Name Change Set For Kosciusko Veterans Home

KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (AP) – The Veterans Home in Kosciusko will be rededicated July 12 as the “Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans’ Home.”

The Mississippi Legislature approved the name change this year.

The State Veterans’ Affairs Board has prepared a plaque that will be placed at the home during the 10 a.m. ceremony.

Leslie, a registered nurse, served as a commissioned officer in the Mississippi Army National Guard Nurse Corps from 1959 to 1992, when she retired as chief nurse with the rank of brigadier general.

Leslie was one of the first five women admitted into the Mississippi National Guard when its doors were opened to women in 1959.

Other Mississippi veterans nursing homes are located in Oxford, Jackson and Collins.

 

 

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