An Evening with the Daughter's Optimists-Maroon Edition

An Evening with the Daughter's Optimists-Maroon Edition
Photo by Megan Bean

September 30, 2011

Friends, family and scholars of Pulitzer-Prize winning author Eudora Welty shared their memories and stories about the Jackson native during a Maroon Edition event Thursday night in Bettersworth Auditorium of Lee Hall. Participants (l-r) included Noel Polk of MSU; Mary Alice White, Welty's niece; Peggy Prenshaw of Millsaps College; Hunter McKelva Cole, longtime friend; and Suzanne Marrs, also of Millsaps, Welty's biographer. Additional photos are posted on the Maroon Edition Facebook page.