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
Stockdale, Thomas Ringland b. March 28, 1828 d. January 8, 1899 US Congressman. Elected to represent Mississippi's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1895. Also served as Justice of the Mississippi State Supreme Court in 1899. (Bio by: K) Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
White, Hugh Lawson b. August 19, 1881 d. September 19, 1965 Mississippi Governor. Served as the Governor of Mississippi from 1936 to 1940, and 1952 to 1956. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Mississippi in 1948. (Bio by: K) Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
b. April 25, 1925 d. September 30, 2006