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December 28th, 2011

JAMES BULLOCK

James Bullock, 70, died Dec. 4, 2011.
Funeral services were Dec. 10 at St. Matthews Church of God In Christ with Rev. Chester Hicks officiating. Burial followed at Cypress Garden Cemetery under the direction of Scott Memorial Funeral Home.
Mr. Bullock was born April 12, 1941 in Greenwood. He was a member of Word of Truth Full Gospel Church. He married his beloved Linda “Lynn” Bullock on Feb. 8, 2008.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Georgia Bullock; and a stepson, Jason L. Tripperter.  Survivors include his wife, Linda Bullock; step-daughter, Yavonne Williams of London, England; stepson, Reginald Del Valle of Kingston, N.Y.; two brothers, Johnnie Williams of Greenwood and Marshall Bullock of Hope, Ark.; two sisters, Martha Lee of Yazoo City and Mary Lee Williams of Elgin, Ill; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were Matthew Powell, Henry Williams, Henry Campbell, Keith Sims, Samuel Campbell and Jonathan Glasper.

HELEN HENDERSON

Funeral services for Helen Hatchett Henderson, 73, were Friday at St. Francis Catholic Church with Father Lincoln Dall officiating.
Burial followed at Jonestown Cemetery under the direction of Scott Funeral Home.
Mrs. Henderson was born to Edwon and Etha Williams Hatchett. She attended St. Francis School and was an active member of St. Francis Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert “Peter” Hatchett.
Survivors include her children, Paul Edward Henderson of Yazoo City, Cassandra Henderson Johnson (David) of Owensboro, Kentucky; Herbert Earl Henderson Jr. of Chicago and Marques Eugene Henderson of Yazoo City; a brother, Edwin Hatchett Jr. (Cora) of Evans, Ga.; sister, Marjorie Hatchett Robinson (Willie) of Yazoo City; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Serving as pallbearers  were Michael Latiker, Ronald Johnson, Damon Robinson, Joseph Thomas Jr., L.C. Tucker Jr., Vincent Wiggins and Willie “Woody” Robinson.
Honorary pallbearers were John C. Brown, Wardell Leach, Herman Leach, Billy Joe Henderson, Eugene Henderson, Dr. William Nelson, David Joe Starling, Willie “Deuce” Wright, Aubry Brent and Charles “Skip” Wallace.

MICHAEL MORROW Sr.

Michael Dwayne Morrow, Sr., 67, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 at River Region Hospital.
A  memorial service will be held today at 11 a.m. at Stricklin-King Funeral Home.
Mr. Morrow was born Aug. 16, 1944 in Memphis, Tenn. and lived in Satartia for many years. He graduated from Yazoo City High School in 1962 and then attended Mississippi State. Through the years, he worked primarily in civil construction for Ford Construction Co. (Dyersburg, Tenn.); Fordice Construction Co. (Vicksburg); W.G. Yates Construction Co. (Philadelphia); and Oddee Smith Contractors  (Brookhaven). He retired from Oddee Smith in 2009.
He was preceded in death by his father Joe W. Morrow, Jr.
Survivors include his son Michael Dwayne Morrow, Jr. of Spokane, WA; his mother, Roma Y. Morrow of Ridgeland; brother, Joe W. Morrow (Glenda) of Fort Worth, Texas; sister, Judy M. Walton of Mobile, Ala.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to the American Diabetes Association.  The family expresses special thanks to the doctors and nurses of River Region Hospital and to Betty Green Morrow of Yazoo City.

 
Letters to the editor

Dear Editor,
I realize after this letter is published that my daughter will probably never have the opportunity of making the Dixie League All-Star team.  
However after praying and pondering over this situation, and because she has never made the team in all of her five years of playing (which is a joke) I have nothing to lose.  
I am normally a pretty passive person, but I guess the older I get the more I see and understand the cruel shenanigans that many of our kids are faced with.  But mostly, the older I get the more I have learned to become more vocal in the things I feel are just not right.  
The Dixie Youth Girls Team is one that I have held close to my heart because the one child that I have has been a part of this league since she was old enough to participate.  Now at first I did not make a big issue out of the All Star Selection process because each year I was given a so-called excuse as to why my child did not make it.  
Her first year and at age four, she was just this cute little girl scrambling around like the others with no clue as to what to do.  As she got older and more serious, I realized that this is really becoming her passion and not tooting my own horn but she’s pretty darn good.
Now again I know that she may never make the team after the comment I am about to make, but who cares.
This league is one of the most biased leagues I have ever, ever encountered. Parents, many of our kids are being overlooked because the selection process is too political and a big joke.  I do not think that I could sleep at night knowing that I (the coaches) put my child in a position that I know they do not deserve.  
For years and in talking to other parents, coaches have been allowed to nominate their child(ren) and other coaches’ children, which is so unfair.   Now I know that I am not the smartest person in the world, but I do know what ALL-STAR means. But for those of you who do not, it means “consisting of athletes chosen as the best at their positions from all ... consisting entirely of star performers.” To break it down further; the BEST players!!!
We as parents need to be more involved in ensuring that there are policies and procedures in place and that they are adhered to.  We want the best children to represent our city not those children that you want to be recognized to feed your own egos.  
Coaches should not be allowed to nominate their children or make deals behind closed doors.  ALL-STAR selections should be based on statistics and privy to those children who have worked hard and diligently all summer. Some of you coaches should be ashamed of yourselves with your hidden agendas. I personally do not see how you sleep at night.    

Zelda B. Baker
Concerned Parent

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