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The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Lexington, Mississippi. Pages in category "People from Lexington, Mississippi" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
By the 1870 census, the white population had increased about 6% to 6,145, and the "colored" population had increased about 10% to 13,225." [ 8 ] After the war, many freedmen and white migrants went to Holmes County and other parts of the Mississippi Delta, where they developed the bottomlands behind the riverfront properties, clearing and ...
Minnie M. Geddings was born in 1869 to Mary Geddings and William Geddings in Lexington, Mississippi. [2] Though not much is known about her early life, it is possible that her family fared better than many other Black families in the Mississippi Delta as her parents owned a restaurant and she was able to attend Fisk University, a Historically Black University in Nashville, Tennessee. [3]
Dr. Thomas O’Brien and his wife Ruth Reardon O’Brien, the parents of late night comedian Conan O’Brien, have died three days apart. Thomas was 95 and Ruth was 92. Thomas died on Monday, Dec ...
Lexington is a city in and the county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. The county was organized in 1833 and the city in 1836. The county was organized in 1833 and the city in 1836. The population was 1,731 at the 2010 census , [ 2 ] down from 2,025 at the 2000 census.
Drew Johnson is an inmate at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville, Mississippi. After escaping from the facility on Dec. 24, 2024, Johnson was captured on Dec. 25, 2024.
Olive was born in Chicago, but moved with his family to Lexington, Mississippi at a young age, which was where he finished high school. He joined the Army from his birth city of Chicago, Illinois in 1964, [1] and was serving as a Private First Class in Company B of the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment ("The Rock"), 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") in Vietnam in 1965.
Allen Cavett Thompson (November 6, 1906 – October 18, 1980) [1] was an American politician in the state of Mississippi. Affiliated with the Democratic Party, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.