WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – For more than 20 years, Pearlie Westbrooks made it her mission to get a homecooked Thanksgiving meal to the inmates and staff at the Clay County Jail.

She passed away in 2023, but her daughter, Terrilyn Murray, is keeping her mother’s legacy alive with The Annual Pearlie Westbrooks’ Clay County Thanksgiving Jail Dinner.

“It gives us joy to give back to them, to help them, at least, if it’s only one day or two days out of the year, to enjoy a very decent homecooked meal,” said Murray.

And that joy is shared by those who receive the meal.

“The inmates, they just feel real loved each year when Thanksgiving comes around,” said Clay County Jail Administrator Frank Randle.

Murray said her mother was inspired by her father who was doing jail ministry at the same ti

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