Talk of the Valley

By Alexe van Beuren     In less than two years, life has changed considerably for Elizabeth Person. She has moved to Water Valley from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, set up shop in her new hometown, and changed her name following her May wedding to James Person.     The former Ms. Gochnour…

By Alexe van Beuren         Binford “Binnie” Turnage is a tall spare man with a kind face. He’s also the town’s most well-known pharmacist-as was his father and grandfather before him.     In 1905, Wade Smith Turnage climbed off a train in Water Valley and bought an existing drugstore where the Turnage Drugstore is…