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Deaths Nonie Martin
Nonie Martin died Monday, March 2, 2015 at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete with Memorial Funeral Home.
Charles ‘A.G.’ Bryant
A memorial service for Charles “A.G.” Bryant, 78, of Corinth, is set for 5 p.m. today at Corinthian Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Bryant died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 at his residence. Born Feb. 1, 1937, he was retired from ECI Construction and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his children, Jeff Bryant (Sherri) of Corinth, Clinton “Fuzz” Bryant (Kathy) and Becky Bryant all of Michie, Tenn. and Stella Brown of Nashville, Tenn.; siblings, Pat Moore, Mitchell “Opossum” Bryant and Kenneth Bryant all of Michie and Peggy Risner of Endlewood, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Freida Ratcliff Bryant; a daughter, Teresa Franklin; and his parents, Woodrow and Nellie Byrd Bryant. Bro. Frank Williams will officiate. Visitation is 3-5 p.m. today.
Aubrey Neal Harwell, Sr.
IUKA — Funeral services for Aubrey Neal Harwell, Sr., 71, are set for 1 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Harwell died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He was a member of the Iuka Church
of Christ where he was a song leader and Sunday School teacher. He was an U.S. Army veteran and was retired from PCA after many years of dedicated service. After retirement, he worked for ACS in Dothan, Ala. part-time. He is survived by his wife, Janeva Dodd Harwell of Iuka; two sons, Aubrey Neal Harwell, Jr. (Pam) of Atlanta, Ga. and David Edward Harwell of Miami Beach, Fla.; a daughter, Dana Harwell Bonds (Tommy) of Iuka; a brother, Glen Harwell (Jamie) of Helena, Montana; and two grandchildren, Anna Claire Harwell and Colin Allen Bonds both of Iuka. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Edwin and Lena Rose Harwell; and his brother, Robert “Bob” Harwell. Lance Foster will officiate. Visitation was 5-8 p.m. Monday night. An online guestbook can be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com.
Rachel D. Jones
JUMPERTOWN — Funeral services for Rachel D. Jones, 67, are set for 2 p.m. today at Lambs Chapel Church with burial in Jumpertown Cemetery. Mrs. Jones died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born May 24, 1947, she was a teller for 1st American Bank and member of Lambs Chapel Church. Survivors include her children, Jennifer Mills (Brent) of Corinth, Larry Brumley (Shondra) of Jumpertown and Lee Jones (Tracy) of Blackland; siblings, Carolyn Smith (Archie) of Jumpertown
and Lynn Ashmore (Larry) of Booneville; grandchildren, Brittany Null, Quade Reaves, Kaylee Brumley, Braden Mills, Madelyn Mills, Morgan Jones, Derrick Jones, Bethany Barnett, Hannah Barnett and Luke Barnett; and two greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Howser Brumley and Max Jones; her parents, Carroll and Lelia Bridges Windham; brother, Matthew “Tooter” Windham. Bro. Gene Coltarp and Bro. Jody Hill will officiate. Visitation is until service time today. Corinthian Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Suzanne Rutledge
IUKA — Funeral services for Suzanne Kelley Rutledge, 71, are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Iuka United Methodist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Rutledge died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Rutledge taught English, mathematics and history at Iuka Middle School for a number of years. Her teaching career began on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in White River, Arz. and continued in the Okolona School System before the Rutledges moved to Iuka. Mrs. Rutledge was an active member of the Iuka United Methodist Church where she currently served as teacher of the Lucy Thompson Ladies’ Sunday School Class and president of the United Methodist Women. Born on
December 25, 1943, Suzanne graduated from Camden High School in Camden, Ala. and Auburn University where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority. She was a majorette for the Auburn University Marching Band. Survivors include her husband, William E. “Bill” Rutledge; a son, William Brant Rutledge and wife Leigh Anne, of Florence, Ala.; a daughter, Kelley Rutledge Norris and husband Matthew, of Augusta, Ga.; six grandchildren, Anne Houston, Mary Ellen and Scarlett Rutledge and Will, Kate and Claire Norris; and sister, Kay Pruitt (Bill). Rev. Kerry Powell will officiate. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. tonight at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka. Memorials may be made to the Iuka Library, 204 N. Main, Iuka, MS 38852, the Iuka Methodist Church, 101 E. Eastport St., Iuka, MS 38852 or the charity of the donor’s choice. An online guestbook can be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com.
Jerry C. Wilbanks
Funeral services for Jerry C. Wilbanks, 73, are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Baptist Church with burial in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Wilbanks died Friday, February 27, 2015 at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Bro. Joe Lamb will officiate. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors and from 1 p.m. to service time Thursday at the church. All other arrangements are incomplete.
Rubio nearing decision about presidential run BY THOMAS BEAUMONT & PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Marco Rubio isn’t quite ready to say he’s running for president, yet admits it sure does look like he will seek the White House in 2016. “I think that’s reflected in both our travel and some of the staffing decisions that we’ve made,” the Florida senator told The Associated Press. “We — if in fact I make that final decision on a run — want those elements to be in place.” The message that his decision is still pending is one Rubio delivered again this past week on stage, both at the Conservative Public Action Conference outside Washington and at the conservative Club For Growth in Palm Beach. But allies of the first-term senator and former speaker of the Florida House who have
spoken with him about his plans fully expect that he will run for president, rather than a second Senate term. “I assume he’s running,” said Wayne Berman, a veteran Republican fundraiser who was chairman of Sen. John McCain’s presidential fundraising in 2008. “He will help the party turn the page, politically, to the next generation.” Nearly a dozen people close to Rubio, including GOP officials, fundraisers and his advisers, say Rubio has told them he is in the final stages of planning the launch of his presidential run and will formally join the crowded field of Republican hopefuls as early as April. All spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss their private conversations with Rubio. Berman said he is working to line up — and keep — donors to finance that national campaign.
Among the donors who have signed on: Dallas investor George Seay and Goldman Sachs’ Joe Wall. Rubio’s goal is to raise $50 million before next year’s Iowa caucuses, according to four donors who have spoken to Rubio about the likely campaign’s budget. “Marco’s best asset is Marco,” said former congressional aide Scott Weaver, who organized a recent dinner for potential donors and is serving as a co-chairman of Rubio’s advisory committee. “If you can get Marco in front of people, he sells himself. It’s been an easier sales process than we thought at this point.” Rubio’s team is also aggressively courting Spencer Zwick, Mitt Romney’s top fundraiser in the 2012 presidential race. Zwick is sought after by several prospective Republican candidates and has also spoken favorably about Rubio’s chief rival, former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. That competition is vicious. One high-profile Rubio finance lieutenant, former Rep. Bill Paxon, had helped raise tens of thousands for Rubio. But on Monday, Paxon announced he was switching his allegiances to Bush. “Gov. Bush has the principles, temperament and judgment, along with the proven executive track record, to successfully run for and then serve as our country’s next president,” Paxon said in a statement. Bush was a mentor to Rubio during their time in Florida. The two are likely to compete for many of the same donors, both in Florida and nationwide, and Rubio acknowledges it would be “a bit unusual” to run against Bush. “I think he’s proving he’s going to be a very formidable candidate,” Rubio said. “I just believe if you think the best place to serve your country is to run for and hopefully win
the presidency, you move forward on that irrespective of who else is in the race. If I ran, it wouldn’t be against him.” No major candidates for president have declared their intentions; even Bush says his decision on that is ahead. Formally entering the race triggers a host of legal and campaign finance complications. But a decision to commit is different for Rubio, whose Senate term runs through 2016. He has said repeatedly he will not run for Senate re-election and the presidential nomination at the same time. That’s a different approach than likely presidential rival Rand Paul. The Kentucky senator is trying to set up a two-step system in his state that would allow him to seek the presidential nomination through a caucus and a Senate bid through a primary. Kentucky law prohibits one person from
seeking two positions in the same nominating process. Rubio’s advisers have told party leaders that they should expect to recruit a candidate to run for his Senate seat in 2016, according to four people involved in the talks, who discussed the private conversation on the condition of anonymity because Rubio has not notified the National Republican Senatorial Committee of his plans. At the same time, Rubio’s team is preparing for a national campaign. His top political adviser and likely campaign manager, Terry Sullivan, has been recruiting operatives — including Jim Merrill, who ran Romney’s New Hampshire campaigns and was at Rubio’s side for a twoday visit to the state last week. Spokesman Alex Conant is leaving Rubio’s Senate office this week to begin work at his political action committee.
What are you Looking For? There are two contrasting birds that fly over the fields. One is a hummingbird and the other is the vulture. All the vulture is looking for is dead animals - rotting meat, because that is all he looks for. But, hummingbird ignores the dead carcasses and smelly dead flesh. Instead, he looks for the tiny blossoms of the flowers. Each bird finds what it is looking for. Now, my friends, what are you looking for in life? What identifies your image of good or evil? What are you finding? If folks are just looking for that which will gratify the things of the flesh, the culture, life style, then they will find it in the activities that will not, decay, and pass away. “Love not the world or the things of the world...they are not of the Father--they will pass away-- he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever”- I John 2:15-17. If you are looking for the eternal purpose for life, then you will find these in Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. You will turn from the sinful activities and will be searching out the beauty of God’s Wordthe Bible. Here we find the better things for life. Read Romans 6: 1-6. What are we seeking in a church? Some seeking a church of their own liking or fits their own life style. Some seeking a church that will satisfy their desires to be entertained, to be popular, and attractive to the world. Like the vulture, we are looking for that which is decaying. We want to be like the hummingbird. Jesus did not die on the cross to satisfy our earthly misconceptions concerning his church. The church that Jesus built is built upon the foundation of the teaching of the apostles and prophets of the new testament- Eph. 3:20. Jesus said, I will build MY Church - Matt. 16: 13-19. Are we looking for that church ONLY ONE? If we are looking outside of the Bible, we will find something other than what Christ came to give his life to purchase and establish- Gal. 1:6-9; Acts 20:28. Please read. When we seek the Lord’s church, we will find it through hearing the gospel- Rom. 10:17; Acts 2:14-46. To become a member - remember the hummingbird: some change is required - called repentance - Luke 13:3. We must confess the sweet name of Jesus - Matt. 10:32-33. - being baptized in the name of Christ for the remission of sins- Acts 2:38; 22:16. Those who seek the church of Christ find it. We must continue to seek His church and salvation through the New Testament - Acts 2 42. It can be found.
Northside Church of Christ 3127 Harper Rd. • Corinth, Mississippi 38834 415-3558 • Minister - Lennis Nowell Sunday Worhip .............. 9:45 am, 10:30 am, 5:00 pm Wednesday Worship ...................................... 6:00 pm You are cordially invited to attend every service.
Spacecraft making 1st visit to dwarf planet BY ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer
PASADENA, Calif. — A NASA spacecraft is about to reach the end of a nearly eight-year journey and make the first rendezvous with a dwarf planet. The Dawn craft will slip into orbit Friday around Ceres, a dwarf planet the size of Texas. Unlike robotic landings or other orbit captures, the arrival won’t be a nail-biter. Still, Dawn had to travel some 3 billion miles to reach the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. “It’s been a roller coaster ride. It’s been extremely thrilling,” project manager Robert Mase of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday. Ceres is the first of two dwarf planets to receive
visitors this year. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is barreling toward onetime planet Pluto where it will arrive in July. Launched in 2007, Dawn made the first stop of its journey at the asteroid Vesta. It beamed back more than 30,000 images of the rocky world inside the asteroid belt before heading to its final destination. Dawn began its approach to Ceres in December, and last month it snapped pictures of the dwarf planet that revealed two mysterious bright spots inside a crater. Scientists will have to wait until the craft spirals closer to the surface in the coming months to get sharper images. It will get as close as 235 miles
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above Ceres’ surface, or roughly the distance of the International Space Station above Earth. Last year, European researchers not connected with the mission detected water plumes spewing from two regions on Ceres. The source of the plumes remains unclear. Deputy project scientist Carol Raymond said the shiny patches — possibly exposed ice or salt — were a surprise and could be related to the plumes. Dawn carries an instrument that should be able to detect the plumes if the surface is still active. “The team is really, really excited about this feature because it is unique in the solar system,” Raymond said of the spots. “We will be revealing
its true nature as we get closer and closer to the surface. So the mystery will be solved, but it is one that’s really got us on the edge of our seats.” The $473 million Dawn mission is the first to target two different celestial objects to better understand how the solar system evolved. It’s powered by ion propulsion engines, which provide gentle yet constant acceleration, making it more efficient than conventional rocket fuel. With its massive solar wings unfurled, it measures about 65 feet, the size of a tractor-trailer. Vesta and Ceres reside in a zone between Mars and Jupiter that’s littered with space rocks that never grew to be full-fledged planets.
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