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Need reader's help:
Dear Editor,

I received this e-mail on the Marshall County rootsweb subscription. You can sign up and automatically get all messages going into the queries for Marshall County. I don’t know if this boy was from Holly Springs, Potts Camp, Byhalia, etc., or just had an address here.

Perhaps a reader can help.

Thanks,
Bobby Mitchell
Holly Springs

Message Board URL:

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.counties.marshall/3430/mb.ashx

Message Board Post:

I am searching for the family of a soldier who was killed in the Korean War. When he entered service he gave Marshall County, Mississippi as his home of record.

Soldier: George Hubert Mason

Born: Jan. 8, 1931. Caucasian

Date of loss: Feb. 14, 1951. POW

When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over 8,000 of our servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years ago.

Since that time DNA has been perfected and also they are recovering remains in North Korea. Our government is obligated to return those remains to the proper family. DNA samples have been obtained from most of the families of these missing soldiers. For various reasons some families have not been located.

There are 25 families in Mississippi that have not been located. There is one family from Marshall County that has not been located. When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the family for proper burial.

I am just an old (76 years) combat veteran out of the Korean War and thankful that I did return. I consider this a very noble cause and I hope that you can help in some way to find this family.

For more information on the project you may go to http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to match up the lost families with the proper agency.

I will be grateful for any assistance in locating this family.

Harold Davis
40th Infantry Division
Korea ’52-’53
910-791-2333
hgdavis@bellsouth.net

Thanks for coverage:
Dear Editor,

I just want to extend my thanks to you and Sue Watson for the wonderful coverage you gave Leadership Marshall County during the 2007 course.

It is a wonderful program, designed to make people aware of Marshall County and to find solutions to any problems we may have to make it a better place to live and work.

Again, “many thanks” for all you do to keep us informed.

Sincerely,
Doris Lee
Class of 2007
Leadership Marshall County

Congrats on MPA awards:
Dear Editor,

Congratulations to you, the family, The South Reporter, on the honor Mississippi Press Association bestowed recently. As a subscriber and reader, I say/agree that the honor is deserved. Rubye Del Harden is honored along with you as well as with her own honor.

Thank you for being available for activities in Marshall County. The you is plural. You are to be commended for publishing Kathy Crawford’s letter July 5.

God’s blessing on you and you readers.

Sincerely,
Faye V. Sanders
Slayden

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