by Friends of Mississippi Veterans | Sep 5, 2020 | Events
The Second Annual Sporting Clay Competition benefiting Friends of Mississippi Veterans is a fundraiser meant to assist our Mississippi State Veterans Homes. Different levels of sponsorship are available so that everyone who wants to give back to our veterans has the...
by Friends of Mississippi Veterans | Sep 5, 2020 | In Memoriam
On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Wayne O. Burkes passed away peacefully at the Mississippi Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Wayne (as his friends called him) was born December 6, 1929 in Neshoba County North of Philadelphia, MS and raised on the family farm. He was preceded in...
by Friends of Mississippi Veterans | Jul 13, 2020 | Veterans Spotlight
HOWARD MISKELLY, Staff Sgt., US Army and Member of “The Greatest Generation” When Howard Miskelly, accompanied by his father, reported for the draft at age 18, his father was informed that Howard was eligible for a six-month deferment. His father replied, “We don’t...
by Jeanette Winstead | May 19, 2020 | Veterans Spotlight
Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie, MSARNG, Retired, nurse, soldier, instructor, administrator, consultant, board member, board chairperson, and volunteer—all describe the much-heralded career of Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie. General Leslie, a graduate of...
by Administrator | May 13, 2020 | Events
Imagine rows upon rows of headstones marking Mississippi’s heroes, each one adorned for the holidays. It’s a stunning sight each year in December as hundreds of volunteers meet to lay Christmas wreaths against military graves through the Wreaths Across...
