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Motivational Encourager. Driven to help empower people beyond their comfort zone and for greatness.

Rev. Deldrick LeaSure

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Deldrick Leasure, was born August 7, 1973 to Irene LeaSure. He attended school at the Holly Springs Public School System and graduated from Holly Springs High School in May 1992.
He is happily married to Sharon Tucker LeaSure. They are blessed with four beautiful daughters: Kyla, Mikaela, Lauryn, and Leah.

From a young child Mr. LeaSure always had a passion and love for God. He would sit next to his grandmother on Sunday mornings watching Olan Morris and the Jubilee Hummingbirds. After watching the telecast he would go in the back yard or on the front porch and attempt to emulate what he just saw on television. His love for God and church grew deeper and deeper. By the age of 16 or 17 Mr. LeaSure was helping deacons at various churches conduct devotional services. His part mainly consisted of offering the prayer. Knowing there was much more for him to do, in October 1993 Mr. LeaSure accepted the call to preach the Gospel. On October 30, 1993, he preached his first sermon at New Hope MB Church in Laws Hills.

In August 1999, he was called to pastor his first church, St Paul CME Church in Oxford,Ms. After serving two year at St. Paul, his family United with Armstead CME Church, later becoming Christ Temple CME Church. In August of 2007 he was transferred to Cooper Chapel CME Church in Olive Branch, Ms, where he and his family served faithful for 7 1/2 years. In February 2015, God said “Launch out into the deep.” That same year was birthed their current church New Genesis Christian Church located in Olive Branch, Mississippi.

The first service was at Best Western hotel on February 8, 2015. After only 3 months the congregation had outgrown that space. In May they found another building for rent, where they stayed 6 years and again the Lord blessed Mr.LeaSure, family, and congregation to outgrow that space. Currently they are located at 8920 Mid South Dr. In Olive Branch, Mississippi. As a church they believe in Making New and Making Great. Rev. LeaSure’s motto in life is, “If I can help just one somebody then my living is not in vain.” “God placed us here on Earth to be stewards, to serve others, and to become selfless in our attitude when doing so.”

Nic Lott

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Nic Lott was born in Taylorsville, Mississippi and he was the first black student to have been elected student body president at the University of Mississippi at Oxford. Lott defeated five other candidates in the race at an institution once characterized by its strong support of segregation.Lott previously worked under former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott[2] (no relation), and U.S. Representative J.C. Watts of Oklahoma’s 4th congressional district, an African-American who left Congress in 2003. He has interned in The White House in 2001 under U.S. President George W. Bush. During the 2003 Mississippi gubernatorial campaign, Lott was director of youth outreach for the successful GOP nominee, Haley Barbour. Following Barbour’s victory over incumbent Democratic Governor Ronnie Musgrove, Lott joined Barbour’s administration as senior advisor for communications and public safety issues for the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He also served as an administrator for the Office of Justice Programs under the Department of Public Safety. He is the former state chairman for the Mississippi Young Republicans and former state chairman for the Mississippi College Republicans.An alumnus of the U. S. Senate’s African-American Leadership Summit, Lott is included in Who’s Who in Black Mississippi, Top 40 Under 40 by the Mississippi Business Journal,[4] VIP Magazine’s “Top 10 Fascinating People” and the Business Chronicle’s “Young Guns: Top Business and Community Leaders.” He currently serves on the advisory committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and the board of the Congress of Racial Equality. He is a member of the boards of the Mississippi Community Education Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mississippi, the United Way of America, Leadership Greater Jackson Executive Committee, Coalition of Young Conservative Leaders, Young Leaders in Philanthropy, United Healthcare Advisory Board, and the University of Mississippi Central Alumni Board. He is a former member of the University of Mississippi’s College of Liberal Arts Alumni Board. Lott currently is a Government Affairs & Communications Consultant. Former Republican congressional, gubernatorial, and state economic development staff. TV/radio commentator. Appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Sirius XM, and local media. Mississippi native.

Osborne Bell, Sr.

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Osborne Bell Sr. was the first black Sheriff in Marshall County, MS and one of the first three black Sheriff’s to be sworn in- in the state of Mississippi. There is also a memorial marker just north of Hwy 4 on Hwy 309 south of Byhalia, MS marking the spot where Mr. Osborne was killed while on duty. Hwy 309 is also know as the Osborne Bell Highway. Osborne Bell was loved by many and is remembered for his friendliness and fairness to all. His political career began in 1967, when he was elected the first black coroner and served three terms as Marshall County Coroner (1967-1979). Osborne Bell was elected sheriff of Marshall County, Mississippi on November 6, 1979. He served his people with distinction. Sheriff Bell was a leader in law enforcement and in his community as well. He died in the line of duty on the morning of May 7, 1986.

Rest in Heaven Dear Uncle. I pray your legacy continues to live through us all.

Mr. Robert Bates “Bates Floor Care Services, LLC”

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Robert W Bates Jr. is Owner of Bates Floor Care Services LLC based out of Clinton MS. Mr. Bates has been in business for 8years. Mr. Bates strips and wax floors, he cleans carpet both commercial and residential and most importantly he is a man of God. Mr. Bates is a family man, and he shares his devotion of love with his beautiful wife of almost 19 years along with their three beautiful daughters. Mr. Bates exemplifies there are loving husbands and father’s in the home for his family means everything to him. He believes it is important to always acknowledge your family as he does his wife and daughters. Mr. Bates enjoys watching football; his favorite team is the Green Bay Packers. Along with his love for football he also enjoys spending quality time with his family and his friends. His hobbies are relaxing outside of his house and driving to new places and reading his Bible. God is at the head of his life. Mr. Bates acknowledges his business would not be anything without God’s grace and mercy.

Nikki Giovanni

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Born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni. Jr, in Knoxville, Tennessee, Giovanni was the younger of two daughters in a close-knit family. She gained an intense appreciation for African American culture and heritage from her grandmother, explaining in an interview, “I come from a long line of storytellers.” This early exposure to the power of spoken language influenced Giovanni’s career as a poet, particularly her sophisticated use of vernacular speech. When Giovanni was a young child, she moved with her parents from Knoxville to a predominantly black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio but remained close to her grandmother. Giovanni was encouraged by several schoolteachers and enrolled early at Fisk University, a prestigious HBCU (historically Black college or university) in Nashville, Tennessee. A literary and cultural renaissance was emerging at Fisk, as writers and other artists of color collaborated in cultural projects that explored and delineated the possibilities of Black identity.
Nikki Giovanni is one of America’s foremost poets. Over the course of a long career, Giovanni has published numerous collections of poetry—from her first self-published volume Black Feeling Black Talk (1968) to New York Times best-seller Bicycles: Love Poems (2009)—several works of nonfiction and children’s literature, and multiple recordings, including the Emmy-award nominated The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection (2004). Her most recent publications include Make Me Rain: Poems and Prose (2020), Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid (2013) and, as editor, The 100 Best African American Poems (2010). A frequent lecturer and reader, Giovanni has taught at Rutgers University, Ohio State University, and Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor.

Born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni. Jr, in Knoxville, Tennessee, Giovanni was the younger of two daughters in a close-knit family. She gained an intense appreciation for African American culture and heritage from her grandmother, explaining in an interview, “I come from a long line of storytellers.” This early exposure to the power of spoken language influenced Giovanni’s career as a poet, particularly her sophisticated use of vernacular speech. When Giovanni was a young child, she moved with her parents from Knoxville to a predominantly black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio but remained close to her grandmother. Giovanni was encouraged by several schoolteachers and enrolled early at Fisk University, a prestigious HBCU (historically Black college or university) in Nashville, Tennessee. A literary and cultural renaissance was emerging at Fisk, as writers and other artists of color collaborated in cultural projects that explored and delineated the possibilities of Black identity.
Giovanni’s first published volumes of poetry grew out of her response to the assassinations of such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, and Robert Kennedy, and the pressing need she saw to raise awareness of the plight and the rights of Black people. Black Feeling Black Talk (1968) and Black Judgement (1968) explore Giovanni’s growing political and spiritual awareness. These early books, followed by Re: Creation (1970), quickly established Giovanni as a prominent new voice in African American literature. Black Feeling Black Talk sold over ten thousand copies in its first year alone.She publicly expressed feelings of oppression, anger, and frustration; in doing so, she found new audiences beyond the usual poetry-reading public.