A reception and autograph signing for Miss Mississippi Anna Tadlock will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, at Asiel’s, next door to Josephine’s Fine Gifts on the Square in Historic Downtown Kosciusko.
Tadlock is serving as the grand marshal of the Kosciusko Christmas Parade. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. and this year’s theme is “The Spirit of Giving.”
Vehicles must be moved from the Square by 5 p.m.
The state’s new titleholder is no stranger to Attala County as she visits frequently with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Brunt in McCool. Her parents are Tommy and Felicia Tadlock of Brandon.
Anna is a graduate of Northwest Rankin High School in Brandon and graduated in May summa cum laude 2008 from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication.
During her reign as Miss Mississippi, Anna’s platform is promoting the importance of music education for children. She will be promoting the Children’s Miracle Network, which is the national platform adopted by the Miss America Organization.
Kosciusko Christmas Parade Lineup
–National Guard Color Guard
–Kosciusko Police Chief
–Kosciusko Fire Department
–D.A.R.E vehicles
–Attala County Sheriff’s Department
–Christmas Parade Judges
–Theme Banner
–Attala County Fire Department
–Grand Marshal Banner
–Grand Marshal Miss Mississippi Anna Tadlock
–Kosciusko Jr. High School 7th Grade Band
–Attala County Board of Supervisors
–Ethel Mayor and Board of Aldermen
–Kosciusko Mayor and Board of Aldermen
–McCool Mayor and Board of Aldermen
–Mississippi State Veterans Home
–Family Readiness Group
–Ivey Mechanical
–Merchants & Farmers Bank
–Junior Auxiliary King and Queen
–Brad Stanley
–Ethel High School Homecoming Queen
–Ethel High School Marching Band
–Med-Stat
–Cosmopolitan Club
–Attala Fitness & Tanning
–Lighthouse Children’s Home
–Gloria Cotton
–Home Hardware
–Henry Kimbrough
–Boy Scout Troop No. 44
–Kosciusko Medical Clinic
–Holmes Community College
–Little Miss Magnolia
–McAdams High School Marching Band
–Wesley United Methodist Church
–Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital
–Oprah Winfrey Boys & Girls Club
–Smokey the Bear
–Motorcycles
–All-Pro Wrestling
–KJHS 8th Grade Band
–McAdams Baptist Church
–Little Tindall Logging
–Parkway Baptist Church
–Cars
–Tyson Food
–National Council of Negro Women
–Mississippi Home Care
–Kosciusko High Cheerleaders
–Horses
–Santa
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