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Baptist Union County to Host 2019 Back-to-School Health Fair

NEW ALBANY, MISS., July 15, 2019 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County 2019 Back to School Health Fair: Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, located at 200 Hwy 30 West, will host a free back-to-school health fair for children 12 years and younger on Saturday, Aug. 10 from 9–11:30 a.m. The event will include free health screenings, medical […]

Curt Samuel Huffstatler, 31

Curt Samuel Huffstatler November 30, 1987 – July 13, 2019 Samuel Curtis “Curt” Huffstatler, 31, of Oxford, MS, passed away unexpectedly on July 13, 2019 at his home in Oxford. Visitation will be 1:00 pm- 2:45 pm Friday, July 19, 2019 at United Funeral Service in New Albany, MS. Funeral services will be held at […]

Rant: Feds must fix their own 2020 census mess

The 2020 Census mess: For years state and local government officials have complained about “unfunded mandates” coming down from the federal government. What they mean is that the feds establish a program or practice, but do not supply the money to implement it. The Union County Board of Supervisors dodged a doozy of an unfunded […]

County Board 15Jul 2019: Census Bureau resolution request

An appearance by U.S. Census Bureau “partnership specialist” brought a cool response from the Union County Board of Supervisors Monday morning, July 15th. Brenda McGaha, who identified herself as an employee of the Census Bureau, presented each supervisor and others in the meeting room with a folder containing pre-printed materials about the census. McGaha said […]

Sheriff’s office participates in LeBonheur fundraiser

Officers of the Union County Sheriff’s Office participated in a fundraiser for LeBonheur Children’s Hospital on Saturday, July 6 at the New Albany Walmart. Using the theme “Doing Time for LeBonheur” Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards and Deputy Sheriff Teresa Hester, the department’s D.A.R.E. officer were “incarcerated” in a “jail cell.” Visitors to the store […]

Ruby Hall, 84

Ruby Hall January 4, 1935 – July 15, 2019   Ruby Hall Blue Springs—Ruby Nell Timmons Hall, 84, died Monday, July 15, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County surrounded by her family. She was born January 4, 1935, in Saltillo to Sam and Myrtle Gibson Timmons and grew up in the Birmingham Ridge Community. […]

Easel Littlejohn, 95

Easel Littlejohn June 16, 1924 – July 15, 2019   Blue Springs: Easel Littlejohn, 95, died at her residence on Monday, July 15, 2019. She was born in Dora, Alabama, on June 16, 1924, the daughter of Charles Thomas Whisenant and Addie Lena Webb Whisenant. Mrs. Littlejohn was a homemaker and a member of Wallerville Baptist […]

JFK Jr. – Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. “The Hollow Men”     T. S. Eliot John F. Kennedy, Jr. (JFK Jr.) died twenty years ago today, aged 38, when he flew his airplane into […]

Alice Lucille Quillian Jordan, 90

Alice Lucille Quillian Jordan February 1, 2019 – July 13, 2019 Alice Lucille Quillian Jordan, 90, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born February 1, 1929 in the Macedonia Community of Union County to Buford Lawrence Quillian and Hattie Lucille Sherman Quillian. She retired from Mohasco Furniture. […]

Tony M. Kirk, 64

Tony M. Kirk July 30, 1954 – July 13, 2019   Tony M. Kirk, 64, passed away Friday, July 12, 2019 at Jackson-Madison City General Hospital in Jackson, TN. He was born July 30, 1954 in Union County to Maybellene Montgomery Kirk and the late Kennell Kirk. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, […]

“Cast of Blues” exhibit at museum will feed all the senses

Sharon McConnell-Dickerson’s “Cast of Blues” life cast exhibit has taken her all over the world: Cognac, France; Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; Albuquerque, New Mexico, and now the Mississippi artist is adding New Albany, Mississippi to her list. The engaging exhibit will feature 40 of her life casts of Mississippi blues men and women in […]

Bobby Morris, 72

Bobby Morris January 12, 1947 – July 12, 2019   Etta-Bobby Bennett Morris, 72, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at his residence. He was born January 12, 1947, in Union County to Robert Lee and Mable Bennett Morris. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. He was a Master Home Builder. He is […]