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This is part three in a five-part series about Philip Gunn’s influence in changing the Mississippi state flag.

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‘This thing’s got a chance’: As outside pressure mounts, Philip Gunn sees legislative path to changing state flag

By ADAM GANUCHEAU - MISSISSIPPI TODAY ADAM GANUCHEAU - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/30/21-4:05PM, 6,695 Reads 124,285 Statewide
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn was watching his son play baseball in Louisiana on June 20, 2020, when he got a call from Rep. Jason White, the second highest-ranking House member and a top lieutenant of Gunn’s.
“Mr. Speaker, you’re never going to believe who I just got off the phone with,” White told Gunn.
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Production company workers on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, paint "Kantor Motor Co." on the front of a building on the south side of the Sumner town square as preparation continues for the filming of scenes for a miniseries about Mamie Till, the mother of Emmett Till. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

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Prep work continues in Sumner for filming of Till miniseries

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN
Wed,02/24/21-5:16PM, 6,690 Reads
SUMNER — Workers with Big Woods Production Services are in Sumner preparing for the filming of scenes for the first season of the ABC miniseries, "Women of the Movement," which chronicles the story of Mamie Till, the mother of Emmett Till.
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Curtis Lee, Jr.

Fri,06/04/21-1:51PM, 6,689 Reads
CASCILLA — Curtis E. Lee, Jr., age 42, passed away Wednesday, May 26.
Funeral services were 10 a.m. Friday, May 28, at North Shady Grove Church of God near Cascilla with Bro. Matt Hill officiating. Interment followed in North Shady Grove Cemetery. Townes Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
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Former state Rep. Ashley Henley

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Former Rep. Ashley Henley killed outside home where sister-in-law was previously found dead

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/14/21-1:49PM, 6,687 Reads 119,591 Statewide
Former state Rep. Ashley Henley of DeSoto County was killed while mowing the grass outside the home where her sister-in-law’s body had been found last year, the Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department said.
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