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Memorial Day · MonticelloMemorial Day is set aside to honor Americans who have given their lives protecting our freedom. The Atwood Music Festival, held on Memorial Day weekend each year, pays special recognition to American veterans. Citizens can participate by taking the opportunity to sponsor American flags that are placed along the fence row at the water park in honor or memory of our veterans. Each flag sponsorship is $25 and will be recognized from the stage durin…See the Story
Atwood seeks flag sponsors for festival
Monticello, Mississippi · MonticelloGraveside services for Emily Kay Chance Jordan were held May 7, 2024, at Hepzibah Cemetery, with Rev. Don McClellan officiating. Mrs. Jordan, 82, entered the eternal rest of her Lord May 5 at Merit Health-Wesley Medical Center. Saulters Moore Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements. Kay was born on Sept. 19, 1941, in Jackson to Ernest and Minnie Etta Thurman Mullins. She grew up in the Pinola area and attended school at Pinola High and …See the Story
Emily Kay Chance Jordan
Monticello, Mississippi · MonticelloJerome T. “Bud” Dillon Sr., 80, of Monticello, passed Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Walthall County. He was born Sept. 22, 1943, in Tylertown. Funeral services were held May 1 at New Life Church in Monticello. Burial followed in New Zion Cemetery in Monticello. Pastor Jay Thompson and Pastor Jonathan Toler officiated. Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bud enjoyed and loved his family dearly. He loved his farm and animals, and…See the Story
Jerome T. Dillon Sr.
Monticello, Mississippi · MonticelloFuneral services for Elizabeth “Liz” Williams Riley will be conducted at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at New Hebron Baptist Church, with Bro. Mike Grenn officiating, assisted by Bro. Earl Clark and Bro. Jeremy Knowles. Interment will follow in the New Hebron Cemetery. Mrs. Riley, 76, entered into the eternal rest of her Lord April 13 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Saulters Moore Funeral Home has been entrusted …See the Story
Elizabeth Williams Riley
Monticello, Mississippi · MonticelloErica Peyton-Walker and Johnnie Bines Johnnie Frank Bines Jr. has been named STAR Student for the 2023-2024 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program. The program was held April 4 at the Clyde Muse Center in Pearl. The theme for the event is “Pathways to Success.” This year will mark the 59th Anniversary of the STAR program. Established by the council in 1965, the purpose of the STAR p…See the Story
Bines, Peyton-Walker named STAR Student and Teacher
Monticello, Mississippi · MonticelloFollowing last week’s delivery of a Mississippi congressional delegation letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday approved Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) signup in all 82 counties in Mississippi. A 120-day signup period will run from April 15 to Aug. 15, 2024. Requirements for participation in EFRP:
Restoration must be completed to meet the National Resources Conservation Service an…See the Story
USDA approves statewide emergency forest restoration aid
Monticello, Mississippi · MonticelloFuneral services were held April 6, 2024, at Ruby K. Johnson Chapel, Prentiss, for Orange Perkins Jr., 76, who died April 1 at St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Perkins was born to the late Orange and Louvenia Perkins in Lawrence County. He joined Oak Ridge Baptist Church, where he served as usher and custodian. He worked in construction, pipeline, and power plants until his retirement. He lov…See the Story
Orange Perkins Jr.
Monticello, Mississippi · MonticelloFuneral services were held April 6, 2024, at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Prentiss, for Patricia Ann Tucker, 87, who died March 22 at Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg. Rev. Carroll Mitchell officiated, with interment following at Rocky Branch Cemetery, Monticello. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Tucker was born in Monticello to the late Minnie Lee Dixon and Wes Brown. She spent most of her childhood and early adult yea…See the Story
