Farmer paints the town pink for breast cancer
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MICHIE, Tenn. — Wildwood Farms has added a new color of mums this fall in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Farmer Jim Henry began planning to cover parts of West Tennessee pink since the summer. “We start them as a cutting and plant them in June,” Henry said. Every fall for 25 years, Henry’s customers have bought yellow, white and orange mums. This year, though, he wanted to do something different. With the help of CB&S Bank, he sold blooms of a different color. Now, driving through the streets of Selmer, Savannah and Adamsville, pink blooms can be seen. There are more than 600 mums all in support of breast cancer awareness. “You just can’t talk to hardly anybody that doesn’t know somebody that’s been touched by breast cancer,” Henry said. For Henry and his family, it is a message that runs deep. “I’ve been touched real close by my sister dying from breast cancer, and I’ve tried to get involved with several different breast cancer things, and this was something I wanted to do in her memory,” Henry said. Henry said other family members have been diagnosed with the disease as well and that he hopes this fundraiser will continue to grow each October. “I think we’ll see more and more pink mums,” Henry said. Five dollars from every mum that was purchased goes to support the Darryl Worley Cancer Center in Savannah. Henry said all of the pink mums were sold by August, and he is looking forward to doubling his order next year.
