“I said I would never go into this line of work,” said Gidget Leech, owner of Jo’s Salon in Fulton. Of course, her mother, Jo Bates — the “Jo” in “Jo’s Salon” — had other ideas. She, Leech explained, “encouraged” it. From across the table, Bates piped in. “She has a natural artistic ability,” she said, [...]
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Off the hook: Fisherman brings fresh seafood to Fulton
Capt. Ed Carroll is a long way from the rolling waves of the open seas that he’s loved since he was a child. Good thing he’s brought a bit of it with him, then. “I’ve decided to stay on land for a little while and try my hand at this,” said the owner of Off [...]
Downtown Fulton’s renaissance
• Downtown has been revitalized with the addition of new businesses, park Downtown Fulton is going through a bit of a renaissance right now. Less than a decade ago, it would have been safe to call the city’s modest downtown area a ghost town. Besides a smattering of long-established businesses, the county courthouse, city hall [...]
Home Grown: Roadrunner Auto and Truck
Jay Morgan never planned on having a full-time business of his own. Jay and I were trying to come up with a way to supplement our income while I went to nursing school. One evening around midnight, our phone rang and the person on the phone asked Jay if he would come out and adjust [...]
Home Grown: C&P Automotive
Chip Prestage never planned on taking over C&P Auto from his father. Conversely, his father never planned on Chip Prestage taking it over, either. “My daddy told me, ‘You don’t want to do this all your life,’” Prestage said. “He put his whole life in this business; he knew what it took.” Instead, Prestage decided [...]
Mantachie company vehicles run on natural gas
They aren’t flying, but the employees of Mantachie-based Northeast Mississippi Natural Gas just might be driving the vehicles of the future. Manager Mike Horton twisted off the small nozzle that connected a natural gas tank to a spigot attached to the back of his truck. He popped the hood and then cranked the engine. “Watch [...]
Recipe for community’s economic success
“There is a recipe for success,” Tim Weston, vice-president of Fulton-based Homan Industries, told the crowd attending the Itawamba County Development Council’s annual meeting last week. The former general manager of TVA’s Mississippi District and Executive Director of the ICDC said communities that are successful know how to create it for themselves. “It isn’t luck,” [...]
Home Grown: Bob’s Plumbing
“I’ve been doing plumbing since I was in the ninth grade,” said Bob Thompson, Jr., owner of Fulton-based Bob’s Plumbing, a business started by his father more than 30 years ago. Chatty and jovial, Thompson laughed and said the helping hand he lent his father wasn’t always a willing one. “I can’t say I loved [...]
Home Grown: Midway Marina
“Boaters are definitely unique,” said Midway Marina Dockmaster Pat Sisson. “They’re a whole different type of people.” Sisson was a pot calling kettles black: Having lived on the water for years — 14 of which he’s spent docked at the Fulton marina — he knows a bit about the kind of mentality required to let [...]
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Home Grown: Senter Funeral Home
“A funeral home is unlike any other business,” said Senter Funeral Home co-owner Jonathan Deaton, perhaps a little needlessly. Most wouldn’t argue that dealing with the business of death doesn’t really compare to much else out there. It’s part retail store, part science lab, part counselor’s office, part event coordinator and part beauty salon all [...]
FIRST Foundation named CREATE’s affiliate of the year
In its short lifespan, Itawamba FIRST Foundation has helped do some amazing things: Feed the hungry, introduce kids to the symphony, ensure classrooms are healthy and send hundreds of Itawamba County students to college. Not bad for a four-year-old. In recognition of its efforts, the local non-profit group was recently presented with the CREATE Foundation’s [...]
Home Grown: World Famous Piezons
“I have never been one to count the hours I put in here,” said Stan Miller, owner of World Famous Piezons Pizza and Pasta in Fulton. “Frankly,” he added with a laugh, “it would be devastating to know just how much time is exchanged for so little pay. I just know what has to be [...]
Fulton hotel among top newcomers
The goal of any good hotel, said Fulton Holiday Inn General Manager Misty West, should be to make the place feel like a home. During the past two years, she believes her hotel and staff have done just that. “When our guests walk through the door, I want them to be greeted like old friends,” [...]
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