Free Birds

By JIM BEAUGEZ  •  Photography by GREG CAMPBELL Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll bands in America. Then the unthinkable happened.      Southern rock ‘n’ rollers Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose iconic songs “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird” have become cross-generational anthems, were riding high in October 1977.  The addition of Steve […]

Nitta Yuma

By KATIE TIMS Courage and perseverance have kept this historic Delta home in the family for two hundred years      Highway 61 has plowed its way through fields, towns, what used to be yards, and whatever was in its rambling path from Memphis to Vicksburg. But at Nitta Yuma, a little baby girl turned […]

Tutwiler Quilters

By SARAH FOWLER  •  Photography by RORY DOYLE Created to give area women a way to make their own money, Tutwiler Quilters has survived thirty years, one stitch at a time      Stitch by stitch, the women of the Tutwiler Quilters weave their legacy into quilts that will find homes across the country, a piece […]