Homepage
Related Photos
-
Nancy Green
Local folk artist dies
Kosciusko folk artist L.V. Hull, who had a unique touch with the paint brush, died Tuesday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital following an illness. She was 65.
Funeral services are incomplete. Winters Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
L.V., self-taught, painted on anything that was available. She transformed bottles, jugs, cardboard cartons, shoes, hats and other items into art treasures she painted or decorated. The yard at her home on Allen Street in Kosciusko was filled with her art, ranging from brightly painted shoes and hats to discarded ceiling fans, tires, vacuum cleaners, pots, pans, telephones, television sets, and a myriad of other articles.
The interior of her home was no different from the yard. It too, was filled with similar art all in bright colors.
In addition to her talent of combining colors, she used Mardi Gras beads, discarded jewelry, buttons, braid, etc. which she glued onto surfaces to fashion another form of her art.
Friends gave her many of the materials she used. She was a master at turning “trash to treasure.”
L.V. became known nationally. Volunteers at the information center on the Natchez Trace Parkway often directed visitors to her home, and she graciously showed them through the home offering her work for sale and asking them to sign her guest book. Visitors often made return visits. Through the years, she was featured in a number of state and national publications including Southern Living. She was listed in a German travel guide as a unique spot in Kosciusko. The German group was attracted to the Trace because of their love of forests and often visited L.V. when in the area.
During the Olympics held in Atlanta, a television crew from Australia came to Kosciusko to film L.V. as a Mississippi highlight, and as a side trip was offered visitors attending the Olympics.
L.V. was a native of McAdams and had lived in Kosciusko more than 35 years. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Lou Willie Bentley, and a sister, Mrs. Q.T. Tinnin, both of Memphis.
- Local News
-
-
Newspaper prints first service directory
The Star-Herald is proud to reveal its first full-color service and business directory found inserted in this week’s edition.
- Region 2-1A Football Preview for Sept. 3
- Who the top football teams in the State play Friday night
- Region 3-1A Preview for Games of Sept. 3
- Hardworking staff, students credited for test scores
-
Newspaper prints first service directory
- Sports
-
-
J.J. McClain falls to No.-3 ranked Philadelphia
The Mustangs of J.J. McClain are looking forward to getting into the win column when they play host to rival S.V. Marshall on Friday night.
- Winona Christian blanks Humphreys Academy
- Central Holmes preparing for tough stretch
- Ethel Lady Tigers Set For Homestand
- SportsLine
-
J.J. McClain falls to No.-3 ranked Philadelphia
- Features
-
-
After all these years: Shady Grove couple blessed to be married 69 years
Hilmon Flint, 98, and his wife, Ora Belle, 92, of the Shady Grove Community of Attala County could well be described as record setters.
- Flashbacks
- PHOTO GALLERY: Central Mississippi Fair
- Flashbacks
- Rebuilding history: Community raising funds for Hesterville lodge damaged by storm
-
- Opinion
-
-
There can be only one: In memory of KB
The Star-Herald lost a little part of its legacy on Sunday morning with the passing of William “Cooter Bill” Thompson or as I have always called him – KB. He was 71.
- Do you feel the power?
- In the name of research
- The love of vampires
- Home sweet home
-
There can be only one: In memory of KB
-
-
KHS 1990 class plans reunion for Sept. 17, 18
The 1990 graduating class of Kosciusko High School will hold a reunion Sept. 17 and 18 coinciding with annual homecoming activities at KHS and marking the 20th anniversary of their graduation.
- Angel Food Ministry accepting orders
- Slots still open for afterschool program
- Conservation Reserve Program sign up avalible at FSA
- Kosciusko Wal-Mart Blood Drive
-
KHS 1990 class plans reunion for Sept. 17, 18
