Daily Corinthian • Wednesday, February 3, 2016 • 5A
Church uses Super Sunday for mission
Deaths
BY STEVE BEAVERS
Johanna Smith
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Celebration of Life for Johanna Timleak Smith is set for 2 p.m. today at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Roger Shock officiating. Burial will be in the Henry Cemetery. Johanna died Monday, February 1, 2016 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She was born November 10, 1935 in Corinth to the late John and Eugenia McGee Timleck. She was a 1954 graduate of Corinth High School and attended Northeast Mississippi Community college. She was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Corinth; there she had a love for the bell choir, as she played in the early years. She also had a love of God, family and music. She especially enjoyed playing the organ and piano at home for her family. Johanna worked with the Corinth School System for 17 years and was a seam- Smith stress for Plaza Dry Cleaners. She enjoyed keeping up with friends and classmates on Facebook, her dog Molly and most of all spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lynette Meeks; and brother, Johnny Timleak. Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Willie Dee Smith; daughter, Melody Wallis and husband Andy; son, William “Dee Dee� Smith and wife Pam; grandchildren. Jason (Melody) Meeks, Josh “Jamie� Meeks, Kristy Wallis, Kasey Wallis, Taylor Smith and John Tyler Stanley; greatgrandchildren, Bryson and Brentlyn Meeks, Jacey Meeks, Chaz Wilcox, Jayden Meeks, Jakely Meeks, Brody Stanley and Jett Riley Meeks. Pallbearers will be Jason Meeks, Josh Meeks, Kasey Wallis, Andy Wallis, John Tyler Stanley and Russell Meeks. Family will receive friends from noon until service time today. In lieu of flowers may be made to First United Methodist Church 901 Fillmore St. Corinth, MS. 38834. Condolences can be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com.
SELMER, Tenn. — Super Sunday is providing a McNairy County church the chance to continue its mission of seeing people saved and serving Jesus. Long before the Super Bowl 50 showdown between Denver and Carolina, First Baptist Church will officially kick off its “2 By 2� event on Feb. 7. The church is set to offer two small groups sessions and two worships services at 8:45 and 10 a.m. “It’s a huge step of faith for the church,� said pastor Bro. Joey Johnson. “So much planning has gone into this and we are ready to implement it.� The day will be more than just adding another small group and worship service, according to the pastor. “It goes beyond two
Sunday School times,â€? he said. “This is stretching people and seeing them lead ‌ that is what really excites me.â€? FBC has added nine new classes which debute Sunday. “There will be a period of adjustment,â€? said Johnson. “A significant number of changes have been made and that will continue.â€? Minister of Education Jeremy Isbell likes what he has seen when it comes
to the support of the congregation. “I have the best seat in the house to see God move in the heart of people,â€? he said. “People have stepped up and made sacrifices ‌ it has been beautiful seeing God work in it.â€? First Baptist is out to reach the community through small groups. “Small groups is where ministry is accomplished,â€? said Bro. Johnson. “People are being equipped to do the work
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Bryant urges students to stay after graduation BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
“We send you off to strange places like Atlanta and Dallas. You will think, ‘I need to be there to achieve my dreams.’ Mississippi needs you here.�
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JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is imploring highachieving college students to remain in Mississippi after graduation and build their careers in the state. “Stay here. Grow where you’re planted,� Bryant said Tuesday during an event at the Capitol to honor community college and university students for academic success. Speaking to more than 100 students, parents and university and college faculty members, he said graduates have been a growing export for Mississippi. “We send you off to strange places like Atlanta and Dallas,� Bryant said to the laughter of some. “You will think, ‘I need to be there to achieve my dreams.’� He said some graduates may need to leave for a while, but he hopes they will come home. “Missis-
Gov. Phil Bryant During an event at the Capitol to honor community college and university students for academic success sippi needs you here,� he said. The second-term Republican governor talked about being the first in his family to attend college. He said that in 1973, he was working at a shop changing tires 51⠄2 days a week when he received a postcard that said, “‘You, too, can go to college.’� He earned an associate’s degree at Hinds Community College, a bachelor’s degree at the University of Southern Mississippi and a master’s degree at Mississippi
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Funeral services with Military Honors for William “Bill� Mullins, 64, are set for 10 a.m. today in The Heritage Chapel of Ripley Funeral Home with burial at 1 p.m. in the National Cemetery at Corinth. Visitation is from 9 to 10 a.m. today at the Funeral Home. Mr. Mullins died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice. He was an independent timber cruiser for 22 years, and a U.S. Army Veteran who served during the Vietnam War in 1969 and 1970. Survivors include his wife of 19 years, Carolyn Barnes Mullins; his children, Kendall Mullins and Holley Williams of Senatobia, Brian Mullins of West Helena, Ark. and Anissa Moffitt of Fulton; his sisters, Shelia Stoner (Bill) of West Memphis, Ark., Ruth Carr (Paul) of West Helena, Ark., Retia Peyer (JR) of Maumelle, Ark., Shirley Mendez, Ellen Mullins, and Barbara Mullins, all of Corinth; his brothers, Mark Mullins (Linda) of West Helena, Ark. and Jack Mullins (Shirley) of Poplar Grove, Ark; his grandchildren, Kaleb Mullins, Anna Hale, Lexus Williams, Seth, Shane and Ethan Moffitt; and two great-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by his parents, A.C. and Louise Hensley Mullins; a daughter, Jeanie Mullins; and a sister, Betty Flippo.
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College. He said when he received a letter about being on the dean’s list, his mother proudly showed it to friends and neighbors — and that kept pressure on him to maintain his grades. Trevoris Word of Southaven, a 20-year-old sophomore at Coahoma Community College, was among those listening to the governor. Word is working on a degree in nursing and said he plans to attend Jackson State University to major in biology. He said he intends to become a physician
and work in Mississippi. His mother, Adrian Word, said she wants her son to earn a living close to home. “I preach that to him all the time,� Adrian Word said. “We need more doctors in the state of Mississippi to make it a better place.� Also at the Capitol: ■House and Senate committees are holding their first meetings after members were appointed last week. ■Kimberly Turner, the attorney who leads the secretary of state’s elections division, spoke to a Senate committee about proposed changes to election laws, including one to allow online voter registration. She said 33 other states already have online registration. ■Today is the deadline for members of the House and Senate to request bills to be drafted for the 2016 session. Next Monday is the deadline for general bills to be filed.
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