JACKSON — Gov.-elect Phil Bryant says he plans to name former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale as the next interim leader of Mississippi’s economic development agency. “One of the world’s best entrepreneurs will be the next director of the Mississippi Development Authority and that man is Jim Barksdale,” Bryant said. Bryant said he wants Barksdale to [...] [...]
MERIDIAN — Inc. magazine has profile the global success story of music and audio innovator Hartley Peavey in its latest installment of “How I Did It,” a feature series told by the people who live the real stories of America’s biggest successes. Peavey is the founder, CEO and sole owner of Peavey Electronics Corporation, one [...] [...]
Oxford native owns 11 sub shops in state, which is tops in Mississippi Before she became a successful entrepreneur, Edith Kelly-Green worked for almost 30 years in the button-down, suit-and-tie world of corporate America. The Oxford native spent 26 of those years as a FedEx vice-president. “When I retired from FedEx at 50, I [...] [...]
CLARKSDALE — Business and community leader George Walker of Clarksdale died Friday at his home. Walker was chairman of the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges when he died. A board spokesman said Walker was 83. Walker founded Delta Wire in Clarksdale in 1978. Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce executive director Ron Hudson said [...] [...]
INDIANOLA — W.W. “Bill” Gresham Jr., president of Gresham Petroleum Co. in Indianola and one of three original members of the Mississippi Gaming Commission when it was created in 1993, has died in an Indianola hospital. He was 84. Officials with Boone Card Funeral Home in Indianola say Gresham died at South Sunflower Community Hospital. [...] [...]
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