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CHARLESTON — Gregory Liner, age 60, passed away Monday, December 22.
Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Saturday, January 3, at True Bible Way Church in Clarksdale.
J. Brown Community Funeral Services had charge of arrangements.
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CASCILLA — Rivers Virginia Kendall Franklin, age 91, of Cascilla, passed away Friday, January 16, in Grenada.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 19, at The North Church (formerly North Shady Grove Church of God). Interment will follow in the North Shady Grove Cemetery. McKibben and Guinn Funeral Services has charge of arrangements.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. E.M. Franklin; a daughter, Tony Rideout; and three sons, Max Franklin, Earl Franklin and Perry Franklin.
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SUMNER — Barbara Berry Newton, age 76, retired coordinator for Ruleville Manufacturing, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, at her home.
Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Sumner. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale has charge of arrangements.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.F. Newton; and her parents, Jesse and Dorothy Taunton Berry.
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ELLIOTT — Richard Earl Smith, age 59, of Elliott, formerly of Cascilla, passed away Sunday, Jan. 11, surrounded by family and friends.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 14, at the Elliott Cemetery with Pastor Michael Payton officiating.
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Laura Gale Smith
Missing
, Laura Gale Smith’s gray 2005 Toyota Corolla
A Spring Hill community woman has been found safe in the town of Oakland.
Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly said Laura Gale Smith, 58, was found on Spruce Street in the Yalobusha County town after having been reported missing some seven hours earlier with concerns about the threat of self-harm.
"She is safe and an ambulance was called to check her out," Fly noted in a message just before 1 a.m. Friday.
The sheriff said Smith was found about 12:15 a.m. in a house that had been checked earlier Thursday evening.
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By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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JACKSON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins recently released released the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a new federal nutrition policy that emphasizes a return to real food.
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The annual Tallahatchie County Livestock Show will be held Saturday, Jan. 24, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds near Charleston.
The event, sponsored by the Tallahatchie County 4-H Livestock Club, is free for the public to attend.
A concession stand will be available, and proceeds from the sale of all concessions will go to benefit the local 4-H livestock club.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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The Charleston High School and M.S. Palmer High School bands are scheduled to participate in Charleston’s 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade on Monday, Jan. 19.
Also set to show up and show out is Flawless, a group of young steppers from Charleston.
This year’s King Day parade, whose theme is “We are stronger when working in unity,” is scheduled to get underway at noon.
Lineup will begin at 11 a.m., on Walnut Street behind Charleston City Hall.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Out-of-school youth ages 16 to 24, having a high school diploma or equivalent, are being recruited for the Mid-State Opportunity Inc. youth employment program, MySTATUS (Maximize Your Skills to Advance to Unlimited Success).
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Out-of-School Youth MySTATUS program is funded by The Delta Workforce Development Area through South Delta Planning and Development District.
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The children are settled back in school and things are back to normal. Those few days of warm weather lasted long enough for them to enjoy being outside.
Diane Dukes had friends from Virginia visit her Monday afternoon. Rickey Nations and his wife Vickie had a good visit. They wanted to know if Diane wanted to go to Greenville and stay for three days, but she had to pass them up.
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The Town of Webb recently unveiled new welcome signs at both the north and south entrances along U.S. Highway 49. Along with artwork that features the state flower, the magnolia, and the state bird, the mockingbird, the sign mentions that the town was established in 1883 and also includes the slogan, “A Small Town With a Big Heart.”
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Warm and pleasant greetings.
We hope you are enjoying a good week. January begins the new year with new initiatives for whatever is going on. Each month features awareness days, weeks and months, focusing on social and cultural observances. Perhaps the biggest and major focus for 2026 celebration will be globally, the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, on July 4.
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Condolences to the family of Patsy Burt Williams, who was laid to rest Saturday in graveside services at Oakland Cemetery. Patsy was 91 years old and was one of four siblings who grew up in Oakland. Her siblings were Joe Lee Burt, Dale Burt and Jane Burt Pray.
Patsy was named queen of Yalobusha County during her high school years. She enjoyed a career as a real estate agent and a bookkeeper in the Memphis area. Patsy leaves a son, Burt, in Oklahoma, and a daughter, Cindy, in Memphis as well as eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
By Linda Ross Aldy on
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There has been some debate for many years about which has more influence on us, nature or nurture. Nature being the biological makeup of a person and nurture the physical world that influences nature.
As I pondered this anomaly, I was thinking about my own family, particularly my grandchildren. We have seven grandsons born to our children. They are all as different as night and day as they are “natured” by three very different people.
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The Church has a duty to fulfill.
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Members of the Mario Willis family are pictured receiving gifts through West Tallahatchie Habitat for Humanity’s 2025 Christmas project. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)
TUTWILER — “Lending a Helping Hand” was the theme for West Tallahatchie Habitat for Humanity’s annual Christmas project.
West Tallahatchie Habitat, along with board member Sykes Sturdivant, donated $4,000 toward bringing joy to families in need over the holiday season.
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Wednesday January 21
CHS students of month visit Rotary
The Charleston High School students of the month for December and January will be the guest speakers for the Jan. 21 noon luncheon meeting of the Charleston Rotary Club. Students will discuss their high school accomplishments and future career plans.
Tuesday January 20
Free children’s art class available
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Photo special to the Pine Belt News from Southern Miss Athletics
In an indictment obtained by Pine Belt News, former Southern Miss men’s basketball player Arlando "Mo" Arnold was charged in a point-shaving scheme, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Arnold has been charged with three counts of wire fraud, two counts of aiding and abetting, and a count each for bribery in sporting contests, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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