News BriefsByhalia Chamber plans membership luncheon The
next Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon meeting will
be Thursday, Jan. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Seafood Junction
Too. Sponsors are Griffith CPA Firm, Holly Springs Funeral Home and
Thomas Monument. To make reservations, call the Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce, 662-838-8127, or email baccmembership@centurytel.net. The office will have flexible hours through January 4. It will reopen with normal hours on Monday, Jan. 7. City school board sets Jan. 15 meeting The
January meeting of the Holly Springs School Board has been scheduled
for Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. It will be held in the Holly Springs
High School Library, 165 North Walthall Street. Bring overdue books and pay no late fee Start the New Year off with a clean slate. Marshall
County Library System is having a “Forgiving Week.” Bring back your
overdue library materials the week of January 7-January 11 with no late
fees. They may be returned to any branch in Byhalia, Potts Camp or
Holly Springs. If you have any questions, call the Marshall County Library at 252-3823. County school board will meet January 15 The Marshall County Board of Education will have its January meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 4:30 p.m. It will be held in the board room of the Marshall County Board of Supervisors at 103B Market Street, Holly Springs. One killed in wreck on Matthews Corner Rd. One person was killed early Sunday in a one-vehicle accident on Matthews Corner Road in Marshall County. Coroner
James Richard Anderson said Arthur Lee Martin Jr., 39, of the Highway
309 community, died in the wreck. He was a passenger in a 1991 Lincoln
Town Car that ran off the road, into a drainage ditch and flipped. The
call came into 911 at 1:50 a.m. December 30. The driver of the automobile was transported to The Med, Anderson said. Those
assisting at the scene included fire departments from Watson, Holly
Springs and Byhalia, plus the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.
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