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Colonels look to build on breakthrough season

By Drake Flowers Year one of the Billy Wayne Hankins era at Copiah Academy saw the Colonels finish the year with a 7-4 record, falling in the opening round of the playoffs to a talented Park Place Christian team. After graduating some key spots on both sides of the football, it would be natural to…

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Moses Graham

Moses Graham, 71, of Crystal Springs, passed away Aug. 9, 2021, at his home. A memorial service was held Aug. 14 at Century Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Gloria Graham, of Crystal Springs; children, Poitiea Price, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Eric Graham, of Crystal Springs; Levar Graham, of Fort Worth, Texas; Tara Graham, of Jackson;…

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Joy Ann Carraway Granger

Joy Ann Carraway Granger, 82 was greeted in heaven by her great-grandsons, Gavin Ray Scott and Johnny Dewayne Scott, on Aug. 5, 2021. Services were Aug. 16 at Pine Bluff Baptist Church in Dentville. Pastor Van Windom officiated. Interment followed in the Pine Bluff Cemetery. A native and lifelong resident of Hazlehurst, she was born…

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Charlie Holliday

Charlie Holliday, 63, of Crystal Springs, passed away Aug. 12, 2021, at Pine Crest Guest Home. A funeral service was held Aug. 16 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. Mr. Holliday served 10 years with the Crystal Springs Volunteer Fire Department.…

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Charlie Holliday

Charlie Holliday, 63, of Crystal Springs, passed away Aug. 12, 2021, at Pine Crest Guest Home. A funeral service was held Aug. 16 at Stringer Family Chapel, with burial at Crystal Springs Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs handled the arrangements. Mr. Holliday served 10 years with the Crystal Springs Volunteer Fire Department.…

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Harvey Don Knight

Harvey Don Knight, 68, of Hazlehurst, passed away Aug. 12, 2021, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. A funeral service was held Aug. 17 at Pine Bluff Baptist Church, with burial in Pine Bluff Dentville Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst handled the arrangements. Don graduated from Hazlehurst High School and Hinds Junior…

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Joe F. Middleton

Joe F. Middleton, 92, of Hazlehurst, passed away Aug. 15, 2021, at Copiah County Medical Center. A funeral service will be held Aug. 21 at Stringer Family Chapel, with a private graveside service at Smyrna Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements. Mr. Middleton was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in…

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Stanley David Papizan

Stanley David Papizan, 80, of Crystal Springs, retired, Lt. Colonel, MS ANG, broke the bonds of Earth and touched the face of God on Aug. 11, 2021. He passed away at Copiah County Medical Center in Hazlehurst. A funeral service was held Aug. 14 at First Baptist Church, Crystal Springs. The burial service was at…

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Polly Pinson-Killough

Polly Pinson-Killough passed away Aug. 7, 2021. Polly was born on July 9, 1936, in Summerland. She graduated from Taylorsville High School in 1953. She continued her studies and was a proud alumna of Mississippi College in Clinton. Polly was a long-time member of St. Columb’s Episcopal Church, originally in Jackson. Polly’s first job after…

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Katrina Cowen Smith

Katrina Cowen Smith, 49, passed away Aug. 15, 2021, at her home in Greer, Ariz., with her loving husband, Lane Smith, at her side. She was the daughter of Sonya White Cowen and the late Hollis Cowen Jr., of Wesson. She was preceded in death by her brother, Trey Cowen. A memorial service in Wesson…

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