When I think of the 2019 football season in Coahoma County for both high school and junior college, the word transition first comes to mind.
All five teams in some way have not completely fulfilled their potential, but are also on the right path to building more successful programs.
Susan A. Byrd, 56, of Rena Lara,, died Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at her home.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne, Ark. Interment will follow in Johnson Cemetery near Fair Oaks, Ark.
Friends may visit at the funeral home from 1 p.m. to service time.
Lee Academy football coach Rick Johnston preached the team concept going into the 2019 season and the athletes are being rewarded.
Ten Coahoma Early College High School football players were recognized by their peers for their performances during the 2019 football season and two of them received special honors.
Annie Mae Ainsworth, 91, of Lyon and retired from Village Grocery, died Dec. 24, 2019. Visitation is 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 at Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Meredith-Nowell Chapel in Clarksdale with burial in the Memorial Gardens.
Lynette Johnson Price, 55, of Clarksdale died at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis Dec. 20, 2019.
Jimmy Brown Jr., of Southaven and from Clarksdale, died Dec. 17, 2019 at Desoto Health Care Center in Southaven.
Funeral services were 11 a.m. Dec. 20, 2019 at Woolf Funeral Home of Clarksdale. Visitation was 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 20, 2019.
Daniel Louis Foster, 82, died Dec. 6, 2019 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Clarksdale, he had recently moved to Yazoo City. He was born on July 28, 1937 in Coahoma County to Harvey Love Foster and Pearlie Posey Foster.
Alphonso Hamp, 66, of Clarksdale died Nov. 20, 2019, at home. Visitation was 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 at Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 at Meredith-Nowell Chapel in Clarksdale with burial in Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale.
Charlene Ashmore Yount, 60, died Dec. 16, 2019, in Sevierville, Tenn. Visitation is 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale. Funeral services are 3 p.m. Friday at Meredith-Nowell Chapel in Clarksdale with burial in the Belen Cemetery in Belen, MS.
