Fred Allsworth was born in 1937 in Purvis, Mississippi. His father was a Methodist minister, and the family followed him as his calling took to jobs all over south Mississippi. Allsworth went to college at the University of Southern Mississippi, and became a teacher, arriving in Heidelberg as assistant football coach and math instructor in […]
Dewey Alexander was born in Lawrence County in 1924 into a family of farmers. He worked initially running a dragline in quite a few locations, with interruptions for service in the army during World War II and the Korean War. He wanted to stay home around Foxworth after that and took on work as a
Motorists driving on Highway 25 in far northeastern Mississippi will find it difficult to miss seeing Kenneth Adams’ home. The Tishomingo County resident has turned his front yard into a display space for the numerous chainsaw carvings he has created over the past decade. The yard is crowded with carvings of alligators, bears, eagles, the