by Mary Neff Stewart | photos by Rory Doyle
The Gresham family built a stately home on Catchings Avenue in Indianola in 1920 and resided there for the next century. In 2020, Mary Clair and Noel Cumbaa purchased the traditional two-story Colonial for their growing family and began a yearlong renovation to update...
by Mary Neff Stewart | photos by Suzanne Carey
Ashley and Jonathan Papelbon met as students at Mississippi State University and began their whirlwind life together as Jonathan ventured into his professional career in baseball. As a relief pitcher, he spent the next 12 years playing for major league teams such as...
by Emily Black | Photo by Rory Doyle
2 cups milk ½ cup sugar ½ cup shortening 1 cup sourdough starter 6 cups flour, divided 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ cup melted butter 6 tablespoons butter, melted, divided 1 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 cup...
by Mary Neff Stewart | photos by Ron Blaylock
In 1932, Russell Johnston started a furniture manufacturing plant in Columbus and purchased a lumber mill shortly after. He began acquiring timber properties in the early 1940s with the intention of providing lumber for the factory while also generating another source...
by Emily Black | photos by Rory Doyle
When Southerners send requests for daily bread, I am almost certain that daily biscuits are what they are truly asking for. Not biscuits that pop out from a cardboard tube or sleep in the frozen food section of the market, but biscuits that are light as air,...
