Editing Winona, Mississippi (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Waldo Emerson Bailey]], former U.S. [[Consul (representative)|consul]]<ref name=Dhahran>[http://imgsrv2.aramcoexpats.com/sun_flare/1947/SUN35_05071947.pdf Meet the American Consul at Dhahran, ''Arabian Sun & Flare'', Vol. 2, No. 35 (May 7, 1947)] Retrieved September 11, 2023</ref>
* [[William Billingsley (aviator)|William Billingsley]], naval pilot
* [[Lydia Chassaniol]], member of the [[Mississippi Senate]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lydia Chassaniol Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3611/lydia-chassaniol |website=Project Vote Smart |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Pearl Conklin]], composer<ref>{{cite web |title=Pearl Conklin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921749 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Little Sammy Davis]], blues musician
* [[Jane Holmes Dixon]], Episcopal bishop
* [[D'Wayne Eskridge]], NFL wide receiver<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prasad |first1=Aryanna |title=Receiver on the RISE: D'Wayne Eskridge Aiming to Build Legacy On and Off the Field |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/news/dwayne-eskridge-aiming-to-build-legacy-on-and-off-the-field |website=si.com |date=June 22, 2021 |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Chris Faser Jr.]], member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]] while living in Winona in the 1950s; later a member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]]; aide to [[Louisiana]] [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]] in both the 1944 and 1959 campaigns<ref>{{cite news|title=Christian Faser, Jr. (1917-2004)|newspaper=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]|date=January 18, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Henry Minor Faser]], life insurance executive and founding dean of the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Pharmacy<ref name="clarionledgerobit">{{cite news|title=H. M. Faser Rites Set For Today|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/180052664/?terms=%22Henry%2BMinor%2BFaser%22|accessdate=September 11, 2023|work=The Clarion Ledger|date=January 19, 1974|location=Jackson, Mississippi|page=12|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration }}</ref>
* [[Curtis Flowers]], tried for murder six times<ref>{{cite web |title=After Twenty-Three Years, Mississippi Drops All Charges Against Curtis Flowers |url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/death_penalty_representation/project_press/2020/fall-2020/curtis-flowers-all-charges-dropped/ |website=americanbar.org |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Wade Griffin]], NFL football player
* [[George P. Gunn]], fifth [[Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia|Episcopal Bishop of Southern Virginia]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daniel |first1=John |title=The Seven Churches of Revelation |date=2008 |publisher=Day Publishing |location=Longview, Texas |isbn=9781890913984 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4sd0BfAW1IC}}</ref>
* [[E. W. Hammons]], film producer
* [[Bill Harvey (bandleader)|Bill Harvey]], [[rhythm and blues]] saxophonist and bandleader<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Harvey |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/891070-Bill-Harvey |website=discogs.com |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Frank W. Hunger]], former [[U.S. Assistant Attorney General]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bradley Welcomes Frank Hunger as Counsel in Nashville Office |url=https://www.bradley.com/insights/news/2017/03/bradley-welcomes-frank-hunger-as-counsel-in-nashville-office |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.bradley.com |archive-date=2022-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126212508/https://www.bradley.com/insights/news/2017/03/bradley-welcomes-frank-hunger-as-counsel-in-nashville-office |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Lafayette Leake]], [[blues]] and [[jazz]] pianist<ref name="Eagle">{{cite journal | last = Eagle | first = Bob | year = 2004 | title = Directory of African-Appalachian Musicians | journal = Black Music Research Journal | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 7–71 | doi = 10.2307/4145499 | jstor = 4145499 }}</ref>
* [[L. C. McKinley]], [[Chicago blues]] guitarist<ref name="EagleLeBlanc2013">{{cite book|author1=Bob L. Eagle|author2=Eric S. LeBlanc|title=Blues: A Regional Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|date=1 May 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34424-4|pages=116|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=17 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317200440/https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Henry Milton]], [[Negro league]] [[outfielder]]
* [[Howard Mitcham]], poet, author, chef<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississippi's Greatest Chef |url=https://jesseyancy.com/mississippis-greatest-chef/ |website=jesseyancy.com |access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Chip Oliver]], former NFL [[linebacker]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chip Oliver Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OlivCh20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Karl Oliver]], member of the Mississippi House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl Oliver |url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/oliver.xml |website=billstatus.ls.state.ms.us |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Donald H. Peterson]], astronaut
* [[Gil Peterson]], actor
* [[Sid Robinson (athlete)|Sid Robinson]], [[middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]] who competed in the [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1500 metres]] at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/sid-robinson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/sid-robinson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Sid Robinson Olympic Results |accessdate=September 11, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Thomas U. Sisson]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1909 to 1923<ref>{{cite web |title=SISSON, Thomas Upton |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000456 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[William Small (basketball)|William Small]], college basketball coach<ref>{{cite web |title=William Small |url=https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/william-small/909 |website=cyclones.com |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Roebuck Staples]], gospel and R&B musician
* [[William V. Sullivan]], U.S. senator
* [[John Tapley]], Negro league [[third baseman]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John Tapley Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/taplejo01.shtml |website=baseballreference.com |access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[John Peroutt Taylor]], [[State Treasurer of Mississippi]] from 1916 to 1920<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on September 6, 1930 · Page 1|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/202633899/?article=2ebadb1b-38a7-404e-89aa-734b97516f5a|access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=Newspapers.com| date=6 September 1930 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[James Michael Tyler]], actor
* [[Chris White (offensive lineman)|Chris White]], NFL football player
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