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Mary Violet Leontyne Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 10, ... Opera News. Vol. 48, no. 1. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019
Lester was born in Laurel, Mississippi, one of two children (both sons) of Pat Lester (1913–2009), an accountant with Gulf Oil, and Mary Sue (Thornton) Lester (1914–2009), a manager with Home Interiors and Gifts. [1] In 1948, he became a born-again Christian, and became involved in the Baptist church. [2]
Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,161. [4] Laurel is northeast of Ellisville, the first county seat, which contains the first county courthouse. It has the second county courthouse, as Jones County has two judicial districts.
For a century Laurel's only daily newspaper, the paper was founded as The Laurel Daily Argus August 11, 1911, by Edgar G. Harris. It later changed its name to the Laurel Daily Leader. The Laurel Morning Call and the Laurel Daily Leader combined to form an evening newspaper called The Laurel Leader-Call on February 2, 1930. [2] [3]
Myers was born in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. [3] He acquired juvenile cataracts at age seven and was left legally blind for the rest of his life, despite corrective surgery. [2] He could make out shapes and shadows, but could not read print at all; he was taught Braille. [4]
A Republican, Jackson was first elected to the Mississippi Senate in November 2003. He was re-elected in 2007 and 2011. He resigned on June 30, 2020 due to health issues. [1] He was a graduate of East Mississippi Community College and Mississippi State University. [2] Gary passed away on April 13, 2024 at his residence in Weir, Mississippi. [3]
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WDAM-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Laurel, Mississippi, United States, serving the Hattiesburg area as an affiliate of NBC and ABC.It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WLHA-LD (channel 18).