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Lana Goolsby

Lana Goolsby, 90, of Crystal Springs, passed away Aug. 3, 2022. A funeral service was held Aug. 8 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Old Crystal Springs Cemetery. Lana Eldridge Goolsby was born in Dekalb on April 2, 1932. She was the first of 10 children. “Lannie,” as she was affectionately called, was a…

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Shevia Jean Green

Shevia Jean Green, 81, passed away July 30, 2022. A funeral service was held Aug. 6 at Mt. Sinai Methodist Church in Hazlehurst, with interment in the church cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Shevia was born March 8, 1941, to the late Eva Mae and Excel Thedford, of Hazlehurst. Survivors include her daughters,…

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James Alonzo Jackson

James Alonzo Jackson, 70, passed away July 29, 2022. A funeral service was held Aug. 6 at Hazlehurst Funeral Home Chapel. James was born Aug. 23, 1951, to the late William T. and Willie Bell Garmon, of McComb. Survivors include his children, Trish Posey, Christopher Jackson, and Ayesha Curtis; six grandchildren; brother, Stephen Jackson; and…

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Mitchell White

Mitchell White passed away July 26, 2022. He was born July 31, 1952, in Smith County to Evon and Mary Ann White. He graduated from Hazlehurst high School in 1972 and married his high school sweetheart, Joan White, in 1973. He was a beloved member of Pine Bluff Baptist Church for 49 years. He was…

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Regina Kay Murray Williams

Regina Kay Murray Williams, 63, passed away July 29, 2022. A funeral service was held Aug. 6 at Greater Damascus Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. in Hazlehurst, with interment at Hazlehurst City Cemetery. Hazlehurst Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Regina was born Aug. 10, 1958, to the late George Murray and Frances Louise Lynch Bogan…

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Survivors of Victims of Homicide Peer Support Group meets monthly

Under the leadership of Daniella M. Shorter, the Twenty-Second Circuit District Attorney’s Office has implemented a Survivors of Victims of Homicide Peer Support Group. To lose a loved one at the hands of another is something that only people who have dealt with this type of loss can understand. It is important that these people…

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Mississippi reports first monkeypox case

By Nathan Gregory MSU Extension Service Though monkeypox is not as easily spread as COVID-19, it has become a public health concern as documented case counts approach 4,000 nationwide. The monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms but milder. Infections in this outbreak…

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