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The WallersEarly last December, Mississippi Chief Justice Bill WallerJr. stood in a sanctuary full of people in downtownJackson and said goodbye to his father, the late Gov. BillWaller. Just two weeks later, Bill Jr. stood in that samesanctuary and gave away his daughter, Jeannie, in mar-riage. An eventful and emotional couple of weeks to besure.

Renaissance AwardsThe Renaissance Society of the Fondren RenaissanceFoundation will present the second annual RenaissanceAwards for Preservation, Urban Renewal, Vision and ArtsMay 10. This event recognizes six very distinguishedJacksonians who have set the standards in order for ourcity and neighborhoods to thrive.

A Taste of the CountryThe silence and the close proximity to the golf coursewere two deciding factors when Dawn and Chad Gnamchose to build their home in the Montrose subdivision inRidgeland. On May 4, supporters of the MississippiChildren’s Home Services will have a chance to see why itwas the right decision.

Edward BalserEdward Balser lives three lives. If you see him at thereservoir, he will probably be working on his boat. If youattend a child's birthday party, he may be there, dazzlingthe small guests with his magic tricks. On any Sunday orholy day, he will be saying mass at an area Catholicchurch.

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Steel Chef MississippiChefs from around the metro area honoredthe late Jackson restaurateur Craig Noone.

Hinds County Republican WomenThe Hinds County Republican Women heldits annual membership luncheon recently.

Solitario Art ReceptionAn art reception was held at Gallery 119 forrecently New Orleans artist Billy Solitario.

Rebel ClubThe Rebel Club of Jackson met earlier thisyear at Table 100.

Reunion Tour of HomesMac and Paula Long hosted a party honoringthe couples whose homes were part of the2011 Reunion Christmas Tour of Homes.

Jackson Academy Book SigningJackson Academy held a book signing andreception in the school library.

Debutante Mothers Club ofMississippiThe Debutante Mothers Club of Mississippihosted a luncheon at the Country Club ofJackson.

The Garden and Gun ClubThe Garden and Gun Club traveled toJackson for a members-only sporting claystournament.

Starry Night GalaThe 2011 Starry Night Gala benefiting St.Anthony Catholic School was held.

Sister Dorothea RetirementSister Dorothea Sondgeroth recently retiredas president/CEO of St. Dominic HealthServices.

Ballet Mississippi Sponsor PartyBallet Mississippi hosted its annual sponsorparty for “The Nutcracker” recently at ThaliaMara Hall.

Rembrandt Society DinnerThe Mississippi Museum of Art honored itshighest level of donors at the 24th annualRembrandt Society Dinner.

Zoo PartyThe Jackson Zoo hosted ZooPartyUnleashed at Duling Hall in Fondren.

Israeli ReceptionThe Jewish Community of Jackson togetherwith Opher Aviran hosted a reception recently for Gov. Phil Bryant.

BookfriendsThe University Press of MississippiBookfriends recently held its annual membership party.

Hearts Against AidsThe Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS heldtheir 20th anniversary benefit

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Engagement PartyAn engagement celebration honor-ing Susannah Johnson and TaylorHarris was recently held in the homeof Deborah and Leslie Lampton.

Engagement PartyThe home of Betty and John Allinwas the setting for a party honoringthe engagement of Katherine Woodand Alex Petrovitch, both of LosAngeles.

Engagement PartyAn engagement celebration honor-ing Courtney Costello and TommyWright was held recently in the homeof Sandra and Trip Barnes.

Engagement PartyAn engagement party honoringKatherine Barkett and Adam Byrdwas held in the home of Drs. Thadand Paula Strange.

Birthday BrunchNorthsider Joe Morris celebrated his60th birthday with a Sunday brunchin Raymond.

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B Y K A T I E E U B A N K S


Early last December, Mississippi Chief

Justice Bill Waller Jr. stood in a sanctu-

ary full of people in downtown Jackson

and said goodbye to his father, the late Gov. Bill Waller.

Just two weeks later, Bill Jr. stood in that same sanctu-

ary and gave away his daughter, Jeannie, in marriage.

An eventful and emotional couple of weeks to be sure

– but both ceremonies celebrated the tenacious love of

Christ and family that has sustained Bill Jr., Charlotte, and

their three children for decades.

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WHEN YOU WALK into the Wallers’ yellow Victorian-stylehome, Charlotte will offer you a cup of fresh-brewed tea, yourchoice among flavors ranging from Earl Grey to orange spice.Fragrant candles give the house a scent of springtime, and you’llinevitably enjoy a long conversation.

Today Jeannie brews your cup of orange spice, and mother anddaughter sit at a little kitchen table to share some of their story.

“We’ve always been a very connected family,” says Jeannie (nowJeannie Zieren), who moved back into her childhood home lastyear for the final few months of wedding planning.

Living at home again was great, she says, though it came with afew challenges. See, Jeannie isn’t exactly a morning person, buther dad is.

“He sings at the top of his lungs in the mornings,” saysCharlotte, a Biggersville native, who doesn’t mind the crooning at

all. In fact, if her husband pauses she’ll urge him on.“He sings, she laughs, and I’m still trying to wake up,” Jeannie

says. While their morning dispositions might differ, Charlotte and

Jeannie have a lot in common, including teaching exercise classes atFirst Baptist Church of Jackson’s Christian Life Center (CLC).

“We have similar teaching styles. People can tell I’m her daugh-ter,” says Jeannie, who was only six months old when Charlottestarted taking aerobics at the CLC.

“It was ingrained in me,” Jeannie says. “When I was little, I’dwatch her watching videos and learning her choreography. That wasback in the Jane Fonda days.”

Jeannie took her mom’s aerobics classes in the summers duringhigh school and eventually started substitute teaching. She keptteaching classes and got certified while attending Mississippi StateUniversity (MSU) and then graduate school at the University ofMississippi.

“I gravitated toward Pilates because of the meditation benefits.Then I came home [from Oxford] in 2008, and they had Pilates atchurch.”

Jeannie and Charlotte say the exercise classes at the CLC are aministry. Under the direction of Charlotte, who now serves as aero-bics coordinator, the classes include praise music and mini-devo-tional lessons.

“People like it,” Jeannie says. “It’s a non-intimidating, non-threat-ening environment, and you’re connected to brothers and sisters inChrist.”

CHARLOTTE AND BILL first connected with each other atFirst Baptist too. Like his dad and three brothers, Bill met his futurewife in the church’s ministry for young single people.

“We were just friends at first. We had a date and did things withthe singles,” says Bill, a graduate of the University of MississippiSchool of Law, sitting in his conference room at the state SupremeCourt.

Both Bill and Charlotte got their undergraduate degrees at MSU,but the commonality that brought them together was family.

“The lights didn’t come on until she invited me to her apartment


William, Charlotte, Jeannie, Bill and Clayton on Jeannie’s wedding day.

Bill Waller Jr. January 1998 being sworn in by then Chief Justice Lenore Prather

Charlotte and Jeannie at four-year-old tea partyCharlotte and Jeannie

after a football game one night and all her family was there and I got tomeet them. Her grandmother and my grandfather had graduated highschool together, at a small rural school in Lafayette County.

“For one reason or another, that moved the relationship.” Marriage followed, and then three children: William is now 31 and a

dermatologist in Hattiesburg; Jeannie, 29, lives with her husband inOxford and is director of communications at Mississippi Main StreetAssociation; and Clayton, 20, is a sophomore in accounting at MSU.

Meanwhile, Bill’s legal career became more and more public. He servedas a Jackson municipal-court judge in 1995 and 1996, was elected to thestate Supreme Court in 1996, and became chief justice in 2009.

“Judges don’t have the high profile [like my dad did as governor],” Billsays. The late Gov. Waller served from 1972 to 1976.

“But there are things you’re expected to do, commitments you’re sup-posed to have. A public office has public commitments.

“You have to make your family life a priority. We’ve got a rule that any-thing I do at night, I discuss with Charlotte, and we consider family com-mitments first. I’m working on something every night, but not to theexclusion of the family.”

Jeannie says that when she was growing up, Sundays were family days.“So besides church [at First Baptist], we’d all pick an activity and do it.We’d go get ice cream, go to the fair, or drive to a small town and lookaround.”

These days Bill and Charlotte attend Sunday-morning services at GraceCity Church - a congregation planted in north Jackson just over a year ago

by members of First Baptist - though they’re still involved with Bible stud-ies at the church where they first met.

So Sundays have changed for the couple. They’re attending a newchurch, and their kids are growing up and making their own Sunday tra-ditions throughout the state.

But Bill’s proudest moments as a father are getting the whole familytogether for a meal, a graduation or a holiday – in other words, “just beinga father,” he says.

AS FOR NON-FAMILY commitments, “I look over Charlotte’s thingsas well,” Bill says. “She can get busy too.”

In addition to teaching aerobics, Charlotte also hosts her own uniquebrand of tea parties, which have grown into much more than sugar cubesand socializing.

“I did a tea party for Jeannie and her friends when she was four,”

“You have to make your family life a

PRIORITY.”- Bill Waller

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Charlotte says. “At the CLC, they would do craftbirthdays, and I thought, ‘Why not do littlegirls’ tea parties?’ I would say a prayer at theparties.

“Then God gave me a vision.”Charlotte was sitting in the kitchen with her

Bible and a cup of tea one day, and severalScriptures came to her mind. Each Scripturerelated to a different part of tea – cups, tea trays,cream, and even lemons – as a symbol of peopleand their life experiences.

For instance, “lemons represent the sourchoices we make or the misfortunes that happenduring our lives because we live in a fallenworld,” she says.

She often cites John 16:33, in which Jesussays, “In this world you will have trouble.But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Like every family, the Wallers have gonethrough struggles.

“You’re either in a trial, coming out of oneor going into one. That’s been our 32 years ofmarriage,” Charlotte says.

“But God has provided for us and takencare of us and made a way when we didn’tsee a way. And I try to share at the tea partiesthat whatever it is – cancer, job loss, whatev-er – God’s going to put someone in your paththat you can minister to even as you’re goingthrough that.”

Last fall Charlotte hosted a tea party at alocal antique shop, and she was nervousabout sharing her “heavenly tea” devotionalin a secular setting.

“But Jeannie and Bill both said, ‘Do notchange what God’s given you.’”

And the Wallers wouldn’t change anythingGod has given them, whether it’s a new mar-riage or even the loss of a dear father andgrandfather. Their Savior has proved trust-worthy through it all.

“The Lord is just our rock.”


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- Jeannie and Bill Waller

The Wallers: Back row: Bae, Clayton, Jeannie, William III, Yonnie, Don, Anne Overton, Robert, Madeline, Joy. Middle row: Charlotte, Bill Jr., Carroll,Don, Bill, Maggie, Bob, Margaret. Front row: Emma Carroll, Danny, Lucy, Millie, Ava Burton

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Andrew Mattiace, David Watkins, Elise and William Winter, Billy Mounger, Mike Peters


ANDREW MATTIACE AND MIKE PETERS I have been fortunate to meet these two gentlemen at different junctures prior

to knowing about their business acumen. Andrew happens to have been a for-mer neighbor and seeing how we are the ones on the corner, he always greetedmy “outside playing” children with the proverbial honk. Later, I would be able toassist in the planning of his daughter’s wedding. Mike and I served together anumber of years ago on the board of the Fondren Renaissance Foundation. Sincethen, I have been fortunate to be a part of Mike’s boys’ lives as well. Whetherhelping to plan their weddings or my daughter reaping the rewards of his son’ssoccer coaching, we have managed to be a part of the Peter’s family as well. I sayall of this because these two men – Andrew and Mike – are not only the busi-nessmen behind a great number of real estate deals and holdings but they arealso the “family” men that we all aspire to be.

They are both heavily involved in their community and are constantly tryingto match other entities together to make a difference. Each of these two menhave great partners in their wives, as both Jan Mattiace and Anne Peters standside by side with these men in their quest to make a difference in our great city.These are everyday people who are so involved in life that they don’t know anyother way than to make a positive difference. Their business developments andpartnerships have their heart at the center of their success. They have influencedcountless people to take a chance at following their dream. They share theirknowledge and desire freely. I look around the “city of Fondren” and I see somuch that their hands have touched and influenced. They are responsible formuch of the resurgence of our area. Duling Hall stands at the heart of their de-velopment. Once an unused 16th section land holding, today this building andits surrounding grounds are fully restored and feature some of Jackson’s finestrestaurants as well as offices and businesses recognized nationally for their lead-ership in their respective fields. But it doesn’t stop there with this dynamic duo– you see, these are the people that don’t just fill up a space with a prospectivetenant and let them live out their lease. This team takes “living the dream” to adifferent level. They are the ones that take an interest in you on a daily basis andwant to see you succeed; they are the ones who give up maintenance help to

make your street festival a success. They are the ones who tirelessly try and finda tenant for another center so that the area remains strong. They are the onesthat put creative landlord practices to work so that a new business or nonprofitcan “give it a go.” They have tireless faith in others and want to see them succeed.

They don’t see the praise that they deserve, but to us, on the outer rim of theirworld, we see all the greatness that they have accomplished in the corporate andprivate arena. They are real everyday workers making a difference, not only withbricks and mortar but also with people, their lives and dreams.

BILLY MOUNGER I grew up in a family whose mom was active in the political arena and whose

dad happened to be an independent oilman. So, needless to say, the Moungername was one that I have heard in conversation for a number of years. I havebeen fortunate over the years, however, to get to know Billy and his wife Jan inother ways. Having had a business in the Fondren area and being on the foun-dation board in the early years, I have had the occasion of being in the presenceof Mr. Mounger on numerous occasions. In fact, not many things even happenin the Fondren community without the presence of this husband and wife team.Billy, of course is widely known in business and political circles for his unwaveringsupport and keen insight, but it is his love of the arts that has always been mostintriguing. You see this man has an enormous wealth of knowledge with keenbusiness acumen. He is a military man and a sportsman to boot. He can trulyspeak with authority on almost any subject. His contacts are far and wide, andhis interests seem to match this breadth of knowledge as well. But it seems asthough one of his greatest and most natural passions is the promotion of thearts. He has served our city and state with honor in this regard. He has trulystepped up and led the charge in so many “once in a lifetime” events, setting thestage for the International Ballet Competition and world-class art expositionshighlighting everything from the Palaces of Versailles to the Palaces of St. Pe-tersburg.

He has tirelessly promoted our city across the United States as well as abroad.

he Renaissance Society of the Fondren Renaissance Foundation

will present the second annual Renaissance Awards for Preservation,

Urban Renewal, Vision and Arts May 10. This event recognizes six very

distinguished Jacksonians who have set the standards in order for

our city and neighborhoods to thrive. They have been instrumental in

all walks of life and have affected citizens in countless ways. They are

leaders and mentors. They have championed great causes and in-

spired others to reach to greater heights. They have taken risks and

“stepped outside the box” to improve everyone’s quality of life. They

believe in Jackson and have improved its quality of life – they are what

make Fondren, and the state, a better place.

This year’s award recipients include Andrew Mattiace and

Mike Peters for their leadership in urban renewal; Billy Mounger

for his leadership in the arts; David Watkins for his leadership

in historic preservation; and Elise and William Winter for their

leadership as visionaries. “This year’s honorees are coura-

geous, willing, selfless and untiring individuals that inspire us

for the betterment of what they represent. They deserve our

praise and gratitude for the quality of life that they have be-

stowed upon us. They have passion – the kind that our parents

said we should have for something we loved. And most impor-

tantly, these people are not finished. They continue to make

their mark on our city every day. If we are to lead by example,

then we are to follow in their footsteps.”

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He has made a name for Jackson outside its boundaries and given it prominencein the international arts community. His vision and ability to serve as an ambas-sador for the arts has allowed those close to home the chance to explore theworld’s greatness without ever traveling outside the city limits. He has broughtthe world stage to our front door. He has exposed adults and children alike totreasures that have never been outside their boundaries before. He has givenyoung artists, whether through the visual arts or performing arts, a place ofprominence in our community. He has paved the way for Jackson to be the cul-tural center for the arts in the South. Words cannot express the groundwork forwhich he has laid in our fair city – he is truly a renaissance man with a passionfor sharing and exposing the arts.

DAVID WATKINSThis is a man who has taken his passion and made it his career. A highly suc-

cessful lawyer, David is most known for his work with educational reform andthe Jackson Public School System. However, it is his later in life passion for realestate and what many of us would call the “impossible dreams” that intrigue himthe most. Now retired from law, he focuses all of his time on revitalization andurban renewal. He has masterfully orchestrated the phrase “think outside thebox.” He has been able to accomplish what others before him have only talkedabout. He has taken the once grandeur of our fair city that had fallen into gravedisrepair and breathed life into it for another generation to experience. He hasthe uncanny ability to bring back the memories, to restore that which cannot berestored. His developments and projects require not only dreams of restorationand repurposing but also the finesse to create the financial backing required tocomplete the project. His passion is relentless, and together with his son, he is atireless advocate for bringing back what has fallen into disrepair and creatingnew life in a structure while saving the integrity that it once possessed. He getsthe big picture; he understands the need to preserve and at the same time changepurpose. He is a master of the big picture. Some cities have lost what they oncehad but we can truly say we “have a new Sherman in town.” We owe DavidWatkins our hand of approval. From the King Edward to the historic FarrishStreet District, he understands that there are great things among us that are de-serving of being saved and not being torn down. His brilliance and business senseare allowing us to share our past with the future.

ELISE AND WILLIAM WINTERI dare say that there is not a person alive in Mississippi that has not reaped the

rewards of this team. Having served our state so graciously, this dynamic andhumble duo has been at the forefront of promoting Mississippi throughout mylifetime. They are the epitome of Southern hospitality, and I am always so hon-ored when I am in their presence. They have a care and concern for all and alwaysput others before themselves. They are the definition of public servants, but it istheir actions after the “Mansion” that are most intriguing. They have continuedto serve our state like no other after leaving office. They have tirelessly promotedour state and been at the forefront of educational reform and racial reconciliation.They have moved mountains in a calming and caring way. Throughout it all,

they have taken with such dignity a caring spirit to those in need. William hashelped to pave the way for groundbreaking reform and has tirelessly worked topreserve our state’s heritage. Elise has been tireless in her efforts to make surethe people of this great state of Mississippi have proper home and shelter bylending her actions to Habitat for Humanity. A founder of Habitat for HumanityMetro Jackson, she has truly taken her generous spirit and placed it into actionby firsthand making a difference in the lives of so many who just wanted to livethe “American dream” of owning a home. This is a couple that took their oath ofoffice as if it were a wedding vow. They have made a life of making a differenceso that all Mississippians might have a better life. We should all be so honoredfor their vision in making a difference in the lives that they so graciously haveserved.

AWARDS PRESENTATIONThe Renaissance Awards for Preservation, Urban Renewal, Vision and Arts

will be presented at the historic Cedars located at 4145 Old Canton Rd., onThursday evening, May 10. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will featureSouthern delicacies from famed husband and wife duo Derek and Jennifer Em-merson of Walker’s Drive In and Local 463. Music and dancing for the eveningwill feature “Swing de Paris” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Proceeds from the evening willbenefit the ongoing preservation and restoration efforts of the home and groundsas well as the continuing arts education efforts of The Cedars. Renovated andrestored in 2003 with further enhancements in 2011, The Cedars, Jackson’s oldeststanding residential structure will celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2015. Thestructure and grounds are maintained by the Fondren Renaissance Foundationand serve as a vital location for community events throughout the Jackson area.Daily maintenance and further continued preservation are needed to keep thishistoric icon a thriving part of our community. The Cedars plays host to a varietyof events throughout the year, many free and open to the public. From the Sym-phony at Sunset to the award-winning Four Seasons of The Cedars Visual andPerforming Arts Series, The Cedars serves as a catalyst for a number of Jacksonphilanthropies and non-profits.

Tickets for the Renaissance Awards are $100 per person, and members of TheCedars Trust serve as hosts for the evening. Membership in The Cedars Trustis $500 annually per couple. The Cedars Trust members are individuals whohonor each year’s class of distinguished honorees and are listed on a permanentcommemorative plaque recognizing their contributions to ongoing efforts atThe Cedars. Tax deductible contributions to The Cedars Trust will ensure thatThe Cedars will continue to survive for future generations to enjoy and continuethe cultural and arts programs for which it is currently known throughout thecommunity. Newly raised funds from the 2012 Cedars Trust are needed for con-tinuing arts education and programming along with continued restoration ofthe house structure and grounds. Specific areas of concentration are to includeinterior and exterior maintenance, further installation of historical plantings,roofing and drainage issues, a back privacy fence and the installation of a back-yard pavilion to be used for outdoor events as well as storage.

For more information on this year’s 2012 Renaissance Awards, contact theFondren Renaissance Foundation at 601.981.9606 or log on to www.fondren.org.


The Cedars is Jackson’s oldest standing residentialstructure and was saved from destruction and re-stored to its former grandeur by the Fondren Ren-aissance Foundation and a host of other individualsand corporations. Originally part of the GarlandPlantation, William Garland and his two brothers,Samuel and Burr, came to Mississippi from Lynch-burg, Va., in 1832 and bought up farming land ex-tending from Northside Drive and North State Streeteast to the Pearl River and south to present day Lake-land Drive. In 1840 The Cedars was built by Williamwhile the brothers built on the hill where theRogue/4450 now stands. When William died in1847, the brothers inherited the property and, afterthey returned to Virginia at the start of the Civil War,the land was sold off. At the time, The Cedars wasthe last stage coach stop en route to Canton.

Over the remaining years, the homestead waschanged slightly in appearance to accommodate theowners. The most notable change was the relocationand addition of the plantation’s one-room school-house to the original structure. Still maintaining the

original chalkboard ledge, this room would serve thenext generation of homeowners as the family diningroom. Today, the foundation maintains ownership ofthe property and its grounds, complete with the ma-jestic cedars for which it was named.

Known by most of the community as the site ofpicturesque weddings and receptions, The Cedars isprobably best known for the Four Seasons at TheCedars Visual and Performing Arts Series and Sym-phony at Sunset – both widely praised cultural com-munity events open and free to the public. Like anyother historic structure and grounds, funds must beconstantly set aside for the continued purpose ofpreservation and maintenance. Newly raised fundsfor The Cedars are to include interior and exteriormaintenance, further installation of historical plant-ings, roofing and drainage issues, a back privacy fenceand the installation of a backyard pavilion to be usedfor outdoor events as well as storage.

The Cedars is located at 4145 Old Canton Rd. Formore information, call the foundation office at 601-981-9606 or log on to fondren.org.

A BRIEFHISTORY OF THECEDARS

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“Duty, Honor, Country,” the motto of the United States Military Academy, probablybest describes the foundation for Billy Mounger’s life of a community servant, busi-nessman, philanthropist, political activist, family man, and husband. A perpetualball of energy and a man of vision, he provides leadership and lasting impressionswherever he goes.

Mounger was born on March 31, 1926 to Veronica Robertson Mounger andWilliam Malcolm Mounger, both deceased. His father was a longtime CEO of De-posit Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. He attended Jackson Public Schools andwas graduated from Central High School in 1944.

In 1944, he was appointed to the United States Military Academy, West Point,N.Y., where he was graduated in the Class of 1948 with a bachelor’s degree in general

engineering.He was commissioned second lieutenant in the United States

Air Force, and received his pilot’s wings in September of 1949 atBarksdale Field. He flew B-29s, but mostly B-50s, and participatedin flying the first atomic bombs to Europe in 1950. He attainedthe rank of first lieutenant, was aircraft commander of a B-50Bomber with a 10-man crew and was also an atom bomb com-mander. He resigned from the Air Force in February of 1953.

In September 1954, he entered the University of Oklahomawhere he received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineeringand a master’s of petroleum engineering in 1957.

He began working for Humble Oil and Refining Company(Exxon) in South Louisiana as a petroleum engineer. He left Hum-ble to open the first petroleum department in Mississippi for theDeposit Guaranty Bank and Trust Company; he managed the de-partment until January 1970. He then became an independent oilproducer, and invested in many other business endeavors.

Mounger is known for his political activities on behalf of the Re-publican Party. He began supporting the party in 1958. In 1966,he became the finance chairman for the Mississippi RepublicanParty and continued in that role through 1976.

He became known for his work with the USA International Bal-let Competition. In 1986, when it was floundering due to financialproblems, then-Mayor Dale Danks asked him to help save thecompetition. With only six weeks left before the event was sched-uled to start, he raised $350,000, enabling it to be produced. It wasin this competition that Russia participated in the West for thefirst time, sending their three best dancers to perform, thereby ce-menting the status of the USA IBC as the best in the world. Forthe 1990 USA IBC, he was development chairman, putting theIBC in the best financial position of any arts organization in Mis-sissippi. He then served as chairman of the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006,and 2010 competitions, assuring continued preeminence of theUSA IBC as number one in the world.

He has served as a member of the board and honorary chairmanof the Mississippi Commission for International Exchange fromits origination in 1994. This commission produced the Palaces ofSt. Petersburg, the Splendors of Versailles, the Majesty of Spain,and the Glory of Baroque Dresden.

He is an avid tennis player and was a vice president of the South-ern Lawn Tennis Association.

Mounger has received many awards, including the Bill and Emmett Vaughey Wild-cat Award (Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association) 1994; Governor’s Award forExcellence in Arts-Patrons Award 1995; recipient of People of Vision Award 1995;recipient of the Exchange Club Americanism Award 1996; knighted by Knights Hos-pitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem 1997; Goodwill Volunteer Service Award for 2001;the first recipient of the Stuart C. Irby Philanthropy Award 2005; honored by theAmerican Cancer Society 2007. He is a longtime, active member of the First Pres-byterian Church in Jackson.

He and his wife, Jan Gore Mounger, were married on January 21, 1956. They havetwo sons, William Malcolm Mounger II and Robert Gore Mounger, and five grand-children: Callie, Catherine, William M. III, Robert, and Anne Rivers.

BILLY MOUNGER


T. ANDREW MATTIACEAndrew Mattiace is the president and founder of Mattiace Properties Inc. He is

also the owner and general managing partner for The Mattiace Company and Mat-tiace Development Company LLC. Prior to starting his own company, he was theHinds County finance director and deputy chancery clerk.

Mattiace was graduated from St. Joseph High School where he earned a scholar-ship to attend Belhaven University and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting.While at Belhaven, he received the Outstanding Leadership Award and was electedteam captain. His early career was in accounting, but his passion for real estate anddealmaking led to the start of his own firm.

Mattiace Properties Inc., was founded in 1979 and has been actively involved inreal estate development of shopping centers and office buildings in Mississippi, Ten-nessee and Louisiana, and has developed in excess of four million square feet ofretail and office buildings.

Mattiace was the 2005 recipient of the City of Ridgeland Economic DevelopmentAward. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and hasserved on its governmental affairs committee and as a speaker at several ICSC con-

ferences. He has served on the board of directors of Com-munity Bank of Mississippi, Willowood DevelopmentalCenter, Belhaven University advisory board, and the BondHome of Madison. He has served seven years as chairmanand board member of Downtown Jackson Partners.

MICHAEL JOSEPH PETERSThe Peters family moved to Jackson in 1963, and Mike

was graduated from Jackson Preparatory School in 1973.He attended Mississippi State University initially, then

transferred to Belhaven College. He was graduated magnacum laude from Belhaven in December 1977 with a bach-elor’s degree in business administration. He married AnneMitchell, a Belhaven graduate, in May 1977. The couplecelebrates their 35th anniversary this year.

After graduation he began working for several bankinginstitutions and taught evening classes in business and fi-nance for three years at Belhaven College. In the early1980s Peters began working for Wayne Parker, a well-known real estate developer in Jackson. He managedParker’s real estate business for over 10 years. He startedPeters Real Estate in 1993.

He is best known for his renovation and restoration proj-ects, including the Plaza Building, a 12-story art decobuilding in downtown Jackson which Peters bought in2004. The 85,000-square-foot building, listed on the Na-tional Register of Historic Places, was in need of repair andonly half occupied when he bought it. It now is fully oc-cupied, with restaurants, offices and the top three floorsconverted into executive apartments. The Plaza Buildingrestoration earned Peters the Jackson Historic Preserva-tion Committee’s 2007 Award of Merit for a rehabilitationproject.

Another project that he has received wide acclaim for isFondren Corner, credited with reviving development inthe Fondren District. This “hugely successful” renovationnow houses retail, restaurants, art studios, and apartments

and has stayed fully occupied. The Mississippi Main Street Association presentedPeters the 2004 Best Adaptive Reuse award for Fondren Corner.

English Village, well known as the former location of one of Jackson’s landmarks,Jitney 14 on Fortification Street, has experienced a similar rebirth thanks to Pe-ters.

Another endeavor is the $25 million joint venture with Andrew Mattiace, inwhich the two have teamed with Jackson Public Schools to renovate the historicDuling School and build two adjacent buildings that now house office space, retail,art galleries, boutiques and restaurants. Peters also manages office and retail prop-erty in Clinton, Ridgeland, Flowood and Brandon.

Two other “developments” that Peters is extremely proud of are his sons Mitch,32 (married to Cee Jaye and their daughter Anna Mitchell) and Sam, 30 (marriedto Courtney and their daughter Savannah), both of whom work with their dad inthe real estate business. According to Peters, “I can’t imagine not having my sonsin business with me. We have a fabulous time.”

Peters is a member of Northminster Baptist Church and is a charter member ofthe Mississippi Commercial Association of Realtors.

ANDREW MATTIACE/MIKE PETERS

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William F. Winter served as governor of Mississippifrom 1980 to 1984. Prior to that he had been elected tothe offices of state representative, state tax collector, statetreasurer and lieutenant governor. He has been chairmanof the Southern Regional Education Board, the Ap-palachian Regional Commission, the Southern GrowthPolicies Board, the Commission on the Future of theSouth, the National Civic League, the Kettering Founda-tion, the Foundation for the Mid South, the Ole MissAlumni Association, and the Mississippi Department ofArchives and History.

He was a member of President Clinton’s National Ad-visory Board on Race. His term as governor has been na-tionally acclaimed for the groundbreaking passage ofeducation reform legislation. He was instrumental in thefounding of the William Winter Institute for Racial Rec-onciliation at the University of Mississippi. He was re-cently awarded the Profile in Courage Award by the JohnF. Kennedy Library Foundation.

An attorney in the firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter,Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre in Jackson, he is a grad-uate of the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Elise Winter, the daughter of the late Mayor and Mrs.E.W. Varner of Senatobia, is a graduate of NorthwestCommunity College and the University of Mississippi.She is a strong proponent of affordable housing and wasa founding member of the Jackson chapter of Habitat forHumanity. She also served on the Habitat InternationalBoard and the Committee for Affordable Housing of theFederal Home Loan Bank Board.

She is a former president of the State Junior College In-teralumni Association and of the Mississippi Easter SealSociety and has served as a member of the boards of RustCollege and Piney Woods School. She is a recipient of thehonorary degree of doctor of humane letters from Mis-sissippi University for Women.

She is the author of the book, “Dinner at the Mansion.”She is an elder in the Fondren Presbyterian Church ofJackson.

Gov. and Mrs. Winter have three daughters and fivegrandchildren.

WILLIAM AND ELISE WINTER


David Watkins is the president and CEO of Watkins Devel-opment LLC and several other development companies doingbusiness as Watkins Partners. He is a native of Natchez andhas lived in the Jackson area for more than 40 years.

Watkins earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Mill-saps College, attended Emory University School of Law andthe University of Mississippi School of Law, receiving a jurisdoctorate degree. He has also attended the Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Education and served two years in the AirForce.

Watkins was engaged in the full-time practice of law formore than 35 years, retiring in December to focus his full-time effort and energies on his real estate projects. Prior to hisretirement, he was a partner in the public finance law firm ofWatkins and Young, which he founded in 2004. Formerly, hewas a partner in the law firms of Brunini, Grantham, Growerand Hewes and Adams and Reese LLP, where he specializedin education law, public finance and governmental relations.Among his many clients, he represented the Jackson PublicSchools for more than 35 years, up until his retirement lastyear. As a lawyer and a volunteer, he was active in educationreform advocacy for over a quarter of a century, havingworked on most of the major education reform legislationfrom 1975 through 2000.

He has also held numerous other positions of public service,including being on the boards of the Jackson Chamber ofCommerce, Metro Jackson Chamber Partnership, DowntownJackson Partners, the Mississippi Symphony, the Greater Jack-son Arts Council, the Mississippi Department of InformationServices, the National Council of School Attorneys, the Amer-ican Judicature Society, the Coalition for Children, EducationFirst of Mississippi, and Central Mississippi Legal Services, toname a few.

Watkins began to pursue real estate and urban developmentand other entrepreneurial ventures, in addition to his lawpractice. As a result of his successes in various downtownJackson projects, he has focused his entire attention on thereal estate development business. He is a principal, co-devel-oper and co-owner of the King Edward Hotel and the Stan-dard Life Building projects. He is also the principal investorand the developer of the Farish Street Entertainment Districtin downtown Jackson.

In addition to tackling “impossible” real estate projects inJackson, his biggest challenge, and his greatest joy in life isbeing grandfather to nine-year-old grandsons, Web, Hudsonand Jackson, and a seven-year-old granddaughter, Douglas.

W. DAVID WATKINS

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A Taste


The silence and the close proximity to the golf

course were two deciding factors when Dawn and

Chad Gnam chose to build their home in the

Montrose subdivision in Ridgeland.

On May 4, supporters of the Mississippi Children’s

Home Services will have a chance to see why it

was the right decision at the 2012 Annual Wine

Tasting and Silent Auction, which will be held at

their home from 7 to 10 p.m.

The Gnams built their house three and a half

years ago and moved into the five bedroom home

in 2008. “It feels like you are out in the country

even though we are right in town,” Dawn said. “As

much time as I spend in my car, that was important.”

Chad, a Houston, Texas, native, and Dawn, origi-

nally from Nashville, met while they were both

attending Vanderbilt. They were married after

Chad’s fist year in medical school in Texas. They

were transplanted to Jackson after medical school

when they moved here for Chad to do his residen-

cy program in obstetrics/gynecology at University

of Mississippi Medical Center.

“Neither of us knew a single person in Jackson,

but Chad had been very impressed with the pro-

gram during his interview,” Dawn said. “Frankly, I

thought we would be here for the four years of

training and move on. However, once here, we

made some really good friends and loved it. That

was 16 years ago. We’re here to stay.”

The Gnams have two children, Ashley, 16, a soph-

omore at Jackson Academy, and Jack, 12, in sixth

grade at JA.

J. Scott Williams was the architect and David Ray

built their Montrose home. Cathy Chinn, then of

Navarro-McLean, was the decorator. “She was fab-

ulous. We wanted the house to be beautiful but

comfortable, and she managed that perfectly,”

Dawn said. “Many people have asked me if I would

ever build another house. While I don’t plan to, I

would only undertake another house if David would

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On May 4, supporters of the MississippiChildren’s Home Services will have a chanceto see why it was the right decision at the2012 Annual Wine Tasting and SilentAuction, which will be held at their homefrom 7 to 10 p.m.

The Gnams built their house three and ahalf years ago and moved into the five bed-room home in 2008. “It feels like you are outin the country even though we are right intown,” Dawn said. “As much time as I spendin my car, that was important.”

Chad, a Houston, Texas, native, and Dawn,originally from Nashville, met while theywere both attending Vanderbilt. They weremarried after Chad’s fist year in medicalschool in Texas. They were transplanted toJackson after medical school when theymoved here for Chad to do his residencyprogram in obstetrics/gynecology atUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center.

“Neither of us knew a single person inJackson, but Chad had been very impressedwith the program during his interview,”Dawn said. “Frankly, I thought we would behere for the four years of training and moveon. However, once here, we made some real-ly good friends and loved it. That was 16years ago. We’re here to stay.”

The Gnams have two children, Ashley, 16,a sophomore at Jackson Academy, and Jack,12, in sixth grade at JA.

J. Scott Williams was the architect andDavid Ray built their Montrose home. CathyChinn, then of Navarro-McLean, was thedecorator. “She was fabulous. We wanted thehouse to be beautiful but comfortable, and

she managed that perfectly,” Dawn said.“Many people have asked me if I would everbuild another house. While I don’t plan to, Iwould only undertake another house ifDavid would build it and Cathy would deco-rate.”

Their beautiful home includes five bed-rooms, five baths and two half-baths. Themaster bedroom is located downstairs over-looking their pool. The other four bedroomsare upstairs, where Ashley and Jack eachhave their own room and bath, and share a“study” room. Dawn’s mother stays withthem on many occasions so she has her own“Mimi” room. The upstairs also includes aguest room. The kids have a large playroomwith ping pong and a basketball goal, andtheir own media room.

But Dawn’s favorite parts of the house arethe kitchen/keeping room and the pool area.The kitchen has a large brick island that isthe hub of their daily lives. “We truly live inthe kitchen,” she said. “We love the largeisland, where there is plenty of room foreveryone to gather. I can stand at my sinkand look out at the pool, not a bad view forwashing dishes. We spend so much time inthe spring and summer around the pool. Wewondered when we were building if wewould really use the pool. We definitely do.”

The dining room is another favorite area ofDawn’s. “One of the priorities was a roomthat would accommodate a round diningtable,” she said. “We have lots of family intown for holidays and love to have dinnerparties around the round table. It is so greatto be able to talk to everyone.”

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Throughout the house, the decor is traditional becauseaccording to Dawn, “we are not formal people and didn’twant a particularly formal design.” Cathy accomplished justwhat the Gnams were hoping for, “beautiful but comfort-able.”

Walnut floors run through the home, which Dawn saidwas one of their most difficult decisions when building. “Welooked and looked and could not decide, then went on ananniversary trip to the Sanctuary on Kiawah Island, S.C.,”she said. “They have the most beautiful floors in the mainbuilding, and we loved them. A bit of research led us toCarlisle flooring and the walnut plank. We have beendelighted with that decision.”

“We have family in Texas and both love the look of thehouses in the Texas hill country,” she said. Limestone and

stucco cover the front of the house, and salvaged brick is onthe back, while the back porch is framed with salvagedbeams from an old cotton warehouse.

Dawn decided to host the wine tasting event for MCHSbecause she has friends and former tennis teammates whoare involved in the organization.

“When they asked me about hosting the wine tastingevent, I was happy to agree.” She said. “What a wonderfulorganization. They provide so much to those children whoreally need it.”

The annual event will showcase wines and food preparedby some of the Jackson area’s finest chefs. Warren Gunn willreturn as this year’s sommelier. The event is chaired byAngela Jones and Katherine Penton, and co-chaired byMarcie Robertson and Kristin Malouf.

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Mississippi Children’s Home Services (MCHS) has

served Mississippi children, youth and their families

for an entire century. To note this accomplishment,

MCHS is holding centennial celebration events

throughout the year across the state. The proceeds

raised from the evening’s event will fund an array of

programs including adoption, children’s shelters,

special education, foster care, therapeutic group

homes and psychiatric residential treatment facili-

ties.

In 1912, Mississippi Children’s Home Services

began as a “home-finding agency” for neglected and

dependent children who were not served by orphan-

ages. Since then, the agency has placed approxi-

mately 7,000 children in caring homes.

As society changed and the needs of children

grew, Mississippi Children’s Home Services evolved,

amending its charter and garnering increased public

and private support and began to serve thousands

more children annually. These are children who do

not know what it means to be held, hugged or loved.

They are children who are homeless, children who

have suffered physical, mental, emotional and sexual

abuse. They have no one to turn to and nowhere to

go, and feel as if they have nothing to lose.

Often indigent and lacking in influence, these are

children who find at Mississippi Children’s Home

Services the compassion and expert care they need

to stop hurting and to begin healing, to build the

foundation for a more hopeful existence.

The MCHS mission is to improve the lives of chil-

dren and families by providing a continuum of com-

passionate, measurable and effective behavioral

health and social services.

“The Mississippi Children’s Home Services Wine

Tasting and Silent Auction has become the signature

event for our organization,” said Jana Bell, special

events coordinator. “This year we expect well over

300 people to come out to sample fine wines and

gourmet foods.

“In honor of our 100th anniversary, we’ve set a

fund-raising goal of $100,000; this level of support

from the community will allow us to continue to grow

in our ability to meet needs of children and families

throughout our state. We are deeply appreciative of

the Gnams for opening up their beautiful home for

what promises to be a wonderful evening.”

For more information, please contact Jana Bell at

[email protected] or 601-709-1204.

Mississippi Children’sHome Services

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EDWARD BALSER lives three lives. If you

see him at the reservoir, he will probably

be working on his boat, dressed in crisp

white shorts and wearing his captain's cap.

If you attend a child's birthday party, he

may be there, dazzling the small guests

with his magic tricks. Rent his party boat

and Father Magic may provide your

evening's entertainment. On any Sunday or

holy day, he will be saying mass at an area

Catholic church. Call him Captain Balser,

Father Magic or Father Balser, he answers

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He is an anomaly. A native Mississippian, born and bred in Pike County,he has spent his entire working life in a diocese peopled with priests pri-marily from Ireland. In his younger days he served St. Peter's, St. Jude's,Holy Family and St. Paul's, all in the greater Jackson vicinity. AlthoughFather Balser is now retired and living in Madison, he routinely suppliesarea churches especially at vacation time, what he calls 'hit and run' service."I'm filling in for all those priests who go home to Ireland for a month inthe summer."

Edward was number seven of 10 children born to a machinist for theIllinois Central Railroad, George Balser, and his wife, Emma, a homemak-er. George, of German descent, was a stern man; Emma, a gentle soul, wasIrish in background. They bore 10 children. Two died in childhood, the eld-

est, also named George, and the youngest, Kathleen, "Wounds my mothernever got over." Papa George had a knack for fixing and building things, andson Edward often picked up his dad's pocket knife and whittled. Whittlingand woodworking soon became a deeply entrenched hobby, both withEdward and brothers John and Richard. "Tinkering is in our blood." Thethree brothers all have workshops at their homes even today.

Richard, child number four in the family, has a wealth of stories about hisyounger brother. "Eddie never met a person he didn't like, and everyoneliked Eddie. We lived out in the country, but he visited our neighbors justlike they were family members." As a child Edward could not stand to seesomeone in need. "It was Depression time," says Richard, "and I recall oneFriday evening when mother made a big pot of gumbo. After I finished my


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bowl, I got up to get another, and Eddie said I could not have any more. Heasked my mother to allow him to take the remaining gumbo to the Tate fam-ily down the road. He told us that Mrs. Tate had nothing in the house to feedher 10 children. I can still see Eddie walking out the door with a containerof gumbo under one arm and another of rice under the other arm headedfor the Tates' house."

EDWARD HAD HIS OWN workshop as a youngster. Around the age of10, Father Balsar decided to try his hand at taxidermy. He acquired a mail-order course on taxidermy and set traps in a creek that ran through theiracreage in Pike County. Among his first attempt, were a kitten, a mink andsome birds. He even skinned a large snake a neighbor had killed, dried theskin and made himself a belt. The kitten "didn't much look like a kittenwhen Eddie got through with it," says Richard, "but with practice - andmore lessons - he got to be really good at it."

Once gentle Emma set her Irish mind to something, she was a force to bereckoned with. When the small church school her children attendedclosed, she vowed her children would not attend public school. Richard,still amazed, says, "She somehow convinced the nuns at St. Mary's School,Chatawa, an all-girl boarding school, to accept her sons as day students."Father Balsar and his brothers graduated high school from St. Mary's.

Edward attended college in Louisiana with the intention of becoming aphysician, but after two years of pre-med, he decided to enter seminary, andhe carried his love of woodworking on to seminary, where he tinkered inthe school shop, and later to the churches he served.

Perhaps because of growing up with a large group of siblings, theNorthsider has always had a special interest in ministering to the childrenof his congregation. During his tenure there, St. Jude's Church had anexcellent and active day care program, which at its peak had 300 childrenenrolled. Father Balser began to make wooden toys and small furniture -chairs and steps - for the day care center. It was not only a labor of love, butan economic move. "Toys are so easily broken. It seemed we were alwaysreplacing them, whereas wooden toys are virtually indestructible." At St.Paul's Church day care center his work was repeated.

Today Father Balser creates his toys for the day care center of St. FrancisChurch. His pride and joy is a wooden train which holds 35 children and ispulled by a golf cart. On Mondays the train comes out of its garage to takeevery child who is able to walk on a ride around church grounds. With thepriest of St. Francis as engineer, the train ride is a treat eagerly anticipatedby the children.

BALSER'S HOME in Madison is situated on a four-acre lot, and behindthe comfortable house is an enormous 48' x 24' workshop filled roof to floorwith wood Father Balser has scavenged from any and everywhere. When afurniture company closed in Canton he bought the entire inventory ofwood. "I pick up discarded wood, too," he says, and, pointing to a box ofhundreds of golf tees, he adds, "and friends are always on the lookout forthings I can use."

His shop houses a table saw, planer, router, band saw, jigsaw, drill pressand lathe. In every nook and cranny are boxes of toy parts: planks for thestools, wheels for the trucks, spindles and legs for various furniture pieces,

all cut and sanded and ready to be quickly assembled when an order comes.While most of his toys go to day care centers, a line of Father Balser's toys

and furniture is for sale at Olde Tyme Commissary. These include a dollstroller, Noah's ark, truck, space shuttle, boat, lapboard, puzzles, steps,blocks, pencil holders, small figures of people, chicken and dogs, and child-sized tables and chairs. Holidays bring out an array of special gifts: person-alized Easter baskets and Christmas ornaments.

Sandra Weber of Olde Tyme Commissary in Highland Village says ofFather Balsar, "This is one unique man. I think he loves wood almost asmuch as he loves the Catholic church. He cuts and sands each piece with hisown hands. When he brings a new group of toys in, he will pick up a pieceand show me, 'Look, Sandra, at the color of this,' or 'Look at the beautifulgrain in this one.' If I think of something I want to add to our inventory, Ican just tell him my ideas, and he can execute them just as I imagined them.I have carried his Easter baskets in my shops for almost 37 years … I tell peo-ple they are blessed, because Father Balsar made them."

WHEN ASKED which is his favorite toy, with a sly smile and a twinklein his eye, Father Balser replies, "My favorite and biggest toy is my boat."Everyone knows Father Balser's boat Friendship II, which has been thescene of many joyful events. Not everyone realizes that Balsar himself builtthe boat as well as its three predecessors, the Mary Lynn, the Melody Ann,and the first Friendship. "My boats were originally built for the entertain-ment of children. I thought they would enjoy a boat ride on the water."

The Friendship, 98 feet long and 20 feet wide, was constructed with noplans, no blueprints, just a vision in Balser's mind. "I knew what I wanted,so I put my woodworking skills to work and built a very detailed scale model,on a ratio of one-half inch equal to one foot. Then I took the scale model toa friend in Louisiana who is knowledgeable of the Coast Guard regulations.He built the flotation and structure. Then together we constructed the entireboat right out here on the Reservoir near the Cock of the Walk."

Father Balser believes in having fun. He rides a Honda SilverwingScooter which he calls "an old man's bike" and cruises his four acres on ariding mower. These are the words he lives by, which he wanted to pass onto Sun readers: "When you bring happiness to others, you cannot keep itfrom yourself."

“When you bringÜ~ééáåÉëëto others, you cannot keep it from yourself.”

- Edward Balser

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Today was really hard.

I get mad a lot now and

get in fi ghts in school.

But, I know I can do better.

I just need help to work

harder and be nicer.

I’m ready to try.

MYPAC: In-home counseling for emotional disturbances

PRTF: Residential care for emotional disturbances

Tomorrow will be different.Every child can become a success story.

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There is no place like home and there’s

no place like your mama’s house. But at some

point mama wants you to leave and then she

wants you to come back and visit.

After college, I got my first real job as a

buyer for Viking Cooking School in

Greenwood and moved back in with my par-

ents. I was pretty happy with the situation -

free rent (I could save for my first house), free

food (I could meet my friends for happy hour

and still have dinner when I got home), and

free laundry service (I had more time to spend

doing other things besides washing and fold-

ing). Initially my parents were happy too - until

they realized that their house was a storage

facility for my college furniture, an all night

café, and a laundromat.

When I came home from work and

announced that Viking was transferring me to

Jackson and I would be moving out, my moth-

er ran to the liquor store – not for a bottle of

champagne, but for boxes to help me pack.

After five years of college tuition, no car pay-

ment, health insurance coverage, and a cell

phone tied to my parents account, the free

ride was over. The real world was waiting for

me in the capital city and mama and daddy

weren’t paying the way anymore.

It didn’t take me long to realize there really is

no place like home. Of course I was giddy to

have my own place, my own stuff, and to come

and go as I pleased – yet I missed home.

Since I was a kid, I have been paralyzed by

bouts of homesickness. I remember going to

camp and being physically ill because I want-

ed desperately to go home.

(SIDE NOTE: It’s funny how food is a part of

every memory that I have as a kid and this one

is no different - I associate camp with vanilla

milkshakes. I did not like camp; therefore I do

not like vanilla milkshakes. Vanilla milkshakes

make me homesick, but not in a good way.)

In an effort to calm me, the camp director

brought me a vanilla milkshake. I was incon-

solable and to her credit most kids would stop

wailing long enough to enjoy such a treat. Not

me. In between dramatic gasps for air as I

hyperventilated, I ingested enough to know I

cannot stand vanilla milkshakes. I am not sure

if it was the tears or the fact that I threw up the

vanilla milkshake that convinced the director

to abandon efforts to keep me against my will.

Regardless, the director called my mother and

my parents drove late that evening to get their

homesick daughter. I have never been so glad

to go home - I got to sleep in my own bed that

night, haven’t had a vanilla milkshake since

that day, and I never went back to camp.

Sometimes it takes being away from home to

make you appreciate all of the things that

FOODWISE

Marlana Walters, ProprietorThe Everyday Gourmet

T E X T A N D P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y M A R L A N A W A L T E R S

A HOUSE A HOMEG O O D F O O D A N D G R E A T T A B L E W A R E M A K E


FOODWISE

make home special. As I explored the definition

of home, “the place in which one’s domestic

affections are centered,” I realized it’s not one

thing that makes a house feel like a home, but

all of the things assembled throughout a life-

time that give a home character.

Outside of my personal residence, The

Everyday Gourmet is my home and a temporary

resting place for many products before they

find a final home with one of our discerning

customers. Recently, we have had a homecom-

ing for one of our most favorite people, Gail

Pittman.

For years, The Everyday Gourmet has been a

destination for Gail Pittman designs. I am proud

to say that we are now the home for Gail

Pittman. The Everyday Gourmet is now the

exclusive retailer for Gail Pittman products in

the Jackson area and I am almost as happy as I

was when my mamma picked me up from

camp. Welcome home, Gail!

Combine Gail’s tableware with a home

cooked meal and you’re on your way to making

any house a home. Many recipes take me back

to my hometown and of the comforts of know-

ing that you can always come home – even if

it’s just for a visit.

Oxford Falls Comeback dressing is perfect

just as it is, but when combined with

Gorgonzola cheese it’s even more delicious

and adds a little zing to your dinner salad.

Gorgonzola Comeback DressingIngredients

1 part Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

4 parts Oxford Falls Comeback Dressing

Directions

Combine crumbled Gorgonzola cheese and

comeback dressing. Pour over lettuce wedge or

mixed greens.

This recipe is so simple. I highly recommend

using fresh shrimp from the Mississippi Gulf

Coast. Make sure you have some crusty French

bread to sop up the juice – you won’t want to

waste a drop.

Lusco’s Broiled Shrimp and RiceIngredients

1 pound shrimp

½ cup butter, melted

¾ cup Lusco’s Broiled Shrimp Sauce (hot or

mild)

Directions

Clean and devein shrimp and lay on a large

piece of foil (shiny side down) on cookie sheet.

Pour melted butter over shrimp on foil. Season

with salt and pepper. Broil shrimp until pink.

Fold up foil with shrimp and cook eight to 10

minutes longer under broiler. Remove shrimp

from oven and spoon into serving dish with but-

ter drippings and Lusco’s broiled shrimp sauce.

Serve on bed of white rice with bread of your

choice.

Perfect RiceIngredients

2 cups water

1 tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup rice (Ellis Stansel is preferred)

Directions

Bring water to a boil in three-quart saucepan.

Add butter, salt and rice. Return to a boil. Cover

and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook 20 minutes.

Remove lid and fluff with a fork.

While vanilla milkshakes remain one of my

least favorite desserts, I can’t help but feel like

a kid again when having a bowl of homemade

ice cream. Try adding a few Mudpuppie cookies

or fresh peaches and dessert is done!

Homemade Vanilla Ice CreamIngredients

1 cup half-and-half

1 cup whole milk

1 cup whipping cream

1 cup sugar

1 whole vanilla bean, split and scraped

Directions

Combine all ingredients including the bean

and scraped interior in a large saucepan and

place over medium heat. Whisk while bringing

the mixture to 170 degrees. Do not allow mix-

ture to boil. Remove from heat and allow to

cool. Remove vanilla bean hull and pour mixture

into covered container. Refrigerate mixture

overnight or a minimum of eight hours.

Pour refrigerated mixture into ice cream

maker and freeze according to unit directions.

Once the mixture reaches a soft serve consis-

tency and increases in volume by one half,

transfer ice cream to freezer to harden at least

one hour before serving.

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HOW CAN IGET THROUGH THIS DIVORCE?

WILL I LOSE CUSTODY OF MY CHILDREN?

W I L L I L O S E C U S T O D Y O F M Y C H I L D R E N ?

WILL I LOSE CUSTODYOF MY CHILDREN?

WILL I LOSE CUSTODYOF MY CHILDREN?

WILL I GET TO KEEP MY HOUSE?

CAN I GET ALIMONY?

HOW CAN I PROTECTMY MONEY? WILL I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY?

HOW WILL WE WORK OUT CHILD VISITATION?

H O W W I L L W E W O R K O U T C H I L D V I S I TAT I O N ?

WHAT ABOUT

THE PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT?ALIMONY? DIVORCE?

DIVORCE?

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The Mississippi 10s Junior Player

Development Camps are designed to

help young players develop to their full

potential with learning experience

through drills and competitive play. The

2012 camps were held in Gulfport, Laurel,

Jackson and Tupelo. More than 80 juniors age 10

and under attended these camps, and 48 were

selected by the player development coaches to

attend the state camp held in Jackson March 31.

Players from the four qualifying camps were

selected based on state tournament

rankings/standings, USTA Junior Team Tennis

league participation, overall athletic ability, and

the potential for growth in tennis.

Julio Godreau, director of tennis at Bridges, was

in charge of the camps and led a terrific day of

drills and play. All of the tennis professionals that

hosted a regional camp were part of the state

camp. They are all certified professionals and

devoted to the development of our junior players.

A sectional camp was held in Huntsville in mid-

April. All of the players selected to attend from

Mississippi were from the Northside.

Congratulations to Mathis Billman, Andrew Sweat,

twins Emma and Elena Roberts, Andrew Ditto and

Juliette Finch for this tremendous honor.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest, largest

and most effective youth mentoring organization

in the United States. They have been the leader

in one-to-one youth service for more than a cen-

tury, developing positive relationships that have

a direct and lasting impact on the lives of young

people. Joel Waters is executive director for Big

Brothers Big Sisters of Mississippi. Their mission

is to help children reach their potential through

professionally supported, one-to-one relation-

ships with measurable impact. Mentors come

from area high schools, colleges and local adult

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Junior Playerby JENNY MARKOWD E V E L O P M E N T C A M P S

M I S S I S S I P P I 1 0 S

Alex Holder Andrew Ditto Andrew Sweat Elena Roberts

Graham Storey Juliette French Mathis Billman Robin Storey, Haley Rook

The 2012 Mississippi 10s Junior Player Development Camp was held at Bridges Tennis Center. Forty-eight juniors from across the state were selected to attend this camp.


qbkkfp ^as^kq̂ dbvolunteers. About 40 percent of the programs

are community based, mentors actually go to the

school and pick up their buddy and take them

out into the community for special events.

During the recent USTA Women’s Challenger

held at River Hills, the Big Brothers and Big

Sisters from Casey Elementary School were invit-

ed to attend the tournament. Around 40 children

from Casey and their mentors came to River Hills

for a short tennis clinic, an opportunity to talk to

two of the touring pros and to watch the feature

match of the day. The Tri-County Community

Tennis Association and the Mississippi Tennis

Association sponsored this special event. “We

were thrilled to partner with these tennis organi-

zations and have our children have such a posi-

tive experience on the tennis courts. Many of

these children have never seen tennis, much

less been on a tennis court. These are the types

of events that we try to have our children

involved in as often as we can,” says Waters.

“Our mentors have a true passion for what they

are doing. If children are surrounded by people

that believe in them, help them to achieve their

potential and love them, I truly believe they will

grow up and be better adults, and this is what

our program is all about,” Waters said.

National research has shown that positive rela-

tionships between youth and their Big Brothers

and Big Sisters have a direct and measurable

impact on children’s lives.

USTA Junior Team Tennis summer league is

back on Friday nights. All matches are played at

Jayden Smith, Briyana Jackson, Zayla Jones, Nyla Craton, Brian WashingtonStudents from Casey and mentors enjoy listening to the touring pros talk about their tennis experiences.

Mentors taking a break from the activities are Claire Robinson, Bonnie Blackman, Ryan Buchanan, AmeliaWeatherly and Anna Wright

Watching the children are Bill Gittins, from Big Brothers Big Sisters; Carey Spence, River Hills manager;Joel Waters, ED for Big Brothers Big Sisters; and Ryan Buchanan, one of the mentors

Angie Deleon, Deuce Miller Chad Austin, Joel Waters Taylor Cain, Madelaine Mangum Treasure Ford, Alysha Lewis, Imari Funchess

During the USTA Women’s $25,000 Challenger, students from Casey Elementary School that participate in the BigBrothers Big Sisters program were invited to the Challenger for a tennis clinic and to watch the feature match of

the day. For many of these students, this was their first experience on the tennis courts.

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Ridgeland Tennis Center and Bridges Tennis

Center. The league fee is only $25. Play will

begin May 18 and run through July 13. If you

haven’t already signed your child up to play, con-

tact Angie Deleon, [email protected] or 601-

951-0897 for more details.

USTA League Mixed Doubles for Adults and

Seniors, USTA Tri Level League, and the Tri-

County CTA Ladies Day League are also on the

tennis horizon for the summer. Registration for

mixed doubles is May 25, with play beginning in

June and running through August. Lesley Mosby,

[email protected], is the area coordina-

tor for this USTA league.

May 23 is the deadline for team entry forms.

Play will begin June 4 and will run for five or six

weeks. For more information about the ladies

day league, contact Angie Deleon, angie@cytec-

sys.com or 601-951-0897. For those of you that

are not familiar with tri-level, this is a league

where you can play with friends at different

NTRP levels. The match format is three courts of

doubles at three different NTRP levels. Teams for

men and women will be comprised of levels 3.0,

3.5, 4.0 as one group, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 as another

group. Senior teams for men and women will be

formed with 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 players. All levels

have state and regional advancement, and the

adult men and women playing 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 will

have state regional and national advancement.

For more information about the Tri-Level League,

contact Suzanne DeCell at

[email protected] or 601-613-4511.

As always, for all of your tennis needs, go to

www.mstennis.com or you can find us on

Facebook at USTA Mississippi.

During a recent junior novice tournament atReunion Country Club, Dailee Ellis and broth-

er Walker take time off the courts to posewith tennis pro, Justin Shylver.

Reunion Country Club held a Spring FeverNTRP tournament and Dara Bariola and

Stephanie Gibbs finished first in the 3.5 level

Junior player, Elle Muirhead enjoys tennis atRidgeland Tennis Center

During a recent junior tournament at River Hills,Campbell Perkins and Elena Roberts won firstplace in doubles and Campbell won second insingles and Elena won third. Parents are Todd

and Beth Perkins and Stan and Colleen Roberts

Throughout the spring, juniors have been taking lessons from Robbie Creveling on Tuesdays andThursdays at Ridgeland Tennis Center.

Robbie Creveling, Matthew Headley, Anna Webster, Adri Henderson, Madeline Berry, JasmineRichardson, Macy Baker, Kaylee Kennedy, Macy Price; (front) Taylor Clark, Sarah Perkins, Elle Muirhead,

Hallie Atkinson, Sydney Storm

Monthly youth days are held at Country Club of Jackson. Win Varner, John Scott Milam, Parker Gilbert, William Mitchell, Max Milam, Brady Stringer; (front) Luci Moore, Ashley O’Mara,

Parent Coordinator Trenton Milam, Liv Noble, Megan O’Mara


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Kathryn Miller Simmons and Andrew Page Prosser were united in mar-

riage at 5 p.m. October 29 on the Eastern Green in Rosemary Beach, Fla.

The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Steven Paul Keen.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Daniel Simmons Jr. of Yazoo City. She

is the granddaughter of Susie Kuykendall McElroy of Panama City Beach, and the late

Claitor Julius McElroy of Greenwood, and Mrs. Harry Daniel Simmons, and the late Mr.

Simmons of Yazoo City.

The bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Harmon Sidney Prosser of Starkville. He is

the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Herron Mitchell and the late Harmon Sidney Prosser

Sr., of Vicksburg, and Caron Sylvester Thornton and the late Renee Sims Thornton and

the late Jacob Benjamin Sims of Bay Springs.

Nuptial music included a string quartet and a trumpet. Katy Apostle Hedglin of

Ridgeland sang a solo of “Surely The Presence.”

Presented in marriage by her father, the bride wore a designer gown of ivory Lyon

lace over silk charmeuse in the color antique. The strapless gown was fashioned with

a sweetheart neckline along with an ivory lace shrug. The fitted bodice flared to a

trumpet skirt and the sweep train was formed by gathered lace panels. She also wore

her mother’s long illusion veil that was edged in Alencon lace.

Maid of honor was the bride’s sister Emily Bartling Simmons. Bridesmaids were

Susan Shel Gary, Kate Breanna Goodman, Jessie Jones Hornback, Anne Kendall

Ketchum, Meredith Loving Manship, and Laura Simmons McMaster.

The bridegroom’s father was best man. Groomsmen were William Matthew Fowler,

Ashley Steven Harris, Justin Clark Massey, William Sidney Prosser, Ray Kelly Smith IV,

and Fred Patrick Sullivan III.

The house party was Jennifer Lane Berryhill, Shannon McCain Blakely, Kiley Lorraine

Bostick, Tyndale Anne Brickey, Lara Glynn Britt, Jane Chambless Drennan, Molly

Benoist Eaton, Lee Williams Erickson Jr., Kathryn Hollis Mallette, Ferriday Mansel

McClatchy, Louise Callaway McMillin, Leighton Batte Mosteller, Carrie Benoist, and

Mary Lucia Smith.

Ushers were Louis Neil Couvillion, Charles Joseph Dixon, Bartley Trawick Harris,

Jeremy Slade Kraker, and Charles Henry Templeton III.

The bridal proxy was Kathryn Donald Thompson. Program attendants were Kelly

Anne Robbins and Kelly Elizabeth Stocks.

A reception was held on

the Eastern Green in

Rosemary Beach following

the ceremony. Guests were

entertained by the Answer

Band of Atlanta. On the eve

of the wedding, the bride-

groom’s parents hosted a

rehearsal dinner at Cafe

Thirty-A in Seagrove Beach.

Following a wedding trip to

the Riviera Maya, the couple

is at home in Jackson.

Kathryn Miller Simmons & Andrew Page ProsserOCTOBER 29, 2011

THE EASTERN GREEN • ROSEMARY BEACH, FLORIDA

WEDDINGS

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Page Prosser

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Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hugh Aldridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela

Lee Aldridge, to Colby Brett Beem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ralph Beem II of Edinburg.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. James Webber Buckley of Jackson and

New Hebron and the late Mr. Buckley, and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Aldridge Sr. of Jackson.

Miss Aldridge is a 2006 honor graduate of Jackson Preparatory School and attended Mississippi State

University where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority and the Student Association Senate. She

was graduated from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in

nursing. She is a registered nurse at Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Gerald Ralph Beem Sr. and the late Mrs. Beem of

Edinburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pat Chipley Sr. of Singleton.

Beem is a 2005 graduate of Leake Academy and attended Mississippi State University. He is associat-

ed with Beem’s Pawn, Gun and Discount in Philadelphia.

The couple will exchange vows at an 11 a.m. ceremony May 19 at First Baptist Church in Jackson, fol-

lowed by a brunch reception at the Fairview Inn.

Angela Lee Aldridge

Angela Lee Aldridge& Colby Brett Beem

MAY 19, 2012

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Donna Arnold and Jerome Arnold announce the engagement of their daughter, Morgan

Danielle Arnold, to Joseph William Collins III, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Collins II. The

bride-elect is the granddaughter of Betty Garcie and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Arnold. The

prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Collins Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. John Bier.

Miss Arnold was graduated from Chelsea High School in 2008. She attended the University of Alabama

and was graduated cum laude in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in human development.

Collins was graduated from Madison Central High School in 2008. He attends Samford University

where he will graduate May 19 with a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine. He was a member of the

Samford University football team where he played on the offensive line as right guard. Collins is a mem-

ber of the Southern Conference All-Academic team and the Capitol One All-District Team. He has been

accepted and plans to attend the University of Mississippi Medical Center in August where he will pursue

a graduate degree in dentistry.

The ceremony will be held June 9 at 4 p.m. at Cameron Oaks Farms in Wilsonville, Ala., with reception

to follow.

Following a wedding trip to Jamaica, the couple will live in Jackson.Joseph William Collins III,

Morgan Danielle Arnold

Morgan Danielle Arnold& Joseph William Collins III

JUNE 9, 2012

CAMERON OAKS FARMS • WILSONVILLE, ALABAMA

ENGAGEMENTS


Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Clark of Charlotte, N.C., announce the engagement of their

daughter, Josephine Luck Clark, to William Arnot Geary Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William

Arnot Geary Sr.

Miss Clark is the granddaughter of Josephine Blackmon Garner of Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. James

Louis Garner Jr. of Brandon and the late Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Earl Clark of Tupelo. Miss Clark is a 2006

graduate of Charlotte Country Day School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Mississippi where she

received a double major in Spanish and business marketing. She was president of Delta Delta Delta

sorority and is associated with Freedom School Partners in Charlotte.

Geary is the grandson of Frank Perkins Hixon and the late Jeanne Campbell Hixon of Duluth, Ga., and

Mr. and Mrs. John Hart Geary of Jackson. He is a 2006 graduate of Jackson Academy and a 2010 gradu-

ate of the University of Mississippi where he received a bachelor of accountancy and a master of

accounting. He was a two time officer of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is a CPA for KPMG in Memphis.

The couple will be married August 18 at Myers Park Methodist Church in Charlotte.

Josephine Luck Clark

Josephine Luck Clark& William Arnot Geary Jr.

AUGUST 18, 2012

MYERS PARK METHODIST CHURCH • CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

Mr. and Mrs. Terry Wayne George announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley

Nicole George, to Jason Paul Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Evans of Ridgeland, and

Jeffery Paul Wells of Louisville, Ky.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne George of Richland, and the late Mr.

and Mrs. Larry Malcolm Sharp of Jackson. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Judge and

Mrs. Buford Wells of Memphis, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edward Nuckolls, and the late Gloria Brown

Nuckolls of Meridian.

Miss George was an honor graduate from Clinton High School in 2006. In 2010 she earned her bache-

lor’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of

Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society. She is the social media and outreach coordinator for Fleet Feet Sports

in Encino, Calif.

Wells was graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in 2005. In 2009 he graduated from the

University of Mississippi, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business management and was a

member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He is the manager at Fleet Feet Sports in Encino.

The couple will exchange vows June 2 at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art.Ashley Nicole George, Jason Paul Wells

Ashley Nicole George& Jason Paul Wells

JUNE 2, 2012

MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

ENGAGEMENTS


Dr. and Mrs. John Russell Wooley announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Lee

Wooley, to Jordan Lee Russell, son of Amy Bennett Russell and the late Dr. Randy

Herschel Russell of Madison.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. O.B. Wooley Jr. of Jackson and Dr. and Mrs. O.E.

Dickinson of Dallas. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Ann Gordon Russell of Ridgeland

and the late Herschel Ellsworth Russell, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Early Bennett of Meridian.

Miss Wooley is a 2006 graduate of Jackson Preparatory School. She was graduated from the University

of Mississippi in 2010 where she received her bachelor’s degree in business and marketing and was a

member of Kappa Delta sorority. She is the assistant to the CFO/office manager with the Republican

State Leadership Committee in Washington, D.C.

Russell is a 2004 graduate of Madison Ridgeland Academy. He was graduated from the University of

Mississippi in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and was a member of the Kappa Alpha

Order. He is the communications director for the office of Mississippi Congressman Alan Nunnelee in

Washington, D.C.

The couple will exchange vows June 2 at Northminster Baptist Church with a reception to follow at the

Country Club of Jackson.

Following the wedding, the couple will be at home in Washington, D.C.Jordan Lee Russell, Laura Lee Wooley

Laura Lee Wooley& Jordan Lee Russell

JUNE 2, 2012

NORTHMINSTER BAPTIST CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Michael Costello of Bastrop, La., announce the engagement of their daugh-

ter, Courtney Shannon Costello, to Thomas McIlwain Wright Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas

McIlwain Wright of Brandon. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Narvin Hersey Sawyer Jr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Costello, all of Oak Grove, La. She is also the

granddaughter of the late Arthur Rood McCleary of Natchitoches, La. The prospective bridegroom is the grand-

son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Knox Strahan Jr., and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Wright, all of Jackson.

Miss Costello is a 2003 graduate of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts in Natchitoches,

where she was a National Merit Semifinalist. She received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Millsaps College

in 2007, where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. In 2009 she earned a master’s in biology and med-

ical sciences from Mississippi College. She attends physician assistant school at Mississippi College and is pur-

suing a master’s in medicine degree.

Wright is a 2001 graduate of Jackson Preparatory School where he was a National Merit Semifinalist. He

received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Mississippi State University in 2006, where he was a mem-

ber of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He received his juris doctorate of law in 2009 from the University of Mississippi

School of Law. Wright is associated with the firm of Anderson, Crawley and Burke in Ridgeland.

The couple will exchange vows May 12 at First Presbyterian Church. A reception will follow at the downtown

Marriot Jackson.Courtney Shannon Costello

Courtney Shannon Costello& Thomas McIlwain Wright Jr.

MAY 12, 2012

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

ENGAGEMENTS

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Liz and the late Tommy Haskins of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter,

Libbo Haskins, to Clay Crosswhite, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Crosswhite of Philadelphia. The

bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Norman Haskins and Ruth Haskins of

Greenwood, the late J.H. Stanton of Greenwood and the late Eloise Stanton of Dallas. Crosswhite is the

grandson of the late Buddy Dees and Peggy Dees of Philadelphia and the late Don Crosswhite of

Brandon and Pat Crosswhite of Brandon.

Miss Haskins is a 2007 graduate of Madison Ridgeland Academy. In 2011, she earned a bachelor’s

degree in communications from Mississippi State University, where she was a member of Chi Omega

sorority. She is associated with Madison Ridgeland Academy.

Crosswhite is also a 2007 graduate of Madison Ridgeland Academy. He was graduated summa cum

laude from Mississippi College where he played four seasons of baseball for the Choctaws. He received

his bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2011. He is completing his first year of physical therapy

school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

The couple will exchange vows May 26 at 6 p.m. in Greenwood.

After a wedding trip to Fairhope, Ala., the couple will live in Brandon.

Libbo Haskins, Clay Crosswhite

Libbo Haskins& Clay Crosswhite

MAY 26, 2012

GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI

Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Wallace Jones of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter,

Molly Michelle Jones, to Shawn Eric Moore of New Orleans, formerly of Oklahoma City. The

bride-elect is the granddaughter of Trudy Wand, the late Clifford Wand and the late Berry

Reuben Givens of Brookhaven, and the late James Wallace Jones and the late Billie Sue Jones of Monticello.

The prospective bridegroom is the son of Joyce Moore and the late Franklin Dale Moore of Oklahoma City.

He is the grandson of the late Calvin and Lois Brown of Valliant, Okla., and the late Herman and Jolene Moore

of Tishomingo, Okla.

Miss Jones is a 2001 graduate of Brookhaven High School, and a 2005 graduate of Mississippi College

where she received a bachelor’s degree in Christian studies. She will graduate in 2013 with a master’s in mar-

riage and family therapy from New Orleans Theological Seminary. Miss Jones is associated with Medical

Rehab in New Orleans.

Moore is a 2001 graduate of Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City and a 2007 graduate of

Southwestern Oklahoma State University where he received a bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation

management.

Moore is associated with Celebration Church in New Orleans.

The couple will exchange vows on the south terrace of Bellingrath Home and Gardens in Theodore, Ala.,

June 30 at 2 p.m.Shawn Eric Moore, Molly Michelle Jones

Molly Michelle Jones& Shawn Eric Moore

BELLINGRATH HOME AND GARDENS

THEODORE, ALABAMA • JUNE 30, 2012

ENGAGEMENTS


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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Homer Molpus announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily

Henderson Molpus, to Frank Hilton-Green Tomlinson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hilton-

Green Tomlinson of Birmingham.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Juanita Stokes Molpus and the late Homer Burnette Molpus,

and Emily Henderson Lowry and the late Wiley Potter Lowry Sr., all of Jackson.

Miss Molpus is a 2003 graduate of Jackson Preparatory School. She received a bachelor’s degree in

family and consumer sciences in 2007 from the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of

Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was presented by the Debutante Club of Mississippi. She is an event coor-

dinator in Birmingham, where she is a provisional member of the junior league.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Jean Riley Tomlinson of Birmingham and the late Jack

O’Neal Tomlinson Sr., Mr. and Mrs. David Ballou Andrews and the late Betty Waller Andrews, all of

Pensacola.

Tomlinson is a 2002 graduate of Mountain Brook High School. He is also a graduate of Auburn

University where he received a bachelor’s degree in marketing and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity

where he served as rush chairman. He is associated with Southern Medical Solutions in Birmingham.

The wedding is planned for June 9 at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson.Emily Henderson Molpus

Emily Henderson Molpus& Frank Hilton-Green Tomlinson Jr.

JUNE 9, 2012

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Earl Bullock and Mr. and Mrs. William Stephen Ware announce the engage-

ment of their daughter, Anne Olivia Ware, to John Joseph Terenzio Jr., son of Sharon Transue

Terenzio of Coral Gables, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Terenzio Sr. of Los Angeles.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Fielder Curtis of Hayti, Mo., and Mr. and

Mrs. Hamilton Turner Ware of Jackson.

Miss Ware is an Alpha Omega graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. She was graduated from

Northwestern University in 2008 with a double major in journalism and French, along with a concentration in

sociology. At Northwestern she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority and held an internship at Conde Nast’s

SELF magazine in New York City. After moving to San Francisco, she earned a professional culinary certificate

from Tante Marie’s Cooking School. Miss Ware is the assistant content manager, ECommerce, for Williams-

Sonoma Inc., in San Francisco.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dorr Sheldon Transue of St. Petersburg,

and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vincent Terenzio of New York. Terenzio is a graduate of Ransom Everglades

School in Miami, and was graduated in 2008 from Northwestern University with a major in economics, a minor

in psychology, and a concentration in film. During college he was a member of the Studio 22 film society, a

photo editor for the Daily Northwestern, and held internships at CBS Television Distribution and Buzzmedia in

Los Angeles. Terenzio is a software engineer at Eventbrite in San Francisco.

The couple will be married July 7 at Nicholson Ranch Winery in Sonoma, Calif.John Joseph Terenzio Jr., Anne Olivia Ware

Anne Olivia Ware& John Joseph Terenzio Jr.

JULY 7, 2012

NICHOLSON RANCH WINERY • SONOMA, CALIFORNIA

ENGAGEMENTS

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wilbanks Jr. announce the engagement of their daughter,

Catherine Allyce Wilbanks, to Adam Hamilton Majors, son of Mr. and Mrs. Penn E. Majors

III. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the Rev. and Mrs. L. Graham Smith of Clinton,

and Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wilbanks of Corinth. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of the late

Mable Johnson of Clinton and the late James G. Biedenharn of Vicksburg, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Penn

Earl Majors Jr. of Jackson.

Miss Wilbanks is a graduate of Clinton High School. She was graduated from the University of

Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. At Ole

Miss she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. She is a corporate trainer at Blue Cross and Blue

Shield of Mississippi.

Majors is a graduate of Clinton High School. He was graduated from Mississippi College with a bache-

lor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. He is vice president of Arrow

Printers Inc.

The couple will exchange vows at First United Methodist Church of Clinton, May 12 at 6 p.m. A recep-

tion will follow at the home of the bride.

Following the wedding, the couple plans to live in Clinton.Adam Hamilton Majors,

Catherine Allyce Wilbanks

Catherine Allyce Wilbanks& Adam Hamilton Majors

MAY 12, 2012

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI

ENGAGEMENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lance Cooper of Brandon and Thomas Stephen Kayma of Atlanta,

announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Nola Kayma, to Ben Riggs

Kitchens, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Allen Kitchens of New Albany.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Eugene Ferrell Jr. of Clinton, Mr. and Mrs.

William Richard Kayma of Marietta, Ga., Marianna Duval Finch of Pelham, Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. William

Robert Cooper Jr. of Boca Raton, Fla. Miss Kayma is a 2008 graduate of Northwest Rankin High School.

She attends Mississippi State University where she will graduate with a degree in elementary education this

May.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mrs. William Thomas Oakes of New Albany, the late

James Doyle Stone of Memphis, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Ben Allen Kitchens of New Albany. Kitchens is a

2002 graduate of New Albany High School. He was graduated from Mississippi State University in 2007

with a bachelor’s degree in architecture. He is associated with with JH&H Architects in Jackson.

The couple met on a mission trip with Pinelake Church and are planning to marry at Pinelake Church in

Brandon June 16, with a reception to follow at the Old Capitol Inn.

Stephanie Nola Kayma,Ben Riggs Kitchens

Stephanie Nola Kayma& Ben Riggs Kitchens

JUNE 16, 2012

PINELAKE CHURCH • BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI


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Mr. and Mrs. James Walker Jr. of Madison and Barry Mertz of St. Louis, announce the

engagement of their daughter, Amanda Taylor Mertz, to Jeremy Austin Shook, son of Bill

Shook and Kathy Shook, both of Brandon.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Victor Harned and the late Jane Harned of Leitchfield,

Ky., and Marge Mertz, and the late Gilbert Mertz, both of St. Louis, and Mr. and Mrs. James Walker of

Gulfport.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Groff Jr. of Gulfport and Mrs. Boyce

Shook and the late Mr. Shook of Starkville.

Miss Mertz is a 2005 graduate of Madison Central High School. She attended Mississippi State

University where she was graduated with honors in 2009, earning a bachelor’s degree in business

administration. She is the director of scheduling in the office of Gov. Phil Bryant

Shook is a 2003 graduate of Northwest Rankin High School. He attended the East Community College

where he was graduated in 2007 with a degree in industrial management technology. He is an execu-

tive associate with Copper Sculptures Inc.

The couple will exchange vows at the Lost Rabbit Marina May 5 with a reception. The couple will make

their home in Brandon.Jeremy Austin Shook, Amanda Taylor Mertz

Amanda Taylor Mertz& Jeremy Austin Shook

MAY 5, 2012

LOST RABBIT MARINA • MADISON, MISSISSIPPI

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Messer of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter

Kaitlyn Marie Messer, to Robert Choyce Humble, son of Patricia Humble and Dr. Robert

Lee Humble of Vicksburg.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Polly and Hugh Musick of Jackson, Sara Messer and

the late James E. Messer of Wilmington, N.C., and Alice Breton and the late Alfred Breton of Waltham,

Mass.

Miss Messer is a 2005 graduate of Madison Central High School and a 2009 graduate of the University

of Mississippi Medical Center where she received a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Humble of Quitman, La., and

Willard C. Speights and the late Joyce Speights of Keatchie, La.

Humble is a 2004 graduate of Rhodes College and received his medical degree from the University of

Mississippi Medical Center in 2011.

Miss Messer works in the neonatal ICU at Las Colinas Medical Center in Irving, Texas. Humble is an ob-

gyn resident at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas.

The couple will exchange vows at 5 p.m. May 19 at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church. A

reception will follow at Old Capitol Inn.Robert Choyce Humble, Kaitlyn Marie Messer

Kaitlyn Marie Messer& Robert Choyce Humble

MAY 19, 2012

GALLOWAY MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

ENGAGEMENTS

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PARTIESA N D C E L E B R A T I O N S

Susannah Johnson, Taylor Harris

Susannah and Tory JohnsonTaylor Harris, Wesley Roberts

Leslie Lampton, Jim Strong, Barbara Rushton, Kay W. Hughes, Steve Hirn, Curt Ulmer; (front) Deborah Lampton, Ladene Strong, Elizabeth Swain, Fred Rushton, Jan Hughes,Katherine Quaka, Gloria Hirn, Delores Ulmer, Tom Quaka

engagement partyAn engagement celebration honoring Susannah

Johnson and Taylor Harris was recently held in thehome of Deborah and Leslie Lampton. The cou-ple will be married April 28.

Co-hosts and hostesses were Marilyn and DavidDzielak, Frank and Fern Fillingim, Kathy and TimFord, Gloria and Steve Hirn, Jan and Kay W.

Hughes, Melissa Irby, Sibbey Lewis, Catherine andRussell McCarty, David Mosal, Holley and DonNoblitt, Ann and Mike Peters, Katherine andTom Quaka, Barbara and Fred Rushton, Ladeneand Jim Strong, Elizabeth and John Swain, Ingridand Time Taylor, and Delores and Curt Ulmer.

Shown are scenes from the party.

SusannahJohnson

and TaylorHarris

engagementparty

Tory and Brook Johnson, Ked Edwards, Susannah Johnson, Todd Wade, Mary Morgan Alexander

Taylor Harris, Susannah Johnson, Jan Hughes, Harkness Harris


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Marvin and Pat Stockett, Sonia Szlyk

Katherine Wood, Alex Petrovitch

Charise, Paulo and Alex Petrovitch, Katherine Celia, Frank and Alice Wood, Sonia Szlyk, Ivan PetrovitchJane and Kataerine Wood

Betty and John Allin

engagement partyThe home of Betty and John Allin was the set-

ting for a party honoring the engagement ofKatherine Wood and Alex Petrovitch, both of LosAngeles.

The bride elect is the daughter of Celia andFrank Wood and the granddaughter of Jane CookWood. The prospective bridegroom is the son ofCharise and Paulo Petrovitch of Potomoc, Md.The couple will be wed May 13 in Audubon Park

in New Orleans.Also hosting the party were Melissa and Rick

Cavett, Trish and Jimmy Duncan, Donna andRobert Evans, Tommie and Will Goodman,Margaret McLarty, Joe Morris, Karen and HughRedhead, Grace and Lewis Rogers, Jimmye andAndy Sweat, Jan and John Wofford and Susan andDavid Womack.

KatherineWood and

AlexPetrovitch

engagementparty

John Cook, Alex Petrovitch, Frank and Katherine Wood


Alice Clement, Sam Stockett, Betty and Richard Stockett

Sammy Moon, Bill McCartyWill Goodman, Rick Cavett, Andy SweatDan and Kathy Woodliff, Ed Ellington

Melissa Neville, Tommy WeemsTrish and Jimmy Duncan

Diane Morse, Joe Morris, Karen RedheadSis Holland, Howard StoverCarl and David Mann, Celia Wood

Betty Allin, Vicki MacGowan

George and Carol Penick, Margaret McLarty, Cooper and Frances Morrison

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Beth and Taylor KitchingsPhyllis Thompson, Sarah Morris, Karen RedheadGeorge Nicholas, Sue Nicholas, Robert Stockett

Camille and Bill MorrisFlo Stover, Alice Wood

Lewis Rogers, Robert EvansWill and Tommie GoodmanDavid Womack

Frances Jean and Walter Neely, Jan and John Wofford


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Jim Wadlington, Drew Mallette, Paul Tackett

Tommy Wright, Courtney Costello

Jamie Wright and Deetsa MolpusLacey and Gunter CainMiranda Street, Courtney Costello, Katina Fowler

Sally Randall, Jamie Wright, Janie Purvis, Sylvia Page, Doug Strahan, Gail Jones, Barb Currie,Mae Patton, Joyce Corbett, Tana Graham, Sandra Barnes, Carole Bailey, Melissa Applewhite,Alice Nicholas, Laura Wofford, Nina Johnston, Cheryl Welch, Cynthia Sheridan, Emily McVey

engagement partyAn engagement celebration honoring Courtney

Costello and Tommy Wright was held recently inthe home of Sandra and Trip Barnes.

Co-hosts and hostesses were Melissa and RonApplewhite, Carole and Hall Bailey, Joy andDonnie Cannada, Joyce and James Corbett, Barband Ned Currie, Tana and Howard Graham, Ninaand Carey Johnston, Gail and Rob Jones, Charlotte

and Richard McNeel, Emily and John McVey,Nancy and Billy Mink, Alice and Mark Nicholas,Sylvia and Frank Page, Mae and George Patton,Janie and Joe Purvis, Sally and Jeff Randall,Cynthia Strahan Sheridan, Doug and ErnieStrahan, Rebecca and Robert Watson, Cheryl andDow Welch, Laura Damon, Walter Wofford, andJamie and Ellis Wright.

CourtneyCostello

andTommyWright

engagementparty

Tom, Nancy and Tommy Wright, Courtney, Carol and Mike Costello


Ernie and Doug Strahan, Ernie and June Strahan, Cynthia Sheridan, Nancy and Tom WrightErnie and June Strahan, Tommy Wright, Courtney Costello, Nancy, Tom and Kelly Wright

Nancy Wright, Carol Costello, Lisa SledgeDonnie Cannada, Cheryl and Cal Wells, Jeff RandallEmily McVey, Laura Wofford, Barb Currie, Janie Purvis

Lauren and David ChaseLeigh and Michael Monroe

Ellen McCay, Alice Nicholas, Lisa SledgeMichael Starling, Rachel Allen, John SpencerTracy and Lindsey Costello, Verline Olinde

Sandra and Trip Barnes, Nancy and Tom Wright, Gail and Rob Jones, Laura Wofford

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Lee Yelverton, Kelsey Griffin, Parker Litchliter

Adam Byrd, Paula Strange, Katherine Barkett

Carl Williams, Adam ByrdTeresa Duncan, Beth MooreLavonne and Beebe Bruckner

Tommy, Lauri and Adam Byrd, Katherine, Linda and Mike Barkett

engagement partyAn engagement party honoring Katherine

Barkett and Adam Byrd was held in the home ofDrs. Thad and Paula Strange. The bride-elect is thedaughter of Dr. Linda Barkett and Michael EllisBarkett. The prospective bridegroom is the son ofDr. Tommy and Lauri Byrd.

Co-hosts and hostesses were Becky and StewartBarry, Janie and Mark Bowen, Tandy and BobBoyte, Beebe Bruckner, Lavonne Bruckner, Cissyand Mike Carter, Peggy and Tom Coleman, Cori

and Gerry Holaday, Ginny Lloyd, Janet and SteveMagee, Stacy and Stanley Mangum, Mary Jane andKirk McDaniel, Trudy and Sidney McLaurin,Dawn and Nelson Pope, Sherry and Ken Powell,Mary Beth and Gary Reeves, Loraine Simpson,Suthin and Somprason Songcharoen, Mindy andBill Tew, Betsy and John Welch, and Paula andKenneth Vanderford.

The wedding will be June 16 at 6 p.m. atLakeland Presbyterian Church.

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Jessica Donald, Tammy Gandy, Daphne Donald, Lauri and India Byrd, Brenda Tambraino,Ginger Aldridge, Rhonda Harris


Mark Donald, Lauri and Tommy Byrd, Daphne DonaldJake and Jessica Donald, India Byrd, Conner Hemphill

Joan Shamburger, Katherine Barkett, John Shamburger, Adam Byrd Chellie Herrington, Cassie Means, Paula Vanderford, Lavonne Bruckner

Dawn and Nelson PopePaula Strange, Linda Barkett

Tiffany Boyte, Katherine Barkett, Meagan HoladayPaula Strange, Mike and Sissy Carter

India Byrd, Meagan Holaday, Tiffany Boyte, Mary Elizabeth Bowen;(front) Shelley Clark, Amanda Leigh Conner, Katherine Barkett, Cassie

Means, Hannah Pettus

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Mary Eliza and Howard McMillan

Camille, Sarah and Joe Morris

Frank Wood, Andy Sweat, Joe Morris, Will Goodman, Rick Cavett, Robert EvansRobin and Ed Kennedy

Tommy and Elizabeth Lyles, Celia Wood, Susan Womack

birthday brunchNorthsider Joe Morris celebrated his 60th birth-

day with a Sunday brunch in Raymond. The eventwas held at the Porter House. A bed and breakfast,the house originally was located on a farm locatedoff Highway 18, owned by the Morris and Buiefamilies. Several years ago Jeannie and Bob Chunn

moved the antebellum house to a lot in Raymondand opened it as a bed and breakfast.

Family and close friends helped the honoreemark his birthday. Through the years the house hasbeen the setting for many parties hosted by Morris.

JoeMorris’

60thbirthdaybrunch

Deaver Collins, John Allin, Joe Morris, Betty Allin, Marsha Cannon, Rebecca Collins

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Karen Redhead, Joe MorrisElise Buie, Margery and Bill Underwood

Ree Walden, Mike Bishop Will and Tommie Goodman Melissa and Rick Cavett

Frank Parent, Sammy Moon Shirley Clark, Ann Bailey

Bill and Camille Morris

Sarah, Amelia, Bowen and (front)Susan Morris Jeannie and Bob ChunnAndy and Jimmye Sweat, Joe Morris


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EVENTS STEEL CHEF MISSISSIPPIChefs from around the metro area honored the late Jackson restaurateur Craig Noone at the King Edward Hotel.Five local chefs held demonstrations during the Steel Chef Mississippi fund-raiser for the Community PlaceNursing Home's relocation from Jackson to Pearl.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Emily Chalk,Mike Quinn,Zachary Waters

Monique Davis, Grady Griffin

Cheryl and Brian Carlew

Simon and Terry Marks

Bill and Noni Buchanan, Su and Chuck Morris

Jim Bowles, Eric and Caroline Peters

Lena Causey, George French

Blanche Reed, Michelle Daniel, Kim Rayburn, Jessica Honan

Jim and Dean Archer, Prentiss Morris

Rocky Zachary, Melanie Walley,Chuck Morris


Angela East, Monica Cochran

Paulette McCants, LaurenOsborne, Mondria Sheriff

Christy Byrd, Kate Tate,Alahna Stewart, Jane Bell

Courtney Yarbrough,Tammy and WendellPhillips

Mary Ann and Chris Bourn

Kris Cole, Fred Ferguson, Lynn WentworthStephanie McMullan, Amy Mardis Nicole Fore, Mike Reese

Becky Lowe, Sandy Gates

Judy Gaddy, Kenosha Williams Marcia Stanley, Heather Roemhild

STEEL CHEF MISSISSIPPI

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EVENTS HINDS COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMENThe Hinds County Republican Women held its annual membership luncheon recently. New officers installedinclude Mary Lea Hagan, secretary; Sandee Reynoldson, assistant treasurer; Kay Gex, treasurer; Anna Royston,president-elect; and Mary Landin, president.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Buena Lee Huff, Kay Gex, Cynthia Temples

Mary Lea Hagan, Sandee Reynoldson, Kay Gex,Rita Wray, Anna Royston, Mary Landin

Jan Mounger, Chris Yates

Ruth Tant, Gayle Papa, Cora Jeanne Miller

Margaret Phillips, Yvonne Sorge

Delta Walton, Marjorie Murley

Genie Wheeler, Faith Koger, Elaine Saxton

Dixie Ball, Billy Henry, Lolita Hannon

Sandy Norton, Genie Wheeler, Buena Lee Huff, Mary Landin

Michelle Hawkins,Gayle Papa,Ginger Whitwell

Brenda Donnell, Jane Hewes, Sandee Reynoldson


EVENTS SOLITARIO ART RECEPTIONAn art reception was held at Gallery 119 recently forNew Orleans artist Billy Solitario.

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Clyde Ott, Mitchell DavisDerek Sparger, Billy Solitario, Melissa Neville, Mike Nunnery

Mike and Deb Lightsey Phil Fisher, Kit Prestridge, Mike Nunnery

Mike McRee, Loraine Broocks

David and Vicki Armstrong VA Patterson, Billy Solitario

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EVENTS REBEL CLUBThe Rebel Club of Jackson met earlier this year at Table 100. Thegroup are supporters of the University of Mississippi and gatherfor updates and news from Ole Miss.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Bill Durham, Bouncer Robertson

Hamp Dye, Tab Turner

Mary Lou, Glenda and Charles Smith

Ralph Yelvertson, Neal McCready

Mike Brown, Joe Patterson, Wilson Hudson

Charles and Jayne Stevens

Matt Glover, Karen Keck, Will Carter

Bill Richardson, Mike Brown


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EVENTS REUNION TOUR OF HOMESThe Madison home of Mac and Paula Long was the setting for a party honoring the six couples who opened theirhomes to the public for the 2011 Reunion Christmas Tour of Homes. An annual event of the nonprofit ReunionFoundation, the tour has raised more than $65,000 for local charities since it was started a year ago.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Tammy and Chris Savell

Lisa Dent, Janie Mills, Paula Hughes, Peyton Hutchinson,Katie Gnemi, Alicen Blanchard

Lou Ann Morgan, Mindy Collins.Kevin and Sonia Hankins, Jay and Lou Ann Morgan

Alicen and EJ Blanchard

Marty Smith, Janie Mills Paula and Chris Hughes

Lisa and John Dent

Marty Smith, Lisa McClintock, Paula Long, Sylvia Caples

Matt andJanie Mills

Chris Hughes, Charles McClintock, Robbie Pendleton

Paula and Mac Long

Jay Morgan, Sonia Hankins


REUNION TOUR OF HOMES

David and Kim Humphreys

Peyton and Burney Hutchinson Robbie and Cathy Pendleton Steven and Amy Dear

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great!!! Type up something about the fun event and identify everyone in the photos and it’s done.

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EVENTS JACKSON ACADEMY BOOK SIGNINGJackson Academy held a book signing and reception recently in the schoollibrary for the book, “Jackson Academy: The First Fifty Years, 1959-2009,”by Mary Queen Donnelly with Don Breazeale.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Harriett Eppes, Tina and Bubba Shaw

Peter Jernberg, Ray Stevens,Pat Taylor, Glenn Cain

Glenn Cain, Alice Levy

Don Breazeale, Joe Maxwell,Mary Queen Donnelly

Sheila Keyes, Patrice Worley

Alice Levy,Bronwyn Burford

Bill Johnson,Michelle Mills

Janet Ellis, Lynn Green

Karen Loden, Lynne Brennan,Jane Lee, Bronwyn Burford

Mike, Kelly andBenton Green

Glenn Cain, Millieand Ray Higgins


JACKSON ACADEMY BOOK SIGNING

Linda and Gus Purviance,Judy Arnold, Josh Dehmer

Harriett Eppes, Pat Jernberg,David and Nancy Sykes

Becky Greer, Barkie Crosland, Kicker Hull, Marimae Coleman, Cliff KingMary Ratcliff, Anthony Shelton, Alan Futvoye, Billy Skipper Grogan, Bill King

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EVENTS DEBUTANTE MOTHERS CLUB OF MISSISSIPPIThe Debutante Mothers Club of Mississippi hosted a luncheon recently at the Country Club of Jackson. Officers of the club are DeborahAllen, recording secretary; Becky Ivison, president; Susie Brabec, corresponding secretary; Cathy May, publicity chairman; Sandy Brooks,advisor; Cheryl Wells, second vice president; Cindy Spencer, historian; Kay Patterson, first vice president; and Gay Drake, treasurer.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Shannon Collins,Brighid McIntire

Maury Ball, Frances Cole, Marty May, Anna Liddell

Jane Jones, Karen York

Melissa Murphree, Debye Haick, Stacie Crim

Kathy Wakeland,Misty Monroe

Cindy Spencer, Anita Alexander Jill Gunn, Maury Ball, Shari Culver

Ree Walden, Kathy Henry, Sandy Black

Ann McKee, Frances Walton, Robin Tucker, Kelley Fenelon

Cheryl Anthony, Holly Buchanan, Angie Corbin

Karen Bush, Sandra Holcomb, Holly Buchanan


DEBUTANTE MOTHERS CLUB OF MISSISSIPPICaroline and Diane Kemp

Kathy Henry, Anita Alexander, Frances Cole

Cheryl Wells, Cindy Spencer, Becky Ivison, Sandy Brooks

Cheryl Miller, Wesla Leech

Emma George Hamilton, Mary Ellen Dillard

Beckie Haltom, Stacie Crim,Ann Holifield

Kay Rockett, Barbara Rockett Boone

Ann Holifield, Martha Grace Gray

Jane Taylor, Cheryl Miller, Jenny Taylor

Mary Anne Lefoldt, Lisa Nowell Rivers Lurate, Shannon Collins

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EVENTS THE GARDEN AND GUN CLUBThe Garden and Gun Club traveled to Jackson for a members-only sporting clays tourna-ment held at Providence Hill Plantation. The weekend was kicked off with a receptionhosted by Circle Seven Outpost and Provisions.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

David and Ginger Holcomb, Will Pace

William Thompson, David Barton, Sara Jones, Becky and Eddie Briggs,Martha Barton

Clay and Lucy CokerLesa and Don Stanfill, Dana Cowart

Lena and Chuck Barlow

Paul and Angela McPhail Rowell and Rhonda Saunders, Will Pace

Heather Miles, Leah Patch, Lila Sessums

Chris Hunter, Kate and Will Pace, Nancy Carmody, Harrison Gilchrist,Jessica Derrick

Mack Henry, Ann Pace, Joe Ivey

Shannon Garner, Casey McGraw, Stacy Putnam


THE GARDEN AND GUN CLUB

Marge, Ben andHope Johnson

Sheila Cowart, Lesa Stanfill, Dana Cowart,Marita and Ben Walton

Doc, Ann, Kate and Will Pace,Robert and Lila Sessums

Derek and Heather Miles, Leigh Bailey, Jamie Redmond

Fed and Jude Muse

Sam Coker, Ann Pace, Jan Coker

Lyn and Breck Hines Kate and Will Pace

Greg Atwood, Lena and Chuck Barlow

Beth, Ed, and Georgia Jordan, David Burd

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EVENTS STARRY NIGHT GALAThe 2011 Starry Night Gala benefiting St. Anthony Catholic School was held recently at theschool. The evening featured music from Mo’Money Band, an auction, a chance to win $5,000as well as a designer showcase displaying decorating talents of local designers.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Laura Miller, Tara Engels, Alicia Baladi

Dave and Dawn Clements,Henry Michel, Jennifer Rodgers

Carol and Robert Walker

Dawn Clements,Donna McCarthy,Theresa Wooten

Steve and Gena Martens

Midge Bridges, Stephanie Word Leigh Wright, Gail Pittman, David Wright

Frank Owen, Connie and Rick Moore

TJ and Michele Sypniewski, Jason Walanta, Elizabeth Brooks

Elise Jones, Brother Lucian, Aimee Burns

Dan and Janet Artman, Barbara Tuminello


STARRY NIGHT GALAJulie Benson, Jill Conkin

Monica and David Short, Ricky and Lisa Byrd

Brother Lucian, Bob Rasmussen, Gilbert and Clare Van Loon,Lisa and Patrick Harmon

Margaret Williams, Noreen Bozeman, Bridgit and Derek Hlavac

Jamie and Susan Stringer

Yvonne Rogers, the Rev. Shannon Manning, Ricky ManningSusan Walker, Tammy Smith Jobe and Priscilla Maynor

Tonya Galtney, Benjamin and Eloise Jackson

Trent and Sara Dismuke

Ronald and Theresa Wooten

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STARRY NIGHT GALA

Terry and Frances Addy

Jason and Shanda Walenta, Pat and Darlene ScanlonNancy Thompson, Angie Brunini, Marjorie and Paul Thompson

Heather and Frank Eckert

Amanda Williams,Theresa Prejean,Julie Christopher

Martha and Bill Roach Kramer and Rinna Stovall

Dawn DeArmond, Evelyn Palmer

John and Amy Hornback, Leigh Wright

Sheila and Tony Jeff

Robert Pooley, Amy See


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EVENTS SISTER DOROTHEA RETIREMENTSister Dorothea Sondgeroth recently retired as president/CEO of St. Dominic HealthServices. A reception honoring her was held in the hospital’s medical mall. SisterDorothea served as president for 16 years.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Phoebe Smith-Porter, Kip Rollins

Mary Louise and Arthur Jones, Becky Lowe, Brenda and David Chandler

Bennie Butts, Paul Arrington, Nell and Buster Mobley, Jennifer SinclairEric and Lynda Balfour, Marsha and Tommy James

Jim and Suzanne Almas

Becky Traweek, Scherry Gilliland, Jenny and Hank Holeman

Jane and Ralph Lord, Robbie Hughes

Lester Diamond, Sister Rose Marie Riley,Sister Rebecca Gemma, Tod Etheredge

Cathy and Joey Havens, Margee and Collins Wohner


SISTER DOROTHEA RETIREMENTSharon Prestridge, Ellen and Richard Ambrosino, Harold Lowery

Dan and Judy Grafton, Cathy and Tom Johnson, Jennifer SinclairBarbara Brunini, Harvey Johnson, Carolyn and John Harris

Judy Grafton, Sister Dorothea, Dan Grafton

Song Songcharoen, Sam Walker, Su Songcharoen,Cammie and William Robert Smith

Angie McNamara, Lauri Collins, David McNamaraMike Cottingham, Nancy and Bill Howard, Elizabeth Cottingham

Lamar and Nanette Weems Andy Bishop, Sister Karina Dickey, Teresa Hayes

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EVENTS BALLET MISSISSIPPI SPONSOR PARTYBallet Mississippi hosted its annual sponsor party for “The Nutcracker” recentlyat Thalia Mara Hall. Guests were given the opportunity to meet with the dancersplus recognize sponsors.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Maury and Lauren Breazeale

Lisa, Jim, and Cora Jean Miller, Mae Eleanor Scott

Whit Rayner, Lex TaylorBlaine Hoven, Allison and Haley Fisakerly

Brenda and Brynnan Man

Beth and Mark Davis

John David Ridge, Collins Wohner, William Fulton

Andy and Sierra Halstead

Kelley Fenelon, Libba Wilkes, Cheryl Miller, Mary Scott Shepherd

Shannon and James Warnock, Jennifer Mitchell

Gerrie McElroy, Millie and Brad Clanton


BALLET MISSISSIPPI SPONSOR PARTY

Dennis Miller, Tony Shepherd

Jake and Heidi Odom, Beverly and Mark ResterAmanda Smithers, Justin Bennett, Kari Grillis, Cindy Boyette

Whit Rayner, Mary Scott Shepherd, Debbie Rayner, David Keary

Lee Parker, Suzie and Randy Poole

Cherri Barnett, David Keary, Millie ClantonJohn and Laurie Raines Angie Nobel, Shawn O’Mara

Bethaney Nelson, Bill Philip, Leisa McElreath

Amy Halstead, Tony and Preston DiFatta Jim Miller, Susan Hamilton

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EVENTS REMBRANDT SOCIETY DINNERThe Mississippi Museum of Art honored its highest level of donors at the 24th annualRembrandt Society Dinner. Guests enjoyed a seated dinner prepared by Luis Bruno,executive chef of The Palette Café by Viking.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Ryan Byrne, Jack Garner

Bud and Judy Robinson, Kay and Charles Mortimer

Kitty Rushing, Tommy Etheridge

Gloria Walker, Jerry Host

Claire and Greg Frascogna Bill and Liz Brister, Betsy Bradley

Michelle and Robert Alexander,Doug and Kathe Levanway

Jean Yarbrough, Jane Hiatt

Peder and Jennifer Johnson,Sandra and Murray Underwood

Vaughan and Nora FrancesMcRae, Eason and Ellen Leake

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EVENTS ZOO PARTYThe Jackson Zoo hosted ZooParty Unleashed at Duling Hallin Fondren. The evening featured music from Jesse Robinsonand Blue Mountain. The annual event benefits the zoo.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Ivy Davis, Elizabeth Gelmer, Sarah Smith

Jeff Pedigo, Blakeney Smith,Robby Chamblee, Julie Spenser

Fred andSandi Cavett

Bert Worley, Chris Monsour

Shannon Nesler,Amy Boone

Margo and W.D. Heath

Melissa Lott, Carley Garner, Morgan Ingram

Drew and Kimberly Cleland, Cal Wells

Nathan Lott, Will Garner, Matthew Ingram; (front) Melissa Lott, Carley Garner,Morgan Ingram

Anne Grinnan, Becky Olthof, Joel Sanch

Catlin Starrett, Holly Smith


ZOO PARTYTori Maiwalt, Ryan Morrison

Kelley and Brad Gatlin, Wilson Holifield, Russell DearmanSteven Lewis, Ryves Moore, Peyton Hines, Jim Griffith

Sharon Thomas,Felicia Brookins,Samantha Howell

Deborah and Thelman Boyd, Geilia TaylorBeverly Belding, Sam Wells Rodale Hall,Beth Poff

Lachelle Ahsley, Cecilia Rodriguez

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EVENTS ISRAELI RECEPTIONThe Jewish Community of Jackson together with Opher Aviran, the Consul General of Israel to the Southeast,hosted a reception recently for Gov. Phil Bryant at the Fairview Inn. Music was presented by jazz pianist RuslanSirota, featuring singer-songwriter Rick Coffey and vocalist Lisa Palmer.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Gayle Wicker, Yoko and Hiroshi Sato

Rabbi Valerie Cohen, Rebecca Laskin, Judy and Richard Stamm

Sarah Johnson, Malcolm White

Angela Ladner, Jo Ann Gordon

Denny Burks,Lisa Palmer

Tamar and Peter Sharp

Josh Bower, Adam Abrams, Krista Bower

Cheryl Katz, Lynda and Eric Balfour

Karen Freeman, Maj. Gen. Bill Freeman, Randy and Lea Rushing

Richard and Judy Stamm

Jean Comley,Dempsey Ladner


ISRAELI RECEPTIONGloria Harvey, Marcy Cohen

Gregg Harper, Gov. Phil Bryant, Margaret Rogers, Roger Wicker, Wanda Jennings

Gandy Thomas, Leslie Thomas-Gonzales,Jean and Hillman Frazier, Marsha Hamilton

Patrick Bryant, Sydney Naylor, Katie Bryant,Rita Martinson, Stephen Snell

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Annelle, Raymond and Allison SaucierAngela and David Eudry Joseph and Sherry Chen

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Ellen Hart, Ginger Williamson, Opher Aviran,Karen Isenberg Jones, Adam Abrams

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EVENTS BOOKFRIENDSThe University Press of Mississippi Bookfriends recently held its annual membership party at the Fairview Inn. Theparty featured a silent auction, food and drink, and a book signing by “One Writer’s Garden” author Susan Haltomand photographer Langdon Clay.w h a t ’ s h a p p e n i n g

Frances and Cooper Morrison, Judy Wiener

Fletcher and Carol Cox, JoAnne Prichard Morris, Dan Hise

Leila Salisbury, Hunter Cole, Seetha Srinivasan

Frances Morrison,Courtney Collins

Langdon Clay, Susan Haltom

Donny, Carolineand Andy White

Michael and Evelyn Jefcoat, Karen Redhead, Virginia Youngblood

Tim Medley, Jack Conway, Asoke Srinivasan

Reuel and Marjorie May, Coleman Lowery


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