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Bearden: Three Months On: The Rolling Fork Tornado

editor@dailymemphian.com (Willy Bearden) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:11:44 -0500

“What is emerging in Rolling Fork is a story of both optimism and uncertainty. Can this community, which was already struggling, come back?”

Willy Bearden: Dispatch from Rolling Fork

editor@dailymemphian.com (Willy Bearden) — Sun, 2 Apr 2023 04:00:10 -0500

“The sound of Rolling Fork was the sharp drone of chainsaws as volunteers with equipment went house-to-house, cutting and dragging debris out to where it could be picked up.”

Willy Bearden: The last episode from Rolling Fork, for now

editor@dailymemphian.com (Willy Bearden) — Sun, 2 Apr 2023 04:00:10 -0500

“As bad as it was last Saturday morning, it’s bound to get worse for my hometown. Nothing is working the way it should ... And it was already a town in the vice grip of extreme poverty.”

Of small towns and tragedies: Memories of Rolling Fork before the tornado

editor@dailymemphian.com (Willy Bearden) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:18:45 -0500

“I’m from Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in what I like to call the Deep Delta. It is the place that made me. It is the place that gave me the confidence to do all the things I’ve dreamed of and accomplished.”

Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Willy Bearden

Bearden: Three Months On: The Rolling Fork Tornado

Willy Bearden: Dispatch from Rolling Fork

Willy Bearden: The last episode from Rolling Fork, for now

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Of small towns and tragedies: Memories of Rolling Fork before the tornado