By Jackie HuntContributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment of the When Marion Played Sports series. Click the link to see all the articles in the series. The seniors and juniors of Eastside were not happy with the move to the local white schools for the second semester of the 1969-70 school year.  The seniors had been looking forward to …

Funeral services for Ms. Joyce Earline Isaac, age 74 of Downsville, LA, were held at 11:00 AM, Monday, October 30, 2023 at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Will Englerth officiating. Burial followed at Holmesville Cemetery in Downsville, LA under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home. Joyce Earline Isaac, Born March 24, 1947, arrived at her heavenly home on October 27, …

By Jackie HuntSpecial to The Gazette Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment of the When Marion Played Sports series. Click the link to see all the articles in the series. While still basking in the glory of a state football championship and watching their girls’ basketball `team race out to an 18-0 record and the boys 17-2, Eastside athletes were on …