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Simone tributes mom on new CD, tour (Trentonian): Jazz revivalists Simone grew up as a black sheep of one. Obituaries May 21, 2008 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal): Don Dakin TUPELO - Don "Pingo" Dakin, 63, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at his residence at Lake Piomingo. A native of Gary, Ind., he was born July 2, 1944, to Albert and Estelle Rodzynski Dakin. He was a 1966 graduate of Western New Mexico University with a degree in economics. State parks ranked nationally (Mississippi Business Journal): ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Five Mississippi State Parks were listed among ReserveAmerica's Top 100 Family Campgrounds, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP).