Barnes, Prentiss b. April 25, 1925 d. September 30, 2006 Musician. A native of Magnolia, Mississippi, Barnes was the bass player for the popular rhythm and blues group, The Moonglows. Their best known for such recordings as, "Ten Commandments Of Love", "Blue Velvet", "We Go Together", "Sincerely", "In My Diary", "Most Of All", " and "Over The Mountain, Across The Sea", among several others. The group which actually formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951, disbanded in the 1960s. The Moonglows were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Rose Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Magnolia, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
McNair, Evander b. April 15, 1820 d. November 13, 1902 Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Within a year of his birth near Laurel Hill, Richmond County, North Carolina, he moved with his family to settle in Wayne County, Mississippi. As an adult, he carved out a living as a mercantile businessman in Jackson, Mississippi. It was from Jackson, where he would be recruited into Company E, 1st Mississippi Rifles in 1846. He and his fellow Mississippians who filled out this unit would be led to fight in the Mexican War by then Lieutenant Colonel...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall) Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
b. April 25, 1925 d. September 30, 2006