6A • Sunday, October 16, 2016 • Daily Corinthian
Deaths Annis Ruth Bridges
Funeral services for Annis Ruth Bridges 91, of Corinth, are set for 3 p.m. Sunday at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors Chapel with burial at Forrest Memorial Park. Visitation is Sunday from 1 p.m. until the service. Mrs. Bridges died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at MS Care Center. She was born April 14, 1925. Devoted to others, Ms. Bridges served as the Lighthouse Club president and sold snacks there where the children affectionately knew her as “Mawmaw.” She loved to paint and was a member of
Harper Road Christian Church until closing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hezekiah and Mary “Nellie” Duncan Burcham; her husband, Eugene B. Bridges; brothers Milton, Howard and Hugh Clayton Burcham; and sisters Velma Rorie, Ester Vanderford and Mildred Lambert. Survivors are her son, Larry Bridges and his wife, Linda; a daughter, Diana Turner; sisters Francis Montgomery and Maybelle Feazell; grandchildren Darin Bridges, Tonya Bridges, Shalon (Clint) Gilmore, John David Kilcrease, Randy Turner
Randy Jowers
Funeral services for Randall Leon Jowers, 58, are set for 1 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday from 5 until 8 p.m. and Monday from 12 noon until the service. Mr. Jowers died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born July 30, 1958, he was a respiratory therapist for 23 years and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife of 18 years, Sonya Wilson Jowers of Corinth; two daughters, Brooke Shadburn (Russ) of Corinth and Jowers Megan Box (Tyler) of Corinth; his mother, Rita Sellers Jowers of Corinth; a sister, Deanna Worley (Ray) of Corinth; and four grandsons, Mason Shadburn, Eli Shadburn, Benton Box and John Archer Box. He was preceded in death by his father, Albert Leon Jowers. Bro. Warren Jones will officiate the service.
and Brian Turner; five greatgrandchildren; and two greatgreat-grandchildren. Bro. Warren Jones will officiate the service.
Dillman Bright
Funeral services for Dillman Lee Bright, 77, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Mt Pleasant United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home and Monday from 1 p.m. until the service at the church. Mr. Bright died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Booneville. Born in Alcorn County on March 25, 1939, he was retired from Caterpillar. He enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with his family. He is preceded in death by his parents, William Lester and Elsie Bright Bright; his wife, Martha Elizabeth Bright; a son, Terry Bright; a grandson, Justin Jones; a granddaughter, Tina Flatt; one brother, Kenneth
Trump challenges legitimacy of election Associated Press
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A beleaguered Donald Trump sought to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday, pressing unsubstantiated claims the contest is rigged against him, vowing anew to jail Hillary Clinton if he’s elected and throwing in a baseless insinuation his rival was on drugs in the last debate. Not even the country’s more than two centuries of peaceful transitions of political leadership were
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Bright; and a son-in-law, Wendell Bright. Survivors are his sons, Bill Bright and Larry (Evelyn) Bright; daughters Nancy (Dennis) Jones and Debbie Belden; sisters Vernell (Jack) Bass and Lynn (Leland) Mills; grandchildren Tony Mercer, Tonya (Jeff) Oswalt, Vanessa Dixon, Candy (Alan) Bright, Joey (Tiffany) Jones, Jordan right, Lisa (Brandon) Camp, Kegan Belden and Jessica Belden; and a host of greatand great-great-grandchildren. Bro. W.C. Alexander will officiate the service.
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added. “Instead she is running for president in what looks like a rigged election.” In a country with a history of peaceful political transition, his challenge to the election’s legitimacy — as a way to explain a loss in November, should that happen — was a striking rupture of faith in American democracy. Trump has repeatedly claimed without offering evidence that election fraud is a serious problem and encouraged his largely white supporters to “go and watch” polling places in certain areas to make sure things are “on the up and up.” Peter Kostruba, a Trump supporter who traveled to his Portsmouth rally from Barnet, Vermont, with his 10-year-old son, said he’s not expecting riots to break out if Clinton wins, but he sees sharper divi-
sions in the country. “It definitely feels like the odds are stacked, whether it’s the legal system or the voter system,” Kostruba said. “I don’t think you’re going to see all of this group here arm themselves and mobilize, but, you know, we’re probably not too many years away from that if things keep going the way we’re going.” On a similar theme, a prominent Trump supporter who spoke at the GOP convention last summer, Sheriff David Clarke Jr. of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County, tweeted Saturday: “It’s incredible that our institutions of gov, WH, Congress, DOJ, and big media are corrupt & all we do is bitch. Pitchforks and torches time.” Clarke, an elected Democrat, illustrated his tweet with a photo showing angry people with clubs and torches.
we let them go,” said Walker, who, in a school board meeting earlier in the week, pointed to the district’s steady enrollment numbers compared to last year. He believes the transfers among the districts even out. District 2 candidate Ann Little said it’s a problem if a large number of students are leaving. “When they start to leave, we need to ask them,” she said. “We need to see if there is a common theme.” She would also like to see a stronger public relations effort from the district, citing recent test scores as an example. Daniel Cooper, who is seeking the district 3 seat, said his experience in law enforcement has influenced his view of the issue. “Something we think is minor at school could turn into them wanting to commit suicide,” he said. “Life-changing events … there may be an underlying cause there that we have got to get to the bottom of.” But he is also concerned
about funding leaving the district when students transfer. “Everybody wants their kids to go to the right school,” said Cooper. “I know this may not be popular with some, but when you move into an area, you know that’s where you’re going to go to school at. Am I saying that every person should not be able to move? No, I’m not. There’s a caseby-case basis I think we as a school board have got to go by. If a kid is sitting there getting bullied every day, I’m not going to sit there and make him stay.” District 2 candidate Pherbia Mynatt said filling out a form and submitting it to the board should not be enough to secure a transfer out of the district. “I’ve said it through the discussions of transfer policy — it’s too easy,” she said. “If a parent chooses to move out of this district, make it hard.”
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in the ’70s when everybody wanted to be at Alcorn Central — when there was pride in the schools. Right now, there’s not a lot of pride in the county schools.” He said academics is the top reason he hears for transfers out of the district. Lamar Walker, who currently holds the district 3 seat, simply said, “Let them go.” “We accept kids from other places, so why can’t
(Editor’s note: More from the candidate forum will be presented in future editions.)
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