6A • Sunday, September 22, 2013 • Daily Corinthian
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Kimberly Hardwick
BURNSVILLE — Funeral services for Kimberly Lynn Hardwick, 33, were held on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Magnolia Funeral Home with burial in Lovejoy Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Hardwick died on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. She was born on Nov. 22, 1979. She was a housewife. She is survived by her husband of Hardwick 13 years, Charles Hardwick of Burnsville; son, Kyle Parrish of Burnsville; daughter, Heather Parrish of Burnsville; mother, Debbie Gandy of Corinth; brother, Timothy Gandy Jr. of Burnsville; maternal grandfather Wallace Shook of Florence, Ala.; father-in-law, George Hardwick; mother-in-law, Gail Hardwick, along with other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her father, Timothy Gandy Sr.; maternal grandmother, Mary Shook; paternal grandparents, Dan and Lorine Gandy. Paulbearers were Gene Hardwick, Tommy Hardwick, Keith Hardwick, Ken Hardwick, Brian Shook, “Bubba” Shook with honorary pallbearers; Chris Gandy, Davey Pounders, George Hardwick and Harold Cole.Visitation was Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 from 8-9 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 21, from 11 a.m. until service time at Magnolia Funeral Home. Visit www.magnoliafuneralhome.net to send your condolences.
Sarah Hill
Funeral services for Sarah Elizabeth Ellis Hill, 83, will be held on Monday
Sarah Brooks
BURNSVILLE — Sarah Brooks, 73, died on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at the Magnolia Regional Health Center. All arrangements are currently incomplete and will be announced by Magnolia Funeral Home at a later date.
Olen Parsons
IUKA — Olen J. Parsons, 78, died on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at his residence in Iuka. All other arrangements are currently incomplete and will be announced by Cutshall Funeral home at a later date.
Hazel Latch
Funeral services for Hazel Dildy Latch, 94, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Wheeler Grove Cemetery. Visitation will continue today from 11 a.m. to service time. Mrs. Latch died Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, MS Care Center. She was a homemaker and a memLatch ber of Wheeler Grove Baptist Church, born Sept. 19, 1919. Survivors include two sons, Donnie Latch (Cora) and Lonnie Latch, both of Corinth; four daughters, Nelda Nixon of San Antonio, Texas, Reba Martindale (Ray) of Corinth, Glenda Byrd (Floyd) of Ramer, Tenn., and Myra Hill (Billy) of Ripley; 19 grandchildren; 28
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Sept. 23 at Memorial Funeral Chapel and the burial will be at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Hill died on Friday, Sept. 20 at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. She was born on May 17, 1930. She enjoyed traveling the country to Bible lectures, gospel meetings and singings. She could catch and cook fish like no one else and was known as ‘sweetie’ by her caregivers because of her infectious smile and endearing personality. She is survived by her children: TamHill mie Booker, husband David, Duane Ellis, wife Kathy, sister: Lorraine Martindale, son in law: Jim Rogers; grandchildren: Amy Lancaster, husband Tate, Tyler Rogers, wife Starr, Shea Ellis, Samantha Talley, husband Richie, Saul Ellis, wife Becky, Matt Ellis, Rob Scott. Great grandchildren: Lee, Matthew, Tatum, Gavin, Jake, Skylar, Ryan and Lilly. Step children: Patricia, Margaret, Butch, Pamela, and Charlie – host of family and friends. She was preceded in death her parents: husbands: Gordon Ellis, and Chuck Hill, daughter: Connie Ellis Rogers, sisters: Ruth Barnett, Beulah Lloyd, Annie Lou McCoy, Mary Francis Stewart, brothers: Clarence, Oddie, and Jack Jolly. She was a member of the Clear Creek Church of Christ where her son served for 14 years. Pallbearers are Tyler Rogers, Richie Talley, David Booker, Jim Rogers, Lee Shirley Rob Scott. Visitation is from 2-4 p.m. today at the Memorial Funeral Chapel funeral home great-grandchildren; and eight greatgreat-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, M.V. Latch; two sons, Billy Adams and Dennis Latch; her parents, Rufe and Louella Todd Dildy; a brother, J.C. Dildy; three sisters, Mildred Kennedy, Velma Dildy and Edith Crow; and three grandchildren. Bro. Trey Lambert and Bro. Joe Loncar will officiate the service.
Mildred Wigginton
SELMER, Tenn. — Funeral services for Mildred V. Wigginton, 91, were held Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer with burial at Michie Cemetery. Mrs. Wigginton died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, in Jackson, Tenn. She was born in McNairy County on Dec. 7, 1921, and attended school in Adamsville, Tenn. Wigginton She worked as a beautician for more than 35 years and was a member of Michie First Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Jerry Wigginton (Regenia) of Michie; two sisters, Alene Pettigrew of Adamsville and Jo Ann Hughes (Billy Ray) of Michie; two brothers, Charles “Bear” Chambers of Adamsville and Ab Chambers of Selmer; five grandchildren: Tom Wigginton, Jeremy Wigginton (Marcia), Shea Wigginton (Lori), Christie Tucker (Scott) and Jim Wigginton (Misty); and 12 great-grandchildren.
PICAYUNE — Discussion about the future of the former Crosby Memorial Hospital property will be much on the minds of city leaders in residents in Picayune over the coming months. WLOX reported possible uses for the 5-acre site are many, but first the building must be torn down. The city recently bought the site for $200,000 and has entered a contract for demolition of the old hospital building. The building was vacated after a new hospital was built on U.S. Highway 11 in North Picayune. Before the building comes down, interior salvage work will be done. The entire process should take about three month to complete. “It will be bittersweet,” said City Manager Jim Luke. “The hospital has been here for nearly 60 years. A lot of people were born here, a lot of people worked here. But on the other hand, we think it will be great for the future of Picayune.” “Our vision is to make this 5 acres green space for perpetual use by the citizens of Picayune,” Mayor Ed Pinero said. One idea is to create a park. The city is receiving other concepts for the property from Picayune residents. “Some of the ideas that we’ve heard, plant additional trees, but also add an amphitheater. It’s not going to be a playground. We have Friendship Park, we have JP Johnson Park,
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Officials: Pipe had leak months before molasses spill HONOLULU — On two occasions since last year, state inspectors saw molasses dripping from the same spot where a pipe leaked up to 1,400 tons of the sugary substance into Honolulu Harbor earlier this month and killed thousands of fish. Department of Transportation Deputy Director Randy Grune
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Workers seal ammonia leak at Moss Point plant
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MOSS POINT — Authorities in Jackson County say a leak of anhydrous ammonia at a plant in Moss Point has been contained and no injuries have been reported. WLOX reports the leak was reported about 8:45 a.m. Friday at the Airgas Specialty Gas plant. Jackson County emergency management director Earl Ethridge says responders found ammonia was leaking from a transfer line that linked a 30,000-gallon fixed tank and a rail car. The leak was contained to the transfer area and was sealed in about an hour, he says. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies temporarily blocked Saracennia Road in front of the plant.
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police have arrested a 50-year-old Mississippi man sought in the robberies of three banks in recent months, when he returned to a bank in New Orleans’ Central Business District and robbed it for a second time. Dwayne Eugene Hupp, of Bay St. Louis, was arrested Thursday at Crescent Bank & Trust after bank security guards watched him rob the bank then try to leave with the cash. The FBI says security officers detained the robber until police arrived. Once in police custody, authorities say Hupp confessed to robbing Crescent Bank & Trust on Sept. 4 and a Liberty Bank & Trust branch on Aug. 6 and Sept. 10.
2 state colleges share $4.95 million job training grant JACKSON — The U.S. Labor Department has awarded $4.95 million in grants to develop job training programs at two community colleges in Mississippi. East Mississippi Community College will receive $2.7 million and Hinds Community College will received $2.2 million. The schools will be part of a consortium led by Lewis and Clark Community College in Illinois. The total grant was $23.8 million. The community colleges will work with employers to identify the most pressing needs for job training in Mississippi such as manufacturing, transportation and health care.
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we have parks on the east side. This is going to be an entertainment and leisure park,” Pinero said. “If someone wanted to have a gospel sing or maybe movies on the grass, maybe for an outdoor play, that’s one idea being pitched around. And for the safety of people who walk on Memorial Boulevard, maybe a walking track,” Luke said. City leaders say the last thing they want to see happen is the building and property become an eyesore. “Our biggest concern was not to have a blighted property right in the heart of our city,” Pinero said. The city plans public meetings later this year to solicit more ideas for the property. Bricks from the building will be given to residents as mementos.
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told a news conference Friday he sent a letter in July 2012 to Matson Navigation Co. notifying the company of the leak. The letter, provided to reporters Friday, asked Matson to tell the state when the pipeline was repaired. Vic Angoco, Matson’s senior vice president for Pacific operations, said the company responded by inspecting the pipeline twice — at high and low tide — but didn’t see any molasses leaking. The company also didn’t see any molasses in the water, he said. More than 26,000 fish and other marine species in Honolulu Harbor suffocated and died as the molasses spread and sank to the ocean floor about 5 miles west of Waikiki’s hotels and beaches. The spill happened in an industrial area of Honolulu Harbor west of downtown, where Mat-
son loads molasses and other goods for shipping. Grune said the inspector saw the leak while looking for storm water discharge. Harbor tenants are responsible for inspecting their own pipelines, not the Transportation Department, Grune said. A separate state crew in the harbor noticed molasses dripping in May, but Grune said the department didn’t tell Matson. Grune blamed the department’s failure to notify Matson of the second instance on a “breakdown in our procedures and practices.” The department needs to improve on this, he said. Angoco said the company didn’t have a plan to respond to a molasses spill — despite being notified of the dripping pipe last year — because molasses is an unregulated product.