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Police seek motive in shooting death BY JEBB JOHNSTON

“It’s so hard to understand because Paul — he wasn’t a troublemaker.”

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As family members prepare to say goodbye to Paul D. Lavender, Corinth police continue to try to find the reason that two unknown men killed him in his Tate Street home last week. The 49-year-old was a relative newcomer to the city, having arrived from Chattanooga

Basket Fund tops $10,500 The 21st Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund has topped the $10,500 mark. A $23,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets could be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 17. The baskets were given away on faith the goal will be reached. The newspaper has received $10,595 in donations so far. Donations include $90 from Daily Corinthian employees in honor of publisher Reece Terry; $100 from Red Richardson in memory of J.W. Richardson, Freddie Richardson, Irene Richardson, Lena Faye Richardson, Marion Duncan, Jeﬀ Henry and Ancle Henry; $100 from Margaret W. Dennie in honor of Bill Dennie; $200 from Peggy Gardner in memory of Jimmy Gardner; $100 from Gunn Drug Company in memory of David Kitchens; $25 from Luther and Nancy Mills in memory of Larry Goodrum and Allen Barkley; $100 Please see BASKET | 5A

Sharon Earvin Victim’s sister with a girlfriend about six months ago. Family members are stunned by the loss. “It’s so hard to understand because Paul — he wasn’t a

troublemaker,” said his sister, Sharon Earvin, of Chattanooga. “He got along with everybody. The most he did was drinking. I just really

don’t understand why anybody would want to hurt him like that.” Thus far, motive has proved elusive in the investigation. “We can’t find that he had any enemies,” said Police Chief Ralph Dance. “Everybody says he’s a good guy, and he has never been in any trouPlease see MOTIVE | 6A

Community answers plea for help BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Braving the elements, Biggersville High School senior Tyler Davis thought he’d be all alone on Wednesday as he stood at the intersection of Harper and Fulton to collect money for his grandmother’s funeral. Soon joined by BHS faculty member Shiela Duncan, the 17-year-old received special permission from Chancery Clerk Greg Younger to set up a donation stop at the busy Harper Road intersection which is right across from Timber Products. Shivering in the cold air with change collection containers in hand, Davis and Duncan quickly caught the attention of the community who rallied around them with support. “Tyler has been out here since 11:45 a.m. appealing to Good Samaritans to help cover the cost of the funeral,” said Duncan, who has been a friend of the family her whole life. “His grandmother (Mary Brooks) has been sick for a while now and was recently in intensive care on life support.”

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Volunteers Sherry Shawl and Kamme Burks ask for funeral expense donations at a Harper Road intersection on Wednesday afternoon. “They didn’t think she was going to make it then, but she was later discharged from the hospital and released. She had only been home for a few

days when she passed,” she continued. “Tyler came home and found her after school on Monday.” Sympathetic to the fam-

ily’s hardships and inability to pay Brooks’ final expenses, the Biggersville Lion’s pride Please see FUNERAL | 2A

Business hosts annual student art competition murals were completed, we took pictures and posted them on our business Facebook account.” All four county and city high schools have until Dec. 31 to promote their mural. The mural with the most likes, shares and tags at the end of the contest will win a $500 cash prize to be used as needed in that school’s art department. “We also provided each school with a sheet of plywood for a cut out,” she said. “Photos messaged to us with the cut out will earn that school 10 extra points.” McGill said each like will count as one point. The mural with the most points at the end of the contest will win. Students were required to also tie in their school and the Ford

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Local art students recently finished adding festive holiday scenes to the front windows of Corinth’s Ford dealership. The project allows school supporters to cast their vote for their favorite Christmas themed hand-painted murals in the 4th Annual Long Lewis Ford Art Competition. A photo of each school’s mural is on the Long Lewis Facebook page awaiting likes, shares and tags. “Each school was assigned four windows to use. We supplied them with a quart of seven diﬀerent paint colors and other needed supplies,” said Long Lewis Internet Coordinator Amber McGill. “Once the Photo by Amber McGill

A Kossuth High School student puts the finishing touches on “A Sweet Ride.” The front windows of Long Lewis Ford features artwork from all four county and city high schools.

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Leann Arnold is chosen as Most Beautiful at Biggersville High School in the annual pageant.

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Bringing smiles to the faces of local nursing home residents, children ages 3 to 18 recently collaborated to present the 4th Annual Easom Outreach Foundation Youth Christmas program. A community-wide effort, the program was performed for both Whitfield Nursing Home and Cornerstone Health & Rehab on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 17 with a special finale for the public at 1 p.m. at the Easom Community Center. Adopting “The Real Meaning of Christmas” as its theme, the jovial program included a Christmas choir which sang classic carols and other holiday favorites. Featured tunes included: “Joy to the World”, “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, “Jingle Bell Rock”, “Santa

Rebecca Adams, Izzabella Adams, Ja’Leena Adams, Mary Lou Adams, Willemenia Adams, Xakayia Duff, Kira Duff, Mionna Simmons, Brianna Patterson, Sabrina Patterson, India Gardner, Jahlyia Burnham, T’Liyah Clark, Jaiden Hoyle, Zandria Walker, DJ Walker, Zantavious Sampson, Imani Floyd, Zaniya Stingley, Jay Ann Hill, Takisia Crump, Aniya Metcalf, Airiyanna Metcalf, Brianna Holloway, Keyada Gunn, Jaycee Luster, Malachi Neal, Malcom Neal and volunteers: Mary Wood, Markena Edgeston, Laure Alexander, Ann Walker and Earnestine Hollins. Claus is Coming to Town”, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and other festive music. “Most of the cast members appeared for the first time in this year’s play

which included a brand new script,” said Easom Outreach Foundation Chairman Samuel Crayton. “The majority of the cast members were under the age of eight.”

According to the chairman, it was standing room only at Whitfield Nursing Home during the ensemble’s first ever performance there. “The residents did not

only watch the performers, but joined them in singing Christmas carols,” he said. Echoing his sentiments, Director Paulette Justice said the children as well

as the volunteers truly enjoyed their visit to Whitfield Nursing Home. “We want our children to experience doing something for others, without expecting anything in return except a good feeling in their hearts and respect and love for others, especially our elderly,” she said. “To see the smiles on the faces of the residents and the children was simply priceless.” Between the nursing home performances and the finale, the cast dined on pizza and juice. Assorted candy was handed out at the end of the program. “It was a wonderful production,” said Crayton who wished to thank all involved for their hard work and commitment. “In addition to our cast, volunteers and parents, would like to extend a special thank you to City Road CME Church and Mason Saint Luke Baptist Church.”

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showed up in a big way to help out one of their own. “As I saw on one of our school T-shirts recently, ‘Once a Lion, always a Lion,’” said Kamme Burks as she took in the heartwarming scene still unfolding in front of her. “This has made my Christmas.” Residents and visitors of Alcorn County were touched by the story which exploded on social media and by word of mouth. In a matter of only a few hours, the group of assembled volunteers managed to not only cover the funeral, but also raised enough to buy flowers and help lift other burdens. “I just praise God for all this happening,” said an emotional Gladys Barnett as she expressed her appreciation for the many who chipped in for her big sister’s funeral. By 1 p.m., the group lacked

just over $900 to cover the expenses, but exceeded their goal only an hour later. Giving thanks to the man upstairs, Duncan praised God for filling the need. “The Lord is good and he didn’t want this burden placed on Tyler,” she said. “We have some generous people here in Northeast Mississippi and thanks to their invaluable support we were able to get everything taken care of.” As of 1:30 p.m., $1,589.85 had been raised for the funeral through cash, checks and change and donations were still pouring in. Often at a loss for words, a tearful Tyler shook hands and exchanged hugs to express his deep appreciation for the support. The Corinth resident says he is beyond grateful for the love he has been shown from the community.

He wished to express his gratitude to everyone who contributed with a special thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Pratt, Shelia Duncan, Kamme Burks, Sherry Holt, Sherry Shawl, Gladys Barnett, The Daily Corinthian, Alcorn School District Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell, Tommy and Marea Wilson of Living Free Ministries, Gaines Chapel United Methodist Church, BancorpSouth of Corinth and the BHS family of supporters. “To all the citizens of Alcorn County who helped take this worry oﬀ this awesome young man, I’d just like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart,” said Duncan as she also expressed her appreciation for the showing of solidarity. Formerly employed at Plumrose and Pizza Hut in Booneville, Mary Francis Brooks, 68, passed away on Monday, Dec. 19 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She would

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Tyler Davis thanks the many volunteers who assisted him in collecting donations to help pay for his grandmother’s funeral. have celebrated her 69th Birthday on Jan. 19. A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22 at Magnolia Funeral

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Today in History Today is Thursday, Dec. 22, the 357th day of 2016. There are nine days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 22, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

On this date: In 1775, Esek Hopkins was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.) In 1910, a fire lasting more than 26 hours broke out at the Chicago Union Stock Yards; 21 firefighters were killed in the collapse of a burning building. In 1937, the first, center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel connecting New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River was opened to traffic. In 1940, author Nathanael West, 37, and his wife, Eileen McKenney, were killed in a car crash in El Centro, California, while en route to the funeral of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who had died the day before. In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, U.S. Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe rejected a German demand for surrender, writing “Nuts!” in his official reply.

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company made a large contribution to the Toys for Tots organization just in time for Christmas. American Bath Group gave nearly $17,000 as part of American Bath Group Gives 2017. ABG officials said the donation is the kickoff to their year of giving, according to WBBJ-TV. “We felt like Toys for Tots with the Christmas season was the right charity,” Executive Vice President of Customer Experience Jason Burdette said. The funds came from a 5K run American Bath Group hosted earlier in the year. Throughout next year, ABG representatives said they plan to make monthly donations to five charities. “Wounded Warrior program, we’re going to give to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Shriners Hospital, Toys for Tots and the World Wildlife Foundation,” Burdette said. The company plans to donate a total of $1 million to split between those charities throughout 2017, but officials said that is only the beginning. “Also allocating money to provide support to any one of our 14 manufacturing facilities,” Burdette said. Coordinator of Toys for Tots David Bailey said he’s looking forward to shopping for the kids. “It makes it worthwhile when you get a parent that cries and says if it hadn’t been for you that my child wouldn’t have had a Christmas,” Bailey said. American Bath Group said they hope to improve the lives of people in any possible way through their foundation.

OXFORD – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has renewed a grant for the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy for the discovery and development of bioactive products that have potential to become pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals or alternative crops for small farmers. The grant project, “Discovery and Development of Natural Products for Pharmaceutical and Agrichemical Applications,” has been renewed every five years since it began in 1996. A panel of outside experts convened by the USDA’s Office of Scientific Quality Review reviews the project, which awards $2.4 million per year for five years. This grant also helps to foster commercialization of newly discovered products that may have wide-ranging benefits, such as pesticides, antibiotics and anticancer agents. The research funded by this project is complementary to the university’s research and has resulted in patents for both pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals. “We continue to appreciate the USDA’s support and partnership with the NCNPR and the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy,” said David D. Allen, UM pharmacy dean. “This grant makes it possible for us to remain dedicated to the research of natural products to solve health and economic issues.” The grant will be up for renewal again in 2021.

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According to The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, on Tuesday, the Tupelo City Council approved Shelton’s nomination of Fred Pitts to fill a vacancy on the municipal election commission. Pitts served a term on the City Council from 2009-13 representing Ward 2 and unsuccessfully ran for mayor against Shelton in 2013. During his four years on the City Council, Pitts served as president of the council. He also served a term on the Lee county Election Commission in the late 1970s. “I understand and appreciate the importance of well-run, supervised elections,” said Pitts. Jerry Napier recently resigned from the commission, creating a vacancy on the five-person board. “I like being involved,” said Pitts of his desire to serve again in city government. “This was a way I could contribute.” Shelton highlighted Pitts’ past history of public service during a Tuesday meeting of the City Council. “Mr. Pitts is someone who doesn’t need an introduction,” said Shelton. “I think he would serve well on the election commission.” Pitts is currently governor of the Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee Kiwanis District for 2016-17. Commissioners are responsible for conducting general municipal elections as well as any special elections, elections on bond issues and the Major Thoroughfare elections, which occur every five years.

TUPELO – Mayor Jason Shelton has appointed a one-time political opponent to the city’s election commission.

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Lit up like a Christmas tree FISHTRAP HOLLOW — If the house burns down, I have nobody to blame but myself. A fancy peppermint candle is on the jam cabinet, painting an eerie shadow on Roosevelt’s unfinished portrait Rheta that hangs above. Johnson Those fat, hot, colored Christmas tree bulbs that Columnist nobody favors anymore are strung on my cedar from the pasture, a weakened survivor of summer’s drought. Tannenbaum could torch at any moment. The wood fire in the kitchen is, as always, seductive to my old dogs, who sometimes wander too close and afterward feel hot to the touch. We are home for the holidays and all lit up like a Christmas tree. Carla Bruni, wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, is in CD rotation and singing a gorgeous rendition of “You Belong to Me” in her soft, French-y voice. I’m pretty content with my Christmas tableau. Bring me the nog with its Lynchburg infusion. I’ve seen the stylish holiday looks in the magazines that my friend and neighbor Barbara brings me when she’s done. In those books, people with white sofas and clean dogs decorate in sea blue or flamingo pink. I have tried, in the past, to have a Christmas color scheme, but sentiment always gets in the way. In what one magazine calls “a pink holiday dream,” where would my flaking chalk Santa go? My father won it for me when I was 6 at a Florida fair by tossing nickels, an amazing accomplishment. I couldn’t live with myself if I had to hide the garish and jolly old elf in a closet. Couldn’t and wouldn’t. The poster-board portrait my niece Chelsey drew of her family at Christmas would have to go in a closet, too, if I went for stylish perfection. Chelsey’s stick figures with finger-in-an-eye-socket hair delight me whenever I unroll the decades-old art and tack it to the wall. I have snowmen made from plaster by artist Nina Bagley’s boys when they were small. I can’t imagine a Christmas without them on the table. I sure couldn’t hide my plastic Eiﬀel Tower snow dome with half of its water evaporated. It was one of the first French souvenirs I ever purchased. Then there’s my mother’s homemade candle made from the paraﬃn she poured into Foremost milk cartons with a No. 2 pencil stretched across the top to hold the wick. The glitter is sparse and the whipped wax ornamentation has yellowed, but onto the table it goes. A cartoon angel drawn by my former cartoonist husband has to be on the tree. When he drew that funny flying figure on balsa wood a million years ago, I had no hint that I’d ever be old, waxing sentimental about a long-ago Christmas when we didn’t have money for groceries -- not to mention ornaments or lights -- but went right out and bought a big and fantastic tree. Young couples can’t live on dried beans alone. You’re allowed to be sentimental at Christmas. Some years, it hurts to wallow in sentiment more than others. Christmas isn’t for sissies. But for right now, before the Big Elf arrives and the post-holiday blues kick in, I’m handling Christmas in the new old-fashioned way -- with things I love, their colors and coordination be damned. And among the things I’m most sentimental about: my readers. Thank you for your interest, your kindness and years of memorable Christmases. Rheta Grimsley Johnson’s most recent book is “Hank Hung the Moon ... And Warmed Our Cold, Cold Hearts.” Comments are welcomed at rhetagrimsley@ aol.com.

Prayer for today Loving Father, I thank thee that every morn breaks in a new day without the sadness of yesterday or the gladness of to-morrow. I pray that I may not lose the love and joy that it brings to-day. Amen.

A verse to share He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” —Luke 1:32-33

Only Hillary is to blame for loss The Democrats have a simple explanation for Hillary Clinton’s loss -- the Russians did it. The party that has had a decadeslong soft spot toward Moscow and been reluctant to believe that the Kremlin might have aggressive intentions or, say, cheat on an arms-control agreement is in a frenzy over Russian hacking that supposedly denied Hillary the victory that was rightfully hers. John Podesta, the chairman of a Hillary campaign that considered accepting the results of an election part of American writ as of about two months ago, refused several times on “Meet the Press” Sunday to say the presidential election was “free and fair.” In a contest this narrow, anything might have been decisive. But the monocausal Russian explanation for Hillary’s defeat ignores her political and ethical vulnerabilities that the Democrats were determined to disregard, despite the obvious evidence of them for years. Vladimir Putin couldn’t have hand-picked a worse champion for them this year. There was no reason

to believe that Hillary Clinton was a good politician who could deliver a compelling Rich m e s s a g e , Lowry since she had never National done it beReview fore. What she lacked in raw political skill, she made up for with dubious practices. She and her husband hadn’t anticipated her second run for the presidency by staying squeakyclean, but by buckraking from every corporate or foreign interest possible on the promise of a return to power. They were happy to, at the very least, skirt the rules, with Hillary’s homebrew email arrangement exemplifying the MO. In other words, the Democratic establishment rushed into the arms of a candidate who, it was clear from the beginning, could well lose to Donald Trump, especially if a few things bounced the wrong way -- and is now shocked and outraged that she indeed lost when a few things bounced the wrong

way. Yes, the Russian interference was among those things. But some perspective: The hack of the Democratic National Committee disrupted the early going of the Democratic convention, but the convention was still a wild political success that gave Hillary a big bounce. The subsequent WikiLeaks release of John Podesta’s emails constituted a steady drip-drip of discomfiting information, yet most of it didn’t break through in the media. Certainly none of it had the eﬀect of the James Comey letter 11 days before the voting, which dominated the coverage for days and led to an immediate slide in Hillary’s poll numbers. This is why Democrats tend to lump in James Comey with the Russians when arguing that the election was hacked, even though he’s the director of the FBI, not the FSB. Comey is a public servant who had to grapple with the unprecedented circumstance of a major political party knowingly nominating a presidential candidate under FBI investigation. Who thought this was a good idea?

Democrats just assumed that everything related to the investigation would go Hillary’s way, in an act of sheer wishfulness (and denial). Hillary escaped indictment, but two of the worst moments of her campaign came courtesy of Comey, whose public explanation of her handling of her emails wounded her in the summer. It is true that late-deciding voters broke against Hillary, although it’s impossible to disentangle the eﬀect of WikiLeaks, the Comey letter and natural factors, i.e., she was the known quantity running as the quasi-incumbent at a time of great voter discontent, setting her up for a fall at the end. Democrats are calling for an investigation to get to the bottom of the Russian interference in the election. This is entirely appropriate. But everything points to the Democrats not being able to handle the fundamental truth of what happened on Nov. 8 -- they took a flier on a historically weak candidate out of a misbegotten attachment to the Clinton dynasty, and paid a grave price for their foolish mistake.

Who is really sabotaging Trump foreign policy? The never-Trumpers are never going to surrender the myth that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the hacking of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and the Democratic National Committee to defeat Clinton and elect Donald Trump. Their investment in the myth is just too huge. For Clinton and her campaign, it is the only way to explain how they booted away a presidential election even Trump thought he had lost in November. To the mainstream media, this is the smoking gun in their Acela Corridor conspiracy to delegitimize Trump’s presidency. Incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sees Russian hacking as a way to put a cloud over the administration before it begins. But it is the uberhawks hereabouts who are after the really big game. They seek to demonize Putin as the saboteur of democracy -- someone who corrupted an American presidential election to bring about victory for a “useful idiot” whom Clinton called Putin’s “puppet.” If the War Party can convert this “fake story” into the real story of 2016, then they can scuttle any Trump eﬀort to attain the rap-

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prochement with Russia that Trump promised to try to achieve. If they Pat can stigmaBuchanan tize Trump as “Putin’s Columnist president” and Putin as America’s implacable enemy, then the Russophobes are back in business. Nor is the War Party disguising its goal. Over the weekend, Sen. John McCain called for a congressional select committee to investigate Russian hacking into the Clinton campaign. The purpose of the investigations, said Sen. Lindsey Graham, “is to put on President Trump’s desk crippling sanctions against Russia.” “They need to pay a price,” Graham chortled on Twitter. “Crippling sanctions” would abort any modus vivendi, any deal with Russia, before Trump could negotiate one. Trump would have to refuse to impose them -- and face the firestorm to follow. The War Party is out to dynamite any detente with Russia before it begins. Among the reasons Trump won is that he promised to end U.S. involve-

ment in the costly, bloody and interminable wars in the Middle East the Bushites and President Barack Obama brought us -- and the neocons relish -- and to reach a new understanding with Russia and Putin. But to some in Washington, beating up on Russia is a conditioned reflex dating to the Cold War. Though Julian Assange says WikiLeaks did not get the emails from Russia, this has to be investigated. Did Russia hack the DNC’s email system and John Podesta’s account? Did Putin direct that the emails be provided to WikiLeaks to disrupt democracy? But if there is to be an investigation of clandestine interference in the politics and elections of foreign nations, let’s get it all out onto the table. The CIA director and his deputies should be made to testify under oath, not only as to what they know about Russia’s role in the WikiLeaks email dumps but also about who inside the agency is behind the leaks to The Washington Post designed to put a cloud over the Trump presidency before it begins. Agents and operatives of the CIA should be subjected to lie detector tests to learn who is leaking to the anti-

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Trump press. Before any congressional investigation, Presidentelect Trump should call in his new director of the CIA, Rep. Mike Pompeo, and tell him to run down and remove, for criminal misconduct, any CIA agents or operatives leaking secrets to discredit his election. If Russia did intrude in our election, was it payback for our intrusions to bring about regime change in its neighborhood? Trump has promised a more hopeful foreign policy than that of the Republicans he denounced and is succeeding. No more wars where vital interests are not imperiled. No more U.S. troops arriving as first responders for freeloading allies. The real saboteurs of his new foreign policy may not be inside the Ring Road in Moscow; rather, they may be inside the Beltway around D.C. The real danger may be that a new Trump foreign policy could be hijacked or scuttled by anti-Trump Republicans, not only on Capitol Hill but inside the executive branch itself. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.”

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Church member charged in ‘Vote Trump’ arson BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press

Throwback Thursday Jeffery Huff shares this 1955 photo of the Bell School girls basketball team, which was crowned Alcorn County champions. Team members were (front row) Margaret Bowers, Lucy James, Linda Tankersley, Wanda Mock, (back row) Helen Rencher, Ann Morgan, Ms. Marie Jobe and Jean Rickman. Have an old photo you want to share for Throwback Thursday? Send it and related information to editor@dailycorinthian.com or bring it by the newspaper office at 1607 North Harper

Northeast announces fall President’s List BOONEVILLE — One hundred and ninety-three (193) Northeast Mississippi Community College students achieved a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 4.0 scale for the 2016 fall semester and as a result, have been named to the college’s distinguished President’s List. Local and area students included in the 2016 Fall President’s List from Northeast Mississippi Community College were: Baldwyn – Holley Elizabeth Edwards, Cassie Leila Hester; Belmont – Kyler Chase Smith; Blue Mountain – Aaron Lee Kennedy, Lindsay Grace Lauderdale; Booneville – Elizabeth Ashley Akers, Michael Paul Boothe, Russell Clinton Boren, Shannon Nicole Breaux, Brandon Kyle Bryant, Ginger Michelle Byrd, Carly May Chittom, Levi Michael Cox, Reagan Clare Criswell, Riley Karen Curtiss, Kelsey Makayla Ferguson, Peyton Jeremiah Gambill, Kelsey Erin Grooms, Keeley Kyon Groves, Baley Henrianna Hankins, Valesia Dominque Jeﬀries, Shelby Victoria Jones, Brandon Michael Kilgore, Attila Kovacs, Sheila Wanette Lewis, Andrew Lee Marshall, Preston Scott Mayo, Logan Dean McAnally, Angelina Chesterovna Meeks, Samuel Easton Michael, Tyler George Moore, Katelyn Elizabeth Murphy, Abby Kensington Pitts, Keeley Grace Shelley, Hannah Rene Simpson, Carmen Lynn Smith, Jackson Lee South, Zoe Alyssa Thornton, Tyler Ray Whitehead, John David Williams, Ying Xue Anna Yuan and Nicholas Ryan Zappa. Burnsville – Jonathan Daniel Wilhite, Remington Lowell Wilson;

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from Ward H. Smith in memory of George Walker Googe, Nell Morton Googe and Janeen Googe Smith; and $25 from Louise Fowler in memory Thomas Fowler, Mike Fowler and Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Morgan. Christmas Basket Fund donations can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published in the Daily Corinthian. The special fund will remain active until the end of the year. Donations can be brought by the newspaper oﬃce or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.:Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.

Corinth – Misael Ruedas Burciaga, Mary Abigail Clausel, Charles Evan Cooper, Samantha Claire Cornelius, Charity Faith Cross, Dustin Michael Devers, Taylor Nicole Dodd, Edward Jacob Fett, Aswyn Phisher Floyd, Wesley Thomas Gann, Abigail Laine Gray, Angelia Diane Hall, Joshua Bennett Harbor, Samantha Haley Haynie, Ross Elijah Headrick, Bryan Jeﬀery Holland, Sarah Grace Locke, Samuel Joseph Marino, Holley Galbraith Marshall, James Hunt Matthews, Benjamin Donald McCoy, Benjamin Jared Moore, Leslie Ruth Naucke, Heather Marie Pannell, Heather Marie Pannell, Madison Raeanne Parks, Mia Eleni Patterson, Kara Marie Reynolds, David Monroe Richards, Cynthia Nicole Shadburn, Barbara Claire Smith, Jana Lane Smith, Brice Javarron Spence, Briley Elizabeth Talley, Samantha Grace Talley, Kayla Brooke Walker, Alissa Ann Williams, Jacob Andrew Yancey, Richard Chandler Young; Dennis – Kathryn Elizabeth Lee; and Fulton – Kelsie Dawn Plunkett. Glen – April Christine Duckworth, Amber Leighann Powers; Guntown – Ben Epting Prather; Holly Springs – Erica Nichole Sanders; Iuka – Shaleigh Joyce Clin-

gan, Shannon Elizabeth Counce, Brittany Paige Cox, Maggie Ann Eaton, Bailee Brianna Frazier, Brittany Lane Province, Stephanie LeAnn Thrasher, Katelyn Nicole Welton; Marietta – Carleigh Danielle King, James Brett Morgan, Molly Ann Walden; Pontotoc – Ryan Harmon Watts, Hope Danielle Williams; Rienzi – Jonathan Martin Hoard, Warren Thomas Perry, Lonnie Ray Smart, Mary Elizabeth Turner and Anthony Michael Williams. Ripley – Brooke Ann Benson, Rhonda Elaine Brown, Sydney Brooke Chapman, Tucker Wayne Childers, Mason Reed Clemmer, John Jared Elliott, Sarah Grace Finley, Shelby Hughston Graves, Justin Seth Jackson, Kayla Marie Matlock, Jeremy Andrew Pannell, Darius Edward Sain, Trevor Bryant Shoup, Courtney Russell Tidwell, Charles Lee Winkles; Saltillo – Cathryn Ann Crawford, Kimberly Michelle Hensley, Daniel George Patterson; Tishomingo – Sturgis William Baxter, Jordan Robbie Crane, David Craig Cunningham, Seth Monroe George, Emily Deanna Long, Alexandria Nicole Young; Walnut – Tina Renae Clifton, Hannah Grace Harrison, Kathryn Arnold Norvell and Mallorie Rachael Waldon.

YOUR MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION If you were asked to identify your most valuable possession, or the one that means the most to you, even if it is not the most valuable monetarily, what would it be? Is it your house or other real estate holdings? Is your car, truck, boat, motorcycle, or RV, your most cherished possession? It might be a bank account, or 401k, stocks, bonds, or a host of other things to which we attach great importance, and guard with all our being. A question is here appropriate. Where will all those be in one hundred years? More importantly, where will you be in one hundred years? If the world continues, it is not likely that any of us will be alive, is it? That helps put things in perspective for me. Solomon, the very, very wealthy king of Israel, adds a note of sobriety to this discussion in Ecclesiastes 12:7; “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” The soul is that eternal part of us that makes us different from the rest of God’s creation, and when re-united with a changed body at the resurrection, will continue throughout eternity, either in heaven or hell. In the teaching of Jesus, I come to understand the value of my soul, and yours. He said, “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10:28) Matthew 16:26 records these words of the Savior in a discussion of the costs of discipleship, “For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Our most valuable possession, friend, is our soul; and the choices made here on earth will determine our eternal destiny. We also see the value of the soul in the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. Jesus did not come to save our body from death and decay, and he certainly did not die to save our things. He died to save our soul from the condemnation of sin. “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye are healed.” (I Peter 2:24) In a very materialistic world, let us be careful that we do not sacrifice the eternal to retain the temporal. We invite you to study and worship with us at the Danville church of Christ.

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JACKSON — A Mississippi man arrested in the burning of an AfricanAmerican church that was spraypainted with the words “Vote Trump” is a member of the congregation, the church’s bishop said. Andrew McClinton, 45, of Leland, Mississippi, was charged Wednesday with first degree arson of a place of worship, said Warren Strain, spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. McClinton is AfricanAmerican. McClinton was arrested in Greenville, where Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was burned and vandalized Nov. 1, a week before the presidential election. Hopewell Bishop Clarence Green said McClinton is a member of the church. Green said he didn’t know about the arrest until he was called by The Associated Press. “This is the first I have heard of it,” said Green, who said he was attending to other church duties and didn’t have time for a longer interview. It was not immediately clear whether

McClinton is represented by an attorney. An investigation continues, but a state official said politics did not appear to be the reason for the fire. “We do not believe it was politically motivated. There may have been some efforts to make it appear politically motivated,” Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who is also the state fire marshal, told AP. Greenville is a Mississippi River port city of about 32,100 people, and about 78 percent of its residents are AfricanAmerican. While it’s not unusual for people of different racial backgrounds to work and eat lunch together, local residents say the congregations at most churches remain clearly identifiable by race. Hopewell was founded in 1905 in the heart of an African-American neighborhood, and the congregation now has about 200 members. While some walls of the beige brick church survived the fire, the empty windows are boarded up and church leaders have said the structure will likely be razed. Rebuilding could take months.

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emblem in the window design. Alcorn Central High School’s mural is called “Rudolph’s Daydream” and spotlights Santa “thumbing a ride” back to the North Pole. Students participating were Jyllian Jones, Brendan Wilkins, Shelby Mincy, Shianna Lokey, Colton Little, Christina Smith and Lauren Canton. The mural created by Biggersville High School students is called “Oh Holy Night” and features the work of Izaiah Belue, Mack Mitchell, Bryson Hill, Bryson Johnson, Ashleigh Brooks, Brooklyn Godwin, Brylee Donald, Rachel Choate,

Devyn Walker and Brandon Williams. Corinth High School’s mural pays tribute to Long Lewis and is titled “A Christmas Tradition”. Students participating included Cathryn Corbitt, Harlea Shaw, Baylee Howard, Jayne, Mattie McGrath, Olivia Knight, Ellis Counce, Mary Helen Edmonson, Annie Monroe, Hannah Cooley, Heather Pauss, Codie Lyn Vanderford, Tanner Hathcock, Imani, Molly Lambert, Daevon Patterson, McKinley King and Melanie Dunn. “A Sweet Ride” is the title of Kossuth High School’s mural and connects gingerbread cookies to the sweetness of a new car. Student artists

included Courtney Rinehart, Ben Martin, Alexis Holley, Andrew Rainey, Kayla Lee and Travis Williams. “It is great to see the creative minds of our youth,” said Long Lewis Finance Director Allen Martin. “This is the fourth year of our high schools art departments and Long Lewis working together to display their abilities. I am looking forward to seeing where the competition can grow from here.” The winner will be announced the first week of January. (To vote, visit facebook.com and search Long Lewis Ford Lincoln of Corinth.)

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Deaths Bertha Steward

RAMER, Tenn. — Funeral services for Bertha Mae Briggs Steward, 92, are set for 1 p.m. Friday at Shacke l f o r d Funeral Directors in Selmer with burial at Olive Steward Hill Cemetery in Guys, Tenn. Visitation is Friday from 11 a.m. until the service. Mrs. Steward died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Ramer. Born July 5, 1924, in Alcorn County, she was a homemaker and a member of Olive Hill Baptist Church in Guys. Survivors are her children, Edna Mae Prather of Selmer, Tenn., Cecil Ray Steward (Kathleen) and Martha Evalee Jones (John Paul), all of Ramer, Tenn.; seven grandchildren, Jere Prather, Jason Whitaker, Jennifer Wilson, Tim Prather, Jesse Steward, Joey Bowen and Jimmy Bowen; 15 greatgrandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ce-

cil C. Steward; her parents, Alford Forrest and Martha Magnolia Nelems Briggs; and her siblings, Ora Lee Briggs, Bud Briggs, Clarice Dickey and Joe Neely Briggs. Rhesa Davis, Wayne McKee and Cody Hill will oﬃciate the service.

Clara May Crandall

RIENZI — Clara May Crandall, 87, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. No services are scheduled. Born March 7, 1929, she was a housekeeper for Lost Lake Woods Country Club and a Catholic. Survivors are a daughter, Diane McGregor Shea of Eads, Tenn.; a brother, Leonard Beaushaw (Clara Jo) of Franklinton, La.; a granddaughter, Nora Moreland (Michael); and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Crandall; her first husband, Archie McGregor; sons Dennis L. McGregor and David McGregor; her parents, Duncan H. Beaushaw and Gladys Rifenbark Beaushaw; and a brother, Richard Beaushaw. Magnolia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Brooks

Funeral services for Mary Francis Brooks, 68, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Danville Cemetery. Mrs. Brooks died Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center Brooks in Tupelo. Born Jan. 19, 1948, she worked at Primrose and Pizza Hut in Booneville. She was a member of Danville Baptist Church. Survivors are a daughter, Chena Johnson (Daniel) of Corinth;

a brother, Joseph “Joe” Thrasher (Pat) of Corinth; sisters Martha Foust of Selmer, Tenn., Lila Jane Brooks of Rienzi, Darnell Dildy (Benny) of Corinth, Peggy Nunez (Javainneza) of Corinth and Gladys Barnett (Tommy) of Corinth; four grandchildren, Ashley Arnold (Danny) of Corinth, Nick Knight (Laken) of Lafollette, Tenn., Tyler Davis (Destiny) of Corinth and Matthew Johnson of Corinth; three great-grandchildren, Emma Grace Knight of Corinth, Connor Isaiah Knight of Lafollette, Tenn., and Rylee Ray Arnold of Corinth; sisters-in-law Dorothy Baurkalder of Corinth, Debbie Fulks of Corinth and Vickie McSorley of Corinth; a brotherin-law, Billy Brooks of Rienzi; and

28 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Wayne Murry Brooks; a son, Samuel Wade Brooks; a granddaughter, Crystal Dawn Davis; her parents, Dalton Thrasher and Lela Mae Hastings Thrasher; a son-in-law, Jerry Dale Davis; three brothers, John Robert Thrasher, Bobby Dalton Thrasher and James Marcus Thrasher; and a sister, Annie Bell Thrasher. Pallbearers are Tyler Davis, Adrian Dildy, Dewayne Dildy, Johnny Thrasher, Terry Foust and Jody Brooks. Bro. David Bledsoe will oﬃciate the service. Online guestbook: magnoliafuneralhome.net

Suspects in slayings arrested BY JIM SUHR Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two suspects in a Mississippi pawn shop robbery in which three were fatally shot were captured in Kansas early Wednesday after an interstate chase, authorities said. Deputies tried to stop a red Dodge Charger with no displayed registration on Interstate 70, but the car sped away and later crashed oﬀ the interstate. Jamison Townsend, 35, formerly of Blue Springs, Missouri, was arrested in the wrecked car,

according to Sheriﬀ Tony Wolf of Kansas’ Geary County, west of Kansas City. Joshua Garcia, 37, of Biloxi, Mississippi, was found hours later hiding in a vehicle a mile from the crash site. Both were being held in Junction City, Kansas, pending their being returned to Mississippi on arrest warrants charging each of them with three counts of capital murder and one count of armed robbery linked to last week’s holdup of a Jackson pawn shop. Police in that southwestern Mississippi city, roughly 850 miles

from where Townsend and Garcia were arrested, have said three men — ages 60, 77 and 81 — were found shot to death Saturday night at Bill’s Pawn Jewelry Coin/Stamp Exchange. Police did not specify what was stolen. “We’re anxious to get them back so we can prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law, which is what they deserve,” Jackson, Mississippi, Police Chief Lee Vance told reporters Wednesday, describing Townsend and Garcia as “transients.” ‘‘It’s a big relief to have these people in custody.”

Trump: Deadly violence in Germany is ‘attack on humanity’ BY JONATHAN LEMIRE AND JULIE PACE Associated Press

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the deadly truck

attack on a Christmas market in Germany was “an attack on humanity and it’s got to be stopped.” He also suggested he might go forward with his campaign pledge to tem-

porarily ban Muslim immigrants from coming to the United States. “You know my plans. All along, I’ve been proven to be right, 100 percent correct,” Trump said when asked if the attack in Berlin had caused him to reevaluate the proposal. “What’s happening is disgraceful.” Trump proposed the Muslim ban during the Republican primary

campaign, prompting criticism from both parties. He shifted his rhetoric during the general election to focus on temporarily halting immigration from an unspecified list of countries with ties to terrorism, though he did not disavow the Muslim ban. A transition spokesman said later Wednesday that Trump’s plans “might upset those with their heads stuck

in the politically correct sand.” “President-elect Trump has been clear that we will suspend admission of those from countries with high terrorism rates and apply a strict vetting procedure for those seeking entry in order to protect American lives,” said spokesman Jason Miller. But transition oﬃcials did not comment as to whether Trump could

also push for the overarching ban on Muslims. The proposal remains on his campaign website. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack in Berlin that left 12 people dead and 48 injured. On Wednesday, German officials launched a Europewide manhunt for a “violent and armed” Tunisian man suspected in the killings.

area. A witness, who saw two men with guns running, could not give any more specific description than a pair of black males. Although Lavender was apparently shot in bed while home alone at 1427 Tate Street, the men, for

reasons unknown, also fired shots into the home from outside as they left. Dance said it appears the men entered the home through the front door, and there was no sign of forced entry. About two hours later, Lavender’s girlfriend went into the house and allegedly found him deceased in the bed. She “has not been able to say that there was anything taken, so we’re assuming that this was some kind of personal issue or something,” said Dance. The department is following up on some leads and encouraging people to share information. “We’re asking anybody who’s heard any slightest thing, no matter how little, to call and let us know so we can follow up,” he said. Earvin said her brother

came to Corinth with the girlfriend, who is apparently also from Chattanooga. He had worked parttime at a South Corinth restaurant. Lavender did various types of work in Chattanooga before coming to Corinth. “He was basically a handyman,” said brotherin-law Rodney Earvin. “Paul did all kinds of work from construction to home renovations to automotive.” Rodney Earvin also remembers Lavender as a good person to be around. “He always kept the family laughing,” he said. “He was just the life of the party.”

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ble that we can find.” The two suspects remain at large. The police department responded to a call about 8:30 p.m. Dec. 14 of shots fired in the Tate Street

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