Tupelo pastor Robert Shamblin-Traylor joins Major Thoroughfare Committee
Feb. 22—TUPELO — The committee focused on maintaining local infrastructure and gained a new member following a city's decision to appoint a local religious leader to represent Ward 4.
The Tupelo City Council voted unanimously among present members to appoint Robert Shamblin-Traylor, pastor of Pilgrim Grove Missionary Baptist Church in West Point, to the Major Thoroughfare Committee.
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