The project to share the lives and contributions of sisters Emilie and Marie Stapp kicked off August 20, 2013, at the Stone County Library – Wiggins Branch. These folks represented the various parties involved in the project. Back row (L-R): Carol Pearce (The Old Firehouse Museum), Ellen Ruffin (Curator, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection (USM)), Linda Spitz (Friends of the Stone County Library), Betty Hearon (cousin by marriage to the Stapp Family), Daisha Walker (MGCCC and the Stone County Arts Council); Seated (L-R): Dottie Rausch (great niece of Emily and Marie Stapp), Eileen Day Gipson (great great niece of Emily and Marie Stapp).
The Old Firehouse Museum 