Editing Haywood County, Tennessee (section)

==Notable residents==
One of Haywood County's most notable residents was [[Sleepy John Estes]], a [[blues]] guitarist songwriter and vocalist. Born in 1899 or 1900 in [[Ripley, Tennessee]], he lived most of his life in Brownsville.<ref name="7digital">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080605192435/http://www.7digital.com/stores/ArtistBiography.aspx?shop=122&masterartist=2859 Biography at 7digital.com from the Encyclopedia of Popular Music – accessed February 2008]</ref> He died on June 5, 1977, in Brownsville.<ref name="allaboutjazz">[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=6582 Allaboutjazz.com birth and death details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118141245/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=6582 |date=January 18, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=TNEncySJE>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1593 |title= 'Sleepy' John Estes |author=Brian Dempsey |access-date=December 16, 2008 |encyclopedia=Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture }}</ref><ref name=NorrisHaywood>{{cite book | title = Black America Series: Haywood County Tennessee | author = Norris, Sharon | year = 2000 | location=  Mount Pleasant, SC | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | isbn = 0-7385-0605-2}}</ref> Sleepy John is buried at Elam Baptist Church Cemetery in [[Durhamville, Tennessee|Durhamville]], [[Lauderdale County, Tennessee|Lauderdale County]].<ref name=NorrisHaywood/>

Other notable county residents include:
* [[Tony Delk]], a first round [[NBA]] draft pick spent his adolescent years in Brownsville.
* [[Hambone Willie Newbern]], [[blues]] musician from the [[Brownsville, Tennessee|Brownsville]] area
* Singer [[Tina Turner]] spent her childhood in [[Nutbush, Tennessee|Nutbush]], Haywood County. Her song "[[Nutbush City Limits]]" was based on the town.
* [[Elbert Williams]], voting rights activist