by Hampton Sims | May 18, 2018 | Honor Their Story
National Nurses Week was a joy at Covington Ridge. Throughout the week, Activities Director Crystal Neal had a chance to interview former career nurses who currently live here. Today, you have the privilege of hearing the interview from Ms. Patrice Mitchell. Listen as...
by Hampton Sims | May 15, 2018 | Honor Their Story
How did we spend National Nurses Week at Covington Ridge? Well, we spent it by hearing from some of our own residents who were career nurses themselves. Thanks to Crystal Neal, our Activities Director, who sat down in each interview to carefully record responses in...
by odomcreative_c0v1ngt0n | Jun 16, 2017 | Honor Their Story
Carolyn grew up in the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi where her father was a USM Professor of Religion and Philosophy. She majored in English and taught in the public schools and at USM’s English Language Institute, and as a freelance journalist. Her most...
by odomcreative_c0v1ngt0n | May 22, 2017 | Honor Their Story
Willie Lou has always lived in Covington County. She was born a Dickens before marriage, and she had three sisters and a brother. As a child she enjoyed hopscotch, hide-and-seek, playhouses, and mud pies. She graduated from Salem High School and then worked at Movie...
by odomcreative_c0v1ngt0n | May 8, 2017 | Honor Their Story
Loree is a quiet and gentle soul. She grew up in a small community between Mount Olive and Mize. She married Joe and they became parents of three girls and one boy. Joe was an Assemblies of God minister and that resulted in moving quite often to different churches....
by odomcreative_c0v1ngt0n | May 1, 2017 | Honor Their Story
I was born in the McDonald Community Covington County just west of Collins. Many years ago my ancestors settled there because it was good farming land. Our settlers multiplied until the land was mostly owned and farmed by McDonalds. They built McDonald’s...
