Palmers Crossing Community of Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Friends and family. Wishing everyone reading this blessings and favor. I wanted to share the "Do You Remember?" post that Hazel Mimbs posted. It took many of us way back down memory lane. I remember that pay phone well. Melisa's dad Carl Chisolm was in the military. I had to walk from down by the airport to try to reach him by phone on that pay phone. Some of you young folk may find that inconceivable. You had to make sure you had enough change to make your call! I'll just add that little tidbit.

Hazel Mimbs:
Do you remember… Share your memories.
***tap the picture***
In the year of 1976, picture taken in the Palmers Crossing Community, in front of the Palmers Crossing Post Office.
The Post Lady was Mrs. Mercie B.Cohen.

Yes, our community had a post office and my family box was P.O. Box 69 until the post office closed.
This was the Bell South pay phone outside the building. Calls were 10 cents 😃
Yes, the city bus had a route through the community every hour traveling to downtown Hattiesburg and connecting with other routes.
I grew up in a community not a hood, “Palmers Crossing”
My friend Merry Bradford Profit and I are posing on the pay phone. 🎓Seniors 1976🎓
Take a look at the shoes we wore in 1976 😃 you can find them in stores today.

Good evening friends and family, a memory shared by our homegirl Hazel Mimbs of the old Palmers Crossing Post Office ran by Mrs. Mercie B. Cohen generated a lot of enthusiasm and dialogue. I will try to share her post later. Someone asked about the Cohen children Ouida and Peter Cohen. I had not seen Peter since he left Palmers Crossing, but I remembered this post from when he came back to Hattiesburg in 2022 when they honored his father, Dr. James Cohen and I thought I'd share. This is such a good picture.

In the face of loss, our community's collective support can be a powerful force for healing; let's continue to pray for and encourage those who are grieving, helping them find a path towards peace.
By faith, we believe that God is close to the broken hearted.

Funeral Services for Ms. Betty Dunn have been announced by
Forrest Funeral Home as follows:

Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Visitation: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Funeral Services @ 11:00 a.m.
Priest Creek Missionary Baptist Church
228 Tatum Road, Hattiesburg, MS. 39401

Birthday blessings and greetings on today submitted by Natella Leggett. Palmers Crossings Community let's help celebrate. 🎂🎉

Mary N. Leggett-Lewis
Happy Blessed day to my beautiful Mother ❤
The blessings are wonderful. She has made a grateful 82 years.🙏🏿🙏🏿

Still making history Dorie and Joyce Ladner. Congratulations to two of our own phenomenal women still putting Palmers Crossing in the history books.

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Our prayers and deepest sympathy to the family and many friends of Denise Trimble Garrett. Forest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which are as follows:

Denise Garrett Obituary
With solemn hearts, we announce the passing of Denise Garrett of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, whose presence will be deeply missed, having departed on June 3, 2024 at the age of 72. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Denise Garrett to pay them a last tribute.

As we bid farewell to this luminous soul, let her loved ones carry forward the torch of her memory, illuminating the path ahead with the warmth of her love and the brilliance of her spirit. Though Denise may journey beyond the horizon of our sight, her essence remains woven into the very fabric of our being — a guiding light in the darkness, a beacon of hope in the night.

She was loved and cherished by many people including : her parents, Burnest Ramsey and Johnnie Pearl Adams.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 8th 2024 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church (1313 Country Club Rd, Hattiesburg, MS 39401). A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 8th 2024 at 11:00 AM at the same location.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 21, 2024 for the beloved Vivian Woullard at Priest Creek MB Baptist Church in Palmers Crossing. There would not be room enough to hold all who loved and knew her and the lives she touched. Our love and prayers are extended to the Woullard family as they navigate this new reality. RIP beautiful lady from our community.

Obituary: The Legacy of Vivian Woullard Brown
On May 29, 1951, Vivian Woullard became the 4th
child born to Joe and Azzie Woullard, Sr. She was a
very quiet and astute lady and was loved by many.
Vivian was baptized at Priest Creek MB Church at an
early age; she served as church clerk, and she remained a
faithful member until her passing.
She attended Earl Travillion Attendance Center from
the 1st to the 12th grade. She was in the graduating
class of 1969. She attended the then Jackson State
College (now Jackson State University), where she
received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. While
actively teaching, Vivian drove back and forth to
Jackson State in the evenings, where she eventually
earned her Masters of Arts Degree in Education. She
loved teaching and molding young minds so much so that
she worked there for over thirty-five years. She served in
many capacities as well as a teacher.
Vivian enjoyed cooking, which was her passion. She
would cook for neighbors, friends and especially family.
The family truly enjoyed her cooking. Not only did she
have a passion for cooking, she had passion for her
family. She enjoyed hosting family gatherings especially
holidays, she was her happiest at those times.
She was preceded in death by her father, Joe
Woullard, Sr.
She leaves to cherish fond memories of her, a daughter
Cheryl Yvette (Adrel) Tutwiler of Milwaukee,
Wisconsins; one grandson Ryan (lovingly called “Peter”
by Vivian)Tutwiler of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; her mother
Mrs Azzie Lee Woullard of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; 4
brothers (Joe (Rosemary) Woullard, Jr.and Ronnie (Leona)
Woullard both of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Dennis (Celeste)
Woullard of Gulfport, Mississippi, Jesse Woullard of St. Paul
Minnesota;; 3 sisters Martha Woullard (James) Cooley of
Frisco, Texas, Iranelle Woullard of Biloxi, Mississippi and
Angela Woullard Adah of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; she also
leaves a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
She bids farewell to her Earl Travillion Class of 1969.

On behalf of the Cooper Family, thank you for the part you played in a beautiful celebration of life.

Deepest sympathy and prayers for the Woullard family as they prepare to lay to rest the phenomenal Mrs. Dorie Ladner.

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Palmers Crossing community, please keep the family of Mrs. Catherine Jackson who was well known and deeply respected in your thoughts and prayers. Her beauty, quiet and easy manner will be missed. Arrangements are as follows:

Happy Sunday community. I have something on my heart today and it weighs heavy. So grateful that God has given us another day, another breath. So grateful to see so many finding and sharing memories and comfort on this page. That was the intention. I hope it is still active long after I'm gone and maybe my grandchildren and yours will feel what we feel when they hit this page of history.

That being said, I see tags to the page on events and parties and that is so good. Please do share an Obituary when we lose a person from this community. I don't always know or see them. Everyone is important on this page. You can't post what you don't know-- no slight intended. However, I beg you to have respect for the elders, children, ladies, etc, and DO NOT share any vulgar language, pictures, etc. Use your voice, your God given breath to spread, love, joy, successes, condolences, and decency on this page. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 If indecency floats your boat, that is your choice. Please, please, please, not on this page.

Obituary for Mrs. Mary Carter-Jefferson

Please remember the Carter family in your prayers. They are a well known family in the Palmers Crossing Community. They laid their loved one Mrs. Mary Carter- Jefferson to rest this weekend. We extend our deepest sympathy.

Services for Mary Ruth Carter-Jefferson will be held on Friday, February 16, 2024 at 11:00a.m., at Greater Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, MS.

Visitation is Friday, February 16, 2024 from 10:00a.m.-11:00a.m. At Greater Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Hattiesburg, MS.

Please keep this family and all families in your prayers.

A&A Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

"Service is the Heart of our Business"

It was pointed out that we need to recognize National DJ Day. Palmers Crossing has been well represented in that craft over the years by some of the best. Today, we honor and recognize Mr. Vernon Floyd (RIP) WORV/WJMG where so many got their start, Lady Love, Leon Franklin, Donnie Nixon, Thelma Floyd, (RIP); all gone, but not forgotten. The lovely Hazel Mimbs who was on the air for a time and moved on, but came back home, (please don’t miss her reflections in the comments) the Maharaja of the Blues (still doing his thing after several decades) Papa Soul, Frank Babiboi Hall, and with love for her own Natela Leggett gave a shoutout to Stokley Leggett born and raised in the Palmers Crossing community after 20+ years still enjoying the work he loves. Today we salute you all. God bless. Now, I'm getting older and may have missed someone. Please feel free to jog our memories and salute them in the comments. Thank you Natela for the nudge. Do you remember?

Palmers Crossing is a small community. I have raised my family right here. There are so many people who made a name for themselves and provide recognizable service to the public. Last week, we recognized Officer Hardy Sims, the next chief of the Hattiesburg Police Department. This week our baby girl gets some recognition at Covington County Hospital. Congratulations to our baby girl Lashawn Johnson.

Happy Activity Professionals Week to our Activities Therapist LaShawn Johnson, MS, AT! Thank you for all you do for our patients!

Blessings to one and all. Someone shared this with me from the Earl Travillion days and just reading through it was bittersweet. Some of the names on this newspaper clipping from those school days in 1967 are no longer with us. May they R.I.P. However, it made me remember that not only were we challenged by our teachers, but we challenged each other as well. We wanted to make that Honor Roll. 😃😂😃. You are not from Palmers Crossing if you don't see a relative or someone you know. We left that school with a sense of competitiveness and ability to do well in life. There are some doctors and lawyers, teachers, hard workers, craftsmen, etc. on this list who were under the sharp eyes of principal A.B.S. Todd.

Palmers Crossing Community of Hattiesburg, Mississippi wishes you and yours a very Merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. We approach the close of 2023 and prepare to greet the new year 2024 with Hope and Faith. May your Christmas sparkle with Love, Laughter, and Goodwill and may your heart be open to his presence.

Happy Sunday friends and family. Blessings to you and yours in this holiday season.

Here's a little Palmers Crossing history I wanted to share on the anniversary of this date. Did you know this 1947 history?

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