TUPELO • Tupelo officials have approved multiple land agreements that will allow them to move forward with a smattering of projects throughout the city.
Editor s note: This story is part of a series highlighting career pathways throughout the Imagine the Possibilities expo.
TUPELO ⢠When Bobby Martin, longtime president and CEO of the Peoples Bank of Ripley, died on Nov. 4, 2020, he left behind a legacy of support for education in Northeast Mississippi.
A lifelong advocate of education for local children, Martin was known for supporting programs he felt passionately about. (He supported) programs he felt were beneficial to students to broaden their education and help them to get a career path, to know what they needed to do with their lives, Martin s daughter, Mary Childs, who serves as president and CEO of the Peoples Bank of Ripley, said.