 2 9 6 4 7
contains the1same to 9 number
in
8 2 7 3 4 1 5 6 9
Adrienne Morris, Columbus the empty spaces so
only once. The difficulty 5 1 3 6 9 8 7 2 4
Human Resources director, Aramark, that each row, each
level increases from
Starkville column and each 9 4 6 2 7 5 1 3 8
Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
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■■■ the same number only once. The difficulty level

increases from Monday to Sunday.
“Sometimes, life is hard. We didn’t need 2020
to show us that. But whoever said it was going to
be easy? Sometimes we let things
get in the way of a life of fulfill-
ment — usually pride, greed and
self-indulgent acts.
How do we reach fulfillment
when things get tough? Make it
simple. Strong, vibrant communi-
Mr. and Mrs. Sellus Dickerson
ties are built upon healthy rela-
tionships, and those are built upon Barr
the Golden Rule, treating others
as you want to be treated. Honesty, compassion,

The Dickersons responsible behavior, trust and optimism are

necessary for a strong community. The perfect

celebrate
guidebook is God’s Holy Word, The Bible.
Be thankful for the little things. Because the
little things are turning out to be pretty big,

their 56th
aren’t they?
Make it simple. Think before you speak and
act. Listen a little longer, consider others and

anniversary
love a lot more.
My wish for 2021? Keep it simple.”

Brad Barr, Columbus

Communications coordinator, 4 County Elec-
tric Power Association
Mr. and Mrs. Sellus
Dickerson of Columbus

Library
celebrated their 56th anni-
versary on Dec. 20, 2020.
They were married
Dec. 20, 1964. Continued from Page 7A
Mrs. Dickerson is the will help reaffirm the value of inclusivity within
former Irma Gardner. She our own community.”
is retired from Regions Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us is a
Bank of Columbus. celebration of diversity, harnessing the trans-
Mr. Dickerson is retired formative power of seeing oneself reflected in a
from Shivers Jr. High book. Authors highlighted in the Winter Read-
School of Aberdeen. ing Challenge include Cozbi Cabrera, Sharon
They are members of Draper, Stuart Gibbs, Stephen Graham Jones,
Military Chapel United Hena Khan, Debbie Ohi, Christina Hammonds
Methodist Church of Steens. Reed and Rebecca Roanhorse. ACROSS
The Dickersons have two children, Caleb Monte For more information or to register for the 1 Trolley’s kin
Dickerson of Columbus and Preston Medgar Dicker- reading challenge, visit lowndes.beanstack.org 5 Venice official
son of Pomona, California, and three grandchildren. or contact the library at 662-329-5300. 9 Tropical fruit
10 Scents
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occupant
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Three matchups to watch in Mississippi State’s

Armed Forces Bowl meeting with No. 24 Tulsa
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

STARK VILLE — For bet-

ter or worse, Mississippi
State is going bowling.
Slated for a matchup
against No. 24 Tulsa in Thurs-
day’s Armed Forces Bowl,
this year marks the 11th-
straight season that MSU has
earned a bowl bid. And while
this year’s squad limps into
its Lone Star State postsea-
son appearance following a
3-7 season, it marks a chance
for the Bulldogs to build for
the future.
Here’s a look at three
matchups to watch:

MSU quarterback Will Rog-

ers vs. Tulsa pass defense
Will Rogers is seemingly
finding his footing.
After scattered play in his
relief of Stan-
ford graduate
transfer K.J.
Costello, Rogers
has steadily pro-
gressed since
being granted Photo courtesy of Mississippi State athletics
the full-time For all the wins Mike Leach has piled up in his career, he’s not exactly an ace in bowl games. Through 18 years as a head coach, Leach
starting job in Rogers is just 7-8 in postseason competition, but will try to beef up that record in the Armed Forces Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
early November.
— but Rogers has generally helped some by run-heavy college football according to tive, the Golden Hurricane
After earning his first career
shown an uptick in productiv- schemes against Navy and Pro Football Focus. are most dangerous on the
start against Vanderbilt on
ity. That will be severely test- Tulane. For Rogers and MSU to go ground. Running backs Co-
Nov. 7, the Brandon native
ed Thursday. In its lone game against out on a high note, it will have rey Taylor II, Deneric Prince
has completed a smidge over
Tulsa’s defense under the Power Five competition this to find some way to exploit and T.K. Wilkerson have all
69 percent of his passes for
guidance of defensive coordi- fall, Tulsa held a normal- the stout Tulsa secondary. notched at least 330 yards
1,828 yards and 10 touch-
nator Joseph Gillespie ranks ly high-powered Oklahoma rushing in the COVID-19
downs to seven interceptions.
Having run the air raid as
No. 22 in the country in pass
defense and is allowing just
State offense to just 138 yards
through the air in an ugly 16 -7
Mississippi State run de- shortened season to give head
coach Phillip Montgomery a
a high schooler, there’s a fa-
194 yards per game through loss in Stillwater.
fense vs. Tulsa’s Corey Taylor balanced rushing attack.
miliarity between Rogers and
his present system. He’s been
the air. Facing a slew of dy- The Golden Hurricane II, Deneric Prince and T.K. Though each of Taylor,
patient in the pocket, moving
namic offenses in American defense, led by cornerbacks Wilkerson Prince and Wilkerson’s yard-
Athletic Conference play, the Akayleb Evans and Allie Mississippi State will face a age outputs have varied, the
only when necessary, while
Golden Hurricane posted four Green IV and safeties Kend- three-headed monster Thurs- actual share of the carries
also keeping his eyes down-
games in which it allowed arin Ray and Christian Wil- day in Fort Worth. have been almost identical.
field. There have been fresh-
less than 185 yards passing liams, also boast the sixth- While Tulsa quarterback Taylor and Prince totaled 85
man mistakes — take the sev-
— though that number was best coverage grade in all of Zach Smith has been effec-
en interceptions, for example See MSU, 3B

FIRST RESPONDER BOWL LENDING TREE BOWL

No. 16 La.-Lafayette tops UTSA
31-24 in First Responder Bowl
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Trey Ragas scored on a
1-yard plunge with 7:16 left and No. 16
Louisiana-Lafayette beat UTSA 31-24
in the First Responder Bowl on Satur-
day at SMU’s Ford Stadium.
The Ragin’ Cajuns (10 -1) drove
72 yards in 12 plays for the winning
score after UTSA (7-5) overcame a
24-7 second-half deficit to tie it.
UTSA associate head coach/of-
fensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr.
directed the Roadrunners after first-
year coach Jeff Traylor twice tested
positive for COVID-19 this week and
didn’t accompany the team.
Levi Lewis had first-half touch-
down passes of 15 and 10 yards for
Louisiana-Lafayette. Elijah Mitchell
added a 3-yard touchdown run, and
Kenneth Almendares kicked a 31-yard
field goal, The Ragin’ Cajuns won
their seventh straight game following
a loss to Coastal Carolina in mid-Oc-
tober.
Frank Harris had touchdown pass-
es of 29 yards and 10 yards and an 11-
yard scoring run for the Roadrunners.
Hunter Duplessis kicked a 20 -yard
field goal that tied with 13:32 left.
The takeaway
Louisiana-Lafayette: The Ragin’ Ca-
juns, co-champions of the Sun Belt Con-
ference with Coastal Carolina, will fin-
ish as a ranked team for the first time,
having moved the FBS in 1982. They
finished with double-digit wins for the
second straight season after never pre-
viously doing so.
UTSA: The Roadrunners, playing in
the program’s second bowl, fell short of
compiling the first four-game winning
streak in the program’s nine-year histo-
ry.
Up next
Louisiana-Lafayette: Lewis, a senior
who is 22-6 as a starter, has said he will
return next season thanks to the pan-
demic eligibility exemption. The Ragin’
Cajuns are scheduled to open at Texas
after upsetting then-No. 23 Iowa State
in this year’s 2020 opener to end a 20-
game losing streak against ranked op-
ponents.
UTSA: The Roadrunners should be
experienced at the offensive skill posi-
tions with Harris, a junior, and sopho-
more running back Sincere McCormick
scheduled to return. They will open at
Illinois on Sept. 4.
Brown, Georgia State top WKU
39-21 in LendingTree Bowl
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOBILE, Ala. — Redshirt freshman
Cornelius “Quad” Brown threw for 226
yards and three touchdowns to lead
Georgia State to a 39-21 victory over
Western Kentucky on Saturday in the
LendingTree Bowl.
The Panthers (6-4) scored touch-
downs on four consecutive first-half
possessions and Brown’s touchdown
passes came in the second quarter to
three receivers.
Destin Coates added 117 yards and a
touchdown rushing, part of a 227-yard
day on the ground for Georgia State.
Western Kentucky (5-7) scored first,
driving 80 yards in 14 plays for quarter-
back Tyrrell Pigrome’s 2-yard touch-
down run and a 7-0 lead with 4:02 left in
the first. Georgia State answered with
a largely run-based drive, capped by
Coates’ 11-yard run that made it 7-7 with
eight seconds remaining in the first.
The Panthers scored again on their
next possession to take a 14-7 lead, with
Brown hitting Sam Pinckney with a 26-
yard strike at the goal line with 9:50
left in the half. After Pigrome threw
his first interception of the year three
plays later, Georgia State again got into
the end zone on Brown’s 5-yard pass to
Jamari Thrash for a 21-7 lead at the 2:09
mark of the second.
Georgia State picked off another of
Pigrome’s passes moments later, and
again it led to points. The Panthers
drove 80 yards to the end zone, with
Brown hitting Cornelius McCoy on an
8-yard touchdown pass for a 27-7 lead
with 8 seconds left in the half.
Western Kentucky scored a touch-
down on the opening possession of the
second half, with Gaej Walker running
in from the 2. That made it 27-14 with
11:27 left in the third.
Georgia State added Noel Ruiz’s 45-
yard field goal for a 30-14 lead midway
through the third. Western Kentucky
then had a chance to make it a one-
score game, but the Panthers stopped
the Hilltoppers on fourth-and-1 from
the 2.
Ruiz booted a 29-yard field goal with
11:19 left to make it a three-score game
again at 33-14. Back-up quarterback
Mikele Colasurdo capped the Panthers’
scoring with a 25-yard touchdown pass
to Cadarrius Thompson with 5:13 re-
maining (the extra point failed due to a
See BOWL, 3B

Still The King: LeBron James wins AP Male Athlete of Year award
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LeBron James told the world
in 2020 that Black Lives Matter.
He helped convince many who
had never voted to finally head
to the polls. He found more
ways to continue elevating the
lives of people in his hometown.
If that weren’t enough, he
won another NBA champion-
ship.
James’ on-court perfor-
mance this year was spectac-
ular again. A Male Athlete of the Year award people, bring people together, Sunday.
fourth NBA title for a record-tying fourth time. empower them.” No NBA player scored more
and fourth NBA “I still know what I do on the The AP award was first giv- points or had more assists in
Finals MVP tro- floor and obviously, I give ev- en out in 1931. James’ fourth 2020 than James. The only oth-
phy were his, as erything to the game,” James win matched Lance Armstrong er player in his lifetime to lead
he lifted the Los told AP. “But I can make a and Tiger Woods for the most the league in points and assists
Angeles Lakers greater impact off the floor by men. Three women have in the same calendar year?
back atop the right now, more than I can on won the AP award at least four Himself, in 2018.
basketball world. James the floor. And I want to contin- times; Babe Didrikson was a James also became the first
And after a year ue to inspire people with the six-time winner, Serena Wil- player to be NBA Finals MVP
where he was brilliant, on the way I play the game of basket- liams has won five and Chris for three franchises. He moved
court and off, James was an- ball. But there’s so many more Evert four. past Kobe Bryant for No. 3 on
nounced Saturday as the win- things that I can do off the floor The AP’s Female Athlete
ner of The Associated Press’ to help cultivate people, inspire of the Year will be announced See JAMES, 3B
2B SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Brady-led Bucs top Lions 47-7

to end 13-year playoff drought
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — Tom
Brady threw four touch-
down passes in the only
half he needed to play and
the Tampa Bay Bucca-
neers went on to rout the
Detroit Lions 47-7 Satur-
day, sealing a spot in the
playoffs for the first time
since 2007.
The Bucs (10-5) set
a franchise record with
588 yards and snapped
the NFL’s second-longest
postseason drought be-
hind Cleveland’s 18-year
run that can end Sunday.
Tampa Bay rested
Brady ahead 34-0, its
largest halftime lead in
franchise history. Blaine
Gabbert threw a 25-yard
touchdown pass to Rob
Gronkowski on his first
snap, one play after De-
troit running back D’An-
dre Swift fumbled, and
a 22-yard pass to Mike
Evans later in the third
quarter.
Brady was 22 of 27 for
348 yards with a mix of
passes deep down the
field and darts in traf-
fic. The six-time Super
Bowl-winning quarter-
back threw touchdown
passes to Gronkowski, Ev-
ans, Chris Godwin, who
made a one-handed catch,
and Antonio Brown from
33, 27, 7 and 12 yards.
The 43-year-old Brady,
who split time with Drew
Henson in college at
Michigan, started his
298th game to tie Brett
Favre’s record for an NFL
quarterback and played in
his 300th game.
The Lions (5-10) start-
ed the game without in-
terim coach Darrell Bev-
ell along with assistants
on the defensive staff be-
cause of COVID-19 con-
tact tracing.
And they played much
of the game without Mat-
thew Stafford. He was
questionable to play with
hip and thumb injuries
and then hurt his right an-
kle on the opening drive
and did not return.
Chase Daniel strug-
gled to move the ball
much for the Lions, who
avoided getting shut out
for the second time this
season in the third quar-
ter when Jamal Agnew
returned a punt 74 yards
for a touchdown. Daniel
was replaced in the fourth
quarter by David Blough,
an undrafted rookie last
year.
Record watch
Brady has thrown
a franchise-record 36
touchdowns and set a
personal record with 348
yards passing by half-
time. Brady and Gabbert
combined to throw a
Bucs-record six touch-
downs. Tampa Bay set
team records in points
(34) and yards (410) in the
first half. Evans, who had
10 catches for 181 yards,
scored twice to set a team
record with 13 receiving
touchdowns.
For starters
Tampa Bay was out-
scored 59-7 in the open-
ing quarter of its past six
games and looked as if
it might start slow again
when Brady was sacked
on third down of the
opening drive. Detroit,
though, negated the play
by being offside.
Brady took advantage.
He converted the ensuing
third down with a short
throw before going down-
field to connect with Ev-
ans on a 33-yard throw
and to perfectly loft a
33-yard touchdown pass
over a defender and into
Gronkowski’s hands.
Detroit wide receiv-
er coach Robert Prince
made his first big deci-
sion as head coach for the
day on the ensuing drive
when he had the offense
with a fourth-and-1 at
midfield. Alas, offensive
tackle Taylor Decker was
flagged for a false start
and the Lions punted.

Jones scores 20, Louisville

holds off rival Kentucky 62-59
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON, Ky. —
Carlik Jones made two free
throws with 5.1 seconds
remaining for 20 points,
David Johnson added 17
points and Louisville held
off rival Kentucky 62-59 on
Saturday.
The Cardinals (6-1)
won their second consec-
utive game while the Wild-
cats (1-6) dropped their
sixth in a row to tie for
the second-longest streak
in school history. This
battle for Bluegrass State
bragging rights was close
throughout and ultimately
claimed by Louisville at
the foul line.
The Cardinals led 56-
49 late in the half before
Kentucky rallied to tie
the game at 59-all on Isa-
iah Jackson’s second free
throw with 1:05 left. After
Dre Davis made one of two
free throws to put Louis-
ville up 60-59 with 18.9
left, Olivier Sarr’s jumper
rimmed out and Davion
Mintz fouled Jones on the
rebound. The graduate
transfer guard made the
free throws for a three-
point edge.
Brandon Boston Jr.’s
wide-open 3-point attempt
with a second left bounced
off the rim and was re-
bounded by Jae’lyn With-
ers, helping Louisville end
a three-game series losing
streak while extending
Kentucky’s longest slide
in 12 seasons under coach
John Calipari. It’s the Wild-
cats’ first six-game losing
streak since Feb. 5-22,
1989.
Jones made 7 of 16
from the field and had five
assists in 38 minutes for
the Cardinals, who shot
42 percent in their final
non-conference game be-
fore starting Atlantic Coast
Conference play next week
at Boston College.
Johnson was 5 of 10,
including 3 of 4 from long
range, with seven rebounds
in 40 minutes, while With-
ers had nine boards and
eight points. Jones and
Johnson combined for nine
points during a second-half
stretch that twice built sev-
en-point leads before Ken-
tucky bounced back.
Mintz had a season-high
19 points including four 3s.
Boston had 11 points with
seven rebounds and Ja-
cob Toppin 10 with six re-
bounds for Kentucky (1-6),
which had won 11 of 13 in
the series.
The Wildcats outre-
bounded Louisville 40-35
but were edged 27-24 de-
fensively. They also shot 34
percent and were just 14 of
22 from the foul line.
“Losing still stinks,”
Calipari said. “We had our
chance and we had some
breakdowns. You know,
when you’re this kind of
team, you can’t afford to
have a mental lapse on two
or three plays in a row and
still go.”
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SPORTS BRIEFS
Browns’ Goodson out for Jets game after
positive COVID test
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns will try to earn
a playoff spot without starting linebacker B.J. Goodson, who
will miss Sunday’s game against the New York Jets after
testing positive for COVID-19.
Cleveland can potentially lock up its first postsea-
son berth since 2002 with a win, but Goodson is on the
COVID-19 list and his playing status for the season finale on
Jan. 3 against Pittsburgh is also in question.
Per current NFL rules, any player testing positive has
to stay out at least 10 days before being eligible to return. Of
course, that also depends on the player’s health.
The Browns (10-4) did get some good news as starting
rookie left tackle Jedrick Wills was activated Saturday from
the COVID-19 list after being placed there Thursday due to
close contact with a person outside the team. Wills never
tested positive.
After learning of Goodson’s result, the Browns delayed
their flight to the New York area to do contact tracing. The
team had been scheduled to leave Cleveland at 2:45 p.m.,
but players were told to stay home until the tracing was
finished.
The Browns are close to ending the NFL’s current
longest playoff drought. They’ll do so with a win Sunday and
a loss by Indianapolis, Miami or Baltimore.
Cowboys DT Woods to miss final 2 games with
ankle injury
FRISCO, Texas — The Cowboys placed defensive
tackle Antwaun Woods on injured reserve Saturday because
of an ankle injury, ending another starter’s season with two
games left in an injury-plagued year for Dallas.
Kispert leads No. 1 Gonzaga’s 98-75 rout of No. 16 Virginia
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT WORTH, Texas — Corey
Kispert recorded career highs with 32
points and nine 3-pointers, leading No.
1 Gonzaga to a 98-75 romp over 16th-
ranked Virginia, the most recent NCAA
champion, on Saturday.
The game at a neutral site in Texas
was essentially the Zags’ replacement
for what was supposed to be a 1-2 match-
up against Baylor in early December in
Indianapolis.
Kispert was 9 of 13 from long range,
including one about a foot from the mid-
court logo followed immediately by an-
other from several feet behind the arc.
Drew Timme also had a career high
with 29 points and led the Zags (7-0)
with eight rebounds. Gonzaga now has
the nation’s longest neutral-site winning
streak at seven games and has beaten
four ranked opponents before the start
of conference play for the first time in
school history.
Kihei Clark scored 19 points and Trey
Murphy added 15 for the Cavaliers (4-2),
who dropped to 1-31 all-time against top-
ranked teams almost 35 years since their
only victory.
NO. 6 HOUSTON 63, UCF 54
ORLANDO, Fla. — Marcus Sasser
scored 19 points and Caleb Mills deliv-
ered seven of his 12 points in the closing
minutes to help sixth-ranked Houston
pull away from UCF.
The Cougars (7-0, 2-0 American Ath-
letic Conference) overcame cold shoot-
ing by holding UCF (3-2, 1-1) to one field
goal over the final 8:50 to remain unbeat-
en and deny the Knights a second win
over a Top 25 opponent in a week.
The Cougars went 11 for 11 from the
foul line in the final 2:24 to put the game
away. Dejon Jarreau hit the last four free
throws to finish with 10 points.
NO. 18 ILLINOIS 69, INDIANA 60
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Ayo Dosunmu
scored 30 points, Kofi Cockburn added
15 points and 15 rebounds, and Illinois
beat Indiana.
The game was close until about mid-
way through the second half, when
Dosunmu hit three consecutive 3-point-
ers to fuel Illinois’ 14-0 run. Andre Cur-
belo added five assists for Illinois (7-3,
3-1 Big Ten).
Armaan Franklin led Indiana (5-4,
0-2) with 23 points, and big man Trayce
Jackson-Davis added 11.
NORTHWESTERN 71, NO. 23
OHIO STATE 70
EVANSTON, Ill. — Miller Kopp
scored 23 points, Boo Buie had 14 and
Northwestern beat Ohio State.
Pete Nance added 10 points for the
Wildcats (6-1, 3-0 Big Ten), who won
their fourth straight.
E.J. Liddell led Ohio State (7-2, 1-2)
with 15 points. Kyle Young added 14
points and Seth Towns had 11 for the
Buckeyes, who had won two straight and
four of five.

MSU
Woods had already been ruled out of Sunday’s game
against Philadelphia. He was injured in last week’s win over
San Francisco. Woods finished the season with one sack
and no tackles for loss.
Woods joins five other Dallas starters already out Continued from Page 1B
for the season because of injuries. They are quarterback
Dak Prescott (ankle), offensive tackles Tyron Smith (neck) touches a piece in Tulsa’s still forthcoming and no de- long way in determining who took over for Dan Mul-
and La’el Collins (hip), tight end Blake Jarwin (knee) and nine games this year, while cisions have been made to who wins this game. len after he accepted the
defensive tackle Trysten Hill (knee). Wilkerson was just behind date. head coaching job at Flori-
Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch is unlikely to play the
final two games after spraining an ankle against the 49ers. them with 80 carries of his Assuming MSU has its Mike Leach vs. History da.
Gerald McCoy, who figured to start at defensive tackle, was own. full host of defensive start- For all the wins Mike MSU has looked far more
sidelined for the season early in training camp with a torn Entering Thursday, ers, the Bulldogs would be Leach has piled up in his competitive in its final four
leg muscle. MSU’s rush defense ranks the highest-ranked rush de- games of the season and
Starting safety Xavier Woods has been ruled out against
career, he’s not exactly an
the Eagles because of a rib injury.
No. 21 nationally and is al- fense Tulsa has faced this ace in bowl games. Through scored a statement win over
lowing just 125.3 yards per year aside from No. 7 Cin- 18 years as a head coach, Missouri in its regular sea-
game this year — nearly cinnati, who comes in at No. Leach is just 7-8 in postsea- son finale, thumping the Ti-
University: Utah star freshman running back Ty 40 yards below Tulsa’s per 19 in rush defense national- gers 51-32 in Starkville. For
son competition and was a
Jordan dead game average. It’s possible ly. The Golden Hurricanes meager 2-4 in bowl games a season that began with
DALLAS — Ty Jordan, a star freshman running back for
the University of Utah who grew up in the Dallas area, has
the Bulldogs could lose a turned in a 166 -yard effort at Washington State over promise after a win over
died, school officials announced Saturday. handful of players to opt against the Bearcats in the the past eight years. defending national champi-
Authorities in Texas and Utah have not released details outs given seniors Kobe A AC Championship on Dec. Despite appearing in a on LSU in Baton Rouge and
about the circumstances of the Jordan’s death. A day earlier, Jones, Erroll Thompson 19. bowl game every year since quickly spiraled into a tail-
the 19 year old was named Pac-12’s newcomer of the year. and Marquiss Spencer are Like Rogers vs. Tulsa’s 2010, MSU hasn’t won one spin, a win Thursday would
Jordan, a speedy 5-foot-7, 200-pound player, emerged
from a crowded Utah backfield to become the focal point of not expected to return to formidable secondary, this since the 2017 TaxSlayer go a long way in giving the
the team’s offense. He finished the season with 597 yards Starkville next fall, but is a strength-on-strength Bowl — a game coached by Bulldogs something to
rushing, 11 catches for 126 yards and six touchdowns. those announcements are matchup and should go a interim coach Greg Knox, build on heading into 2021.
— The Associated Press

ON THE AIR James

Schedule subject to change Continued from Page 1B
and/or blackouts
Sunday, December 27 the all-time scoring list, do- you know, you don’t know un- Kansas City quarterback and ly AP award in 2013, 2016
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ing so one day before Bryant til you’re around him every reigning Super Bowl MVP and 2018. Michael Jordan, a
died last January in a helicop- day, you’re coaching him, Patrick Mahomes was a nar-
(MEN’S) ter crash; the last tweet Bry- you’re seeing his mind, you’re row second with 71 points.
three-time winner, is the only
3 p.m. — Alcorn State at Vanderbilt, other basketball player to
ant sent was a congratulatory seeing his adjustments, see- Formula One seven-time
SECN win the AP award more than
message to James. ing the way he leads the champion Lewis Hamilton
3:30 p.m. — DePaul at Providence, FS1 once.
“He’s the greatest player group. You think you know. was a distant third with 14
NBA BASKETBALL the basketball universe has You don’t know.” points. “He’s one of the greatest
2:30 p.m. — Dallas at LA Clippers, ever seen,” Lakers coach James finished with 78 James — also the AP’s leaders in sports,” Lakers
NBATV Frank Vogel said of James points in voting by a panel of male athlete of this past de- guard Kyle Kuzma said of
6 p.m. — Brooklyn at Charlotte, NBATV in October. “And if you think 35 AP customers and editors. cade — also won the year- James.
9 p.m. — Minnesota at LA Lakers,
NBATV

Bowl
NFL FOOTBALL
12 p.m. — Regional Coverage: Cleve-
land at NY Jets, Indianapolis at Pitts-
burgh, Chicago at Jacksonville, CBS Continued from Page 1B
12 p.m. — Regional Coverage: Atlanta bad snap). on a three-game winning streak. both wins over Western Kentucky. The
at Kansas City, NY Giants at Baltimore, Western Kentucky tacked on a touch- Western Kentucky: The Hilltoppers Panthers also beat the Hilltoppers 27-17
Cincinnati at Houston, FOX down with 2:18 left, when C.J. Jones ran — who had a three-game winning streak in the 2017 Cure Bowl. Western Ken-
3:05 p.m. — Regional Coverage: in from two yards out. The Hilltoppers snapped —finish with a losing record for tucky is 3-3 in bowls.
Denver at LA Chargers, Carolina at were outgained 478 yards to 284 in the the third time in four years, with a 9-4
Washington, CBS game.
3:25 p.m. — Regional Coverage: Brown completed 15 of 29 passes with
mark in 2019 the highlight. Up next
Philadelphia at Dallas, LA Chargers at an interception and ran for 40 yards on 10 Georgia State: The Panthers’ future
Seattle, FOX attempts before giving way to Colasurdo
Streak ended appears bright, as Brown was just a red-
7:20 p.m. — Tennessee at Green Bay, midway through the fourth quarter Pigrome entered the game having not shirt freshman in 2020. Only five seniors
NBC Pigrome, like Brown an Alabama na- thrown an interception in 264 attempts started for Shawn Elliott’s GSU team on
SOCCER (MEN’S) tive playing back in his home state, was this season, but the streak ended at 278 Saturday, and all could potentially return
8:10 a.m. — Premier League: Brighton 17 of 33 for 180 yards and two intercep- when Georgia State’s Antarious Lane next season under an NCAA eligibility
& Hove Albion at West Ham United, tions. He was also sacked three times. made a diving pickoff midway through waiver passed due to COVID-19.
NBCSN the second quarter. The streak was the Western Kentucky: The Hilltoppers
10:25 a.m. — Premier League: West The takeaway longest in WKU history and in the FBS took a step back in Year 2 under coach
Bromwich Albion at Liverpool, NBCSN Georgia State: The Panthers finished this season. Tyson Helton, but also have youth
1:15 p.m. — Premier League: Tot- with a winning record in back-to-back throughout the starting lineup. Pigrome,
tenham Hotspur at Wolverhampton,
NBCSN
seasons for the first time in the program’s Above & below .500 a fifth-year senior, must decide if he will
11-year history. They enter the offseason Georgia State is 2-1 in bowls, with return in 2021.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My best friend
of nine years, “Sierra,” and
my boyfriend of two years,
“Jaden,” strongly dislike each oth-
er. They were both at a cookout
I had for my birthday, and Sierra
kept making passive-aggressive
comments to and about him.
At one point, she criticized
something controversial that he
said, and when he tried to engage
her in conversation about it, she
ignored him and pretended he
didn’t exist. Jaden then launched
into a series of verbal attacks
against her, and although I
attempted to get him to drop it, I
was unsuccessful.
Sierra ended up leaving,
telling me she needed to take a break from
our friendship. She has since unfollowed me
on social media, leaving me with
the impression that our friendship
is over because of the argument
between her and my boyfriend.
I know Jaden was more at
fault, and we have discussed the
situation at length, but Sierra
isn’t willing to talk to me about it.
They’ve never had an interaction
like this, ever. She’s never liked
him, and I know she will never
move past this. If Jaden and I were
to break up, I don’t know if I could
bring myself to resolve things with
Sierra because I feel like she was
unwilling to preserve our friend-
Dear Abby ship. Should I accept her reaction
and behavior and move past this?
— BETRAYED AND CONFUSED
DEAR BETRAYED: You have no choice but
to accept Sierra’s reaction. Not knowing what
Jaden said that was controversial, I can’t offer
an opinion about what generated the argument.
If she preferred not to engage with him further,
it was her privilege. For Jaden to have pursued
and verbally attacked your friend was abusive,
and she did the right thing by leaving.
Sierra appears to have a strong sense of
self-esteem, and I doubt there is anything you
could say to her to convince her to subject her-
self to Jaden’s presence again. She’s intelligent
enough to know that until your romance with
him has run its course, remaining out of the
line of fire is the best course of action. If Jaden
becomes history, give her a call. I’m pretty sure
you two can clear the air then.
DEAR ABBY: How do I confront my daughter,
who I am certain “kept” my wedding ring, which
I had removed to care for my dying husband?
This daughter has a history of “borrowing” sib-
lings’ jewelry, then returning it in secrecy.
I have other reasons to believe she has
taken the ring, but knowing this daughter,
she’ll shut down our relationship if I ask. I was
thinking of saying something like, “When I was
at your house, could I have left it there?” She
knows I am looking for it. I suspect she thought
the ring was her father’s as it is a wide gold
band. Advice? — KEEPING THE PEACE?
DEAR KEEPING THE PEACE?: I hope you get
that precious memento back. IF this daughter
took the ring, you have more problems than
losing a material object. She is a thief who is
not above taking from those close to her.
By all means ask if your wedding band
might have been inadvertently left at her house
(“overlooking” that if it was, she should have
informed you immediately). You have nothing
to lose by doing so. Whether you get it back or
not, before letting your daughter into your home
in the future, be prudent and make sure any
valuables are under lock and key.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 27).
Your attention, like fuel to the car,
makes things go. Your amazing power
of focus is the cosmic gift that makes
all things possible in the new season.
Because you’ve greater control over
your mind, supportive people around
you and an environment that helps
you stay on track, you’ll get that shin-
ing goal. Aquarius and Cancer adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 4,
44, 38 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You want to save energy; it’s only
smart. Instead of rushing to acquire
new skills, repurpose the old ones.
You know more than you think, and
it’s extremely applicable to today’s
situation.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’re adventurous, and you’ll have
an easy time finding people to join
your expedition, though it’s still in the
realm of theory and fantasy. Gather
input and the enthusiasm that can
lift you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No
matter what mood you start off with,
it will be improved when you decide
to be grateful and vocalize it. Your
relationship to your environment
changes, followed by an immediate
shift in your experience of it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’ve excellent visioning powers.
Project yourself into the future and
take notes. Forethought will save you
from doing unnecessary work and
shelling out money needlessly, too.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re
still processing what happened long
ago. As a wave of memory crashes
in, leaving some flotsam and jetsam
of the past on your shoreline, you’ll
realize your feelings about yesterday
go deeper than you thought.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Whether on a familial, friendly,
professional or creative platform,
your ideas will make it into the main
action for the whole group. Remem-
ber how this all goes down because
you’ll want to duplicate it later.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The
sort of things you’ve got going on to-
day might seem epic to you, and yet,
if the 12-year-old you knew that this
was going down, a celebration dance
would be happening.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
You’re busy. You’ve a full life. You
feel that you have much better things
to do than watch someone who has
what you want. And yet, that partic-
ular scenario is about as irresistible
as it gets.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
Even your best bet still requires an
outlay. No risk, no profit. There are
many choices on the table. It’s only
worth doing if you’d be happy to risk
and lose for it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Contrary to the saying, “slow and
steady” doesn’t win every race -- not
even most races. The key is in recog-
nizing what kind of race you’re in and
then applying practical intelligence to
your strategy. You rock it today!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
There’s an opportunity to work with
someone new and a high chance for
zesty compatibility in this regard.
You’ll also be able to parlay this suc-
cess into more of the same, building
up a body of work.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If
you could wave a magic wand over
the situation, what would you turn it
into? Actually, you don’t even need
a wand because, in a very real way,
your intention and follow-through are
magical enough.

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LEGALS
CALL US: 662-328-2424
Legal Notices
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
County of Lowndes
To the owners of the following
mobile home:
Serial # TRA-308480, 16x80
Located at 3561 Cal-Steens
Rd., Caledonia, MS
Unless the mobile home is re-
moved within 30 days, mobile
home will be sold.
Call 662-570-5588.
PUBLISH: 12/27/20, 1/3/21
& 1/10/21
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 903
Alabama St. Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 8th day of January,
A.D. 2021 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Medical / Dental
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Shaterrica Payne Moody –
E377
Cetericka Walker – E247
Jennifer Overpeck – E226
Courtney Harrison – E477
Monica Edwards – E253
Johnny Cockrell – E15
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
Medical / Dental
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 903
Alabama St. Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 8th day of January,
A.D. 2021 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
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drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
be sold is believed to be good, bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- therefore all units can be with- By: C.H.L.
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Shaterrica Payne Moody –
E377
Cetericka Walker – E247
Jennifer Overpeck – E226
Courtney Harrison – E477
Monica Edwards – E253
Johnny Cockrell – E15
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- erty and
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the WHEREAS, default has been
personal property to satisfy the made in the payment of rent
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- lowing tenants.
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- lowed under Mississippi Code
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 8th day of January, lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
A.D. 2021 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in A.M. on the 8th day January,
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- the following sequence: 903
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to drawn from the sale at any
be sold is believed to be good, time by the auctioneer/man-
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- Title to the personal property to
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et convey only such title as is ves-
seq (Supp 1988).
Jonathan Ensz – B10
Margaret Slaughter – B37
Damon Cruse – B41
Tansley Mason – B45
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the Title to the personal property to
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- lowed under Mississippi Code
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- Stacy Norris – H64
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 8th day of January,
A.D. 2021 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
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continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- FRIENDLY CITY
tions are with reserve and
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
be sold is believed to be good, COUNTY OF LOWNDES
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et HOUSES for storage space in
seq (Supp 1988).
Jonathan Ensz – B10
Margaret Slaughter – B37
Damon Cruse – B41
Tansley Mason – B45
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December, lowing tenants.
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- time by the auctioneer/man-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the Title to the personal property to least 4 yrs. of experience.
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- AJ Budgins – N155, N212
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504 Tyqunia Skequria Kidd – N152
Highway 69 South, Columbus,
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30 Camaryn Barry – N40
A.D. 2021 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
Alabama Street, Columbus,
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- A.D. 2020.
ager.
be sold is believed to be good, Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Stacy Norris – H64
Angela Johnstone – H7
Barbara Johnson – H24
Dewayne Edward Roby – H55
Shawnta Ross – H44
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
ADS APPEAR IN THE COMMERCIAL DISPATCH,
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
THE STARKVILLE DISPATCH AND ONLINE
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
seq (Supp 1988).
Angela Johnstone – H7
Barbara Johnson – H24
Dewayne Edward Roby – H55
Legal Notices
Shawnta Ross – H44
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
MINI-WAREHOUSES
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- 2022 school year. Colum-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the an accredited, private K-
personal property to satisfy the 12 preparatory school
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- understanding of biblical in-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- tegration and the Christian
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- um Master's degree in Edu-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
at 8:30 am on the 8th day of
January, A.D. 2021 and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- and clicking the “Job Open-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
ager.
be sold is believed to be good, Ideal candidate will have an
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- ation skills, reliable trans-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
seq (Supp 1988).
Susan Mackay – N11, N62
Derek Wallace – N127
Van T. Shelton – N126
Jessica Ramirez – N145
this the 10th day of December,
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
12/27/2020
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Religion
Stand still and let God fight your battle
W
e face bat-
tles in our
lives every
day. However, many
of us are not patient
enough to allow the
Lord to fight on our
behalf. We feel the
Lord is too slow in
reacting and would
rather fight the
battle ourselves,
Sherry Ivy
only to find out, the
battles we’re trying
to fight are not ours, they’re
the Lord’s. So the next time
we’re faced with a battle, we
should stand still and let God
fight our battle. “Ye shall not
need to fight in this battle; set
yourselves, stand
ye still, and see
the salvation of the
Lord with you.” (2
Chronicles 20:17)
K JV
Many times our
battle will seem so
big that we can’t
see anything except
the battle. In times
like these, we have
to stand still and let
God fight our bat-
tles. There is no battle too big
for Him. “For He is our King
and He’s mighty in our battles.
“Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.”
(Psalm 24:8) K JV
Sometimes our battles hit
us hard and leave us wounded,
especially the unexpected
ones like an unexpected death
of a close relative or a serious
illness. When we face these
kinds of battles, we have to
release them to the Lord and
stand still and let Him fight
our battles. “Ye shall not fear
them: for the Lord your God
he shall fight for you.” (Deu-
teronomy 3:22)K JV
When our enemies come
up against us, we want to fight
back, get even or put them in
their place. Nevertheless, we
don’t have to worry about our
enemies because God will han-
dle them for us. He is strong
and more than able to take
our enemies head on in battle.
All we have to do is stand still
and let God fight our battles,
and He will give the victory to
us. “For the Lord your God is
going with you! He will fight
for you against your enemies,
and He will give you victory.”
(Deuteronomy 20:4) NLT
As Christians we have spir-
itual battles that are real, and
we cannot physically see the
attacker. These kind of battles
are too hard for us to fight
ourselves. We have to stand
still and let God fight them for
us. “He hath delivered my soul
in peace from the battle that
was against me: for there were
many with me.” (Psalm 55:18)
K JV
So be encouraged today and
always remember: “The Lord
your God which goeth before
you, he shall fight for you,
according to all that he did
for you in Egypt before your
eyes.” (Deuteronomy 1:30)
K JV
Minister Sherry Ivy is a
Minister of The New Providence
M. B. Church (Healing & Yoke
Destroying Ministry) in Macon
Mississippi, under the lead-
ership of her husband, Pastor
Willie J. Ivy Sr. You can contact
her via email at minsivy@
yahoo.com

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for over 30 years 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354

2500 Military Road Suite 1

Columbus, MS
662-328-7500 WEST REALTY COMPANY
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 ASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
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11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245

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APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC.
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INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC The McBryde Family

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