11/06/2025
UPDATE 11:20 PM: The air quality readings at Martha Coker are currently clear. The shelter in place has been lifted. Our staff has been advised to operate normally. Thanks for your prayers and patience.
We have been made aware of the chemical plant explosion that has taken place in Yazoo City.
EMA has advised us to shelter in place until they assess the situation. We currently have all Martha Coker elders and employees secure in their houses.
We have sister campus buses and staff on standby incase we are ordered to evacuate. We pray that is not the case.
We will continue to post updates on our page for your convenience. If you call and do not receive an answer, please know that our team members may be engaged with the elders and unavailable. We will return your calls as soon as possible.gsr