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Saturday, December 24, 2011
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ble and justice court judge. Alcorn County adopts an ordinance for the control of dangerous animals. More snowfall: 2.5 to 3 inches accumulates Feb. 9. Rienzi Rescue Squad leader Milton Bishop dies at age 71. The state auditor’s office issues a civil demand for $159,098.94 from former second district supervisor Danny Crotts. Kmart reopens after nine months of closure resulting from the May 2010 flood. A federal judge dismisses former building inspector Junior Morgan’s age discrimination lawsuit against the city.
March The new Board of Mayor and Aldermen removes the previous board’s final hospital trustee appointees, Darwin Wooten and Malcolm Guyton, replacing them with Randall Frazier and Rebecca Spence. Alcorn County moves forward with plans for a covered farmer’s market location on Fulton Drive. The old, wooden Oakland School Road bridge is deemed unsafe for traffic and is demolished in preparation for construction of a new concrete bridge. A car plows into the wall of Corinth National Cemetery, causing major damage. City aldermen and county supervisors approve Magnolia Regional Health Center’s plan to pursue bonds for new construction. Linda F. Holt of Burnsville is charged with murder in the December 2009 beating death of John R. Holt, 84, of Burnsville. She was his daughterin-law. Linda Holt is later indicted along with her daughter, Terry L. Sparks.
April John D. Calvery, 85, is struck by a vehicle and killed while picking up trash on the roadside on County Road 180. The driver, Robert Shane Parker, is charged with DUI death. Seventeen-month-old Taylor Rose Graham is found deceased and her mother, Sharon Graham, with a gunshot wound to the head. The mother also dies. Geraldine Ruth Mullins, 67, dies from injuries sustained in a December gas explosion at an Alcorn County residence. Chip Peterson joins the Corinth School District Board of Trustees, replacing Braddock Brawner. Motorcyclist Samuel English, 28, of Rienzi, dies in a head-on collision with another vehicle on Mitchell Hill Road. Tornadoes hit the Rienzi and Pickwick areas and Corinth has another flooding scare with a major severe weather outbreak on April 27. Alcorn County gets a federal disaster declaration.
Faye Martin IUKA — Faye Martin died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cutshall Funeral Home - Iuka.
Lela Pickering
Kmart files a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Corinth, Kroger, the property owners, Kansas City Southern Railway Company and others over the May 2010 flood damage. The Corinth School District decides not to adopt block scheduling as it moves toward implementing the Cambridge model. Missing woman Tammy McVey Wright’s burnedout vehicle is found with human remains inside north of Jacinto. A portion of Corinthian Furniture is damaged by fire. William Davis resigns as city attorney, citing the demands of the job and his private practice. House Speaker Billy McCoy announces he will not seek reelection. Magnolia Regional Health Center adopts a campus-wide no smoking policy.
Gennie Springer
BETHEL SPRINGS, Tenn. — Funeral services for Lela Faye McCullar Pickering, were held Friday at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer, Tenn., with burial at Moore’s Schoolhouse Cemetery in Selmer. Mrs. Pickering died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at McNairy Regional Hospital in Selmer, Tenn. Born March 24, 1928, in Marks, she was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Lloyd Pickering; her parents, John Luther McCullar and Lela Belle (Castleberry) McCullar; three sisters, Christine, Bedwell, Earnestine Martindale and Doris Smith; three brothers, Russell, Edward and Stacey McCullar; and one grandchild, Steven Joshua Stricklin. Survivors include two daughters, Janice Lemons (Charles) of Selmer, Tenn., Sharon Stricklin (Danny) of Ripley; a son, David L. Pickering of Bethel Springs, Tenn.; seven grandchildren, Jennifer Burkeens (Jeff) of Enville, Tenn., Heather Drew-
SALTILLO — Gennie Mae Switcher Springer, 83, formerly of Corinth, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. A memorial service is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at McPeters Funeral Directors Chapel in Corinth with burial at Corinth National Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time. Memorials can be made to Sanctuary Hospice of Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by McPeters Funeral Directors.
Nancy Waller GLEN — Funeral services for Nancy Viginia Waller, 78, are set for 11 a.m. today at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Dogwood Cemetery. Mrs. Waller died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Born July 15, 1933, she was the resident manager of French Village Apartments. She
Alma P. Moore Died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 at her residence. She was born Jan. 3, 1925 in Alcorn Co., Miss., to the late Dutch and Itley Dollie Morgan. Living in Nevada for 43 years, she retired from Bentley Mau factoring Co., she moved back to Corinth in 2004. She was a member of Lone Oak Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her parents, Husband Bynum Arnold, Daughter Joyce Buchanan, Broth-
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was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by a son, Everett Randel Tennyson; her parents, Chester Lee and Lemmie Elizabeth Gray Stone; four brothers, Herbert Stone, Earnest Stone, Sidney Lee Stone and Jim Stone; and two sisters, Myrtle Killinsworth and Beatrice Martin. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Thomas Waller of Glen; three sons, Nicky Lenord Tennyson (Debra) of Prattville, Ala., Russell Wayne Tennyson of Montgomery, Waller Ala., and Russell Waller (Sandra) of Walnut; a daughter, Marcia Kaye Mills of Corinth; an adopted son, Julio Arias of Corinth; 10 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; other relatives and a host of friends. Bro. Brian Tatum will officiate. Visitation is today from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
ery (Jeremy) of Arlington, Tenn., Charles Lemons Jr. of Purdy, Tenn., Roxanne Gray (Jeff) of Blue Mountain, William Joel Adamson of Ripley, Benjamin Joseph Adamson of Ripley, and Jacob Tyler Stricklin of Ripley; and six great-grandchildren. Mark Thompson officiated the service.
Viola S. Taylor Viola S. Taylor, of Corinth, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at Magnolia Regional Health Center after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Grayson Funeral Services of Corinth.
ers, Herbert, Clifford and Donnie Morgan, Sister Myrtle Curtis. Survived by her son Thomas Wayne Arnold of Corinth. Stepchildren Doris Studdard and David Arnold of Corinth. SonIn-Law Bud Buchanan, Brother S.A. Morgan of Corinth. halfsister Willard Clausal of Corinth. Sister-In-Laws Barbara Moore of Barkeyville, Calif. Gladys Lindale of Phoenix, Ariz. Lee Slater of Camarillo, Calif. Bonnie Morgan of Green Forrest, Ark. Special Nephew and nieces Junior and Ann Morgan of Corinth. Grand-
children Blake Shawl, Freddie Buchanan, Michelle Campbell, Amanda Upchurch, Great Grandchildren Daniel Shawl, Zachery Shawl, Robert Buchanan, Bill and John Campbell, Richard and Haley Upchurch. Memorial Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Smiley Mills and Bro. Charles Stephenson officiating. Burial will be in Lone Oaks Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Church services ■ First United Methodist Church, Corinth, is celebrating Advent with the a Candlelight Communion Service at 5 p.m. tonight in the main sanctuary. ■ First Baptist Church-Corinth, 501 Main Street, is having a Christmas Eve Candlelight & Communion Service, tonight at 5:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.
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June Alcorn County discusses how to return $69,000 in property taxes collected in error from Corinth residents for the landfill. Rep. Harvey Moss announces he will not seek reelection after 28 years in office. The ribbon is cut for the new Alcorn County Justice Center. Wendell Trapp is appointed Corinth’s city attorney. GOP pioneer and Alcorn County native Rubel Phillips dies at 86. Popular Corinth restaurateur William Harold Smith, a.k.a. “Hamburger Harold,” dies at 82. The Corinth-Alcorn County Humane Society says it will close the shelter if a temporary location is not found. Corinth experiences another round of street flooding on June 28. A wandering black bear is spotted in Alcorn County.
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