June 25th, 2011
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CLAUDINE DAVIS
Claudine G. Davis, 76, died Tuesday, July 21, 2011 at University Medical Center.
Funeral services were Friday at Midway Baptist Church with Rev. Joseph Luby and Rev. Arlie Francis officiating. Burial followed at Midway Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home.
Mrs. Davis was born Sept. 7, 1934 in Yazoo County to Jesse and Ouida Eldridge Guthrie. She was a homemaker and a member of Midway Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her husband, George Davis of Benton; son, Mike Davis (Ellen) of Benton; three daughters, Vickie Steele of Yazoo City, Joe Luby (Harvey) of Madison and Janet Ward (Gene) of Vicksburg; a brother, Jessie Guthrie Jr. of Benton; two sisters, Claudia Saxton of Clinton and Carlee Berry of Clinton; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were John Robert Ward, Tracy Stark, Brad Oberhousen, Grant Mayfield, Jordan Davis, Rick Elam and Matt Edgar.
Honorary pallbearers were Ricky Saxton, James “Bubba” Berry, Henry Wade, Tim Luby and the members of the Supper Club.
MARVIN RENICKER
Marvin “Jim” Renicker, 79, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the Miss. State Veterans Home in Jackson.
Funeral services were Thursday at Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Bill Poole officiating. Burial followed under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home.
Mr. Renicker was born Dec. 16, 1931 in West to Otto Henry Renicker and Mable McBride Renicker. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a Baptist.
Survivors include a sister, Catherine Renicker Prewitt of Yazoo City.
GREGORY LEE
Gregory Alton Lee, 16, died June 6, 2011 in an accidental drowning in a lake in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Mr. Lee was a former Woolfolk Middle School student who live in Wisconsin for the past four and a half years. He was the fourth of five children born to George and Ruby Lee.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Christopher Lee.
Survivors include his father, George Allen Lee (Angel) of Eau Claire, Wisc.; mother, Ruby Lee of Oklahoma City; sister, Kenitra Wortham of Oklahoma City; and four brothers, Michael Wortham of Oklahoma City and Stephan Lee, Patrick Lee and Avion Lee, all of Eau Claire, Wisc.
Lee was an avid poet, lyricist artist and athlete. After his demise the family chose his favorite poem, which he recited in the eight grade:
The Next Place
The next place I go to will be as peaceful and familiar
as a sleepy summer Sunday and a sweet untrouble mind.
And yet...It won’t be like any place I’ve ever been or seen, or ever dreamed of, in the place I leave behind.
I won’t know where I’m going, and I won’t know where I’ve been.
I’ll glide beyond the rainbow; I’ll drift above the sky.
I’ll drift into the wonder without ever wondering why.
I won’t remember getting there, somehow I’ll just arrive.
But I know that I belong there, and will feel much more alive.
Dear Editor,
The decision by the present school board not to renew the teaching and coaching contract of Mr. Archie Carlyle was a planned and calculated act of politics. This kind of thing has been happening for years.
They didn’t follow policies or procedures in this matter. The state’s report on the district asked the board to stop interfering in this kind of situation, but it seems they didn’t get the memo.
My mother always put her 11 children first in making decisions for their futures. It is clear this board did not do that.
Mr. Carlyle’s only crime was putting his students first. I feel like Jesus, when he told the people at the well, “He who is without sin cast the first stone.”
I and the 800 people who have signed the petition calling for Carlyle’s return can find no fault in his dedication to our community. We are being laughed at across the state, and on Facebook and Twitter.
Our community is losing faith in our ability to work in a productive and successful district. The Yazoo Herald’s sports editor called it a “travesty.” I ask the question, where are all those Christian folks, his co-workers, his pastor and his fellow church members?
Where are the athletes, past and present, and most of all where are the parents? He has mothered and fathered when you were unable to make it to a game or on the road, giving your children heart-to-heart talks of motivation and encouragement both in the halls of our schools and on the streets of this community. Now he deserves your support in this critical matter.
This affects us all, black and white, because the future of our community is at stake. I am asking everyone to show as much concern about this matter as they do during election time.
Mr. Clifton Jones, I sat on the school board when you and your wife in a 3 to 2 vote were denied what you rightfully deserved. When you first ran for alderman you were the only politician I ever spent an entire day with, walking the streets because I believed in you. When I ran for mayor as an independent, I endorsed McArthur Straughter in the primary. Many people thought I was crazy, but I was exercising my rights.
Mr. Aubry Brent Jr., I followed you from Vicksburg to Belzoni and saw people commit perjury to defeat you. When citizens support a candidate, they want something in return. As a citizen with the 800 petitioners, we are calling in our wager. Just get the record of the board of that decision, which is public record. Check the timeline of the action, and you will be amazed. Next month you will appoint or reappoint a board member, but before you do we deserve answers.
If you find me wrong I will come back and sit before you and the school board and give a public apology. Everyone deserves their day in court, and Mr. Carlyle certainly does.
What you do or don’t do will determine the caliber of teachers and coaches willing to come into our community and work with our children.
Johnny Staples
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