Editing Jones County, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Lance Bass]], singer with [[NSYNC]]
* [[Ralph Boston]], Olympic track and field medalist
* [[Jason Campbell]], retired [[National Football League]] quarterback
* [[Mary Elizabeth Ellis|Mary Elizabeth Ellis-Day]], actress
* [[Carroll Gartin]], lieutenant governor of Mississippi
* [[Newton Knight]], farmer and opponent of secession and slavery, a Confederate deserter who led a guerrilla rebellion against local Confederate officials as the leader of the Knight Company and Jones County Scouts; he was a [[US Marshal]] and a leading Republican figure in the Reconstruction of Mississippi
* [[Ira Clinton Welborn]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient in the [[Spanish–American War]]
* [[Tom Lester]], actor best known for playing "Eb" on ''[[Green Acres]]''
* [[Amos McLemore]], schoolteacher, Methodist pastor, businessman, and one-time opponent of Southern secession from the Union; commissioned as a Confederate officer at the rank of major; he was reputedly assassinated by Newton Knight
* [[Charles W. Pickering]], retired Federal Circuit Judge who served on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]]
* [[Parker Posey]], actress
* [[Leontyne Price]], operatic soprano
* [[James H. Street|James Street]], author
* [[Ray Walston]], actor ''[[My Favorite Martian]]''