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  • Jessie Simmons is one of two daughters from a small town in the country in Mississippi. She was born in 1925 and was married to her one and only husband James for nearly 60 years. She went to junior college in Senatobia, Mississippi, a level of education that was rare for a woman to achieve at that time. Her family did not have electricity or running water until after she was married and had left home. She and her husband, James, started a grain bin storage company called Simmons & Belk in the early 1970's and transformed it from a small state-wide business to one of the largest grain storage companies in the world.

    JESSIE SIMMONS: Renaissance Woman and Pioneer

    Posted on May 17, 2012 | No Comments
    Jessie Simmons is one of two daughters from a small town in the country in Mississippi. She was born in 1925 and was married to her one and only husband James for nearly 60 years. She went to junior college in Senatobia, Mississippi, a level of education that was rare for a woman to achieve at that time. Her family did not have electricity or running water until after she was married and had left home. She and her husband, James, started a grain bin storage company called Simmons & Belk in the early 1970's and transformed it from a small state-wide business to one of the largest grain storage companies in the world.

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  • If you don't know Jason Dottley, let me introduce you to him. Jason is an actor (Sordid Lives: The Series), producer (Yellow, Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, Trailer Trash Housewife), and a recording artist (Party Round the World, Hit Play!, Pop It). For as long as Jason has been turning out singles, people have been asking and waiting for a full length album. If you do know Jason, then you know he is always full of surprises and I am sure the album will reflect all that plus some!

    Jason Dottley: Taking This by Storm

    Posted on May 13, 2012 | No Comments
    If you don't know Jason Dottley, let me introduce you to him. Jason is an actor (Sordid Lives: The Series), producer (Yellow, Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, Trailer Trash Housewife), and a recording artist (Party Round the World, Hit Play!, Pop It). For as long as Jason has been turning out singles, people have been asking and waiting for a full length album. If you do know Jason, then you know he is always full of surprises and I am sure the album will reflect all that plus some!

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