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READER<br />
SPOTLIGHT<br />
Morgan<br />
BAILEY<br />
Tell us about your occupation.<br />
I am the director of sales at the Blake at<br />
Flowood. I have been here since October 2023.<br />
I love being part of such a special community<br />
and enjoy the relationships I get to make with<br />
each resident as well as every family that takes<br />
time out of their day to tour our community and<br />
trusts us with their loved ones. I also help out at<br />
Rollin Beans Coffee Company on Spillway<br />
Road every now and then! Best coffee in<br />
Rankin County!<br />
Why did you decide to make Rankin County<br />
your home?<br />
I was born in Rankin County! My parents felt<br />
Rankin County was the best place to start a<br />
family and knew it was somewhere they would<br />
want to stay forever.<br />
How long have you lived in Rankin County?<br />
My whole life. I attended Brandon schools from<br />
kindergarten through graduation. I spent a<br />
semester at the Hinds Rankin Campus before<br />
transferring to Mississippi State University.<br />
After graduation, I moved back to Rankin<br />
County to begin my adult life.<br />
Tell us about your family.<br />
My mom, stepdad, brother, and stepsisters live<br />
in Brandon. My mother is a home health nurse,<br />
and my stepdad is a teacher at Brandon Middle<br />
School. My dad, stepmom, and step siblings live<br />
in Madison. My dad is a NICU nurse, and my<br />
stepmom is a labor and delivery nurse. I am<br />
blessed with a beautiful, blended family! I am<br />
recently engaged to Robert Cox, and we will be<br />
starting our own family in September of 2024!<br />
What is your favorite memory of living in<br />
Rankin County?<br />
Being a homecoming maid and riding through<br />
downtown Brandon during the homecoming<br />
parades. There was such an overwhelming sense<br />
of community, and I loved seeing the parade<br />
route jam-packed with what felt like every<br />
single person in Brandon.<br />
Where are your three favorite places<br />
to eat in Rankin County?<br />
El Sombrero in Pearl (best street tacos around!),<br />
The Cleaners, and OEC.<br />
What are some fun things to do in<br />
Rankin County on the weekends?<br />
I love going out to eat with my friends on the<br />
weekends. I love having lots of great restaurants<br />
to choose from! I also love going to concerts at<br />
the Brandon amphitheater and shopping in<br />
Dogwood.<br />
What do you enjoy doing in your spare<br />
time?<br />
I am beginning to enjoy wedding planning!<br />
I enjoy spending time with my friends and<br />
family and working out at Burn Boot Camp.<br />
Who is someone you admire and why?<br />
I admire so many of my sweet residents at the<br />
Blake at Flowood. It is incredible to be let into<br />
their daily lives. I am working in their home and<br />
each and every person has their own background<br />
and life story that I can learn from daily.<br />
Where do you see yourself in ten years?<br />
I hope to be still living in Rankin County with<br />
my children attending the Brandon school<br />
systems where my fiancé and I both attended<br />
school.<br />
What is your favorite childhood memory?<br />
Walking to Shiloh Park and watching the<br />
fireworks for the Fourth of July or Brandon Day.<br />
I grew up in a home directly behind the t-ball<br />
fields, so we could walk as a family, to where the<br />
splash pad is now, and sit and watch the<br />
fireworks.<br />
If you could give us one encouraging<br />
quote, what would it be?<br />
Nobody is paying as much attention to your<br />
failures as you are.<br />
What are three things on your bucket list?<br />
Go snow skiing, read the entire Bible, and go to<br />
Greece.<br />
Hometown RANKIN • 15
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