George Berry was born in Oklahoma at White Oak Indian Hills, a Cherokee Indian village. His father was a carpenter and made utilitarian objects (like ax handles) in his spare time. He started his son out in carving by the age of seven. Berry started out by making simple toys and carvings of animals that […]
Gustina Atlas was born in Claiborne County and has lived there all of her life. Her mother and all of the women in their neighborhood would quilt, but she did not take an interest in it as a child. She left Port Gibson to attend college but returned to teach mathematics at the local high
Amoah was born in Ghana, a country on the western coast of Africa. He grew up in the village of Ahwarse and went to grammar school in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Amoah comes from a long line of woodcarvers. His great-grandfather was a master carver and was his first teacher. Richard began carving when he was
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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