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Civil rights investigative journalist Stanley Nelson, ‘the best of us,’ died last week
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,06/10/25-11:46AM , 634 Reads 9,084 Statewide
America lost a gentle giant in journalism when Stanley Nelson, who investigated some of the nation’s most notorious racially motivated slayings in Mississippi and Louisiana, died unexpectedly last week. He was 69.
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Janet Ferguson
Thu,06/05/25-10:44AM , 1,402 Reads
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August Gee
Wed,06/04/25-11:06AM , 881 Reads
INDIANOLA, Mississippi - Funeral Services for Augusta Gee, 76, of Indianola who died May 29, 2025, will be Saturday, June 7, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. at Mt. Beulah MB Church under the direction of the Rev. Gregory Strong. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Byas Funeral Home Indianola.
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Marvin Webb
Wed,06/04/25-11:05AM , 1,013 Reads
ATLANTA, Georgia - Funeral services for Marvin Gerard Webb, 58, of Atlanta and formerly of Indianola, who died May 27, 2025, will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Bell Grove MB Church. Visitation is Friday, June 6, 2025, from 4-6 p.m. at St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church.
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