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Itâs nearly time.
Next week, the Oren Dunn City Museum â the much-improved Oren Dunn City Museum â will fling open her doors to the public for the first time in nearly nine months. (And no jokes about birthinâ babies).
Weâre doing this grand opening thing several different ways and on several different days.
First, weâll honor the ladies of the Tupelo Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta with a heritage exhibit and reception at 6 p.m. Monday. This is the first in a series of temporary exhibits to honor the Divine 9, as the Black fraternities and sororities are known. We are honored to have worked with these women, especially Tupelo Parks and Recreationâs own Shanta Jones, a new Delta.
With the 85th anniversary of the tornado of 1936 and the primaries for municipal elections this week, we dug back into the past to examine the career of the late J.P. Nanney.
A native of Fulton, Nanney didnât arrive in Tupelo until 1907, after working for a bank in Amory. He took a position as a bookkeeper for the Bank of Tupelo. That position began a rise to the top as the bankâs longtime president by 1931.
Most people who remembered Nanney recalled his community service record and his 20 years at the helm of Tupelo city government, although he drew opposition every campaign.