Mississippi
Mississippi is a southern U. S. state with the Mississippi River to its west, the state of Alabama to its east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Its Mississippi Delta region is considered the birthplace of blues music, honored at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. Also in the region is the Vicksburg National Military Park, preserving the site of a critical Civil War battle.
People died in Mississippi (First 49 people) - Page 1
Dee Barton
American trombonist
John Bell Williams
American Politician
Anselm J. McLaurin
Former United States Senator
Jim Lemon
Baseball player
Charles Evers
Former Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi ‧ Medgar Evers' brother
Bernard Ebbers
Businessman
Leo Welch
American musician
William Faulkner
American writer
Ace Cannon
American saxophonist
Thea Bowman
Teacher
Greenwood LeFlore
Chief
Jean Antone
American professional wrestler
Deion Jenkins
Soulja Boy's brother
Theodore Howard McCaleb
Former Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Bessie Smith
American singer
Raymond Hill
American tenor
Big John Wrencher
American musician
Rev. Willie Morganfield
American musician
Sam Carr
Political leader
Larry Speakes
Former White House Press Secretary
Dave Ferriss
American baseball player
Margaret Wade
American basketball player
Lucy Somerville Howorth
American lawyer
Bernard F. Dickmann
Politician
Sylvester Magee
jim dunaway
American football player
Ean Evans
Bassist
Clyde S. Kilby
Author
Jesse Speight
Former member of the United States Senate
William Cocke
Former United States Senator
Jacob H. Sharp
Lawyer
William S. Barry
American Politician
Jim Thomas
Gridiron football
Pleasant A. Hackleman
Politician
Joseph B. Plummer
General
William H. Worthington
American lawyer
Alexander McNutt
Former Member of the Mississippi State Senate
Edward Saunders Cheatham
American Politician
Walter J. Gex III
Former Judge
James Eastland
Former United States Senator
Emmett Till
Joe Pullen
John S. Bowen
Officer
John Hartfield
L. C. Ulmer
American musician
Bobby Shows
Former Mississippi State Representative
Wayne Giardino
American football player
