Ora Reed: From Lexington, Mississippi, around the world, and back again

Ora Reed: From Lexington, Mississippi, around the world, and back again

This citizen of the world has never discarded the deep roots from the rich spiritual soil of the Asia Baptist Church in Holmes County, Mississippi.

Ora Reed: From Lexington, Mississippi, around the world, and back again - Mississippi Monitor

By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune       Gifted jazz singer-pianist Ora Reed, once named “Mississippi’s Cultural Ambassador” by former Governor Haley Barbour and an inductee into the 2017 Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, has charmed audiences worldwide for over five decades. Ora is easy to spot in a crowd. She is always the one whose elegant attire, often with matching shoes and hat, brings to mind Hollywood film stars such as Katherine Hepb…