Old Post Files is a regular feature within the pages of The Vicksburg Post’s print edition and digital e-edition. This feature looks back at some of the happenings from the pages of The Vicksburg Post over the past 100 years. Enjoy.

100 YEARS AGO: 1925

Lenora Rector Crook was in Warren County from New York. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

Bobo Jones announced his candidacy for District 4 supervisor. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Services were held for veteran Vicksburg printer James C. Pannell.

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Mrs. Charles Pierce Williams died.  • Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shirley Jr. announced the birth of a son, Samuel III, on June 19. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Services were held for Mrs. Henry Kline.   

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Retired Lt. Col. Lawrence W. Norton II died of an apparent heart attack. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Mrs. Bertha Payne spoke during the Youth Day Program at Mount Heroden M.B. Church.

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Lifelong Vicksburg resident Bobby Dill died. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Vicksburg was celebrating the 75th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. 80 bridge over the Mississippi River. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a 5% raise for members Mayor George Flaggs Jr., Alderman Michael Mayfield and Alderman Willis Thompson.