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.
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Prentiss Walker
American farmer
E. H. Hurst
Former Mississippi State Representative
Andrew R. Govan
Former United States Representative
Adam Rankin Alexander
Former United States Representative
Will Price
Screenwriter
Hugh L. White
Former Governor of Mississippi
Bucky Moore
American football player
Chris Ethridge
American bass guitarist
Lawrence A. Rainey
Alton Wayne Roberts
Sonny Montgomery
American Politician
Henry A. Commiskey Sr.
Shorty McWilliams
American football player
Eric McNair
Baseball athlete
Skeeter Webb
American baseball athlete
Ross A. Collins
Former Mississippi Attorney General
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon
U.S. representative
Homer Casteel Jr.
American painter and sculptor
Roy Bryant
Carolyn Bryant's ex-husband
Kate Lee Ferguson
American novelist
Anthony Butler
American Politician
Serena Turner
Newton Knight's wife
Othar Turner
Musician
Eddie Calhoun
American bassist
Lawrence E. Roberts
Robin Roberts' father
Lowrell Simon
American singer
Margaret Garner
T. B. Irving
American author
Jimmy Lee Gray
Algeria Benton de Reyna
Gordon Gunter
American biologist
Peter Aaron Van Dorn
American lawyer
James D. Lynch
Former Mississippi Secretary of State
Mary T. Smith
Painter
William Clark Falkner
Ray Harris Writer
American musician
Verlon Biggs
American football player
Delta Dawn
Murder victim
Isaiah Montgomery
Ben Montgomery's son
Lusia Harris
American professional basketball player
Judith Sargent Murray
American advocate
Papa Lightfoot
American singer
Murder of Wharlest Jackson
Seargent Smith Prentiss
Orator
John A. Quitman
Former Governor of Mississippi
James Oliver Van de Velde
Bishop
Joe Fortunato
American football player
