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.

Sarah, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°34′10″N 90°12′37″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(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	677408[1]

Although an unincorporated community, Sarah has a post office and a zip code of 38665.

Education

The Sarah community is served by the Tate County School District.

Transportation

• Mississippi Highway 3
• Canadian National Railway passes through the Sarah community.

Notoriety

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]

Gallery

• 
  View from hill above Sarah,
  circa 1920
• 
  US Post Office,
  Sarah, Mississippi

References

External links

• Canadian National Railway – Crenshaw to Sarah, MS 7/27/2018

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