Students and teachers reflect on an ‘education giant’ By Gail M. Brown Special to The Mississippi Link When Emmitt W. Hayes, Sr. departed his earthly life on the night of December 26, 2014 at the Mississippi […]
July 4, 1922 – December 26, 2014 “To everything, there is a season…” “A time to be born” Emmitt W. Hayes Sr. was born to the late Dan Henry and Pauline Beatrice Hayes on July […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A former Miss America, a former White House spokesman and a Jackson mayor who had a high-profile legal career before taking office were among the notable Mississippians who died during 2014. […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mary Ann Mobley Collins lived in California for decades while starring in movies with Elvis Presley and others, but her daughter said the former Miss America always felt most at home […]
BATESVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — About 400 mourners packed a chapel in Mississippi on Saturday to say goodbye to a 19-year-old woman who was burned alive, among them classmates who used permanent markers to write heartfelt […]
By Stephanie R. Jones Dr. Aaron Shirley will make a final visit to the Jackson Medical Mall, the landmark facility he founded to provide healthcare to underserved populations. Funeral services for the healthcare pioneer, civil […]
RIDGELAND, Mississippi (AP) — Modernist painter Andrew Bucci, whose work spanned nearly eight decades and appeared on a U.S. postage stamp, has died. Bucci died Sunday at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland after a brief illness, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Doar, who as a top Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s fought to protect the rights of black voters and integrate universities in the South, died Tuesday at age […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Former Mississippi first lady Carroll Waller, who led efforts to restore the Governor’s Mansion when her husband was in office, died Tuesday at age 87. Her family said she died at […]
BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) — Ella Mae Barq, the granddaughter of the founder of Barq’s Root Beer and the company’s vice president, has died at the age of 90 in Biloxi. Gary Dubaz with Bradford O’Keefe […]
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