Sarah, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 34°34′10″N 90°12′37″W / 34.56944°N 90.21028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Tate |
Elevation | 187 ft (57 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 38665 |
Area code | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 677408[1] |
Sarah is an unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi, United States. Sarah is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Savage and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Askew along Mississippi Highway 3.
Although an unincorporated community, Sarah has a post office and a zip code of 38665.
The Sarah community is served by the Tate County School District.
On 25 April 2001, Jan Michael Brawner Jr. murdered his father-in-law (Carl Albert Craft), mother-in-law (Martha Jane Craft), ex-wife (Barbara Faye Craft Brawner) and his 3-year-old daughter (Candice Paige Brawner) at the Craft home in the Sarah Community.[2] Brawner was found guilty on four counts of capital murder by jury trial in the Circuit Court of Tate County and was sentenced to death.[3][4] Brawner was executed by lethal injection at Mississippi State Penitentiary on 12 June 2012.[5]