Editorial: Thanksgiving Webster 112719

“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.”

—Jefferson Bethke

Mr. David W. Fields
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Fri, 07/23/2021 - 02:24 PM
Mr. David W. Fields, 70, retired Respiratory Therapist with Webster General Hospital and North MS Medical Center and former owner of Trucare Medical Supplies died July 11, 2021 at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson, MS.
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Mrs. Georgia Jo Windham
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Fri, 07/23/2021 - 02:29 PM
Mrs. Georgia Jo Windham, 72, passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at her home in Louisville. Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, July 16th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Jimmy Pender officiating. Interment was in Salem Cemetery in Lake, MS. Porter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Eddie Lee Hilliard, Jr.
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Fri, 07/23/2021 - 02:32 PM
The Graveside Service for Eddie Lee Hilliard, Jr. was held on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 1:00pm at the Church Hill Cemetery in Eupora, MS with Pastor Ronald Jefferson officiating. He was 85 years old. Eddie Lee Hilliard, Jr., was a 1957 graduate of Jackson State University. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and also served in the U.S.
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USM Announces Recipients of NASA-Mississippi Space Grant Consortium Scholarships, Computing Competition
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Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:50 PM
The College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) announced 24 Space Grant scholarship recipients and six winners for the Innovative Design in Computing Competition (IDCC) awarded through the state-wide NASA-Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) program, which supports students in their pursuit of science, tec
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Mr. Charles Thomas Smyth
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Fri, 07/23/2021 - 02:33 PM
Mr. Charles Thomas Smyth, 77, passed away on Friday, July 16, 2021, at Winston Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, July 19th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Mike Childs and Rev. Jim Garner officiating. Interment was in Masonic Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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11 new COVID cases this month
By From Staff & Press Reports, 202 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 04:12 PM
Webster County has recorded 11 new cases of COVID-19 since July 1, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Monday coronavirus report.

The county’s total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020 is now at 1,162, with the death toll remaining at 32.
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Franklin named MSU assistant athletic director for development
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Fri, 07/23/2021 - 02:56 PM
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Alvin Franklin of Jackson has joined the Mississippi State University Foundation staff as assistant athletic director for development.
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FORMER HEAD COMEDY WRITER AT SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
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Mon, 07/26/2021 - 03:10 PM
OXFORD, MS. David Sheffield, who went on to write for Saturday Night Live and various Eddie Murphy movies has taken to the stage with his comedy The Heartbreak Henry, based on his experiences as manager of a cheap Oxford hotel in 1967.
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Choctaw County withdraws from Enterprise
By By Russell Hood The Webster Progress-Times, 354 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 04:15 PM
WALTHALL — And then there was one.

Choctaw County Chancery Clerk Steve Montgomery confirmed to sister newspaper The Choctaw Plaindealer on Monday that the Choctaw County Board of Supervisors voted that morning to end its support of The Enterprise of Mississippi.
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Maben Library displays 4-H artwork
By From Club Reports, 240 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 04:19 PM
If you go upstairs at the Maben Public Library, don't feed the bears on the shelves.

The Controllers 4-H Clubs have all colors on display and the librarian, Mary Boutwell, enjoys just looking at all of them. She really feels safe surrounded by them and does not have a problem hanging out among them.
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