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Myrl Owen

CALHOUN CITY – Myrl Bounds Owen, 93, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Calhoun Health Services. She was born Nov. 2, 1919, at Charleston, to Timothy Monthree Bounds and Clara Boland Bounds. She was a retired seamstress and worked at Calhoun Garment Co. and Selective Service Secretary. She was a member of First Baptist Church [...]

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Roy Gaskin

CALHOUN CITY – Roy Gaskin, 66, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at his residence. He was born June 7, 1946, and was retired from Kellwood Company. Services are at 2 p.m. Monday at Pryor Funeral Home Chapel in Calhoun City, with the Rev. Chris Conley officiating. Interment is at Bethlehem in Calhoun City. He is [...]

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Journal newspaper delivery late today

Delivery of the Chickasaw Journal and the Daily Journal newspapers will be much later than normal today. We’re sorry for the delay and we are working to get newspapers to customers as soon as possible. Chickasaw Journal customers can always call 456-3771 if they do not receive their paper.

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Christopher Taylor

BRUCE – Christopher Dee Armstrong Taylor, 17, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born Aug. 7, 1995, in Oxford. He was a 10th grade honor roll student at Bruce High School and No. 15 on the football team. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church, Boy [...]

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Charles Castleberry

BANNER – Charles “Bub” Armond Castleberry, 80, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at his residence. He was born May, 12, 1932, in Bruce. He was retired from Ford Motor Company and Calhoun County Maintaince Department. He was a member of Banner Baptist Church, Banner Masonic Lodge, Shrinners Association of Calhoun County and Woodman of the [...]

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James Huckaby

BANNER – James Lafayette Huckaby, 82, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oxford. He was born May 3, 1930, in Lafayette County. He was a retired business owner and a member of Driver’s Flat Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Driver’s Flat Baptist Church with Bro. Stacy Watkins officiating. [...]

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New press to improve print quality

This week’s Chickasaw Journal newspaper has a fresher, cleaner, more colorful look, and there’s a reason.   The newspaper delivered to your door this week is the first full edition of the Chickasaw Journal to come off a new printing press at the production facilities of the Chickasaw Journal in Tupelo.   This multi-million dollar [...]

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Inner healing conference is this weekend

An Inner Healing Conference at New Wine Fellowship in Houston will be held Jan. 18-20 for teaching and ministering to those who need emotional healing. Pastor Tommy Kelly and Pastor Scott Free invite those who have been abused sexually, physically, emotionally are invited to attend services at  7 p.m. Friday and Saturday with personal ministry [...]

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Patsy Poindexter

BRUCE – Patsy Carolyn Thomas Poindexter, 72, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at her home. She was born April 14, 1940, in Bruce. She was a homemaker and a member of Parker Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Bruce. Bro. Paul Morris will officiate, and [...]

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Forecast from NWS for Chickasaw County

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 44. North wind 5 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before midnight, then a chance of rain and snow. Increasing clouds, with a low around 32. Calm wind [...]

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UPDATE: Man pardoned by Barbour involved in shooting

by JB Clark NEMS Daily Journal/Associated Press SLATE SPRINGS — A man pardoned by then-Gov. Haley Barbour is accused of shooting another man Thursday night in Calhoun County. Calhoun County Sheriff Greg Pollan reports that an argument at a cookout about 8:30 p.m. Thursday is believed to have led to Wayne Therman Harris of Slate [...]

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Rev. Dale Easley

VARDAMAN – Bro. Dale Easley, 66, passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, Fla. He was born May 22, 1946, in Calhoun County. He was a graduate of Calhoun City High School, Mississippi College and New Orleans Theological Seminary. He was blessed by God with a special gift of shepherding [...]

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Gunfight kills man in Calhoun County

CALHOUN COUNTY – One man is dead and another is in a Northeast Mississippi hospital following a gunfight in rural Calhoun County Thursday night with one of the shooters pardoned by former Gov. Haley Barbour last year. Calhoun County Sheriff Greg Pollan said officers were called to scene about 3-1/2 miles south of Slate Springs [...]

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Dr. Keith Young

BALDWYN – Dr. Jerry Keith Young, 53, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at his residence. He was a member of West Heights Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Pontotoc High School Class of 1977, University of Mississippi in 1981, University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1985 and South Alabama Psychiatry Program in 1989. [...]

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