6A • Sunday, July 10, 2016 • Daily Corinthian
Deaths Keith Moss
James Keith Moss was born June 21, 1959 in Corinth, MS. He went home on July 7, 2016 after a long illness. He was a graduate of Alcorn Central High School. Keith had been a long time resident of North Augusta, S.C., where he was a instrument tech for Eli Lilly/ Elanco before moving back to Corinth 3 years ago. He enjoyed fishing, was an avid sports fan, music and grilling on the green egg with his family and friends, playing the guitar. He is preceded in death by his father J.B. Moss. And his beloved dog Chole. He is survived by his wife and best friends Lisa Snyder Moss, his sons Jeremy Moss, Jacob Moss, Dewayne (Erika) Robertson and Cody (Shanda) Robertson; his mother Virginia Moss; bother Barry (Tammy) Moss, Todd Moss; grandchildren Brynn Moss, Presley Moss and Iva Grace Robertson (Peanut); father-in-law and mother-in-law Claude and Jean Snyder; brother-n-law Jeff Snyder; cuz Rusty (Peggy) Sharp. He leaves behind a long list of friends including Bill (Pam) Warnock; Susie Spence Moss (short Stuff) who he considered family and his Modoc S.C. Lake Family. A private memorial service will be held at a late date in New Augusta, S.C. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
Condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com
Jamie Hayes
Funeral service for Jamie Ray Hayes is set for 11 a.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. With Bro. Warren Jones officiating. Burial will be in the Juliette Cemetery. Jamie died July 7, 2016 at his residence. He was born January 1, 1973 in Booneville. He was an operator for Roll Form. He was an avid Florida Gators fan, he enjoyed riding his motorcycle, and NASCAR. Preceded in death by his father James Hayes; grandparents George Hayes, James Parson and Janet Gage, uncle Gregory Keith Hayes. He is survived by his children Ashley (Justin) Brown, Nikki Hayes, Travis (Alicia) Floyd; mother and step-father Delores (John) Thorn; grandmother Marie Hayes; brothers Randle Hayes, Jeremy Newton, Cody Hayes; sister Janet Hayes; grandchildren Andrea Floyd, Alexis Floyd, Aden Floyd, Victoria Floyd, Aubree Noles; uncles Danny and Terry Hayes; nephews Gregory Hayes, Tyler Tucker, Conner Reich, host of other family and friends. Pallbearers will be his coworkers at Roll Form Group. Family will receive friends Sunday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Dallas gunman attended school for self-defense BY REESE DUNKLIN AND NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press
DALLAS — The gunman who killed five police officers at a protest march trained at a private selfdefense school in Texas, a school official said Saturday at the academy that teaches firearm tactics, including “shooting on the move,” a maneuver in which an attacker fires and changes position before firing again. Micah Johnson, an Army veteran, received instruction at the Academy of Combative Warrior Arts in the Dallas suburb of Richardson about two years ago, a person who said he was in charge of the organization told The Associated Press. The man refused to answer additional questions and would not give his name. The man’s statement was corroborated by a police report from May 8, 2015, when someone at a business just a short distance away called in a report of several suspicious people in a parked SUV. The investigating officer closed the case just minutes after arriving at
the scene in a parking lot behind a strip mall. While there, the officer spoke to Johnson, who said he “had just gotten out of a class at a nearby self-defense school.” Johnson told the officer he was “waiting for his dad to arrive” and pick up his brother. No one else was apparently questioned. On Friday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings described Johnson as “a mobile shooter” who had written manifestos on how to “shoot and move — and he did that.” The academy website refers to one of its courses as a “tactical applications program,” or TAP. “Reality is highly dynamic, you will be drawing your firearm, moving, shooting on the move, fixing malfunctions, etc. all under high levels of stress,” the website says. “Most people never get to train these skills as they are not typically allowed on the static gun range.” The site says TAP training includes “shooting from different positions,” ‘‘drawing under stress” and “drawing from concealment.”
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Peggy Sue Baker
WALNUT — Funeral services for Peggy Sue Baker, 56, are set for 2 p.m. Monday, July 11 at Cedar Mound Baptist Church on Highway 2 near the Tippah County line with interment in the church cemetery. Mrs. Baker died Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was born March 11, 1958 in Dyersburg, Tenn. to Joe and Mattie Hutchinson Gant and she was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her husband, Loyd Baker of Walnut; her mother, Mattie Smith of Diana, Texas; her children, Daniel Baker and wife Kim of Trenton, Tenn., John R. Baker of Bethel Springs, Tenn., RL Baker of Glen and Shelia Collums and husband Charles of Falkner; her siblings, Henry Gant of Newburn, Tenn., Randy Gant, Billy Joe Gant and Darlene Gant all of Dyersburg, Tenn., Gary Gant of Hornsby, Tenn. and Phillip Gant of Longview, Texas; and her grandchildren, Hayden Baker and Dalton Baker. Bro. Billy Studdard will officiate Visitation is 6-9 p.m. tonight at the church. Corinthian Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ruby Byrd
Graveside service for Ruby H. Byrd is set for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Indian Creek.
Mrs. Byrd died July 8, 2016 at her son’s residence in Selmer. She was born March 10, 1924 to the late Frank Holmes and Victoria Bass Holmes. She was was a former seamstress factory worker. She is preceded in death by her husband Charles F. Byrd; her children Howard Evans, Frank Evans, Bennie Byrd, Ella “Sissy” Cobb, Charlene Wilson; parents; brothers Pete Byrd and boots Holmes; sisters Annie Hatten and Ozzy Mae Holmes. She is survived by her children Eddie (Angie) Byrd, Joyce James, Charles Byrd, Shane Singleton, John (Cassie) McCann, Angel Chandler, Cindy (Steve Straight, Ellen Patterson, several grandchildren, great and great great grandchildren.vw Family will receive friends Monday from 5:00 to 8:00 at the funeral home Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
John Larry Cox
John Larry Cox, 65, of Corinth died Saturday, July 9, 2016 at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete with Magnolia Funeral Home.
Ruby Mask
Ruby Mask died July 9, 2016 at Cornerstone Health and Rehab. Arrangements are incomplete at this time with McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors.
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tor at Northeast Mississippi Community College. She teaches algebra. Henry said Alred is a down-to-earth man who will mesh well with the people in the community. “He did his dissertation in college on ‘bullying’ and that type of research is good for a principal at a school today,” commented Henry. “He has gone through other types of training as well that will be beneficial to our district.” A former high school football player at Tisho-
mingo County High School, Alred has been a football coach in the past at Coffeeville (Miss.) High, Burnsville Middle School and Tishomingo Co. High School. He admitted the title that meant the most to him was being called “coach.” “I feel sports is very important at a school because it brings parents on campus,” said Alred. “The students get to represent their school and connect with their parents that may have played sports at Michie. It is a generation-to-
generation type connection that is good for the school.” Alred did not take long to recognize how important assistant principal Carolyn Giesler will be to him in helping in the daily operation of school. “Mrs. Carolyn is a wonderful individual and I have a tremendous amount of respect for her,” he said. “I had heard many good things about her before I ever met her. I am going to enjoy working with her.” The new principal said he had known about leader Wayne Henry for
a long time. “Mr. Henry has a great amount of respect throughout the area because of what he has done in the past in education,” he said. “I’m really excited about getting to work in the same district with him.” Henry was determined to find the right person to follow him at Michie and the school director has little doubt he found the right man in the neighborhood close to the school. The school year will begin in McNairy County on Aug. 1.
students and how you grow your students,” he explained. More than half of a district’s score will be based on the performance of the lowest 25 percent of students and on graduation rates. The emphasis on improvement in student performance means the highest performing districts and schools will have the toughest time with the ratings because when performance is already extremely high there’s not as much room for improvement. He said there’s also a changing definition of what it means for a student to be proficient in a given area and Missis-
sippi’s system is one of the most rigorous in the nation in defining that mark. He said the ultimate goal of the system is to show if students are being equipped for the real world and ready to graduate with the ability to perform college level work. Mississippi, and the country as a whole, are working to catch up with the rest of the world but setting standards that reflect that level of performance means creating a high threshold for success. Mississippi is actually one of the country’s greatest education success stories in recent years, he said. Educa-
tion in the state is making great strides with the state having made the largest gains of any state in the country on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. English said performance is increasing across the board for schools in the state, but with a new, more rigorous rating system placing emphasis on different areas it’s impossible to compare the new accountability system with the old. “The ratings cannot be compared to the old system. The new system is much more comprehensive and it’s much more difficult to succeed,” he said.
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less than 1 percent of districts across the state will receive an A rating and less than 10 percent a B rating when the results are issued. “They’ve reset the bar and they’ve reset the bar so high it’s going to take several years to get back to where we used to be,” said English. The new system puts less emphasis on the performance of individual students and much more focus on the lowest performing students and the progress students are making. “It puts a premium on how you educate the bottom 25 percent of your
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