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For PPhil aand MMelanie SSingley aas tthey ccelebrate 550 yyears of mmarriage JJuly 331, 11964 JJuly 331, 22014. My ssister aand bbrother-iin-llaw ((Genesis 22:24) For the most of your lives walked the walk and talked the talk that many have claimed but few truly shared. dreamed the dream and built the home that few have achieved though many have dared. Have held hands through the journey ofloss and abound. Took stops and criss-crosses, but turned right around.

In the best years ofyour lives The became as you walked through the door, made two special lives that grew into more! Big eyes, little hearts and hands that held, simply burst into love that mere words cannot tell. (Muggers and Grand-Daddy) Some years seemed more ocean than lake Waves crashing, then ebbing, with each give and take. Remember: Fingers that dipped together into the cool water, making playful circles and ripples that lazily lapped their way to the shore. Good times, hard times, silly times. Still holding hands and just like For the rest ofyour lives Holding hands; chair to chair here and there.

One hand large, rough, work-worn but tender. One hand smaller, softer, strong but slender, parted for just a moment? Pshaw not exactly. Just a whiff! Holding hands through Eternity. For the rest of, The best of, The most ofyour lives! From your family Congratulations and we love you both so By Alicia Dunaway twitter.com/ColProgress twitter.com/ColProgress Follow The Columbian-Progress Follow The Columbian-Progress Follow us during the game 318 Second Street 601-736-2611 The name of one of Mississippi famous cowboys, Earl Bascom, has been placed in the national spotlight. Out of the many great cowboys and cowgirls from across the country, Earl Bascom has been chosen to be honored as part of the National Day of the Cowboy on Saturday, July 26.

The National Day of the Cowboy has been celebrated for the past 10 years throughout North America. The annual commemoration is held on the fourth Saturday of July in honor of the cowboy, cowboy culture and the cowboy way of life. Earl Bascom received the prestigious 2014 Cowboy Keeper Award in honor of his unique contributions in the promotion and preservation of the pioneer and cowboy culture. Bascom was born in Utah but raised in Canada. He came to Columbia in 1935 to work on the Hickman Ranch and direct the first rodeo in the area.

Almost 80 years ago, back in 1935, Earl Bascom and his brother Weldon along with a few other cowboys including Jake Lybbert, Ashel Evans, Waldo Ross, Lester Flake and Horace Flake were the cowboys from Utah, Arizona and Canada that made up the main committee that put on this rodeo. That first Columbia rodeo is known as the first rodeo in history to be held outdoors at night under electric lights. Three of these cowboys, Earl Bascom, Weldon Bascom and Jake Lybbert married local girls from Columbia. In rodeo history, Earl Bascom is known as the greatest inventor of rodeo equipment for which he has been called the of Modern Ninety years ago, in 1924, Bascom invented the one- hand bareback rigging used in rodeos to ride bareback bucking horses. In 1922, Bascom designed and made first hornless bronc saddle.

Ninety-five years ago, in 1919, Bascom designed and made first modern bucking chute. In 1926, he made the first modern rodeo riding chaps. All of rodeo innovations and inventions are still used today at rodeos around the world. After graduating from Brigham Young University with a degree in fine art, Bascom became an internationally known cowboy artist spending the last years of his life recording his many cowboy experiences in works of art. Bascom was declared by the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Artists Association to be the first professional rodeo cowboy to become a professional cowboy artist and sculptor.

During his art career, Bascom was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of London, England, being the first cowboy to ever be so honored since the beginning in 1754. Earl Bascom even threw his hat into the Hollywood arena of film making as an actor in the western movie Lawless and working alongside cowboy actor Roy Rogers. The National Day of the Cowboy is a celebration for the heritage of the cowboy, promoted by a non-profit organization that works to preserve North cowboy and pioneer heritage. Being honored on the National Day of the Cowboy is a befitting tribute to one of the great cowboys of Mississippi Earl Bascom. Special to The Columbian-Progress Bascom: 2014 Cowboy Keeper www.columbianprogress.com THURSDAY July 31, 2014 6 A Lee H.

Fedric, chief executive officer of Citizens Bank, announced that Patricia Norris has been promoted to vice president and human resources Director. Norris has 17 years banking experience and has been an employee of Citizens Bank for the past three years. Norris was an Honor Roll attendee of Hinds Community College and has completed a number of American Institute of Banking courses. She serves as a board member and board President of Main Street Columbia; serves as a member of the Marion County Development Partnership Tourism Committee in addition to serving as a member and as the committee chairperson of the Ambassador Committee and was voted as the 2013 Ambassador of the Year; is a Friend of the Marion County Library; serves as an American Cancer Society Relay For Life team captain and is a member of national and local chapters of the Society of Human Resource Management. She is a member of Woodlawn United Pentecostal Church, where she serves as a volunteer teacher for the Elevate Kids Program.

Patricia and her husband, Kevin, have a daughter, Katie, and a son, Kacey. Special to The Columbian-Progress NORRIS Citizens Bank promotes Norris Greta Carley of Columbia is the recipient of Copiah- Lincoln Community Mississippi Media Professionals Scholarship. The Co-Lin Foundation recently honored scholarship donors and recipients at the 13th annual scholarship reception held at The Thames Center on the Wesson Campus. The Co-Lin Foundation provides more than $200,000 in scholarships to more than 150 Co-Lin students. Submitted Photo Carley receives scholarship Cowboy Earl Bascom was honored at the 2014 National Day of the Cowboy.

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