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Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009. Melton, an African American , defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms.
Douglas William Shanks [1] [2] [3] [4] (October 25, 1946 - September 4, 2023) was an American college baseball coach. He was a city commissioner of Jackson, Mississippi and was on their city council. [5] [6] He served as the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State Devils (2001–2014).
He has three children and five grandchildren. [13] To honor his deceased wife, Barksdale asked that the Honors College be renamed the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. [14] In 2005, he married Donna Kennedy Sones of Jackson, Mississippi.
January 13, 2019. ( 2019-01-13) Location. Jackson, Mississippi, US. Suspects. Desmond Barney, Lincoln Lampley, and Anthony Fox. Charges. Second-degree murder. On January 13, 2019, George Robinson, a 62-year-old Black man, died two days after a violent arrest by three Black police officers in Jackson, Mississippi.
Carla Ann Hughes (born June 12, 1981) is a former middle school teacher and murderer from Jackson, Mississippi, who was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the November 29, 2006 slayings of her lover's pregnant fiancee, Avis Banks, and Banks's unborn child.
Leland Speed (October 20, 1899 – August 8, 1971) was an investment banker and former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi and the husband of Katherine Ettl. Biography. Speed was born on October 20, 1899, in Covington County, Mississippi, to Joseph W. and Nebraska Pickering Speed.
Alney Dale Danks Jr. (August 27, 1939 – June 9, 2021) was an American attorney who served as the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1977 to 1989.
Franklin Delano Williams ( June 25, 1947 in Smithdale, Mississippi – March 22, 1993 in Savannah, Georgia) was an American gospel music singer.
Jackson is the only city in Mississippi with a population exceeding 100,000 people. Founded in 1821 as new state capital for Mississippi, Jackson is named after General Andrew Jackson, a war hero in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and subsequently the seventh U.S. president.
Earle S. Banks (born June 25, 1954) is an American politician, representing the 67th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 1993. Background [ edit ] Banks was born in Jackson, Mississippi , on June 25, 1954, and attended St. Joseph's High School.