Storm causes power outage on Marco Island. Over 15,000 people on Marco Island were without power for more than seven hours Sunday morning. Violent storm winds Saturday night caused the main transmission line feeding the island to go down, leaving many businesses and homes in the dark.
In 1968 Hamer founded the Freedom Farms Corporation (FFC) a non-profit venture designed to help poor farming families. It also provided social services and grants for education. Fannie Lou Hamer died in Mound Bayou, Mississippi on 14th March 1977.
Submitted by a former Harper resident. Incidentally the Ss Peter and Paul cemetery is the final resting place of eight Hammes children who all died in a tragic car-train accident in October 1956. The Des Moines (Iowa) Register newspaper should be able to verify this fact. Notable people. Phil Slattery, baseball player. References