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'Call & Response'

By TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER/BOOK REVIEWER TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER/BOOK REVIEWER
Thu,02/19/26-6:37PM, 37 Reads
Your shoes are shined. Wiped down, spiffed up, clean and looking great from toe to head. You’re wearing your finest outfit, a new hat or tie, and you’re confident that the Lord (and your fellow churchgoers) will look favorably upon you. But it doesn’t stop there: In the new book, “Call and Response” by L.
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Dr. Mallory Collins

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Collins receives Optometric Association Community Service award

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Thu,02/19/26-7:29PM, 37 Reads
MADISON—Mallory Collins, OD, of Riverview Eye Care in Clarksdale, is the 2025 Mississippi Optometric Association’s (MOA) Optometrist Community Service Award recipient. The award is presented annually to recognize significant contributions by an optometrist in service to their community.
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Kidney Transplant Recipient Gives Back to Dialysis Community

By FROM PAM CHATMAN FROM PAM CHATMAN
Thu,02/19/26-7:30PM, 37 Reads
After a successful 2025 New Year’s Gala fundraiser, Clarksdale resident and kidney transplant recipient Evelyn Henry is continuing her mission to give back to the dialysis clinics that cared for her and to support the Mississippi Kidney Foundation.
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Emma Lou Johnson Bailey, second from left, celebrates her 100th birthday. At left, Christopher Coleman, administrative assistant to Clarksdale Mayor Orlando Paden, presents Bailey with a photo recognizing her 100th birthday. Mary Jo Abraham, second from right, presents Bailey an award on behalf of the American Legion Auxiliary.

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Emma Lou Johnson Bailey celebrates 100th birthday on February 11

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Thu,02/19/26-6:54PM, 36 Reads
Emma Lou Johnson Bailey will be turning 100 years young on February 11, 2026. Born in Ponotoc, MS, she was one of eight (8) children. She was educated in the Sledge School system.
a/k/a Annie the Riveter, Emma Lou was married to John Thomas “Jake” Bailey, who served in the U.S. Army during WWII.
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'Call & Response'

Collins receives Optometric Association Community Service award

Kidney Transplant Recipient Gives Back to Dialysis Community

Emma Lou Johnson Bailey celebrates 100th birthday on February 11

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