Update #2: Facing backlash and mounting phone calls Panola County Reverses position – Flowers and memorial approved:
Good news!!! Just got call. We are more than welcome to put flowers up. @TheLastRefuge2
— aShLeY~rYnA (@ashleyryna9) December 19, 2014
Update #1: How about “Leah’s House” as alternative location for tribute? This is where Jessica went for support, restoration, healing and comfort. Please let me know your thoughts in comments – my heart is heavy, and we’re searching for a way to turn adversity into a positive outcome.
As UNBELIEVABLE as it sounds, the Panola County Sheriffs office is refusing to allow any flowers to be left as the roadside where 19-year-old Jessica Lane Chambers was brutally murdered on December 6th.


In an incredibly insensitive position, according to Mrs. “Robbie” (Robbie W. Haley is Administrative Assistant to the Sheriff 662-563-6230) within the Panola Sheriff’s Office, nothing will be allowed, and anything left to memorialize Jessica Lane Chambers will be removed immediately by the Sheriff’s department personnel.
The Sheriff’s assistant tells Ashley (our contact in Courtland) *she should give the collected money to the family -and- any flowers must be placed graveside. Nothing additional to draw memory to Jessica Chambers will be permitted by the Sheriffs office. (more…)




