Cates Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Southaven,MS
Southaven Alderman Ronnie Hale presented Mrs. Cates and her family with a proclamation naming April 29, 2017
Ann Carolyn Cates day.
Poetry was in the air in Southaven last week when the Mississippi Poetry Society held their 2017 Spring Festival at the Comfort Suites on
Goodman Road.
Dozens of poets from all over Mississippi were here to meet and promote poetry and to receive awards for their talents.
One of our own, Ann Carolyn Cates of Southaven, has been writhing poetry for over 40 years and has published several books.
Southaven Alderman Ronnie Hale presented Mrs. Cates a proclamation naming April 29, 2017
Ann Carolyn Cates day.
Cates received the Mississippi Poetry Society Lifetime Achievement Award for her talents.
She said this award means everything to her. “ It’s a reflection of the good stuff I have done in my life”.
“Poetry is my hobby, I love it”.
This is one of the few times the convention has been held in the Northern part of the state. They are normally on the coast or in Jackson.
When asked if poetry is loosing it’s popularity she replied, “Poetry is everywhere, greeting cards, the music on the radio, it’s all around us”.
If the Cates name sounds familiar it’s because she and her husband owned Cates Meat Company in Whitehaven for 30 years.
Her son, T.J. Cates, is a celebrity in Nashville with several entertainment television shows.
Southaven Alderman Ronnie Hale presented Mrs. Cates and her family with a proclamation signed by Mayor Musslewhite naming April 29, 2017
Ann Carolyn Cates day.
