"Stars Over Mississippi" charity event to bring top entertainers to Amory. (Southern Scrapbook)."Stars Over Mississippi," a bi-annual event aimed at raising funds to help needy Mississippians attend college, will take place October 4 and 5 in Amory. This year's concert will be headlined by the award-winning musical duo Brooks & Dunn and cohosted by Academy Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg and actor Ray Romano, star of the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. hit comedy Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It is one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time. . Joining this quartet of stars will be The Weakest Link's Anne Robinson, actress Delta Burke, actor and Collins native Gerald McRaney, actress/singer Marilu Henner, and "Stars Over Mississippi" regulars, including actress/model Kathy Ireland, singer and Tupelo native Guy Hovis, Emmy winner Gary Collins, actress and Brandon native Mary Ann Mobley Mary Ann Mobley (born February 17, 1939 in Biloxi, Mississippi). She is a former Miss America, actress, and television personality. She married actor Gary Collins in 1967. Their daughter, Mary Clancy Collins, is a Senior Vice President with MGM Television. , actor and Prentiss native Gary Grubbs, Emmy winner Debbie Allen, actress/singer Mary Donnelly Haskell, Touched by an Angel's John Dye, and Broadway star and Oxford native Laurie Gayle Stephenson. "Stars over Mississippi" is the primary fundraising arm of the Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell Scholarship Foundation, which was created to help deserving Mississippi students attend college. Haskell graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. School of Nursing and later, in 1980, re-entered school at the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
n. Abbr. NP A registered nurse with special training for providing primary health care, including many tasks customarily performed by a physician. . Immediately after her death in 1987, her son Sam started searching for a way to celebrate his mother's life. Since one of her top concerns was a lack of money for deserving students to continue their education, Sam decided that a scholarship for students who might otherwise fall through the cracks was a fitting tribute. In 1991, he established the Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell Scholarship Foundation in her honor. This year's concert is sure to draw a crowd. Tickets are available now: $30 for field searing sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. and $20 for stadium seating. Also as part of the "Stars" weekend, a benefit gala will be held on Friday, October 4, at the Arnory Middle School football field. Other events set for Saturday include a Parade of Stars down Main Street around 10 a.m. and a special presentation in the park in front of City Hall. For details, see www.starsovermissippi.org or call 888/717-1515. |
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