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‘May his light continue to guide us’: Civil rights leader Bob Moses dies at 86
By KAYLEIGH SKINNER AND BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,07/26/21-9:06AM , 1,374 Reads 17,851 Statewide
Robert “Bob” Parris Moses, a civil rights leader, educational advocate and pioneer in grassroots community organizing whose efforts played a key role in helping Black Mississippians gain basic rights, died Sunday at 86.
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Elise Varner Winter

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Elise Varner Winter, former first lady and community activist, dies at 95
By MISSISSIPPI TODAY STAFF
Thu,07/22/21-5:42AM , 1,190 Reads 19,565 Statewide
Editor’s note: This obituary was provided to Mississippi Today by the family of Elise Varner Winter and was written by longtime family friend JoAnne Prichard Morris.

Elise Varner Winter, the widow of Mississippi Gov. William Winter, died July 17, 2021, in Jackson. She was 95.
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Obituaries: Beverly Russell Vick
Fri,01/08/21-4:40PM , 4,881 Reads
Beverly Russell Vick
55, Hattiesburg
A celebration of life will be held at a later date in Columbia for Beverly Russell Vick, 55, of Hattiesburg, who died on Dec. 20, 2020, in Hattiesburg after a four year battle with interstitial lung disease. Dennis Lamb, her nephew, will officiate the ceremony.
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No bond in double murder
By SUSAN AMUNDSON
Fri,01/08/21-3:50PM , 5,440 Reads
Justice Court Judge Brandon Rowell denied bond for John Henry Wells, who is accused of murdering his parents, James and Rebecca Wells of Morgantown.
The bond hearing was held in John Wells’ hospital room, where he is currently still being treated for injuries he sustained in the incident.
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