HOUSTON – Chickasaw County has been awarded $9,551.00 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. The selection was made my the National board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and consist of representatives from the Salvation Army; American Red Cross; United Jewish Communities’ Catholic Charities; USA; National [...]
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Billy Edmondson
VARDAMAN – Billy Edmondson died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at his residence. He was born Feb. 8, 1952. He was a member of Varadaman First Baptist Church and a self-employed concrete contractor. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Service is at 2 p.m. Monday at Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Vardaman, with Bro. Don Wilson [...]
BASKETBALL SCORES: Friday, Feb. 15, 2012
Basketball Division 1-1A Consolation (G) Biggersville 64, Thrasher 57, OT (B) Wheeler 71, Falkner 40 Championship (G) Falkner 56, Pine Grove 53 (B) Biggersville 63, Blue Mountain 46 Division 2-1A Consolation (G) Ashland 55, Ingomar 35 (B) H.W. Byers 58, Ashland 55 Championship (G) H.W. Byers 77, Coldwater 23 (B) Coldwater 75, Ingomar 54 Division [...]
Nancy Williams
HOUSTON – Nancy Davis Williams, 86, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at the Care Center of Aberdeen. She was born May 26, 1926, in Chickasaw County to Thomas J. Franks and Sarah Irene McGee Franks. She was a retired clerical worker. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Houston Funeral Home in Houston with [...]
Betty J. Brown
HOUSTON – Betty Joann Brown, 52, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Midway Baptist Church in Vardaman. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Serenity-Autry Funeral Home of Pontotoc is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be from 5 to [...]
BASKETBALL SCORES: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013
Basketball Division 1-1A (B) Blue Mountain 63, Falkner 55 (B) Biggersville 84, Wheeler 67 (G) Falkner 57, Thrasher 41 (G) Biggersville 71, Pine Grove 45 Division 2-1A (G) Coldwater 46, Ashland 43 (B) Coldwater 82, Ashland 42 (G) H.W. Byers 75, Ingomar 22 (B) Ingomar 67 H.W. Byers 51 Division 4-1A (G) Houlka 28, Tremont [...]
Bessie Evans
BRUCE – Bessie Mae Evans, 81, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Calhoun Health Services. She was a member of Lord Is There Holiness Church and she worked at Spratlin Building Supply for several years. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lighthouse Apostolic Church in Bruce, with Bishop Winfer Turner officiating. Burial [...]
Jessie Chandler Jr.
VARDAMAN – Jessie Chandler Jr., 74, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Belle Memorial Funeral Home of Aberdeen. A complete obituary will be published in the next edition of the Chickasaw Journal.
Questions in a quilt
HOUSTON – All quilts tell a story and the one found by Becky Johnson on a rural road is no different. Johnson is co-owner of Silly Whispers in Houston and so when she passed a quilt on the side of the road recently she had to stop. She took the dirty old spread home, washed [...]
EDITORIAL: Voice your vote on charter schools
Charter schools are big news in Jackson this week and there should not be a doubt in anyone’s mind they will soon be big news in Chickasaw County. A quick look around our community indicates we will be a prime target for these new private schools funded with public dollars. Okolona schools have just recently [...]
BASKETBALL SCORES: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 GIRLS (G) New Albany 69, Lafayette 52 (G) Ripley 59, Belmont 54 (G) Nettleton 64, Mantachie 37 (G) Biggersville 49, Thrasher 45 (G) Falkner 56, Blue Mountain 28 (G) Tishomingo Co. 69, Amory 45 (G) Tupelo 63, Grenada 24 (G) Shannon 61, Corinth 49 (G) Baldwyn 69, Okolona 24 (G) Pine [...]
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.
HONOR ROLL: Vardaman High School
VARDAMAN – Vardaman High School has released the honor roll for the second nine weeks and the first semester. Second nine weeks Principal’s list Seventh grade Preston Bullard, Ansley Casey and Dakota Murphree Eighth grade John Bray, Nigel Hankins, Brandon Washington, C. J .Weddle and Tori Willson Ninth grade Briley Gordon [...]
Charters advance, but hurdles remain
by Bobby Harrison NEMS Daily Journal JACKSON – Despite near unprecedented debate that started Wednesday afternoon and ended early Thursday morning with passage of charter school legislation by the House, the issue is far from resolved for the 2013 session. The House, in a vote primarily but not completely along party lines, passed charter school [...]
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