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Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020 ; Jenna Edwards (born 1981), former Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA ; Ruth Ford (1911–2009), model ; Taryn Foshee (born 1985), Miss Mississippi 2006 ; Tess Holliday (born 1985), first plus-size model
Cynthia Cooper, whistleblower, 2002 Time Person of the Year; Sam Creekmore IV, Mississippi state representative; Leonard B. Cresswell, major general in the Marine Corps; World War II Navy Cross recipient; Jess Dickinson, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice [4] Charles D. Easley, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice [5] Jeremy England, Mississippi ...
Clower was born in Liberty, Mississippi and began a two-year stint in the Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. Upon his discharge, in 1946, he was a Radioman Third Class (RMN3) and had earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with two bronze service stars), and the World War II Victory Medal.
Cindy Hyde-Smith – Mississippi's Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, 2018 appointee to the United States Senate to replace Thad Cochran [4] Tom King (Mississippi politician) '73 Mississippi Southern District Transportation Commissioner 2012– , MS Senator; Oseola McCarty '98 (honorary degree) – university benefactor
George C. Carlson Jr., chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court [7] Charles Clark (1925–2011), U.S. court of appeals judge; Glen H. Davidson (born 1941), U.S. district judge; Bobby DeLaughter (born 1954), prosecutor, judge; Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), associate justice, Mississippi Supreme Court; Jim Hood (born 1962), Mississippi ...
This year's recipients, which will total approximately 75 educators, are part of the Milken Family Foundation's "Journey to the 3,000th Milken Educator." Three Mississippi Teachers won Milken ...
Kelly Mitchell, Queen of the Gypsy Nation (c. 1868 – 1915) was an American woman who was celebrated as a leader of the Romani people in the US state of Mississippi. [1] Her grave continues to be visited by thousands of people each year, [1] and is one of the most important landmarks in Meridian. [2]
Oseola McCarty (March 7, 1908 – September 26, 1999) was a local washerwoman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who became The University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) most famous benefactor.