Governor sends out birthday wishes

Gov.

Tate Reeves ended a news conference about the state's efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 on a positive note.

He sent out birthday wishes to some lucky residents.

ADHERING TO THOSE GUIDELINES.OKAY, WHAT I’M GOING TO DO NOWIS I’M GOING TO WISH A FEWMISSISSIPPIANS.HAPPY BIRTHDAY.I KNOW SOME OF Y’ALL MAY WANT TODISPERSE AND IF YOU DO CERTAINLYOKAY WITH THAT, BUT WHAT YOUPROBABLY OUGHT TO DO IS TURNAROUND AND CAMERA AND WISH THESEYOUNG KIDS HAPPY BIRTHDAYBECAUSE THEY’RE PROBABLY NOTGOING TO GET TO HAVE A BIGBIRTHDAY PARTY THIS YEAR, BUTBUT I’M GOING TO WISH HIM HAPPYBIRTHDAY BECAUSE I GOT TO SEEPEOPLE SENT ME PICTURES OF THEIRKIDS AND WITH BIG SMILES ONTHEIR FACE AND I KNOW IN TIMESLIKE THESE IT’S WORTH MY TIME TOSPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES TRYINGTO MAKE YOUNG MEN.IT MEANS HAPPY.SO TO SOPHIE JETER TURNING.SHE TURNS EIGHT TODAY TO LAYLABRAMLETT TO TAYLOR JONES.IS TO MISS SHEILA RENFRO’SGRANDSON CEDRIC MAISONETTETUTION TASIA MCGEE TO GAVINBRADY TO JOHN EGRESS IT ANDRACHEL BATEMAN.TO BOBBY SEALES BOBBY BOBBY’SPARENTS.TELL ME THAT GOD HEALED HIS BODYLAST WEEK AS WELL FROM ABACTERIAL INFECTION IN HIS BLOODSTREAM HIS WHITE BLOOD CELLCOUNT WENT FROM 24,000 DOWN TO14,000 OVERNIGHT.HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND TO GOD BE THEGLORY TO FIN ROBERTS TO DANISHAIV TO BARBARA KREIDER TO AUSTINRODRIGUEZ, SERENA, ISAAC.TO CHARLIE GAINS TO ADDISONRENFRO TO SOPHIE GOODSON TOLINDSAY FRANCS.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHLOE TERRYFROM COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI TO SCDORSEY AND MICHAEL ROBBINS TOPARKER EVITTS AND WE’LL RINDS TOEMERSON.RIGNEY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.TRISTAN IS TURNING 6 TODAY.DARLENE’S DAD.BURNETT IS AN 86 YEAR OLDVETERAN AS OF TODAY.MR. BURNETT DAWSON, GARRETT ANDBENICIA BALLARD TO KAITLYNWILSON AND COLTON AMIN.BENJAMIN JOHNSON IS TURNINGTHREE TODAY.HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENJAMIN.TRITON MITCHELL AND LILY KATEAND TJ INGRAM HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOYOU.KINGSTON IS TURNING TO TODAY.HAPPY BIRTHDAY KINGS AND YOU’REGOING TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK OUTAND PLAY WITH YOUR BUDDIES HEREREALLY SOON.I HOPE SAM AND ELLIOTT GIBBSTURN EIGHT.TRISTAN JENKINS FROM PEARLMISSISSIPPI HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAYMARLEY HUNTER.AND GRANT BREELAND SARAH DAVISUP IN GREENVILLE.BRIANA IS TURNING 15 TODAY.I HAVE A 15 YEAR OLDS.I KNOW HOW SPECIAL THAT IS,AUDREY YUGAS IN BILOXI PARKERHAINES AVA STOVALL.JANELDA AND SHEILA IN JACKSONARE BOTH HAVING BIRTHDAYS TODAY.ASHER HILTON IN BROOKHAVEN,MISSISSIPPI DOWN IN LINCOLNCOUNTY I’M TOLD THAT JORDANCULPEPPER HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAYIN JORDAN TELLS ME THAT SHELOVES JESUS AND ATTENDS EVANGELTEMPLE CHURCH.SHE ALSO LOVES SOFTBALL.HAVEN WOODRUFF IN BURNSVILLE,EVAN CULT SMITH MAKENA RAINHARRIS FROM AMORY, MISSISSIPPI.HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLIN MAZE TURNSTHREE TODAY MAGGIE MAE NICHOLSAND DREW COVINGTON WILL TATEINVADING, MISSISSIPPI?MCCOY NICHOLS HE SAYS HE PLAYSTHE GUITAR AND HE PLAYS FARMINGSIMULATOR IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITEGAMES.JOURNEY HOLMAN AND COURTNEY GRAYSCOTT UP IN GREENVILLE, GRACESCRUGGS TURNED SWEET 16 TODAY.HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE SOPHIE ROSSBROCK BROCK.EXCUSE ME, SOPHIE ROSS BROUGHTLOVES THE MOVIE FROZEN.I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS SO I KNOWEXACTLY WHAT STAGE YOU ARE INOLIVIA PAGE PENNELL HAPPENS TOBE REPRESENTATIVE.STEVE MASSON GILLS.NICE UP IN THE NORTH PART OF OURSTATE.HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVIA TO GATLINCARPENTER AND TRISTAN.DORSEY TO HEIDI HUDSON TO COLTONCOLLIN SCHOLAR GARDENER CARLYPOLAND.HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY DIAL ANDAMAYA.HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNSON ANDERSONTO RICHARD MCCARTY BRANTLEYLOWRY, HAPPY BIRTHDA PAUL TIMMARELLA JR.HIS BIRTHDAY IS ACTUALLY APRILTHE 5TH.SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY.CAMERON AND JACK OWENS JAYCOHEN’S TURNED 18 YEARS OLD ONTHE FORT ON THE 4TH OF APRIL SOA COUPLE DAYS AGO.HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK.HADLEY GRACE BRADBURY ANDREAMILES OLIVIA PAGE PENNELL ANDMADELINE MADELINE PEARSON MYBUDDY BRYCE IN PAIN SAYS HELOVES THE DUCK HUNT ME TO MAYBEWHEN THIS GETS OVER AND WE GETBACK IN THE DUCK SEASON WE CANBOTH HAVE A GREAT TIME GETTINGBACK OUT THERE SAM LADNER ANDESTELLE POINTER TO HEART HINESAND TRE JOHNSTON TO SKYLEIGHCOOK AND CATHERINE LANGSTON.LANDRY BORING TELLS ME THAT SHEENJOYS SHE IS ENJOYING HERQUARANTINE TIME HUNTING FISHINGAND BEING OUTDOORS WITH HERFAMILY.WELL LANDRY, THAT’S A WAY TOHAVE A GREAT ATTITUDE.HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND I’M PROUD OFYOU.TAYLOR YARN YOUNG TELLS ME SHE’STURNING 10 BEEN AT TOUCHSTONEAND ELIJAH AND ELIJAH LOW ALLSAYS THAT THEIR BIRTHDAY ISTODAY.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.GARRETT JENKINS AND MACKENZIEMARTIN TO KAITLYN AND SHANIADIXON MACKENZIE SULLIVAN ANDCARLY RAWLS TO GAVIN DAVIS TOSAY IN V2 JACKSON BRYCE WHEREAND TO CHRISTIAN HINES HAPPYBIRTHDAY FROM ME AND MY FAMILYREAGAN AND RILEY CARNEY ARETWINS THAT ARE TURNING 15 TODAYTO JAIL IN LEE LEE LEE.HI.TO BRODY FITS TO JOYCELYN REESETO PATRICK KIN HAPPY BIRTHDAY.TYRION THERESE TELLS ME THATTHAT SHE LOVES MATH AND SCIENCE.CARLY FRIARY AND JULIE TURNERHAVE A BIRTHDAY TODAY.JULIE’S MOM TELLS ME THAT JULIEIS A MAJOR FASHIONISTA.SO HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET THROUGHTHIS CORONAVIRUS AND YOU’LL GETTO GIVE BACK OUT THERE AND SEEIF YOU CAN’T BUY YOU SOME MOREOUTFITS TO WEAR BRYSON ENJOYSPLAYING ASTRONAUT.HE OFTEN TALKS ABOUT ALIENS, BUTHE THINKS THESE ALIENS AREFRIENDLY.WELL BRYSON ONE OF THE GREATTHINGS ABOUT MISSISSIPPI AS WEHAVE THE STENNIS SPACE CENTERDOWN IN HANCOCK COUNTY ANDNOBODY NOBODY GOES TO SPACEWITHOUT GOING THROUGH HAND.COUNTY MICHAEL ROBBINS ANDKAYLEE NIPPER TO JAMAR MCCOY.TODAY IS DAMARIS FIRST BIRTHDAY.TO CAMILLE PHILLIP I’M TOLDTHAT THAT SHE HAS A LOT OFSTUFFED ANIMALS AND THEY’RE ALLNAMED CUTIE.CAMELLIA TELL QT + QT + QT ISAID HELLO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOYOU.KENNEDY REAGAN TELLS ME THAT SHELOVES DISNEY PRINCESSES AND ASSOON AS WE GET HOME EACH DAY,SHE PUTS ON ONE OF HER MANYPRINCESS COSTUMES.I HATE TO KEEP REPEATING MYSELFKENNEDY, BUT I GOT THREEDAUGHTERS AND THEY ALL DIDEXACTLY THE SAME THING.SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TREMAINEROBINSON AND MACKENZIE JACKSONTO CORBIN LUKE GATLIN TOMICHAELA HOOD AND JUSTINJENKINS.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RANDY ATOMSAND LANE DENLEY TO WILLMIDDLETO MADDIE CAMP AND HEATH.YOU ALL OF YOU AND FINALLY IHAVE A LOVER.OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERNMISSISSIPPI BASEBALL TEAM.MR. CADEN HALL.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, AND ICAN’T WAIT TO COLLEGE BASEBALLGETS ROLLING AGAIN.AND IF WE ALL DO THE THINGS THATWE NEED TO DO OVER THE NEXTSEVERAL WEEKS AND DAYS ANDMONTHS AHEAD.WE’LL GET THAT BASEBALL BACKPLAYING VERY VERY SOON.ALL OF YOU IN THE MEDIA.THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU’RE DOINGTO COVER THIS.THIS IS UNPARALLELED ANDUNPRECEDENTED FOR ALL OF US.WE’VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDEACCURATE INFORMATION TO OURPEOPLE BECAUSE AS WE PROVIDEACCURATE INFORMATION AND SHOWTHAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR ASURGE OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 14DAYS.I BELIEVE THAT MY BELIEVE IN MYHEART THAT OUR PEOPLE WILL PAYATTENTION AND THAT THEY WILL DOWHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THAT WECAN LESSEN THE DEVASTATION THATIT’S OCCURS IN THE GREAT.