SUSAN MONTGOMERY | The Greenwood Commonwealth

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Farmers and farm employees pose at the Garry Makamson Farms headquarters close to Morgan City. They are, from the left, farmer Karen Makamson Edwards of Greenwood, Mieke and Zandre Taute of northern South Africa, Dalton Elmore of Greenwood, Korbin Davis of Itta Bena, farmer Steve Edwards of Greenwood and farmer Garry Makamson of Morgan City. (By Susan Montgomery)

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Karen Makamson Edwards and Garry Makamson Farms: Daughter came back to join operation
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Sun,05/28/23-2:00AM , 2128 Reads
Farmer Karen Makamson Edwards didn’t grow up expecting to work on the family’s farm.
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Darryl Anderson’s watercolor scenes of Greenwood are often exhibited at Turnrow Art Co. He is pictured with two of his paintings. (By Johnny Jennings)

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Darryl Anderson: The gift of light
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Sat,05/13/23-2:00PM , 1467 Reads
When watercolorist Darryl Anderson was barely a teenager and living near Los Angeles, he would skip school and head for the beach. “I used to fish from sunup to sundown every single day,” said Anderson. This is where he caught seafood to sell and also the priceless lagniappe of an ocean view.
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For Dwight Harris, creating and rehabbing interesting lamps, candelabras, sconces and chandeliers are “what gets him going.” (By Johnny Jennings)

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A labor of love
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Sun,04/23/23-2:00PM , 1435 Reads
When the sun shines through rain, sometimes a rainbow appears. That’s by happenstance. When Dwight Harris restores a crystal chandelier, he’s purposefully resurrecting a source of radiance. Rehabbing lamps, candelabras, sconces and chandeliers is how he makes a living at his workshop and store, D&T Designs.
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Ilse Goldberg: Businesswoman, Holocaust survivor dies
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Thu,04/06/23-2:00AM , 7812 Reads
There was a memory-filled, yet empty, seat at the table Wednesday evening when the extended Goldberg family gathered for the first of Passover’s two seder meals. The absence of Ilse Markus Goldberg no doubt will be felt at a second seder after sundown Thursday.
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