CITY

Population:
44779 (2000 census)

County:
Forrest County, Lamar County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Southern Mississippi	1910
William Carey University	1906

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tim Floyd	Basketball	25-Feb-1954		USC Head Coach
Martha O. Hesse	Business	14-Aug-1942		Chairman of Enbridge Energy Partners
Paul B. Johnson, Jr.	Politician	23-Jan-1916	14-Oct-1985	Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68
Penne Percy Korth	Diplomat	3-Nov-1942		US Ambassador to Mauritius, 1989-92
Frank Lambert	Historian	17-Apr-1943		The Barbary Wars
Walter E. Massey	Business	5-Apr-1938		Morehouse College president, physicist
Charles W. Moorman	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Norfolk Southern

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul B. Johnson, Jr.	Politician	23-Jan-1916	14-Oct-1985	Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68
Paul B. Johnson, Sr.	Politician	23-Mar-1880	26-Dec-1943	Governor of Mississippi, 1940-43

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