state   of  mississippi

bicentennial

In 2017, the Mississippi Secretary of State's office will publish a bicentennial book  celebrating Mississippi's 200 year birthday.  Writers and historians from around the state were commissioned to write portions of this history.  Richelle was commissioned to write the East Central Region ,which includes the nine counties listed below.  For a downloadable link to Richelle's East Central portion, click here.

Click here for the entire Bicentennial Book for Mississippi's 200-year celebration!

​Clarke, Jasper, Kemper,
Lauderdale, Leake,
Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Smith Counties

“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” Albert Camus 


“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”  Mahatma Gandhi 


“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson 

" How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?  You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."  ​Matthew 7:4-5