by mcl | Dec 4, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Kim Kirkland Allen Laying It All Down Dreams are funny things. Sometimes, they seem to be tangible, real, and reachable—sometimes, completely elusive. When we are young, we dream big. We believe that nothing is impossible. Then we grow up and...
by mcl | Nov 1, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Sherry Lucas Kathy Thibodeaux’s Timeless Legacy Swimming was Kathy Thibodeaux’s love, growing up—slicing through the water with second-nature athleticism and grace. Those qualities defined her dancing, too—gliding across the stage and flying...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By MARILYN TINNIN JSU’s Jordan Jefferson Jordan Jefferson is the 2016 valedictorian of Callaway High School and is now a sophomore at Jackson State University on a full academic scholarship. “Well rounded” does not begin to describe this young man...
by mcl | Sep 1, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By MARILYN TINNIN Happy 100th Birthday to a Beautiful Lady! Mrs. Frances Reynolds of Sunnybrook Estates in Madison has lived through one hundred years of significant American history—literally. Born near the end of World War I, she has witnessed...
by mcl | Aug 1, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By Marilyn Tinnin A One-of-a-Kind Living Legacy I suppose every family evaluates their heirlooms a little differently. Some things are valuable because they are costly–jewels, fine art, antiques. Those are special, for sure. But then, there are items of...
by mcl | Jul 1, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, This Is My Story
By MARILYN TINNIN Herron Wilson of Delta Mission When Herron Wilson was a little boy growing up in Caile, Mississippi, his mother made sure he was in church on Sundays. He was one of ten children in a single parent home, but he says he really did not...