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SOUTHAVEN — Ronald House Williams, age 83, passed away Friday, March 13, at his home in Southaven.
Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at Newsom Funeral Home in Charleston. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. there with interment following at Bethel Cemetery at Enid.
He served his country in the 82nd Airborne and the 7th Special Forces group as a Green Beret.
He is survived by his wife, Jettie Eastridge Williams; his children, Jill Duncan, Ron Williams and Sy Williams; a sister; 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
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SOUTHAVEN — Ronald House Williams, age 83, passed away Friday, March 13, at his home in Southaven.
Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at Newsom Funeral Home in Charleston. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. there with interment following at Bethel Cemetery at Enid.
He served his country in the 82nd Airborne and the 7th Special Forces group as a Green Beret.
He is survived by his wife, Jettie Eastridge Williams; his children, Jill Duncan, Ron Williams and Sy Williams; a sister; 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
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SOUTHAVEN — Ronald House Williams, age 83, passed away Friday, March 13, at his home in Southaven.
Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at Newsom Funeral Home in Charleston. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. there with interment following at Bethel Cemetery at Enid.
He served his country in the 82nd Airborne and the 7th Special Forces group as a Green Beret.
He is survived by his wife, Jettie Eastridge Williams; his children, Jill Duncan, Ron Williams and Sy Williams; a sister; 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
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Robert St. John says some bridges get you to the other side while others change the direction of everything.
Two years of planning a year-long trip collapsed in a single sentence at a Volvo dealership in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Robert St. John says some bridges get you to the other side while others change the direction of everything.
Two years of planning a year-long trip collapsed in a single sentence at a Volvo dealership in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Robert St. John says some bridges get you to the other side while others change the direction of everything.
Two years of planning a year-long trip collapsed in a single sentence at a Volvo dealership in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Dumas, AR — St. Patrick’s Day 2026 celebrations will take place across the country on and around Tuesday, March 17. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Dumas Police Department urge drivers to remember that drinking and driving is deadly and never an option. Join NHTSA and the Dumas Police Department in sharing this message: Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving.
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Dumas, AR — St. Patrick’s Day 2026 celebrations will take place across the country on and around Tuesday, March 17. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Dumas Police Department urge drivers to remember that drinking and driving is deadly and never an option. Join NHTSA and the Dumas Police Department in sharing this message: Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving.
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Dumas, AR — St. Patrick’s Day 2026 celebrations will take place across the country on and around Tuesday, March 17. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Dumas Police Department urge drivers to remember that drinking and driving is deadly and never an option. Join NHTSA and the Dumas Police Department in sharing this message: Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving.
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Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, speaks during the Prison Oversight Committee meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths.
On Wednesday, the last day for action on bills originating from the other chamber, House Bill 1739 did not come up for a vote.
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Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, speaks during the Prison Oversight Committee meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths.
On Wednesday, the last day for action on bills originating from the other chamber, House Bill 1739 did not come up for a vote.
By Mina Corpuz - Mississippi Today on
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Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, speaks during the Prison Oversight Committee meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths.
On Wednesday, the last day for action on bills originating from the other chamber, House Bill 1739 did not come up for a vote.
By Mina Corpuz - Mississippi Today on
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Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, speaks during the Prison Oversight Committee meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths.
On Wednesday, the last day for action on bills originating from the other chamber, House Bill 1739 did not come up for a vote.
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A Hinds County Chancery judge on Wednesday ordered the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to temporarily stop collecting money owed by Greenwood Leflore Hospital after the hospital said resuming the recoupments would likely force the Delta hospital to close.
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A Hinds County Chancery judge on Wednesday ordered the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to temporarily stop collecting money owed by Greenwood Leflore Hospital after the hospital said resuming the recoupments would likely force the Delta hospital to close.
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A Hinds County Chancery judge on Wednesday ordered the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to temporarily stop collecting money owed by Greenwood Leflore Hospital after the hospital said resuming the recoupments would likely force the Delta hospital to close.
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A Hinds County Chancery judge on Wednesday ordered the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to temporarily stop collecting money owed by Greenwood Leflore Hospital after the hospital said resuming the recoupments would likely force the Delta hospital to close.
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A bill cleared the Legislature on Wednesday that would temporarily ease state approval requirements for rural hospitals, allowing them to add new services or make costly upgrades as lawmakers aim to help struggling facilities provide needed care and boost revenue.
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