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January 14th, 2012

KATIE CLINE

Mrs. Katie Elizabeth Cline, age 102, of Pascagoula, died at her residence on Monday, January 9, 2012, one month prior to her 103rd birthday.
Funeral services were Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Pascagoula with Rev. Jay Cook, Rev. Dennis Ray Smith and Rev. Jordan White officiating. Burial followed at Jackson County Memorial Park Mausoleum under the direction of Holder-Wells Funeral Home of Moss Point.
Mrs. Cline was born Feb. 26, 1909 in Crystal Springs. She was a member of First Baptist Church Pascagoula since 1958. She was an Avon Represenitive for many years.
Mrs. Cline was a breast cancer survivor since 1994.  
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, James Roy Cline, Sr.; parents, Walter and Emma Bailey Tullos; daughter, Betty Kay Stringer;  grandson, John A. Woloch; sister, Gladys Stegall; and her brothers, Woodrow Tullos and Sidney Tullos.
Survivors include her daughters, Carolyn Arrington,  Barbara Woloch, and Jean Grayson (Buddy), and one son, James Roy Cline, Jr. (Bobbie Jo); 13 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Numerous, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were her grandsons, Brad Arrington, Brandon Cline, Neil Hamilton, Terry Hamilton, David Penton and Henry Wilkins.
Memorials may be made to Camellia Ministries Hospice Services, P.O. Box 1267; Hattiesburg, MS. 39405.
An online memorial register may be signed at www.holderwellsfuneralhome.com.
 

 

JOANN GRAHAM

JoAnn Rogers Graham, 62, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at home.
Funeral services are today at 11 a.m. at  Annunciation Catholic Church in  Columbus with Fr. Robert Dore and Fr. Gerard Hurley officiating.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the atrium of the church. Burial will follow the Mass at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus.
Mrs. Graham was born Nov. 27, 1949 in Belzoni and later moved to Yazoo City with her family where she grew up. She came to Columbus in 1967 to attend Mississippi State College for Women  and graduated in 1971 as president of her class.
After graduation, Mrs. Graham worked as a buyer for J.P.'s and Pryor's Department Store of Columbus. After raising her family, she worked at Rent-A-Space and Gifts, Etc. She was a lifetime member of The Junior Auxiliary of  Columbus, having served as president and was an active member of Annunciation Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Vincent and Kathleen Rogers.
Survivors include her husband of 35 years, James D. (Jimmy) Graham of Columbus; sons, James Robert (Rob) Graham (Summer) of Columbus and Joseph Chadwick (Chad) Graham (Haley) of Mamaroneck, NY; daughter, Julia Graham Starrett (Whit) of Hattiesburg; a grandchild, Smith Joseph Graham of Mamaroneck, NY.; and three sisters: Patty Barbour (Wiley) of Yazoo City; Carol Rogers of Columbus; and Donna Beckham (Jimmy) of Greenville.
Serving as pallbearers are Jim Vincent, Henry Morgan, Rocky Bond, John Phillips, Bobby Hooks, Jim Pryor, Joe Beall, Bill Brigham and Jim Simmons.
Memorials be made to CanSurvive of the American Cancer Society (GYN Cancer Support Group), c/o Beth Hesner, UAB Highlands, 1201 11th Ave. So., Birmingham, AL 35205; Columbus Humane Society, 13 Airline Rd., Columbus, MS, 39702; or St. Vincent de Paul Society of Annunciation Catholic Church, 823 College St., Columbus, MS 39701.

 
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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