Starkville Memorial Day service

The Greater Starkville (Miss.) Development Partnership and the Military Affairs Committee will host its annual Memorial Day service May 27 to honor Oktibbeha County service members who gave their lives in military service for their county. The ceremony will include remarks from Oktibbeha County District 5 Supervisor Joe Williams; Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill; retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Jim Martin, representative from Mississippi State University; and the 14th Flying and Training Wing’s Vice Commander Col. Bill Denham of Columbus Air Force Base as the guest speaker. Names of Oktibbeha County residents who died in war will be read, and wreaths will be placed at the county's War Memorial Monument. The service will be in front of the Oktibbeha County Courthouse at 11 a.m. (Source: Columbus Dispatch 05/25/19)