by mcl | Aug 1, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN Native Jacksonians Stephen and Melissa Johnston have been a couple ever since they met on a high school field trip to Washington, D.C. in the 1980’s. He was a student at Forest Hill High School, and she was a Jackson Academy student. Their romance...
by mcl | Jul 1, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
BY MARILYN TINNIN Stephanie Billingsley—The Horse Lady with a Huge Heart It was early April 2008, and Bill Billingsley was enjoying the Final Four college basketball tournament with his son in San Antonio. He answered his cell phone and heard his wife’s anxious...
by mcl | May 31, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN The MSU Bulldogs called March 24, 2015, a “historic day.” Some would call it a coup of epic proportions. The new head basketball coach at MSU would be Ben Howland, former head basketball coach at UCLA, a guy with a resume longer than your arm and...
by mcl | May 1, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN “Behind every successful man stands a strong woman.” The often-quoted cliché has never been more spot-on than in the marriage of Hugh and Jill Freeze. They are indeed two halves of a whole pulling together toward the same goals. If ever two people...
by mcl | Apr 1, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
By MARILYN TINNIN His resume is one big collage of black type—he has done so many things over the years. To see Luther Ott on paper is to be a little intimidated by someone who is incredibly multitalented. The attorney, cattle rancher, former CEO of two local...
by mcl | Mar 4, 2016 | Columns, Covers, Recent Cover Stories
Mississippi Christian Living, in partnership with Belhaven University, is pleased to present the 2016 Christian Leaders of the Future. High School Seniors from more than 40 different schools submitted essay applications, answering questions about their faith and...