Yazoo agriculture and civic leader Sonny Baskin dies
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Sonny Baskin is pictured with his wife Jean at Eldorado Plantation in 2010. Baskin died Sunday at age 77 after a battle with leukemia.By JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher
Marion F. “Sonny” Baskin, a leader in agriculture and civic affairs, died Sunday at age 77 of leukemia.
Visitation will be Thursday from 9-11 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church. Funeral services will follow with Rev. George Woodliff officiating.
Baskin was recognized as both a leader in agriculture and an ambassador to farming in Yazoo County. During 35 years of farming, he was featured in several farm publications. In 1979 he was the winner of Cotton Grower Magazine’s Cotton Achievement Award, which is awarded annually to only one cotton farmer in the entire cotton belt.
In 1984 Baskin was named the first Mississippi Farmer of the Year by Mississippi Network. That year his cotton crop yielded over three bales an acre.
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Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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