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On January 26, 1892, a baby girl was born to George Coleman, whose grandparents were Cherokee Indian, and Susan Coleman, who was African American. The girl they named Bessie was the tenth of thirteen children born to the couple. She spent her first two years in her birthplace of Atlanta, Texas, before her family moved to Waxahachie, Texas.

On September 1, 2021, Becky Wilbanks officially announced her intention not to seek a third term as the Cass County Judge. According to an interview with the Journal-Sun this year she will be seeking entrepreneur ventures in the future. Wilbanks currently owns Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio in Atlanta which she purchased in 2016. Her current term expires on December 31, 2022.

Weather Channel reported that “Ida’s catastrophic crawl across Louisiana has left at least two people dead, thousands of miles of power lines out of service and 911 dispatch centers inoperable.” The article went on to say that “rescuers were still trying to reach people trapped in their homes in some areas, and residents are being told not to return to New Orleans and other areas across southeast Louisiana until further notice.”