Miss Juanitas Delta Cuisine

Miss Juanita, Now Approaching 98 Years Of Age, First Moved To The Mississippi Delta With Her Family During The Late 1930s After Her Fatherrsquo;s Two Department Stores In Tupelo Disappeared Almost Overnightmdash;one Was Burned To The Ground By An Arsonist, The Other Was Robbed By Criminals In Large Trucks Who Cleaned Out The Merchandise Late One Night.the Granddaughter Of One Of The Framers Of The Mississippi Constitution Of 1890 And The Cousin To A Member Of The House Of Representatives, Hilton Waits Of Leland, Who Also Served As Speaker Pro Tem, She Survived The Loss Of Her First Husband, James L. Dickerson, Who Served In The Army Air Corps During World War Ii But Was Killed In A Boating Accident In The 1950s, And Raised Two Children As A Single Mothermdash;the Daughter Ending Up Teaching Nursing And The Son Ending Up Working For Some Of The Southrsquo;s Best Newspapers And Writing More Than 30 Booksmdash;only To Later Survive The Cancer Death Of Her Second Husband, Dick Caldwell, A Retired World War Ii U.s. Army Captain And Businessman.