We are saddened by the August 23rd transition of Mr. Lonnie “Squirrel” Broadfoot, a member of the 1965 class of E. T. Hawkins High School. Memorial arrangements are incomplete at press time.
Our community is saddened by the transition of former pastor of Little Rock M.B. Church, Rev. Ellis Wansley, Jr. He transitioned Thursday, August 19th at the Jackson Veterans’ Administration Medical Center. Our prayers are with his family especially his wife, Mrs. Everlean Wansley, children, and grandchildren. Dunlap Thames Funeral Home of Newton has been entrusted with Rev. Wansley’s final arrangements.
Our prayers are with the family of Mrs. Peggy Stokes who transitioned August 20th. Please keep her family in your prayers, especially her son, Forest High School Coach Don “Pete” Stokes. Memorial arrangements are incomplete.
Our prayers are with the family of Mr. Walter “Duck” Adams who transitioned August 20th at his home. Please remember his family, including his children, and siblings Molly Qualls and Odell Robinson, in your prayers. Holifield Funeral Home has been entrusted with his final arrangements.
Our prayers are with the family of Mr. Willie Earl Gammage who transitioned August 19th. Special prayers for his wife, Mrs. Debra Gammage, their children, and his aunt, Mrs. Sherry Bounds Moore. He and his wife relocated from California to retire in the Mt Olive/Good Hope community. Holifield Funeral Home has been entrusted with his final arrangements.
We are sorry to learn of the August 21st transition of Mrs. Nicolas Nicole “Red” White. Our prayers are with her daughters, Quenisha White and Bre’ajah White. She is the first cousin of Morton Alderwoman Marie Washington. Memorial services are Saturday, August 28th at Wolf Funeral Home in Morton. Please keep her family in your prayers.
Our prayers are with the family of Mr. Nevis Odom, a Scott County native, who transitioned August 18th. Please keep his family in your prayers.
Our prayers are with the family of Attorney Frankie Walton White, Special Assistant Attorney General (1976) and Assistant Attorney General (1986). She transitioned August 11th at her Jackson home. Mrs. White was the daughter and legacy of two noted educators, William Walton and Serene Walton, both of whom have a school named in their honor, Walton Elementary. She graduated from Tougaloo College, and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of MS. Her appointments were historical as she was the first Black woman to serve in those positions. Please keep her son, Attorney Carlyle White, in your prayers.
Our prayers are with our readers who are experiencing health challenges, namely, LaToya McClendon, Gail Lee, Lamar Gatewood, Ruben Ruiz, Flo Chambers, John Lee Evans, London Thompson, Mitch and Mary Nichols, Mae Jane Kimble, Anthony “Pee Wee” Jones, Fannie Bradford, Travis Ward, Emma Reed, Mitchell and Carolyn Montgomery, Kitty Colbert, Jenia Turner, Billy Strong, Nettie Kennedy, Margie Odom Washington, Judge Wilbur McCurdy, Eva Marie Rankin, Don Bell and others who are facing health challenges.
Special thanks to Legacy Adopt a Classroom teachers who are providing PPC supplies, love and support to their students, namely, Mesdames Debra Lowery, Susie Boyd, Kathern Qualls, Francis Richmond, Carolyn Macon, and Chiquita McClendon, Dr. Rhonda Kelley and Coach Datodrick Pinkston.
Special thanks to Dr. Glenda Nickson, Newton Municipal School District, for her support of efforts to protect our youth during this COVID and Delta variant pandemic.
We enjoyed hearing from Legacy Change Agents Melvin and Bonnie (Russell) Hodge who called to remind us to continue to practice wearing masks, observing social distance, and other CDC suggested practices.
Thanks to James “Tre’” Burwell for his donation of several boxes of books, puzzles, and board games. He cautions our readers to stay masked up, get vaccinated, wash hands, observe social distances, and avoid large gatherings.
We enjoyed our visit (with CDC guidelines in place) from Choctaw Central student Joe Bell, Jr. who is a Legacy Scholarship 2021 recipient, and his father Mr. Joe Bell. They were accompanied by Tyre Henson and John Clemons. All will continue to distribute masks and hand sanitizer to their community residents. We also enjoyed visiting with Mrs. Ruby Hill of Carthage who is distributing masks to members of her community.
The Scott County Jackson State University (JSU) Alumni Chapter sponsored and celebrated “Picnic in the Park” Saturday, August 14th at Gaddis Park. There was good food, fun and fellowship. Vincent Jones was “on the grill” with delicious burgers and hotdogs for all. President Albert Wayne Gray presided over an introduction of JSU Chapter members, and introduced two students, Ragliyah Weathersby, and Cinnamon Williams, who transferred to JSU. They are the daughters of Randy and Rhonda Weathersby, and Ronnie and Cindy Williams. These students were entertained and treated to “old school memories of days at JSU” from chapter members and they seemed to have enjoyed these stories. Members of the chapter welcomed these students and mothers to the Scott County JSU Alumni Chapter family. President Gray thanked all chapter members for their work in organizing the picnic. He extended special thanks to the members of the Food Committee, Vincent Jones, Cynthia Slaughter Melton, Yolanda White, and Barbara Gray. Stay tuned for other chapter celebrations. Persons interested in joining the chapter may contact any chapter member.
Little Rock M. B. Church Sunday service was via YouTube. Pastor Sheldon Thomas’ sermon theme was “Lord, Sweep My Garden.” The scriptures referenced were Psalm 19:14 and Mark 4:1-13. Our heart is the soil (garden) in which the Word of God is planted. We must make sure that we are good ground receiving good seed so that we can reap good harvest. We meditate on the Word by speaking it over and over within ourselves daily. We then receive spiritual, mental, and health benefits from the Word with continual meditation. Your decisions, words, and gifts are seeds that produce a harvest. Our mouth will speak what our heart leaks.
Happy birthday greetings to August and September babies born between August 27th and September 3rd, namely Ludie McCurdy, Shirley Holloway, Ja’Zyoha Hunter, and Jamarl Hughes (27), Willie Ealy and Barbara Slaughter Green (28), Marquisius Bland, Ja’Mia Smith, Leonard Murrell, Jacqueline Cajas, and Kaylan Harrison (29), Michael Robinson, Chelsey Wilson, Cindy Burks, and Phoebe Liner (31), Eleanor Longmire, Larissa Ringo Parrott, and Neyon Nash (1), Briteanna Sanders, T’Marius Sanders, and Lenora White (2), and Mary Johnson (3).
Answer to Quiz Teaser # 632: Mrs. Deitra McKenzie is the first African American meteorologist at WTOK in Meridian. She is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Daisy York McKenzie of Morton.
Quiz Teaser # 633: Which Scott County native and graduate of a local high school became the first Scott County African American Certified Family Nurse Practitioner?
