 Marion “Griff” Griffin endured some tough times in Korea, including getting shot while recovering a map before it fell into enemy hands. By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
The wind swept the map out of the young soldier’s hands, and he watched it dance down the mountain where he was stationed.
Marion “Griff” Griffin knew he had to get it back before it got in the hands of the Chinese. The 21-year-old Satartia native had always been on his toes during his time in Korea.
With his country still at war, he knew he had better head down the steep cliffs to retrieve the map.
Then the enemy’s incoming fire began to fly around him. But he still went for the map.
“Then I noticed my arm felt wet,” he said, grabbing his arm. “I had been hit in the arm. We didn’t have any medics around so I just taped my arm up and kept on going, fighting.”
Griffin never received the Purple Heart because he never reported his wound. With no medics around, he simply applied some sulfur powder to his arm and wrapped it up.
He pushed on, fighting for his country. And eventually the wound would heal on its own.
“I just kind of treated it myself,” he said. “I was just trying to stay alive.”
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By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher
It was a brazen effort, backing a trailer up to someone’s house and attempting to rob them blind in broad daylight.
It was also a bad plan as three Lexington residents are now facing burglary charges after being spotted by an alert neighbor.
Tommy Irvine, chief investigator for the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department, said officers received a report of a burglary in progress Saturday around 11 a.m. on Davis Road. Officers arrived to find the suspects being held at gunpoint.
Marcus Young, 32, Warren D’Anthony Brown, 19, and Lashunda Denise Sligh, 29, all of Lexington, were arrested and charged with burglary.
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 Open House proved to be a success with more shoppers this year. Pam Ledbetter and Sissy Tyson with Vanjon’s Pharmacy were happy to bring in the Christmas season. By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
The stores were hard to walk through at times with the large crowds, but that is a good thing when it comes to Open House.
Yazoo’s annual Open House sets the mood for the shopping season as the holidays approach. And merchants all agree that it was a success this year and anticipate a busy next couple of months.
Many businesses provide snacks and refreshments, and merchants were eager to mingle, as well as showcase their seasonal gifts.
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By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
The annual Christmas Parade will be held on Dec. 4 this year with its Miracle on Main Street theme.
The parade, sponsored by the Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce, will be held in downtown Yazoo City, beginning at 6 p.m.
Line-up begins at 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church on Grand Avenue.
“Miracle on Main Street was a perfect theme for this year’s parade in more than one way,” said Jason Patterson, Chamber board president. “Most importantly, it places the emphasis on the reason that we’re celebrating - honoring the birth of Jesus Christ. We also believe that it’s a fitting tribute to the progress being made in downtown Yazoo City. God has blessed our city, and I believe that there will be many more good things to come.”
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 Lamar Edmonds looks over a photograph of several Yazooans who served in the military during the Korean War. As a teenager, he also served his country during the Korean War.By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
Lamar Edmonds said he was never nervous about going off to war.
At the time, he was more worried about cutting himself during his first shave aboard the shaky train, headed toward Fort Jackson in South Carolina.
“The first time I ever shaved was on that train,” he said, smiling at the memory.
The Yazoo County native was a teenager when he served his country in the Korean War. With a family history of men in the military, he was only 16 when he joined the National Guard in 1950.
Military service allowed Edmonds to see the world and visit places he had only read about or seen in pictures. Considering he was born in the backseat of a car, his travels were a highlight of his life.
“My daddy delivered me,” he said, with a laugh. “I was born in the backseat of a 1927 Chevy in a roadside park near Redwood.”
Raised in Satartia, Edmonds joined the National Guard to earn extra income. At 16 years old, he wasn’t concerned with the conflict that was going on overseas in Korea.
“I was growing tired of being in the National Guard so I wanted to join the regular Army,” Edmonds said. “It was all fun for awhile because I enjoyed being with the friends I made.”
Edmonds celebrated his 17th birthday in the Army. But it wasn’t long before he could no longer ignore the war that was raging across the ocean.
“They told us that they wanted five people to go over to Korea,” Edmonds said. “So they put ten pieces of paper in a hat. If you drew a piece of paper that said ‘no go’, you didn’t go. But if you drew one that said ‘go’, you did. It was that simple.”
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