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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Ray Montgomery: 1972–1980 Holmes, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey, Yazoo Republican 1935–2014 [106] Robert Montgomery: 1842–1846 Madison, Yazoo Sonny Montgomery: 1957–1967 Lauderdale Democratic 1920–2006 W. A. Montgomery: 1878–1882 Hinds, Franklin Robert A. Monty: 1988–1993 Issaquena, Warren, Washington Democratic 1944–2015 [107 ...
Pages in category "People from Cleveland, Mississippi" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Cleveland is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 11,199 as of the 2020 United States Census. The population was 11,199 as of the 2020 United States Census. Cleveland has a large commercial economy, with numerous restaurants, stores, and services along U.S. 61 .
Robert Lowry (March 10, 1829 – January 19, 1910) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd governor of Mississippi from 1882 to 1890. Before entering politics, he was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Amanda Belle Elzy (died 2004) was a pioneering African-American educator. [1] She graduated from Rust High School in 1929 and from Rust College in 1934. [1] She worked as Supervisor of Negro Schools in Leflore County, Mississippi, then became the first black assistant superintendent in the county, and was one of the founders of Mississippi Valley State University in the 1940s.
James Davis Ray Jr. (1918–1990) was an American botanist, herbarium director, and college dean. In 1939 James Davis Ray, Jr., graduated with a bachelor's degree in botany from Mississippi State University. In 1951 he graduated with a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Illinois, where George Neville Jones was one of the professors. [1]
Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was an American baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. [1] During his career, he won over 200 games, 27 in 1921 alone, and was a member of four World Series-champion teams.