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The last of 12 children, Mrs. Lucy Mae Smith Cooper was born to Dock and Josephine Smith in Crystal Springs, MS, on August 29, 1929, and was named Lucy Mae Smith. She grew up in Jackson and completed high school at Campbell College, a now-defunct institution that was located next door to Jackson State University [...]
JANS – Minister and Gospel Recording Artist Rev. Benjamin Cone, Jr., died peacefully at his home in Jackson, MS, on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, after an extended illness. Born in Waycross, GA, on September 28, 1937, Rev. Cone moved to Mississippi in 1973. As fate would have it, he would meet and develop a friendship [...]
JANS – Roman Leon Williams, Jr., better known as “Romeo” of Romeo’s Hair Force, 527 Farish Street, Jackson, MS has passed at 57 years old. He is survived by his loving mother, Barbara Simmons Williams Wiltz; stepfather, Martin Wiltz; four sons: Isaac Leon and Kevin Adwood Williams of Seattle, WA, Jacob and Joseph David Williams [...]
By Alice Thomas-Tisdale Jackson Advocate Publisher Given a six-month life span as an infant, growing up in the rugged streets of “the hood”, and coming within moments of taking his own life as an adult, Bishop Shawn H. Anderson knows all too well how he’s able to stand before his peers at age 42 and [...]
By Min. James E. Roach II Jackson Advocate Guest Writer When I found you… I found somebody who cares. When I found you… Found my most intimate prayer. When I found you… I found what every heart dreams of. When I found you… I found love. When I found you… I found the rest of my life. [...]
By Min. James E. Roach II Jackson Advocate Guest Writer “As I lay me down Heaven hear me now I’m lost without a cause After giving it my all Winter storms have come And darkened my sun After all that I’ve been through Who on earth can I turn to? I look to you I look to [...]
JANS – The first 2012 Mississippi Gospel Choir Invitational Showcase will harmonize the Lee E. Williams Athletic Assembly Center on the campus of Jackson State University at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 1, 2012. The celebration, presented by Celebration Entertainment, is a gospel extravaganza that will entail some of Mississippi’s finest gospel choirs and will [...]
By Min. James E. Roach II Jackson Advocate Guest Writer “Father, I stretch my hands to Thee, No other help I know; If Thou withdraw Thyself from me, Ah! whither shall I go?…” This is the time of year that’s really emotional for me as well as others. Two great men are no longer with us and [...]
JANS – Word and Worship Church has come a long way in its first decade of service to the Jackson community. From its humble beginnings on May 12, 2002, services began at the Hilton Hotel, Collins Chapel, and then on to its first building at 6286 Hanging Moss Road at Highland Colony Parkway and I-220. [...]
By Shameka L. Reed Jackson Advocate Writer When CJ Rhodes speaks, he doesn’t come across as the self-proclaimed shy guy he describes himself to be. His demeanor lends itself to that of a person who is cool, calm, collected and in control of his every thought and word. One would never guess that [...]
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