Letter from the Editor Dear Friends of LOFC, A Significant Gift If you have visited LOFC recently, you have noticed major improvements underway on the cemetery grounds. Patty Povall Lewis—yes, my beautiful and accomplished…

Letter from the Editor Dear Friends of LOFC, The beginning of 2026 roared like a lion with a massive storm moving across large swaths of the country. Snow and ice left widespread damage across northern Mississippi, affecting…

Dear Friends of Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery, Inc. (LOFC): It has been a busy and productive year for Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery (LOFC). Despite escalating maintenance costs, the cemetery grounds look quite beautiful,…

Dear Friends of Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery, Inc. (LOFC): It is now more than six years since the Lexington Board of Alderman voted to transfer ownership of Odd Fellows Cemetery to a group of concerned people who have…

Dear Friends of LOFC: I visited our cemetery recently and was struck once again by its natural beauty. Autumn has at last – and mercifully – come to Odd Fellows. The trees have exchanged their summer green for lurid reds, bold…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “SPORTS TALK WITH MISSISSIPPI LEGENDS” Jake Gibbs and Glynn Griffing of Ole Miss, Rockey Felker and Matt Wyatt of Mississippi State and moderated by the noted sportswriter Rick Cleveland is certain to be…

To Donate or make a Memorial Online: CLICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR ONLINE DONATION To Donate or make a Memorial by check: Mail your tax-deductible check to Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery, Inc. PO Box 1213 Lexington, MS 39095-1213 To…

Dear Friends of LOFC, Recently I read an article about Lexington entitled “The One Small Town in Mississippi with More Historic Places than Any Other.” 1 The article noted that “with more than 200 historic sites, which run the…

Dear Friends of LOFC, As we begin a new year, the Board joins me in thanking those of you who generously responded to our Thanksgiving campaign. The response has been heartwarming and a reminder of the many generous and loving…

Dear Friends of LOFC, With grateful thanks for your support and best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season, Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery, Inc. Board of Directors Julian Watson, Chairman of the Board Ed Thurmond,…

The Cemetery before LOFC started maintenance The Cemetery after LOFC started maintenance Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery (LOFC) needs your support!!! Dear Friends of LOFC, Please consider joining the LOFC Maintenance Club by…

Dear Friends of LOFC, Honoring Ollie Clevaland Ollie Cleveland On July 15, 2022, the Mississippi Vocational Agriculture Teachers’ Association inducted Ollie Ancil Cleveland, longtime teacher of Vocational Agriculture at…

Dear Friends of LOFC, Below is an interview by Bonnie Brown with my sister Patty Lewis that recently appeared in an online publication called hottytoddy.com in Oxford. Some of you may have already seen it, but as Patty spoke…

Dear Friends of LOFC, As a child, the arrival of Independence Day, colloquially known as the Fourth of July, signaled the beginning of the end of summer. Far too soon those leisurely days of summer would end, and it would be…

Dear Friends of LOFC, In the last edition of the newsletter, we announced that Leath Johnson has joined the Board, filling the unexpired term of Betsy Kimbrough Padgett. I am pleased to report that Leath has agreed to serve as…

Dear Friends of LOFC, As reported in our last newsletter, the LOFC Board held its annual general meeting on Monday, February 14, in addition to its monthly meeting. The Board unanimously re-elected Julian Watson to serve as…

Dear Friends of LOFC, The final sequel of Banks Shepherd’s remembrances of the Square elicited further memories of Marilyn Fincher Hathcock who recalled the following: “I remember horse troughs on every side of the Square near…

Dear Friends of LOFC, With heartfelt thanks and best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season from Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery. But for your generous support, we could not maintain our beautiful historic cemetery. If you have not…

Dear Friends of LOFC, Now that I have reached the great age of 75 – a quarter of a century – loss seems to happen with greater frequency. It has been particularly so this past month, first with the untimely loss of George…