Fall 'Tweener

The top photo... Tweener? Maybe. Awkward shape? Probably.

Great-Grandma Love.

CITIZEN PATRIOT • ASHLEY MILLER
Jessie Parker of Jackson laughs as she lifts her great-grandaughter
Isabella, 2, into the air while playing outside her home Thursday morning in Jackson.
"I love them," she said about Isabella and her great-grandson, Cameron, 3.
"They are a joy to have. They keep me going, energized, ready to go."

Hot Town, Summer in the City

CITIZEN PATRIOT • ASHLEY MILLER
Alaijah Boyd, 5, center, reacts to a stream of water while standing in a blow-up pool
with cousins Dwayne Hood, 5, right, and Imonii Hood, 3, of Jackson as her
grandmother sprays the kids with a hose Wednesday afternoon outside their home in Jackson.
"We're enjoying the weather in the pool and keeping the kids together,"
grandmother Sarah Iveson said.

Porch Sittin'

CITIZEN PATRIOT • ASHLEY MILLER
From left, Erica Denard, 11, Reydontae Worthey, 14, Domojhea Young, 9,
Jalik Bonabart, 10, and Demarquan Smith, 10, sit on the porch between
playing with several other children July 16 outside their Jackson home.
About 15 family members gathered outside while the Jackson Fire Department
worked to extinguish a structure fire down the street.