Oxford Eagle Contributors, Author at The Oxford Eagle - Page 27 of 87

Columns

How to survive a Southern snowpocalypse

Snow in East Texas is only slightly less rare than a parade of CNN reporters wearing red “Make America Great Again” caps while singing “You ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 7:57 am

Obituaries

Keith E. Harris

Mr. Keith E. Harris, 94, passed away Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at Yalobusha General Nursing Home in Water Valley, Miss. He lived in Indiana most ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, January 30, 2018 10:27 am

Obituaries

Larry Wadlington

Larry Wadlington, 67, died Jan. 24, 2018 at Baptist Reynolds Hospice in Collierville, Tenn. Viewing will be Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 from 11 a.m. to ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, January 30, 2018 10:26 am

Columns

Big business has state prisons, wants schools, too

By Charlie Mitchell Lobbyists have been around as long as there have been lawmaking bodies. Once they were seeking favorable rules and regulations for the ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, January 30, 2018 10:23 am

Columns

Beware the ‘Conservative’ who grows in office

By Michael Shannon The maddening problem facing conservatives fighting the growth of Big Government is that much of the growth is fertilized by former conservatives ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, January 30, 2018 10:22 am

Columns

Hey Feds, take your ethanol mandate and shovel it

By Tom Purcell My back is sore from shoveling snow – and it’s the federal government’s fault. Maybe I’d better explain. We’ve been getting lots ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Sunday, January 28, 2018 6:30 am

Obituaries

Tommy Gray

Mr. Tommy Gray, 83, passed away Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is in ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Saturday, January 27, 2018 2:29 pm

Columns

Zoning is the next step for Lafayette County

By T.J. Ray A congratulations banner would be appropriate across the balcony of the Chancery Building. The Board of Supervisors voted to create zoning in ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:15 am

Obituaries

Cecelia Young Estock

Cecelia Young Estock (Ceil)  78, passed away Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Cecelia was born Aug. 4, 1939 ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:13 am

Obituaries

Jordasch Walter Varnell Robinson

Jordasch Walter Varnell Robinson, 37, died Jan. 18, 2018 in Chicago, Ill. Visitation will be Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:12 am

Obituaries

Carey “Mario” Lynn Miller

Carey “Mario” Lynn Miller, 53, died Jan. 25, 2018 Heritage Hospice in Marietta, Ga. L. Hodges Funeral Services will announce funeral services at a later ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:12 am

Obituaries

Julia Kesler Hall

Julia Kesler Hall, 79, passed away peacefully in her home in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. on Dec. 11, 2017. She is survived by her daughter, Stacey ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:11 am

Obituaries

Nancy Black McClellan

Nancy Black McClellan, 80, died Jan. 21, 2018, in Water Valley, Miss. She was born April 9, 1937, in Coffeeville, Miss., to the late Noel ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:10 am

Obituaries

Robert Howell Smith

Robert Howell Smith, 96, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. The funeral service will be held Saturday, Jan. ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:10 am

Obituaries

Charles Leonard Harper

Mr. Charles Leonard Harper, 86, died January 3, 2018, in Bartlett, Tenn.  Funeral services were previously held in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Harper was preceded in ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:09 am

Obituaries

Larry Wadlington

Larry Wadlington, 67, died Jan. 24, 2018, at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville Tenn. L. Hodges Funeral Services of Oxford, Miss. will announce arrangements ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, January 26, 2018 9:09 am

Obituaries

Minnie Margaret Renfroe Covington

Mrs. Minnie Margaret Renfroe Covington, 79, passed away Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 at her residence in Belen, Miss. The family will receive friends on Thursday, ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:44 am

Columns

The truth about a government shutdown

By Michael Shannon This weekend the United States Treasury bumped up against the “debt ceiling.” This debt ceiling is to the government like the credit ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:43 am

Columns

Raw Water: Threat or menace?

By Danny Tyree Thirty-plus years ago, aunt Addie Lee dropped in on the farmhouse that my parents used for storage and family cookouts. She quaffed ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:42 am

Obituaries

James A. Fitts, Sr.

James A. Fitts, Sr., 69, of Olive Branch, Miss., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven, Miss.  He was ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:45 am

Letters to the Editor

Thank you from the Pantry

December was a very busy month at the Oxford Pantry for our North Oxford Baptist Volunteers. We not only asststed 506 families in need but ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:44 am

Letters to the Editor

Why zoning is better than no zoning

After living in Northern Virginia for years, my wife and I built one of the first homes in Wellsgate. I’ll not forget late one afternoon ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:44 am

< Older Newer >

SportsPlus

  • Friends2Follow

  • Special Sections

  • Polls

    What's Your Favorite Way to Welcome Fall

    View Results

    Loading ... Loading ...