History

  The Yalobusha Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting Dec. 16 in the former Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville. There were 32 members and guests attending.  Dot Criss (assisted by Opal) did a splendid job of decorating the entire building,  as usual.    The program began with the beautiful song “What  a Wonderful World”  done…

 The Yalobusha Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting Nov. 18 in the former Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville. There were 25 members and guests present, including this writer’s sister, Sudie R. Knortz and her daughter, Genevieve “Gen” Hurley, of Easton, MD. We are always happy to have visitors.    President Mike Worsham called on Carl…

The Yalobusha Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting Oct. 21 in its headquarters,  the former Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville. There were 27 members and guests present.    Chaplain John Moorman spoke the opening prayer. President Mike Worsham  told of the recent meeting of the Board of Directors, and its decision to purchase a printing…

The Yalobusha Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting Sept. 16 in Coffeeville. There were 46 members and guests present, some for the first time. President Mike Worsham welcomed everyone, especially the speaker, his guests and other visitors. He announced that Board member Opal Wright had asked to be relieved of that duty, so an…

The Yalobusha Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting August 19 in its headquarters, the Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville. There were many visitors among the 41 in attendance, some for the first time. All Society meetings are open to the public, and we are always thrilled to have visitors.    The opening prayer was spoken…

The Yalobusha Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting July 15 in Coffeeville. There were 33 members and guests present, representing six counties. The speaker, David Proctor of Kosciusko, was accompanied by his mother, Pat Proctor, his daughter and granddaughter, Samantha  and  Mabry Moore. David’s fellow SCV member, Keith Spence, and our District 24 Representative,…

The Yalobusha Historical Society held its monthly meeting June 17 in its headquarters, the Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville. There were 32 members and guests present. The opening prayer was spoken by Chaplain John Moorman. President Mike Worsham welcomed everyone, especially the visitors and the speaker,  Faye Mitchell, who is a member of the Society. One…

The Yalobusha Historical Society held its monthly meeting April 15 in the Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville. There were 51 members and guests present, many from out of town, some for the first time. Our meetings are always open to the public, and visitors are given a cordial welcome.      The opening prayer was spoken…

         The Yalobusha Historical Society held its regular monthly meeting in the Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville on May 20. There were 36 members and guests present.   The opening prayer was spoken by Chaplain John Moorman. President Mike Worsham welcomed everyone, especially the speaker and visitors. He spoke of the progress being made in our…

The Yalobusha Co Historical Society met March 18 in  the Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville.  There were 41 members and guests present.  Among the guests were Sandy Gordinier  of Wentzville, MO and Michelle Blackman of Columbus, OH.  They were spending the day in Coffeeville doing research on the Carr family who were some of the early…