Snowfall highlights first quarter of 2011
Lots of projects – Olin Corp.’s Centerfire plant, the new Oxford High School and talks about the sale of the hospital – got rolling in the first quarter of 2011, but there was one ball that really got rolling as more than a foot of snow fell in two separate storms the first two months of the year. Take a look back at January, February and March’s events in the Lafayette-Oxford-University community. (December 27, 2011, Page 1)
Monday-Tuesday obituaries
- Richie Turnipseed Ard — 65, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at her home in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 this evening at the funeral home.
- George Thomas Lovelady — 75, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at his residence in Oxford. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery in Oxford.
- Earnest O’Neil Moore Jr. — 60, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services were held this morning at Jeffrie Chapel M.B. Church in Abbeville. Burial followed in Owens Cemetery in Abbeville. Hodges-Freeman Funeral Home in Oxford was in charge of arrangements.
- Wallace Keith Oakes — 39, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at The Med in Memphis. Services will be held at 2 this afternoon in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Abbeville Cemetery in Abbeville. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Francis M. “Frank” Rhodes — 77, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at the V.A. Medical Center. Services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Millington Chapel of the Munford Funeral Home in Millington. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Samuel Wayne Waller Jr. — 67, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at his home in Oxford. Services were held this morning at Clear Creek Baptist Church. Burial followed in Clear Creek Cemetery. Waller Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
‘Dores selling 4A championship items
Fans, parents and members of the community who want to commemorate the Lafayette Commodores’ 2011 MHSAA Class 4A state title can do so through two special offers. (December 27, 2011, Page 8)
Education Briefs
- Foster retires from NWCC board
- Chandler graduates from Harding
- ICC releases honor roll
- FFA chapter attends retreat
- NWCC offers GED classes
- OHS advances to State Theatre Festival
Attorney takes on new career: author
Lauren Alexander was an attorney in Oxford for many years before turning her sights on writing. She recently released two books and will speak about them at the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library on Jan. 26. (December 27, 2011, Page 7)
Do The Hard Part First
Local columnist – and college teacher – Jimmy Reed talks about his father’s advice and how he makes that his annual New Year’s Resolution: to do, and to teach others to do, the hard part first. (December 27, 2011, Page 4)
Planning Commission OKS new well
The Lafayette County Planning Commission approved a new well, a cement structure to house it in, and a new iron-filtering system for Punkin Water Association Thursday night. (December 23, 2011, Page 2A)
‘You’ll shoot your eye out!’
Columnist Ryan Miller admits he’s a little nostalgic when it comes to Christmas time and reminds us about the difference between “gifts” and “presents.” (December 23, 2011, Page 1B)
Friday’s obituaries
- William “Bill” L. Watt — 75, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at his residence in Batesville. Services will be held at 4 this afternoon at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Garden of Memories located at Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the church.
- Samuel Wayne “Sam” Waller Jr. — 66, died Thursday at his home in Oxford. Arrangements incomplete with Waller Funeral Home of Oxford.
South Oaks Christmas decoration contest
South Oaks subdivision held a neighborhood competition to determine whose house was decorated the best for Christmas. See the winners in today’s Oxford Living section. (December 23, 2011, Page 1B)
