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Obituaries

Ethel O. Santucci

Ethel O. Santucci, 87, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017 at Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, Miss. Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:35 am

Obituaries

Lester Frierson, Jr

Lester Frierson Jr., 68, died Dec. 26, 2017 at his residence in Oxford, Miss. Viewing will be Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 from 11 a.m. to ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:33 am

Obituaries

Robert Wesley Salmon

Mr. Robert Wesley Salmon, 71, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, at his home in Water Valley, Miss. Visitation will be Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:33 am

Obituaries

John Kennedy “Jack” Gurner, Sr.

John Kennedy “Jack” Gurner, Sr., 90, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Jack was born Jan. 21, 1927 in ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:27 am

Obituaries

Anna Calhoun

Ms. Anna Calhoun, 78, passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at her home in Water Valley, Miss. A memorial service will be held Thursday, Dec. ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:26 am

Obituaries

Janie Sue Moore

Miss Janie Sue Moore, 70, passed away early Monday, Dec. 25, 2017 at Oxford Health and Rehab in Oxford, Miss. The family will receive friends ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:26 am

Obituaries

Barbara Jane “B.J.” Smith Gadd

Barbara Jane “B.J.” Smith Gadd, 58, received the best Christmas present ever, rejoicing in the heavenly choir and seeing the face of Jesus on Monday, ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:25 am

Columns

A holly jolly tax bill 

What a difference a historic Republican tax bill makes. The liberal media and Democrats, of course, hate what Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, December 26, 2017 9:18 am

Columns

A Christmas dream inspired by Irving and Bing

By Tom Purcell I dream of “White Christmas” this year. I speak of the Irving Berlin classic made famous by Bing Crosby – a sweet, ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Sunday, December 24, 2017 6:45 am

Columns

What to call a potential nuclear war?

Time was when everyone spoke of eleventh day of the eleventh month. After all, that was the last day of the last war the world ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, December 22, 2017 12:34 pm

News

Oxford United Way holiday party sees large community turnout

By Devna Bose EAGLE Contributor Parents and children braved the chilly temperatures Thursday afternoon to see Santa and share in the holiday spirit. The community-wide ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Friday, December 22, 2017 12:21 pm

Obituaries

Helen Alice Sugg Aderholdt

Helen Alice Sugg Aderholdt, 93, of Oxford, Miss. passed away peacefully at her home on Dec. 19, 2017. She was born on Sept. 15, 1924 ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:52 am

Obituaries

Kendrick Lee Blackmon

Kendrick Lee “KK” Blackmon, 40, sales associate  with Advance Auto Parts, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2017 at Regional One Trauma Center in Memphis, Tenn. Viewing ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:52 am

Columns

Thankful for Jesse Jr.’s enduring Christmas spirit

Walking across the rickety front porch, I tapped on the glass in the wooden door and could hear the sounds on the other side of ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:51 am

News

Alcohol ordinance change prompts community reactions

By Devna Bose The Oxford Board of Aldermen voted during their Dec. 19 meeting to amend the city’s alcohol ordinance to extend alcohol distribution hours ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:46 am

Obituaries

John L. Fortner

John L. Fortner, 84, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at Oxford Health and Rehab in Oxford, Miss. The funeral service will be held Thursday, Dec. ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 20, 2017 10:31 am

Events

United Way to spread spirit of giving at community-wide holiday party

By Devna Bose ’Tis the season for giving and good cheer, and United Way of Oxford Lafayette County is a providing the perfect way to ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Wednesday, December 20, 2017 10:24 am

News

Department of Public Safety to reinstate tens of thousands driver’s licenses

BY ALEX ROZIER Mississippi Today   Tens of thousands of Mississippi drivers will be allowed back on the road in 2018. In January, licenses suspended ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:04 pm

Columnists

My best wartime Christmas

  By Terry Haller   It wasn’t a good time for Christmas. The world was at war, and there was nothing but gloom in the ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:48 am

Columnists

Pruning in the Park

By Anna Haller   Early one morning, several years ago, I was walking my dogs through Avent Park and spotted a worker with a power ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:42 am

Columns

It’s possible: Mississippi could send a Democrat, too

For the second time, the extreme political right overplayed its hand and delivered a Republican U.S. Senate seat to Democrats. Next year, Mississippi could provide ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:36 am

Columns

Mississippi in the midst of its biggest “tax shift” ever

A “tax shift” is devastating to working people, but is usually pretty hard to spot.  Simply put, it is passing laws in the Mississippi Legislature ... Read more

by Oxford Eagle Contributors, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:32 am

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