Photo feature: Locals pick up pecans after windy weather
Published 12:06 am Wednesday, October 28, 2015
![From left, Donald Williams Sr., LaShanda Bowman, Reginald Leagea, Irma Bingham, Roy Johnson and LaKeeta Holmes pick pecans off the ground for the first time this year. The nuts were knocked to the ground following the wind and rain the area has had over the past couple days. The weather is expected to clear up over the next couple of days, but become overcast and stormy come the weekend. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/102815_PecanPicking1MAIN_web_SG.jpg)
From left, Donald Williams Sr., LaShanda Bowman, Reginald Leagea, Irma Bingham, Roy Johnson and LaKeeta Holmes pick pecans off the ground for the first time this year. The nuts were knocked to the ground following the wind and rain the area has had over the past couple days. The weather is expected to clear up over the next couple of days, but become overcast and stormy come the weekend. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)
![owman puts pecans into a pillowcase after picking them off the ground. Bowman along with a group of others she is picking with will sell the pecans in Ferriday. “People say money doesn’t grow on trees,” said Reginald Leagea, who was picking the nuts as well. “But they lied.” (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/102815_PecanPicking2_web_SG-300x219.jpg)
owman puts pecans into a pillowcase after picking them off the ground. Bowman along with a group of others she is picking with will sell the pecans in Ferriday. “People say money doesn’t grow on trees,” said Reginald Leagea, who was picking the nuts as well. “But they lied.” (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)
![Leagea steps around puddles left from recent storms to pick up pecans. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)](https:https://www.natchezdemocrat.com//wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/10/102815_PecanPicking3_web_SG-300x199.jpg)
Leagea steps around puddles left from recent storms to pick up pecans. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)