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Miss-Lou Touch Benefit
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n August 6, 2020, Wells Middleton of Natchez, Mississippi, in a life-changing, work-related accident, sustained injuries resulting in the loss of both hands. Since then, he has undergone nineteen surgeries in Jackson, Mississippi; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Houston, Texas. Recently, Middleton received his prosthetics and is beginning therapy to maximize his recovery. At this point, the major need for Wells, Lacey, and their two sons, Conrad and Levi, is a renovation of their home in order for Wells to function and complete day-to-day life tasks. Members of the Miss-Lou Touch Benefit—Kristen Jordan, Ronnie Calhoun, Melissa Vaughn, Sandy and Fred Middleton, Whitney Hedrick, Casey Morris, Leigh Saunders, Lauren Middleton, and Jennifer Smith—created the Miss-Lou Touch Benefit’s silent auction and sought sponsors for the July 31, 2021, concert in the Natchez City Auditorium with David St. Romain as the opener for the show and The Chee-Weez as the main-stage entertainment. The local benefit was an amazing and successful event.
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A gofund.me account—Wells Middleton-In HIS Hands— has been established by Shanon Brumfield at https:// www.gofundme.com/f/Wells-Middleton---In-HIS-Hands. 1 Casey Morris, Lacey and Wells Middleton, Melissa Vaughn, and Ronnie Calhoun 2 The Chee Weeez
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Bluffs & Bayous { November/December 2021 { Page 45
