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• Abernethy, Thomas Gerstle    b. May 16, 1903  d. June 11, 1998
  U.S. Congressman. A graduate of the University of Mississippi and of Cumberland University in Tennessee, he began practicing law in 1925 in his hometown of Eupora and served as Eupora's mayor for two years. Moving to Okolona in 1929, he continued practicing law and was district attorney of the third judicial district of Mississippi from 1936 until his election to Congress in 1942. He served in Congress for thirty years, pushing for improved agricultural programs and helping secure funding for...[Read More] (Bio by: NM)
  Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
   
• Barlow, Julius Francis 'Jules'    b. November 16, 1917  d. February 9, 2007
  Orchestra and Big Band Leader, Musician, The Jules Barlow Orchestra played with many bands of the big band era, including the Blue Baron. The orchestra appeared in many ballrooms throughout the south, including the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennesee, the Broadmoor and Buena Vista Hotels in Biloxi, Mississippi, and many more. The Jules Barlow Orchestra played together from the late 1930's until early 2000. He also played piano with many bandleaders, including Gene Pringle, Herbert Holmes and...[Read More] (Bio by: Gwen Langley Pittman)
  Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
   
• Conner, Martin Sennet    b. August 31, 1891  d. September 16, 1950
  State Governor. He served as Governor of Mississippi from 1932 to 1936. (Bio by: Sent with love~Patricia Langley Harvey)
  Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
   
• Kinard, Frank Manning 'Bruiser'    b. October 23, 1914  d. September 7, 1985
  Hall of Fame Professional Football Player. Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers of the NFL from 1938-44 and the AAFC's New York Yankees from 1946-47. Named All-NFL in all 9 seasons he was in the league. Two-time college All-America at the University of Mississippi. "Bruiser" Kinard was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. (Bio by: daytonflyers)
  Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
   
• McMurry, Lillian Shedd  b. December 30, 1921  d. May 18, 1999
  Record Producer. She was regarded as an influential pioneer in the development of modern Blues music. In 1949, while helping her husband clear out an area in their furniture shop in Jackson, Mississippi, she came across a pile of old shellac 78rpm blues phonograph discs. She started playing them on the store's record player and soon was selling the stock to her African-American neighbors. She became so inspired by blues, gospel and other black music, that she founded Trumpet Records and started...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
   
• Russell, Lee Maurice    b. November 16, 1875  d. May 5, 1943
  State Governor. Fortieth Governor of Mississippi, from 1920 to 1924. (Bio by: Gwen Langley Pittman)
  Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
   
• Vardaman, James Kimble    b. July 26, 1861  d. June 6, 1930
  Democrat politician from Mississippi. He served as Governor of Mississippi from 1904-1909 and in the US Senate from 1913-1919. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
  Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
   

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