I suspect a lot of people reading this column are like me: equally comfortable with C.S. Lewis and Jerry Clower. I sometimes have to re-read one of Lewis’ paragraphs to grasp what the late Oxford ...

In a dogged pursuit of keeping the world aware that the single best “country comedian” who ever lived hailed from East Fork, I believe the college football season that’s upon us is the proper time for ...

LIBERTY, Miss. -- Roll over, Bo Diddley. Make room for Jay-ree. Jerry Clower, the late, renowned Amite County humorist, will be honored with a Country Music Trail marker in Liberty, much as Bo Diddley ...

Hosting the special tribute to Conway Twitty will be humorist Jerry Clower, whose riotous stories of Amite County, Mississippi, have made him a beloved favorite at the Grand Ole Opry. What is it that ...

I'm sure that there are other small churches that have contributed significantly to this nation's culture, but I likewise rather doubt that any church in America that has had a more profound impact on ...

– Grand Ole Opry humorist Jerry Clower on his upcoming appearance in the Mississippi Opera’s Die Fledermaus in Jackson: “I’ve done a lot of shows in my life, but I am thrilled to perform with the ...

Dear Smiley: With all the news about this subject, I am reminded about the tale that comedian Jerry Clower told about the meal his mother prepared for the preacher and his family, inviting them for ...

Welcome to More Cowbell, SEC Country’s daily podcast about Mississippi State sports with host Brandon Walker. For just the third time since 1955, Mississippi State fans will hear a new voice ...

When I was a kid in the 1970s, one of my parents’ favorite entertainers was the comedian Jerry Clower. Clower, with a folksy nature and deep Southern drawl, mostly told clean, homespun jokes about ...

Recently, columnist/author/emotional speaker Sean Dietrich invoked memories of the late Jerry Clower’s yarns. After he played football at Mississippi State University years before friend Bob Phares, ...