What is Love? If you live in DeSoto County, it might mean home.
Tommy Dunlap grew up in Love, Miss., and serves as unofficial community historian. “It has grown a lot.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
For people like Carolyn Cleveland, Love is home.
Cleveland, 83, is a lifelong resident of Love, Mississippi, a small, rural unincorporated community just south of Hernando in DeSoto County. Despite the unassuming nature of the quiet farm town, the area has a rich history that includes being the birthplace of American professional baseball’s once tallest player.
Things have certainly changed since Cleveland was born. Love, also called Love’s Station, is no longer a railroad stop and no longer has its own post office. All of its residents now have a Hernando address.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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