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Harmony's Tragedy Sparks Hospital Push | Huntsville News
A tragic death in July 2021—Harmony Ball-Stribling and her unborn daughter Harper, killed after a seizure on the road while en route to a distant hospital—has reignited the fight to bring healthcare back to Belzoni, Mississippi. The closure of Humphreys County’s only hospital in 2008, and its failure under private ownership, left the rural community without emergency care for 13 years. With over 100 rural hospitals shuttered since 2005, this loss hits hardest where it’s needed most. Harmony’s mother, Shenelle Ball-Green, and state Rep. Timaka James-Jones, Harmony’s aunt, are leading the…
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