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 […]
Flatland Development Group
A Penchant for Entrepreneurship By Joey lee The Delta, and all of north Mississippi for that matter, could not wish for a better advocate than it has in the Flatland Development Group, a dynamic enterprise founded and led by visionary entrepreneur, Andy O’Bryan. O’Bryan’s roots run deep in the Delta soil. Having grown up […]
Colleen Buyers
By Lyndsi naron Colleen Buyers, Founder of Shared Experiences in Clarksdale, is changing the way the world looks at the agriculture industry. Raised in both San Francisco, CA and Vancouver, BC, Buyers loves to travel and had seen all fifty states by the time she was thirty. Buyers attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, for […]
A Little Off the Square
Lumber & Liquidation Serving Tunica Since April, 2023 By jennifer Minyard P K. Miller and her husband Ed are no strangers to running a business. After successfully running the Levee Commissary for seven and a half years, they were ready for a break. “After we sold the restaurant Ed was restless,” says Miller. “He wanted […]
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. […]
Illusions & Accessories LLC
Computer Service, Security Equipment and Much More By Catherine Kirk For the past twenty-five years, Illusions and Accessories LLC in Greenwood has grown into a company that handles not just personal home computers, but the management of several business networks as well. Although they are located in the Delta, Illusions and Accessories LLC is […]
Boss Fox Estate Sales
Delta Couple Have Become Known As Experts By Jack Criss Cleveland residents and husband and wife, Bob and Wilma Wilbanks, are pharmacists by training and trade but have turned their second career into a fascinating profession that benefits families all over the Delta. As owners of Boss Fox Estate Sales, LLC the Wilbanks’ travel the […]
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 […]
Courtney Phillips
By Becky Gillette Growing up in Moorhead, one of nine children of the late Dr. A.M. Phillips and his wife Jaquie, Courtney Phillips, South Sunflower County Hospital CEO, had his sights set on becoming a farmer. But, Phillips was good with numbers, so his college advisors steered him towards accounting. “I always wanted to be […]
Candi Stone
Reporter and Anchor at WABG in Greenville By Faith Strong When Candi Stone started with WABG in Greenville ten years ago, she did weekend weather. But without management knowing anything about it, she began to shadow the weekend anchor and learned the news ropes the old fashioned way. Today she is a reporter/anchor and a […]