John Murry Greenlee
Portrait of a Gentleman Banker By Jack Criss • Photography by Jamie Patterson As President of BankPlus in Yazoo City, John Murry Greenlee exemplifies the best of a traditional banker. A self-described true “people person,” Greenlee could be considered old-fashioned in that he puts the customer first at all times and believes that relationships—especially in […]
Anne Hall Brashier
Chief of Staff for Governor Tate Reeves By Jack Criss • Photography by Greg Campell Anne Hall Brashier’s path to becoming the Chief of Staff for Governor Tate Reeves in January, the first female in state history to ever assume that role, was something the Indianola native never would have imagined growing up in Indianola. […]
Heaton Pecans
Clarksdale Family Business Success Spreads Across Region By Becky Gillette • Photography by Aaron Davis There is nothing that says Southern Hospitality with food better than a gift box from Heaton Pecans in Clarksdale. The family operation that started forty years ago has now grown tremendously to offer pecan products through some of the largest online […]
Cindy Tyler
Owner and Founder of The Mississippi Gift Company By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings When Cindy Tyler founded The Mississippi Gift Company in Greenwood thirty years ago, it was a very different retail market. Their niche was providing mail-ordered corporate gift baskets filled with Mississippi-made goodies. When The Mississippi Gift Company started out, […]
Danny Whalen
President and CEO of Cleveland State Bank By Becky Gillette • Photography by Holly Tharp Danny Whalen, president and CEO of Cleveland State Bank, is known as the consummate small-town banker. He not only knows banking regulations and operations inside and out, he knows many of his customers and their families, and they get VIP […]
Iris Stacker
Chief Executive Officer of Delta Health System By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Delta Health System Chief Executive Officer Iris Yeldell Stacker started working at her father’s medical practice when she was only about fifteen. At age sixteen, her father told her she needed “a real job” working at the hospital, which was […]
Sarah Ozbun
Heads Largest Privately-Owned Hotel Group in the State By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Sarah Ozbun moved to Greenville in June 2012 after taking a reporting job with the Delta Democrat-Times. It was a job she liked, moving up the ladder from city reporter to accent editor before becoming managing editor from 2016 […]
Carolyn McAdams
Leading Greenwood to Be the Best Possible By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Small town politics anywhere in the country can be challenging, and Greenwood is no exception. However, Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams has worked hard to avoid partisanship and encourage cooperation to meet Greenwood’s goals that has resulted in many notable achievements […]
Dr. Daniel Ennis
Takes the Reins as Delta States Ninth President By Jack Criss • Photography by Campbell Saia Dr. Daniel J. Ennis officially stepped into his role as Delta State University’s ninth president on June 1 after being officiall hired in March. Ennis comes to DSU from Coastal Carolina University, where he most recently served as Provost. […]
Bubba Simmons
Delta Council President By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Bubba Simmons is the sixth-generation member of his family to farm in the Mississippi Delta. On his mother’s side, his great-great-great grandfather came to the Mississippi Delta in the 1871 before a lot of the Delta was even settled. Simmons, the new president of […]