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Officials investigate ‘suspicious’ death BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com
FARMINGTON — The Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department continues an investigation of the “suspicious” weekend death of an Alcorn County woman. “The circumstances surrounding this death is suspicious,” Alcorn County Sheriff Ben Caldwell told the
Daily Corinthian on Monday morning. “We need a ruling from the cause of death before we proceed with the investigation.” The victim was identified as 44-year-old Melvania Brumfield, whose last known address was Highway 45, Rienzi. The Alabama native was believed to have been living in a vehicle the past
several weeks, said Caldwell. The body will be sent for an autopsy. The victim was found about noon Sunday in a mobile home on Alcorn County Road 182 in the Farmington area. “Once we get the autopsy report back, we will know more about proceeding with the investigation,” said the sheriff.
Guinea pig reunion
“Once we get the autopsy report back, we will know more about proceeding with the investigation.” Ben Caldwell
Alcorn County sheriff
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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
Concern for the life of a tiny baby guinea pig brought a community together over the weekend. It began when an infant guinea pig went missing from its pen in the Petting Zoo at the Alcorn County Fair Friday night. Petting Zoo owner Lorri Porter said she normally would not have had the little baby out, but she figured the Alcorn County Fair was a smaller, country-style fair and she wouldn’t have to worry about the tiny and unique, brown and white texel guinea pig. Texels are known for their long, wavy hair — similar to a poodle. Being an infant, the guinea pig was still nursing from his mother. She explained the texel breed is rarer to find; thus, this baby was valuable as well Please see GUINEA | 2
Staff photo by L.A. Story
A baby texel guinea pig was returned to his parents Saturday after his disappearance from the Alcorn County Fair Friday night.
A convention of women’s service clubs will bring dedicated members to Corinth in October. Members of Corinth’s Taurus Club, Silver Leaf Club and Eva H. Bishop Club are excited to see the convention of the Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs and Youth Affiliates return to Corinth for the first time in many years. It is set for Oct. 27-29 at Crossroads Arena. “This is big for us,” said Lila Wade of Corinth, president for The First District of Colored Women’s Clubs. She talked about the clubs’ role in the community. “These are not just social clubs. They are civic clubs,” said Wade. “Our goal is to uplift our community along with ourselves. Our motto is ‘Lifting as we climb.’ “ The community uplift comes through activities
such as youth leadership events and support of the United Negro College Fund, hospice care, the American Cancer Society and other causes. “Normally, we would have up to three youth clubs under our direction, but, at this particular time, we do not have any youth,” said Wade. “Our plans are to try to organize again some younger people in the community so we can get them started back into the federation.” Several parts of the event will be open to the public — the welcome program at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27; the presidential luncheon at noon on Saturday, Oct. 28; and a prayer breakfast at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29. A ticket is required for the luncheon. Mississippi became a member of the National Association of Colored Please see LADIES | 2
CARE Foundation helps with community projects BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The CARE Foundation on Monday made a pair of $10,000 donations to the City of Corinth for two community improvement projects. One of the $10,000 donations is the first of three installments Corinth-Alcorn Reaching for Excellence (CARE) will contribute to the city’s Envision 2040 comprehensive planning process. The other is going toward sidewalk improvements downtown. CARE is able to dole out 4 percent, or about $60,000, of its approximately $1.5 million endowment fund annually. “If we had contributions that would get us up to $3 million, we’d have $120,000 a year we could do good stuff with,” said CARE Chairman Sandy Wil-
liams. The city’s comprehensive planning process recently concluded a series of public meetings to gather information and is now focused on analyzing the results and preparing to write a new development code for the city. Better sidewalks are an ongoing focus for CARE. “We have had a program partnering with the city for downtown Corinth residential sidewalks,” said Williams. “It has been highly successful.” The new donation focuses on the downtown commercial area. Launched in 2010, the residential sidewalks program has replaced more than 7,000 feet in the downtown area. Donations may be made to the CARE Foundation at P.O. Box 239, Corinth, MS 38835.
Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Mayor Tommy Irwin receives a pair of $10,000 checks from the CARE Foundation for city projects. On hand for the ceremony were CARE Chairman Sandy Williams, CARE advisory board member Hull Davis, Alderman Bubba Labas, Alliance President Clayton Stanley, CARE advisory board member Joe Vann and Alderman J.C. Hill.
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