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MAXINE CORSONMaxine Jones Hendricks Corson, 85, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 at King’s Daughters Hospital. Funeral services were Thursday at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Bryant officiating. Burial followed at Short Creek Cemete...
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Jimmy and Cynthia Glasgow of Phil Campbell, Ala. announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Anna Meredith Glasgow, to Thomas Jayson Harper, son of Tommy and Donna Harper of Yazoo City. Miss Glasgow is the granddaughter of James ...
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Mrs. Patricia Raney Gunter of Batesville and Mr. William Loyd Gunter of Charleston announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Elizabeth Gunter, to James Eric Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Williams, Jr. of Yazoo City.Lindsey is the g...
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Prince and Prentice Young Jr. will celebrate their birthdays together on Sept. 24 at Chuck E. Cheese.Prince will celebrate his fifth birthday and Prentice will celebrate his sixth. They are the children of Prentice Young Sr. of Yazoo City and Tiffany Simm...
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By JASON PATTERSON andJAMIE PATTERSONDowntown Yazoo City has a history unlike any other town, but like main streets across America changing times have taken a toll on the former bustling business district.Today the business owners who remain on Main Stree...
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The Yazoo HeraldFormer Mississippi Chemical Corp. CEO Tom Parry died Wednesday at age 85.Funeral services are today at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Ridgeland. Thomas Conquest Parry Jr. was born on March 17, 1928, in Moultrie, Ga. to Thomas C. and J...
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By JASON PATTERSONEditor & PublisherAn observant neighbor helped catch a pair of suspects from attempting to steal from flood victims on Whites Lane this week.Sheriff Thomas Vaughan said a resident saw Keith Roland, 18, and Walter Lee Young, 18, both of 9...
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Scientists tell us that time should flow backwards as easily as it flows forward, but we know it doesn’t. It flows only in one direction. We don’t grow younger, we just grow older. But that doesn’t stop scientists from thinking about “time t...
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BEATHER JEFFERSON
Beather “BeBe” Jefferson, 85, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 at King’s Daughters Hospital.Funeral services were Saturday at St. Matthew Church of God in Christ with Rev. John H. Scott officiating. Burial followed at New Hope Church C...
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By JASON PATTERSONEditor & Publisher“I acted more like a tomboy, and my mom wanted me to be more of a ‘girlie’ girl.”That’s how Erica Crimm first got involved in pageants as a child, but it turned out that her mother had nothing to worry abo...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorRicks Memorial Library is the first in the state to offer the latest technology in digital film viewing and scanning. Employees at the local library have eagerly spent the past week familiarizing themselves with the ST Vie...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorLawn care providers within Yazoo City may have to clean up after themselves or possibly face a fine. Ward 4 Alderman Aubry Brent Jr. raised the issue of lawn care businesses leaving a mess behind them during the Board of M...
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Willie “Deuce” WrightGuest Columnist
I don’t like to criticize our hospital. I thank God that we have it in our community, and I know a lot of good people who work there. But there was a situation that happened Monday night that should have been ha...
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LANCE TAIT
Lance Marshall Tait, 3, of Vicksburg died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 at University Medical Center.Funeral services are today at 11 a.m. at the Stricklin-King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Bryant and Rev. Ray Woods officiating. Burial will ...
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Katelynn Mathews, daughter of Marc and Casey Mathews, sneaks in a sample of barbecue during Fire and Feast in Yazoo City over the weekend. The Mathews’ team, Smokin M’s BBQ, was one of several teams competing in the first Yazoo City barbecue festival....
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By JASON PATTERSONEditor & PublisherYazoo County residents will be getting a tax cut in the upcoming budget year.The Yazoo County Board of Supervisors reduced the millage rate by two points for the upcoming fiscal year. Board President Cobie Collins s...
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By JASON PATTERSONEditor & PublisherA Yazoo City man has been charged with gratification of lust in a case involving a 12-year-old girl.Robert A. Edmonds, 18, of 156 Rogers Road, was arrested Monday by the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff ...
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By JAMIE PATTERSONManaging EditorOne Yazoo City resident is ready for the city to annex the Shady Lane area in an effort to curtail crime. Sir Johnathan White appeared before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during its open meeting Monday to talk about ann...
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Mr. and Mrs. David Roper Parker of Yazoo City announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Elizabeth Parker, to Joshua Michael Brewer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wayne Brewer of Dallas, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrew Kendall of Saint Thomas, Vi...
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