Rev. Dr. Franklin Parker Poole, Sr., 93, died peacefully at his home in Oxford , Miss. on Thursday, October 15, 2026, following an extended illness.

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Rotary President Armand Hebert and Dr. Scott Shepherd, Associate Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Bethel ...

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