Allen "Pinkie" Jacob Cloud
Allen "Pinkie" Jacob Cloud, 89, of Summit, affectionately known to all as "Pinkie," was born on February 25, 1937, and passed away on March 18, 2026. He was the 5th of 9 children born to the late Viola and Anderson...
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Mississippi's Greatest Bookman: Fred Cecil Smith (1953-2026) of Jackson's Choctaw Books Remembered
Fred Cecil Smith, 72, of Starkville, Mississippi, a nationally respected antiquarian bookseller and archivist, passed away after a long battle with cancer on February 28, 2026 at his home surrounded by his family. The...
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Michael Alan Newman
Michael Alan Newman, 72, from McComb, passed away on March 15, 2026, at the McComb Community Care Center in McComb after a brief illness. A private family service will be held at a later date. Hartman-Jones Funeral Home...
Mary Nell Hodges Richardson
Mary Nell Hodges Richardson, 78, a resident of McComb, passed away on March 24, 2026 at her residence. A visitation will be held Sunday April 12, at First Baptist Church of McComb from 12:30PM until services at 2PM....
George Jackson
George Jackson, 89, of Bossier City, LA, passed away on March 19, 2026. Visitation was held on March 25, from 12PM until services at 2PM at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Osyka. Burial was in the church cemetery. George...
Genevieve O'Quin Cutrer
Genevieve O'Quin Cutrer, 89, of Kentwood, LA passed away March 13, 2026 at her residence. Visitation was held on March 20, at Greenlaw Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 10AM until services at 12PM. Burial followed at Bluff...
David Earl Whittington
David Earl Whittington, 79, a resident of Smithdale, passed away March 16, 2026 at the Aston Court Community Center in McComb. Visitation will be Saturday, March 28, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Smithdale from 2PM...
Felder's Native Myth
Native may be the new buzzword for choosing landscape plants, but it often gets in the way of good gardening. Not knocking native plants; after all, this past president of the Mississippi Native Plant Society grows and...
Evil Meat
Do you eat steak? You're killing the planet! So say climate activists. Is it true? Probably not. Vox warns that beef is the "worst thing we eat when it comes to global warming." The World Economic Forum, which says it's...
Consequences Breed Fires
Last week Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward Diego Garcia, a key U.S.-U.K. base in the Indian Ocean 2,500 miles away. Even though neither missile reached its target, the range of these...
Mississippi's Greatest Bookman: Fred Cecil Smith (1953-2026) of Jackson's Choctaw Books Remembered
Fred Cecil Smith, 72, of Starkville, Mississippi, a nationally respected antiquarian bookseller and archivist, passed away after a long battle with cancer on February 28, 2026 at his home surrounded by his family. The...
Thomas Earl "Pete" Johnston
Thomas Earl "Pete" Johnston, 88, a resident of Smithdale, passed away on March 11, 2026 at his residence. A visitation was held on March 14, at Hartman Jones Funeral Home from 12PM until services at 2PM. Burial was at...
James William Lea
James W. Lea, 71, a resident of Osyka, passed away on March 14, 2026 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. A visitation was held on Tuesday, March 17, at Terry's Creek Baptist Church from 11AM until services...