The 19th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, a ‘roaring’ success thanks to these fine supporters Primary Festival Sponsor - $10,000 McCain, Leighton Miller, Gertha Milton, The Isle of Capri Casino Bubba O’Keefe, Annie Bell Revels, Shelley Ritter, Jessie Corporate Sponsors - $5,000 - $9,999 Saddler, John Sherman, Maie Smith, Otis and Yvonne Coahoma County Tourism Commission Stanford, Jennifer Stolle, Roger Stolle, Rodney Tedford, Mississippi Development Authority/Tourism Division Bobby Tarzi, Michelle Tarzi, Terebeth Tarzi, Chawonea M. Major Sponsors - $2,500- $4,999 Tillis, Melville Tills, Claudett Williams Coahoma Community College Sunflower Blues Association Officers Mississippi Arts Commission John Sherman & Melville Tillis, co-chairman; Yvonne National Endowment for the Arts Stanford, secretary; Catherine Clark, treasurer; Panny Southern Arts Federation Mayfield, publicity; John Mohead and Roger Stolle, booking Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board co-chairmen; James Alford, vendor coordinator; Mary Jane Artist Sponsors - $1,000 - $2,499 Haley, beverage coordinator; Dot Johnson, gospel back- Chamber of Commerce, Clarksdale Public Utilities, stage coordinator; Steve Ladd, main stage MC. CLECO Power LLC, Covenant Bank, Delta Blues Museum, Gospel Festival Food Donors & Other Donors Entergy, First National Bank of Clarksdale, Ground Zero Moore Paper & Janitorial Supply, The Parchman Inc./Madidi, MEP Investments (Aquilla), John Mohead, Headliners: Latimore (left), Friday; and Luther Group, Backyard Burgers, Big D’s Blues Club, John and Lori Moore (305 Spin, Festival Web Masters), Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, Saturday Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Dorothy M. Johnson, Chief Regions Bank, Sam Town’s Casino & Gambling Hall, Bluesman Sam Golden Sharpe, Nancy Forte, Joyce Cole, John Sherman Carr (right) is The Ranchero, Yarber Produce, Inc., Angelo’s Frame VIP Sponsors - $250 - $999 honored with the Shop, B.C. Gipson, Kroger Food Store, Hyde Brothers, W.J AmSouth Bank, A&T, Inc. D/B/A Delta Amusement, Cable presentation of Jones, Popeye’s Chicken, Walhood Building Supplies, One, Clarksdale Press Register, Clarksdale Vision Center, his framed por- Quapaw Canoe Co., Downtown Merchants Coahoma County Higher Education Center, Delta Rent All, trait Volunteers Delta Southern Bank, Ellis & Hirsberg, Charles Evans, by co-chairmen Keith Albrecht, John Busby, Modena Carter, Eva Connell, Evans Engineering, Greenbough Nursing Center, Hal Fiser Melville Missie Craig, Paul Flowers, Martha and Mike Harthcock, Agency, David Hunt, Hunter Paper Products, Tillis & John Donna and Steve Hays, Teresa and Vance Hays, Wanda J.H. Johnson & Co., Jessie (Boxcar Cafe) Meyers, KBH, Sherman during Holmes, Ada Hopkins, Marissa Jude, Brenda and Charlie David Klein, Steve Ladd, Dr. Frank and Rita Marascalco, the Sam Carr Keith, Brenda Luckett, Jerry Jones, Jeremy Jones, Marvin, Dr. Carole Mangrem, Merkel & Cocke, state Rep. John Tribute. Markevius Jones, Betty Lee, Peg Meek, Pierre Menard, Mayo, Dorothy and Joe Middleton, Northwest Mississippi Doris Miller and friend, Cindy Mitchell, Mary Mullins, Chris Bottled Water Co., Northwest Regional Medical Center, OG Salon, Ed Peacock, Shelley Ritter, and Rene Overton, Lesa Parks, Tom and Cathy Phelps, & E Electric Services, Orpheus Communications, Phelps Barbara McClinton Savage, Sarah & John Ruskey, Otis & Shelia Riddick, Charles Reid, Josephine Rhymes, Barbara Security, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Priest, Ralph Chapman, P.A., Yvonne Stanford, Steven Summit, Tom and Mary Simpson, Savage, Georgianna Smith, James Sykes, Daniel Vassel SAF T Cart, Mark Terney, Melville Tillis, Melville Tillis, George and Gladys Walker, Debbie Watson and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Brother, Dorothy Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Tyner, Wade Incorporated, Sponsors - $50 - $99 Charles (Checo) White, Pearlie White, Mike and Deborah Roosevelt Wallace, Walls Law Firm, PLLC, Webster, Dr. Tom Cooper - Cooper-Pang Eye Clinic, Dorothy Wimberly Gresham & Kittell, Yarber Produce Co., Inc. Johnson, MAG-PIE’s GIFT & ART Shop, O’Reilly Auto Contributors - $100 - $249 Parts, Patrons of Cat Head, Patricia Walker, P.S., Special thanks to artist Cristen Craven Barnard Jerry Abraham, (ALLIANT TECH SYSTEMS) ATK Claudett Williams, James Wiygul for her outstanding portrait of quintessential bluesman Community Investment Foundation, Blues Association Members - $15 - $49 Sam Carr for the Sam Carr Tribute. Collectible posters Thompson Coburn LLP, Dalton Furniture, James Alford, Earless Anderson, Catherine Clark, are still available. Thanks to all who helped including Delta Oil Mill, Delta Rent All , B.C. & Gloria Gipson, Oliver Clark, William D. Clark, Missie Craig, Gloria Gipson, the Clarksdale Press Register for the donation of this Entergy & Water Consultants, Inc., Bill & Myrt Gresham, Mary Jane Haley, Danny D. Harrell, advertising space. If your name has been omitted Mr. and Mrs. Donald Green, Mary Jane Haley, William Hayden, Benjamin Hodges, J.D., D., P.A., inadvertently, let us know: P.O. Box 1562, Clarksdale, Bob Long, Laura & Panny Mayfield, Robert E. Metcalf, MS. 38614 - Supporter names also appear on the Dorothy Johnson, Pamela C. Jossell, Gene Lawson, Steve Walter Nance, Johnny Newson D/B/A Newson Beauty festival web site: www.sunflowerfest.org Ladd, Dick Lourie, Laura Mayfield, Panny Mayfield, Jason