Community prepares for 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Walk
Our hearts are saddened by the death of Mrs. Kim Giles Miles who passed Monday, January 8th following hospitalization at UMMC’s ICU. Our prayers are with her family especially her husband Steve, and children Stewart, Markii and Meagan. Please keep them in your prayers. Memorial arrangements are incomplete.
A beautiful memorial was held Friday, January 5th for Mrs. Ruby Doris Delcomyn, widow of Mr. J. C. Delcomyn, at Liberty Baptist Church with Brother Jerry Holmes officiating and delivering the eulogy. Program participants included daughter-in-law (love) Betty Delcomyn, and Mrs. Dale Weatherford who shared tributes. John Weatherford, Jr., provided beautiful musical selections. Our prayers are with Mrs. Delcomyn’s family especially her son, Gene (Betty) Delcomyn. Please keep them in your prayers. Ott & Lee was in charge of arrangements.
Our prayers are with the families of Mrs. Aretha Moore who was memorialized Saturday, January 6th at Little Rock M. B. Church where Rev. Sheldon Thomas officiated and delivered the eulogy; Mrs. Nadine McClendon Holifield who was memorialized Saturday, January 6th at Midway Baptist Church; and Mrs. Marcella Stowers Richmond who was memorialized Sunday, January 7th at Midway Baptist. Please remember their families in your prayers.
Please remember Mrs. Flo Chambers in your prayers as she recuperates at Lackey Hospital, following hospitalization at Baptist Hospital; Ray Walker who has returned to UMMC for additional surgery; Wallace Pogue who is recuperating at home following surgery; Chester Sawyer who is also recuperating following surgery; and Rubin Ruiz who is experiencing health challenges.
We enjoyed the Jackson Tougaloo Alumni Club Annual Scholarship Dance where members paid tribute to the late Alderman W. L. and Mrs. Olivia Kelley Slaughter Tuesday, December 26th at the Jackson Hilton on County Line. The Slaughter Legacy was honored and family, friends, and associates turned out to honor them in spite of the rainy and cold weather. Special thanks to friends and family who were present and to supporters who honored the Slaughters through advertisement tributes. This story is covered in another section of this publication.
Birthday babies celebrating January birthdays include Chris Evans and Greg Burks (12), Michael Holifield and Maurice Harkless (14), Kimberly Johnson (15), Sid Salter, Samuel Barnes, Renee McLemore and Liz Edmondson (16), Rickey Hoye (17), Parris Ringo, Nicholas Harrison and Elmer Lowery (18), Meko Boyd, Bryan Shepherd, Martin Brown, and Irene Ward Lyles (19) Birthdays Kirsten Boyd, Lynn Whitfield and Mike May (21), Quanteshia Rasco and Leasa Bergin (22), Linda Youngblood Burks and Damien Towner (23), Rebecca Gray, Adrena Pinkston, Annie Earl Hornsby and Shirley Watkins (25), Oliver Moore (26), Mae Ruth Robinson (27), Miracle Battle (29), and Norma Ruth Lee (30).
The Spirit of Sharing (SOS) will be held Saturday, January 13th at Livingston Auditorium, Roosevelt State Park beginning at 2:00 p.m. The event promises to be as successful as last year’s program where churches and ministries from six counties participated and promoted outreach efforts within the body of Christ. A new Kia will be given to a deserving Scott County resident. Beautiful music will stimulate the spirit so we ask you to join us for this special event. Thanks to coordinator, Mrs. Andrea Kersh Williams, Channel WTOK – 11, and sponsors Kia of Meridian, Legacy Education and Community Empowerment Foundation, Inc., The OLIVIA Group, and Representative Tom Miles.
Legacy Education and Community Empowerment Foundation, Inc. and Slaughter Memorial Foundation, Inc. and Library are hosting their 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Walk on his day, January 15th at the Slaughter Library. Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. and the Walk will begin at 8:00 a.m. The Walk will proceed down Jones Street over to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, down Townsend Road across Highway 80 (East 3rd), and the traditional prayer stop at the Courthouse House on 1st Street. The walkers will continue down 1st Street and cross over at Sullivan’s and across Highway 80 back to the Library. Parade Marshalls are Girl Scout Troop #3205 and their Troop Leaders. Local sanitation workers will be honored. We look forward to your presence and participation, either as a walker, biker, or rider, at this Walk which marks 50 years since Dr. King’s assassination.
Answer to Quiz Teaser # 438: Scott County Election Commissioners Delia Stowers Shepard and Roy Pinkston both have ties to North Scott Attendance Center and E. T. Hawkins High School. Shepard graduated from North Scott and taught school at Hawkins; Pinkston graduated from Hawkins and taught school at North Scott.
Quiz Teaser # 439: Which Morton High School and Jackson State graduate (Ronald McNair Scholar) provides assistance as the American Airlines Computer Engineer in Texas?
