Stories from Thursday, June 4, 2020

A local woman, Paula Wilson-Price, is accused of stealing more than $718,000 from Langston Gin Company in Luxora. According to a press release, on Oct. 29, 2019, the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department took a report in reference to embezzlement from the Langston Gin Company in Luxora...

Frank Jefferson, III was born in Osceola March 1, 1949, to Frank and Earnestine Brown Jefferson. He was of the Baptist faith, serving as chairman of the Deacon Board, a member of the Male Chorus, and past Sunday School superintendent at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. Frank was a 1970 graduate of Richard B. Harrison High School where he excelled in sports, especially track and field. He was employed at YRC Freight...

Freddie Ware, 88, of Luxora, died May 31, 2020 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a retired farmer, of the Baptist faith and a lifetime resident of the Luxora area. Mr. Ware was born July 18, 1931 in Luxora to Hezekiah and Lula Collins Ware. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Dorothy Gene Ware; his brothers, Clifton Ware, Willie Ware, Frank AB Ware, George Ware, Robert Ware and Nora Ware; his sisters, Laura Gaines, Fredia Jackson and Irene Calloway...

Tommy Williams, 89, of Leachville, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020. He was born Jan. 11, 1931, in Shirley to the late Clyde and Ella Barnum Williams. Tommy loved to work and being a farmer especially during harvest time. He enjoyed spending time with his family...