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Person of the Day | James Tucker: ‘Bucket Boy’ Turned Home Repairman
Byram native James Tucker opened his own Jackson-based home-repair business, J & T Home Remodel & Repair, in 2020.
Dustin Cardon
August 30, 2023
Byram native James Tucker opened his own Jackson-based home-repair business, J & T Home Remodel & Repair, in 2020.
Stephen Brown works full-time at the Mississippi Museum of Art while balancing being a father, operator of the Briarwood Arts Center and a music producer under the moniker, 5th Child.
Flowood native Amber Carraway took up sketching and painting at age 13 while recovering from neurological lyme disease on her family’s farm in Hinds County, Miss.
Tyler Goliday’s first time participating in an art exhibition was through the Municipal Art Gallery’s event, (Re)mediation, which took place in February 2023 in Jackson, Miss.
The Prairie Arts Festival in West Point, Miss., on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, this year includes a “Kid Town” area where children can get their faces painted and ride ponies, a mechanical bull and various carnival attractions.
Warn Wilson Jr. wrote and illustrated “Brown Money” in 2019 as a way of introducing children to STEM subjects, economics and possible career paths they may had not known about previously.
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