The Vicksburg Post from Vicksburg, Mississippi (2024)

March 23, 2006

Publication:

The Vicksburg Posti

Location:

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Issue Date:

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Page:

11

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The Vicksburg Post Thursday March 23 2006 All Koury Corps Continued from Page Al Continued from Page Al She began working as a secre tary at irst Baptist Church where still a member and met Ellis Koury a Vicksburg native when he came home after World War II They married and Koury and her husband took over the Koury store which eventually became Shop The store closed in 1997 and retirement freed her to become more active than ever everything I try to do here 1 think important for our com munity to come together to experi ence culture such as world class entertainment or the celebration of the founding of our she said Koury said besides volunteering another passion is children lot of that comes from having the shop for years and years To see 300(ryoimg children exposed to the symphony for the first time is very she said Koury the mother of three grown children has no plans of slowing her volunteer efforts any time soon enjoy the challenge and the interest in helping do something beneficial to the communi she said Koury is being honored in the New Beginnings category and is the first Vicksburg resident to receive the Ageless Heroes award She was one of more than 300 sen iors nominated by peers for the ninth annual awards program Ageless Heroes program recognizes those who serve as role models in showing that age is not a hindrance in accomplishing great said John Sewell director of corporate communica tions for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi Koury definitely stood out as someone who has donated her time and her talents to the com munity of Vicksburg throughout the years and for that she should be Sewell said Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missis sippi donates $500 to the charity of choice of each award recipient Koury requested the donation be made to the Southern Cultural Heritage oundation asked that it be earmarked for she said ship of its work fleet The Corps hopes to begin moving it in August when a contract is awarded for that one that Hengst has said will also include repairing the ves sel that has begun to deterio rate after years of sitting without maintenance Moving the century old air ground Street bridge to the site is also part of the muse um plans It will be used as a pedestrian bridge from the main exhibit hall to an observation deck near the KCS rail tracks according to drawings presented by Hengst The Corps received $51 mil lion from Congress from the 2006 Energy and Water Appropriations Act Out of that the Corps was author ized to use $5 million of it for the project officially named the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Interpretive Site Congress originally author ized the project in 1992 with $2 million for planning DEATHS City Continued from Page Al Sid Beauman of the South Ward said comments should be taken between the regular busi ness and the start of the routine closed personnel session However he said he agrees comments in the middle of meetings are disruptive comments were taking a tremendous amount of Beau man said Leyens in the first year of his sec ond term has been an advocate for increasing budgets and coverage by RCTV 23 the city departififeHWith access to a cable channel provided by Vicksburg Video There will still be sometimes lively discussions of matters before the board for deci sion just no open microphone very clear the only reason the few individuals that come before us do it is they just want to be on Leyens said has become a cir The Vicksburg Warren School Dis rules may be an illustration Superintendent James Price said people must ask to speak 10 days before a meeting and accept a 5 minute limit Very few people ever ask to speak he said Leyens said the public comments which have sometimes taken more than an hour were supposed to be limited to 3 minutes per person but they been A frequent speaker and former mayoral candidate John Shorter said he thinks the change is meant to stifle the public want participation but all got to go in favor of what they Shorter said of my questions have been he said invite people to get comments and ques tions and then say not going to air Leyens said comment sessions will still be open to the public At the Vicksburg Senior Center some said they would like the public comments to be shown on television because they cannot always make it to the board room to hear comments in person going to air (board meetings) they need to air the whole said Joy Grey Vicksburg Video offered the chan nel to the City of Vicksburg six years ago Mayor Robert Walker ini tially established a system that showed board meetings in City Hall 'Hie Leyens administration beefed things up with cameras staff and a new meeting room in City Hall annex wired for lights cameras and sound The Vicksburg Post prints obituaries in news form for area residents their fam ily members and for former residents at no charge amilies wishing to publish additional information or to use specif ic wording have the option of a paid obituary Helen Beasley HERMANVILLE Helen Beasley died riday March 17 2006 in Vicksburg She was 87 A homemaker and Baptist aide Mrs Beasley was a member of Order of Eastern Star and usher board She was preceded in death by her parents Charlie Rogers Sr and Ellen Thornton two brothers Charlie Rogers Jr and Steve Rogers and five sisters Odessa Rogers Jackson Margaret Rogers Beatrice Rogers Ollie Rogers and Bay Bay Rogers Survivors include one daughter Earnestine Beasley Jones of I ler manvillc four grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and other rel atives and friends Services will be at 1 pm Satur day at irst Christian Church in Hermanville with the Rev Charlie Grear officiating Burial will follow at Hermanville Cemetery Visita tion will be from 2 until 5 pm ri day at Rollins uneral Home in Port Gibson Charles Eunice Brown Services for Charles Eunice Brown will be at 11 am Saturday at Cedar Grove MB Church with Dr Charles Chiplin officiating Bur ial will follow at amily Cemetery in Port Gibson Visita tion will be from 5 until 7 pm ri day at Williams uneral Service in Vicksburg Mr Brown died Sunday March 19 2006 at River Region Medical Center He was 49 A millwright at International Paper Mr Brown was of the Bap tist faith He was preceded in death by his brother elix Brown Survivors include his wife Sarah Brown of Vicksburg two sons Alfonso Brown and Anthony Brown both of Vicksburg one daughter Ashanti Thomas of Vicksburg his parents Eunice and Estella Brown both of Vicksburg one sister Verna Brown of Vicksburg one grandchild nieces nephews and other relatives and friends Pearl Brown Services for Pearl Brown were at 10 this morning at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Williams uneral Service Ms Brown died Monday March 20 2006 at Vicksburg Convales cent Home She was 84 A lifelong resident of Warren County Ms Brown was a food service worker at Kuhn Memorial State Hospital Survivors include Vicksburg THEIVY PLACE LORIST GITS 2451 rontage Rd Vicksburg 601 638 6429 friends including Dot McGee Chestine Coffie Services for Chestine Coffie will be at 11 am Saturday at New Zion MB Church with the Rev Henry Williams officiating Burial will follow at the church cemetery Vis itation will be from 6 until 8 pm riday at WH Jefferson uneral Home Mrs Coffie died Thursday March 16 2006 at River Region Medical Center She was 76 A homemaker Mrs Coffie was a retired employee of American Bank She was a member of Rain bow Chapter No 51 Order of East ern Star and New Zion MB Church She was preceded in death by her husband Tom Coffie Jr her parents Jake Austin and Emma Austin (McClain) one son Willie Nicholson five brothers Leon Robinson Joseph Austin Jessie Austin Jake Austin Jr and Abra ham Austin and two sisters Stella Tolliver and Isabella Austin Survivors include five sons Sonny Nickerson of Austin Texas Jake Coffie and Bobby Coffie both of Vicksburg Tommy Coffie of Jackson and John Coffie of ayetteville NC four daughters Isabella Robinson of Stafford Va Kathy Tyler of Vicksburg Betty Coffie Hardy of Topeka Kan and Ann Archer of California three sisters Sadie Mae Jones of Vicks burg Evelyn Johnson and Rose Pollard both of Camden NJ 16 grandchildren three great grand children and nieces nephews and other relatives Eliza Callahan Tory Gibbs EDWARDS Eliza Callahan Tory Gibbs died Thursday March 16 2006 at River Region Medical Center West Campus in Vicksburg She was 94 Born in Copiah County she was a longtime resident of Edwards Survivors include three daugh ters Jo Ann Tory and Mary Myles both of Edwards and Ruby Hill of Raymond one son Joe Tory of Saginaw Mich one broth er William Callahan of Sun City GIBSON MONUMENTS VASES 6434 Highway 61 Vicksburg Ms 39180 601 636 1534 Pager 601 630 2657 MARTIN Marble Granite Bronze I I MORE If riK Visit our display of finished monuments We duplicate restore and clean Call us'for all your needs in Vicksburg since 1 905 A Martin Marble and Granite Works Sky arm Avenue Box 407 Vicksburg Mississippi 601 636 8590 Calif five grandchildren she reared and other relatives and friends Services will be at noon Saturday at Cherry Grove MJL Church in Edwards? Burial will follow at the church cemetery Visitation will be from 1 until 7 pm riday at Lakeover Memorial uneral Home in Jackson Elizabeth Kahee Services for Elizabeth Kahee will be at 1 1 am riday at Williams uneral Service Chapel with the Rev Casey isher officiating Bur ial will follow at Cedar Hill Ceme tery Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home Mrs Kahee died Wednesday March 15 2006 at Shady Lawn Nursing Home She was 79 A retired domestic worker Mrs Kahee was a member of New Mount Pilgrim MB Church where she was on the usher board1 She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Kahee par ents Isiah and rances armer one son Alex Curtis and one grandson Robert Kahee Jr Survivors include two sons Alon zo Curtis Sr and Robert Curtis both of Vicksburg a sister Cather ine Washington of Rolling ork 11 glandchildren 15 great grandchil dren and nieces nephews other relatives and friends Larry Stimage EDWARDS Services for Larry Stimage will be at 11 am Satur day at Oak Grove MB Church in Learned Miss Burial will follow at the church cemetery Visitation will be from noon until 7 pm ri day at Lakeview Memorial uneral 1 lomc in Vicksburg Mr Stimage died Saturday March 18 2006 at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg He was 51 He was preceded in death by his parents arid a brother Survivors include five daughters Vanessa Lane Sharon Lewis Cyn thia Dulaney Tynesha Strong all of Edwards and Natasha Stimage of Raymond two sons Patrick Lewis of Raymond and Eric Den son of Jackson one brother John Stimage of Edwards two sisters Dianne West of Utica and Ethel Brooks of Port Gibson and other relatives and friends including Delois Turner of Edwards Patricia Conway Tillman Thomas Services for Patricia Conway 'Pill man Thomas will be at 2 pm ri day at Mercy Seat MB Church with the Rev Rudy Smith officiat ing Burial will follow at Cedar 1 fill Cemetery Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at Williams uneral Service Mrs Thomas died Sunday March 19 2006 at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg She was 56 A home health nurse Mrs Thomas was employed with Parkview Home Health and Capi tol Home Health A choir member and assistant secretary she also served on the Board of Trustees at Mercy Seat MB Church She was preceded in death by her father George Harvey one son Kevin Thomas two brothers Loye Tillman and Tamothy Till man her grandmother Lillie Bell Smith and one sister Lillie Ruth Harvey Survivors include her mother Rosie Lee Tillman of Vicksburg one son Timothy Tillman Jr of Vicksburg one sister Linda Tillman letcher of Vicksburg five brothers Donald Tillman Roy Tillman Joseph Tillman Timo thy Tillman Sr and Ronald Davis all of Vicksburg and other relatives and friends including the Watson Mims and Eddins families Rebecca Trunell Rebecca Trunell died riday March 17 2006 at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg She was 78 A homemaker Mrs Trunell was a member of Little Zion Christians She was preceded in death by her parents Charles Shorter and Effie Wells Shorter Survivors include 11 sons Bur nell Bailey James Smith Elie Trunell David Trunell Michael Trunell Mason Trunell and Jeff Gibson all of ayette U1 Gibson of Terry Willie Gibson of Jackson Grover Trunell of Bloomington Ill and Elbert Trunell of Kitzinger Germany four daughters Easter Thomas of Port Gibson Elaine Powers and Overlee Trunell both of Vicksburg and Rachael Dyer of Topeka Kan one sister Lillian Richardson of Pattison 33 grand children 31 great grandchildren and other relatives and friends Services will be at 11 a Satur day at Rose Hill Christian Church in Lotman with the Rev Walter Chambers officiating Burial will follow at orest Grove Cemetery Visitation will be from noon until 6 pm riday at Rollins uneral Home in Port Gibson Lou Nichols Wright Lou Nichols Wright died Monday March 20 2006 at her home in Vicksburg She was 85 Born in Chickasaw County Mrs Wright was a homemaker and member of Church of God She was preceded in death by her husband Eugene Wright and her parents John Wesley Nichols and Lucy A Henderson and one brother Hollis Johnson Survivors include two sons Don Johnson of Vicksburg and Jerry and wife Linday Johnson both of Water Valley a longtime friend companion and care giver Jim Cox of Vicksburg eight grandchildren 18 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren Services will be at 2 today at Stricklin King uneral Home in Yazoo City with the Rev Ricky Dorrell officiating Burial will fol low at Glenwood Cemetery in Yazoo City Visitation will be from 12:30 until the hour of service today at the funeral home Pallbearers will be Gary Vines Mike Johnson rank Johnson Charles Houston Ricky Johnson and Jason Cooper GLENWOOD UNERAL HOMES 6 VICKSBURG ROLLING ORK PORT GIBSON UTICA TALLULAH LA 5''' ci sftr wwwGlenwoodfuneralHomcoin 601 636 1 41 4 45 Highway 80 time honored 601 636 7373 1830 Cherry Street and honesty Serving Vicksburg and Warren County amilies Since 1854 "5 rank isher UNERAL DIRECTORS 1K fN Mrs Leone Dingman Arrangements to be announced SELECTED Independent funeral Member by Invitation 5000 Indiana Avenue 601 629 0000 wwwcharlcsrilesfaneralhomecom OSBIB Ur Member by Imitation 5000 Indiana Avenue Vicksburg Mississippi 601 629 0000 wwwcharlesrilcsfuneralhomecom YOUR PRECISION ORECAST ROM CHIE METEOROLOGIST BARBIE BASSETT LI'iimW" TONIGHT RIDAY 0'" Partly cloudy and cold tonight Watch for freezing temperatures a freeze warning is in effect Expect a cool sunny day on riday WEATHER This weather package is compiled from historical records and information provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers the City? of Vicksburg and The Associated Press EXTENDED ORECAST Saturday Monday Sunny and mostly clear with highs in the mid 60s lows in the mid 30s' STATE ORECAST Tonight Partly cloudy in the evening Lows' in the lower 30s north and cen tral mid to upper 30s south reeze warning in effect for north and central riday Mostly sunny Highs around north mid 50s central near 60 south NATIONAL ORECAST riday Rain will taper off across the north west as low pressure off the coast" weakens Some higher elevations will see snowfall from this system The east will see some light as a system passes offshore Highs and lows Temperatures in the Lower 48 Wednesday ranged from a low minus 2 degrees in Hallock Minn to a high of 90 degrees at Miami ALMANAC Temperatures High during past 24 hours Low during past 24 hours Average temperature AS1? Normal this date Record low before 1886 Record high in 1929 Rainfall Past 24 hours 00 inches This month 675 inches Total this year 1267 inches Normal for month 418 inches Normal for year 1451 inches Solunar table Most active times for fish and wildlife riday: AM Active 12:20 AM Most active 6:35 PM Active 12:50 PM Most active 7:05 Sunsetsunrise Sunset today 6:16 Sunset tomorrow 6:16 Sunrise tomorrow 6:02 RIVER DATA Stages Mississippi River at Vicksburg Current: 304 I Change: 14 lood: 43 feet Yazoo River at Greenwood Current: 240 I Change: 03 lood: 35 feet Yazoo River at Yazoo City Current: 238 I Change: 08 lood: 29 feet Yazoo River at Belzoni Current: 247 Change: 07 lood: 34 feet Big Black River at West Current: 187 Change: 02 lood: 15 feet Big Black River at Bovina Current: 278 Change: 04 lood: 28 feet orecast Mississippi River at Cairo III riday 355 Saturday 338' Sunday 291' Mississippi River at Arkansas City riday 24 2 Saturday 238 Sunday 23 7 Mississippi River at Greenville riday 365 Saturday 35 Sunday 35fi Mississippi River at Vicksburg riday 31 Saturday 312 Sunday 309 Steele Bayou 21 Land: 777 River: 768.

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