I’m excited today to share with you some information about retired Chancellor Ed Patten. I recently wrote this article for the Copiah Monitor . . . Retired chancellor Ed Patten of Hazlehurst traded a robe for a paint brush a few years ago and has never looked back. Patten retired at the end of 2018 […]
(Written for The Meteor April 8, 2019) In appreciation of art month, this is the first in a series about artists and authors from this area. Flo Field Hampton was an author from Crystal Springs, born around 1905 to William Judson and Mary Cornelia “Mollie” Miller Hampton. The beautiful Hampton family home still stands on […]
(Written for The Meteor March 11, 2019) Nan McCluney passed away on December 31, 2018. With her passing the historic Dr. R. E. Jones House on Pearl Street has been placed for sale. The home of Dr. Robert Elam Jones and wife Elizabeth Ann McKey Jones has been in the same family since the late […]
(Written for The Meteor March 4, 2019) Excitement was in the air last Thursday at Camp Kamassa, a camp under construction near Calling Panther Lake which will serve adults and children with special needs. A large audience eagerly awaited the arrival of a Chinook helicopter to drop two, 28-foot, 10,000 lb. steel containers full of […]
(Written for The Meteor February 18, 2019) Thursday, February 21, is Mississippi’s Toughest Kids (MTK) Camp Kamassa Day at the state Capitol. At 10:00 a.m. on the second floor rotunda of the Capitol, a press conference will be held that day to announce an Air Drop Mission at the Camp Kamassa construction site in Copiah […]
(Written for The Meteor February 11, 2019) When was the last time you received a love letter? Not a card written by someone in a cubicle or a text message, but a handwritten sentiment of endearment. Most would say not in many years. Not to undermine the importance of progress and technology, but receiving a […]
(Written for The Meteor February 11, 2019) Valentine’s Day has been celebrated for centuries. It is not the declaration of love that has changed, but the mode of communication. On a day once known for handmade cards and handwritten sentiments, social media is taking its place. Many people will type Facebook posts, send Instagram bouquets, […]
(Written for the Copiah County Courier and The Meteor February 2, 2019) The Copiah County Historical & Genealogical Society recently installed a plaque on the home of Dr. Ted Dear in celebration of his home being 145 years old and in honor of it being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A celebration […]
(Written for The Meteor January 28, 2019) The Copiah County Historical & Genealogical Society invites the public to a free presentation on Monday, February 4 at 6:30 p.m. Chancery Clerk Steve Amos will discuss Gallatin, the county’s first permanent seat of government. The meeting will take place in the chancery building behind the Copiah County […]
(Written for The Meteor January 21, 2019) Many people from Crystal Springs own Weathersby baskets. Gigi Sullivan, Elizabeth Jones Horn, Betty Frizzell, Robert Sims, Susan Thomas Ware, Kay Pevey – they all have baskets made by Sanders Weathersby, and most likely there are many more. Weathersby was a third-generation basketmaker, having learned from his grandfather, […]
