A heartfelt compilation of touching stories and tributes to mom, with a space to include a personal tribute to your own mother

A Tribute To Mom

Parenting & Relationships

Putnam, Richelle

Dawson, Barbara

Carter, Michele

Twedt, Kristen

Kiser, Roger

Alexander, Holly Bingham

Douglas, Freda Brooks

Kobs, William August

Hall, Bex

Spragins, Alan

Tarvin, Jessica

Reid, Janet

Jarmon, Pamela

Blaine, Pamela

Roberts, Judi

Regal, Carol

Graebner, Diane

Campbell, R. C.

Kazmierczak, Carolyn Salma

Harder, Judy

Roberts, Frances D.

Casagrande, Jerry

Pucillo, Francine

Thorndyke, Julie

DeVaney, Rebecca

Campo, Miriam

Laskow, Meredith

Bordenave, Teri

Sheehan, Donna

Preilu, Kristaps

Swan, Abby

Lamppa, Pamela

Palmer, Debra

Family Relationships

Paper Doll Pub

In 1831, Richard McLemore received a federal land grant of 2,000 acres located in the future Lauderdale County, Mississippi. He gave free land to those he considered good neighbors and built his home within the one square mile that would be incorporated as Meridian on February 10, 1860. On Valentine’s Day 1864, Gen. W.T. Sherman’s troops marched into the small railroad town. After burning the town, Sherman wrote in his journal, “Meridian . . . no longer exists.” Meridian did survive and became Mississippi’s largest city due to its railroad and timber industries and progressive settlers like the Weidmanns, Marks-Rothenbergs, Threefoots, Rushes, Rosenbaums, Rileys, Andersons, and others. Within these pages, meet the people who proved Sherman wrong and continue to influence the area today.

Legendary Locals of Meridian

Arts & Photography

Davidson, June Davis

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Mississippi in the Great Depression (Images of America)

By the time the Great Depression was well underway, Mississippi was still dealing with the lingering effects of the flood of 1927 and the Mississippi Valley drought of 1930. As Pres. Franklin Roosevelt took office in 1933, Mississippi senator Pat Harrison, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, oversaw the passage of major New Deal legislation, from which Mississippi reaped many benefits. Other Mississippi politicians like Gov. Mike Connor initiated measures to improve the treatment of inmates at Parchman Prison in the Delta and Gov. Hugh White established the Balancing Agriculture with Industry initiative. Women also played an active role. The Natchez Garden Club successfully spurred tourism by starting the state's first pilgrimage in 1932. Mississippians found employment through the Public Works Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, which stimulated economic development through new and add-on construction in urban and rural areas and the construction of nine state parks. For black Mississippians, segregation and discrimination in New Deal benefits and jobs continued, but what they did receive from the federal government spurred a determination to fight for equality in the Jim Crow South.

Expertly combining prior scholarship with primary sources, in Mississippi and the Great Depression historian Richelle Putnam details how this crisis impacted the lives of Mississippians during some of our state's most harrowing years. Bringing national events into local settings, and traveling city by city, almost farm by farm from the Delta to the Coast, Putnam illuminates the experiences of locals from all races,classes, faiths, and vocations. Putnam's account is not just the story of resilience under Jim Crow, the invention of Masonite, or the origin of slugburgers--rather, it is the story of the search for dignity amid adversity and hope within despair. Rarely have the lives of our ancestors been held in such warm and knowing hands. ~ Benjamin Morris, author of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: A History of the Hub City (Arcadia/The History Press, 2014)

Mississippi and the Great Depression

The History Press

A Guide to Mississippi Museums (History & Guide)

History

Williams, Diane

Americas

Originally home to the native Choctaw tribe, Lauderdale County was settled and established in 1833 at a prime spot on the eastern border of the Magnolia state. The county flourished as a vital and vibrant hub of railroad commerce until the Civil War brought destruction and devastation. But its resilient citizens rose from the ashes and soon an area once ravaged by war became a home for industry and innovators. Join author and Meridian local Richelle Putnam as she provides the first-ever history of Lauderdale County, from founding to present, recounting the people and events that helped shaped the community into the beloved home it is today.

Lauderdale County, Mississippi: A Brief History

History Press Library Editions

When the Great Depression erupted, Mississippi had not yet recovered from the boll weevil or the Flood of 1927. Its land suffered from depleted forests and soil. Plus, the state had yet to confront the racial caste systems imprisoning poor whites, African Americans and other minorities. Nevertheless, innovative Mississippians managed to keep their businesses and services open. Meanwhile, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs fostered economic stimulation within the state. Author Richelle Putnam also highlights the state's spiritual and cultural giants, who rose from the nation's poorest state to create a lasting footprint of determination, pride and hope during the Depression era.

Arcadia Pub (Sc)

Lauderdale County, Mississippi:: A Brief History

Eudora Alice Welty led an exciting and surprising life. Before she won a Pulitzer Prize, as a little girl she made her own books and won national poetry prizes. As a young woman during the Great Depression, she was a photographer and took pictures all over the South. These and other stories pack the life of one of Mississippi's most famous authors. With author and teacher Richelle Putnam, learn about the remarkable life of one of Mississippi's literary treasures, complete with vivid illustrations by John Aycock that are as colorful as Eudora's stories.

The Inspiring Life of Eudora Welty

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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