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CONTENTS features
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Season’s Best!

16 BEAUTIFUL AGAIN
by Valerie Wells
Hattiesburg architect Larry Albert oversees
24 RINGSIDE AT RICHBURG
by Valerie Wells
Sullivan-Kilrain fight made headlines and raised a
restoration of historic Beauvoir ruckus 120 years ago

20 SWEET AS HONEY
by Charlotte Blom
Petal beekeepers buzz about honey’s healing
26 WILD AT HEART
by Layla Essary
Transplant gives Hattiesburg woman second chance
powers at life

ON THE COVER Decorate with Scarecrows

22 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
by Layla Essary
Junior Auxiliary to host charity ball to fund annual
Photography - PhotoXpress

ABOVE Pumpkin Painting

service projects
Photography by Erica Sherrill Owens

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GUEST COLUMNS

12 DAWN GILLIS
Still waiting for a cure

14 JAMES WELCH
Southern gatherings
always include family,
fun and food

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

in every issue
32 SEASON’S BEST
Fall photo essay by Erica
10 Editor’s Notes Owens
56 Life in South Mississippi
34 CLAY MATES
Coast artist infuses emotion
into handcrafted figures
34
SOUTH MS CUISINE

44 42 WHEN THE STOMACH IS FULL,

THE HEART IS CONTENT
Joyce & Darnell’s in Carriere

44 FRESH FROM THE FARM

Hattiesburg’s New Yokel Market
caters to organic food lovers

46 SISSY AND THE INEZ

RESTAURANT
A love affair with food in
Brookhaven

48 “I COULD EAT IT ALL”

The Dinner Bell in McComb
keeps the tables loaded with
Southern specialties

50 SEAFOOD THE OLD BILOXI WAY

Taranto’s Crawfish and More is
worth the drive to Woolmarket

53 BRING YOUR APPETITE

Sample the best of Brookhaven’s
restaurants and caterers at Taste
of the Trust

IN THE KITCHEN
54 APPLE-ICIOUS
54 Autumn’s favorite bounty
Try these delicious recipes and
enjoy the best of fall’s harvest

55 PUMPKINS
Pumpkins - not just for carving

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