MOSS POINT -- The 13th Annual Jackson County Veterans Day Parade and Program will take place Nov. 11 in Downtown Moss Point. The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend.
The parade begins at 10 a.m. and leaves from the Southgate Shopping Center. The program starts at 11 a.m. at the Moss Point Veterans Memorial Monument.
The keynote speaker is Jackson County Supervisor Melton Harris, who was born in Grenada County, Miss. He is a graduate of Tougaloo College with a bachelor of science degree in math and physics. He served in the United States Army as a military policeman during the Vietnam Era and received an honorable discharge. He retired from Chevron Pascagoula Refinery in 1999.
Harris is currently serving as president of the Pascagoula Rotary Club. He is past president of the Jackson County Board of Supervisors and pastpPresident of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors – Minority Caucus. He is chairman of the Fourth Congressional District Democratic Executive Committee.
His awards include Pascagoula Jaycee’s Outstanding Young Man, Jaycee of the Year, Outstanding Community Service by Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Beta Sigma Community Service Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. MLK Dreamer Award, NAACP Community Service and Achievement Award, A . Phillip Randolph Community Service Award, Young Democrats of America Service Award, Rust College Community Service Award, Sickle Cell Service Award, Pascagoula B&P Women’s Community Service Award, Sigma Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Citizen of the Year Award.
His awards include Pascagoula Jaycee’s Outstanding Young Man, Jaycee of the Year, Outstanding Community Service by Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Beta Sigma Community Service Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. MLK Dreamer Award, NAACP Community Service and Achievement Award, A . Phillip Randolph Community Service Award, Young Democrats of America Service Award, Rust College Community Service Award, Sickle Cell Service Award, Pascagoula B&P Women’s Community Service Award, Sigma Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Citizen of the Year Award.
Harris is married and has three adult children. The Harris family is a member of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Moss Point.
The Veterans Steering Committee, planning the event, is encouraging residents of Jackson County to line the parade route, wave American flags and show their support for the veterans of all wars and the active duty personnel serving along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A special emphasis for the POWs and MIAs will be conducted during the program, as well as a Twenty-One Gun Salute by the veterans’ organizations.
There will be a recognition ceremony for fallen soldiers – Sergeant First Class Sean Michael Cooley of Ocean Springs, Sergeant Terrance D. Lee, Sr. of Moss Point, Master Sergeant Coater B. DeBose of Moss Point, Major Michael Green of Gautier, and Master Sergeant Scott E. Pruitt.
Cooley and Lee were killed in Iraq and Green, DeBose and Pruitt in Afghanistan. Members of their families will be invited and recognized at the program.
Cooley and Lee were killed in Iraq and Green, DeBose and Pruitt in Afghanistan. Members of their families will be invited and recognized at the program.
Members of the Magnolia Cruisers will participate with honor vehicles. The grand marshal is Brigadier General David Blackledge of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Parade marshals are Moss Point Mayor Billy Broomfield, Captain Robert A. Hall, Jr., PCO AMERICA (LHA 6), veterans and officials Cecil Stork, Herman Barnum, Dobbs Dennis, Pascagoula Councilman Freddy Jackson, and Mississippi House of Representative Manly Barton.
For more information about the Jackson County Veterans Parade and Program, call the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at 228-762-3391. Late entries will be accepted at the parade lineup.
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