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The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation honored the life and legacy of Oseola McCarty on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. In recognition of the 25th anniversary of McCarty’s unexpected planned gift to USM, a virtual celebration featured interviews with special guests and the unveiling of a sculpture.
A Mississippi Marine killed in World War II will have a final resting place more than 80 years after his death. ... remains from the funeral home to the cemetery around 1:30 p.m. Friday, followed ...
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
Eddie August Schneider's (1911–1940) death certificate, issued in New York.. A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths.
The Mississippi Legislature honored civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer in 2016, on the 50th anniversary of his death, Jan. 10, 2016.
Evers was murdered in 1963 at his home in Jackson, Mississippi, now the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, by Byron De La Beckwith, [1] a member of the White Citizens' Council in Jackson. His murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests. His life and death have inspired numerous works of art, music, and film.
Sharon Grisham-Stewart, the coroner in Hinds County, Mississippi, who faced criticism for burying men in pauper's graves without notifying their families, is stepping down early.
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.