Editing Hazlehurst, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Joseph Weldon Bailey|Joe Bailey]] (1863-1929), an attorney and US Senator from Texas, lived and worked in Hazlehurst before moving.<ref>Acheson, Sam Hanna. ''Joe Bailey, the Last Democrat.'' New York: Macmillan, 1932</ref>
* [[Houston Boines]], [[blues]] singer and [[harmonica]] player<ref name="O'NealSingel2013">{{cite book|author1=Jim O'Neal|author2=Amy van Singel|title=The Voice of the Blues: Classic Interviews from Living Blues Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ee7AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124|date=5 September 2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-70748-3|pages=124}}</ref>
* [[Alvin C. Cockrell|Alvin Chester Cockrell Jr.]]; awarded a [[Navy Cross]] in [[World War II]]
* [[Max Dale Cooper]], immunologist and Professor of Pathology at [[Emory University]] known for identifying [[T cell]]s and [[B cell]]s<ref name="95-961995">{{cite book|author=2/Ed 95-96|title=International Who's Who In Medicine 1995-96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm9qAAAAMAAJ|date=1 November 1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=94|isbn=9780948875915 }}</ref>
* [[Clifford Davis (politician)|Clifford Davis]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Tennessee]] from 1940 to 1965<ref name="Bass1961">{{cite book|author=Frank Embrick Bass|title=Who's who in Tennessee: A Reference Edition Recording the Biographies of Contemporary Leaders in Tennessee with Special Emphasis on Their Achievements in Making the Volunteer State One of America's Greatest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MmUZAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Historical Record Association|page=181}}</ref>
* [[Mablean Ephriam]], adjudicator of the [[court show|courtroom series]] ''[[Divorce Court]]'' for seven seasons from the 1999–2006 season<ref>{{cite web |title=Judge Mablean Ephraim |url=https://www.greatblackspeakers.com/author/mableanephriam/ |website=Great Black Speakers |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[John Epperson]], actor and singer best known for his performance as Lypsinka; born in Hazlehurst
* [[Robert Evans (Mississippi politician)|Robert Evans]], member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Evans' Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/69908/bob-evans |website=Project Vote Smart |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Ron Franklin]], [[sportscaster]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ron Franklin To Host 2004 Conerly Telecast |url=https://olemisssports.com/news/2004/11/1/Ron_Franklin_To_Host_2004_Conerly_Telecast.aspx |website=Ole Miss Sports |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Ben Garry]], NFL player
* [[Beth Henley]], playwright, was born in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] but spent much of her childhood here, as it was where her father grew up. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning play, ''[[Crimes of the Heart]]'', is set in Hazlehurst.
* [[William Hester]], [[tennis]] player and official. Former president of the [[United States Tennis Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Slew Harris |url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/slew-hester |website=International Tennis Hall of Fame |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Roy Hilton]], former professional football [[defensive end]]<ref name="SewellDwight1984">{{cite book|author1=George Alexander Sewell|author2=Margaret L. Dwight|title=Mississippi Black History Makers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z74vTOrw5mYC&pg=PA380|year=1984|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-61703-428-2|pages=380}}</ref>
* [[Gregory Holloway Sr.]], member of the Mississippi House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Holloway Sr.'s Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/20670/greg-holloway-sr |website=Project Vote Smart |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Atkinson Holmes]], painter and philanthropist<ref name="BlackArt2007">{{cite book|author1=Patti Carr Black|author2=Mississippi Museum of Art|title=The Mississippi Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D932HeqCSxgC&pg=PA37|year=2007|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-887422-14-7|pages=37}}</ref>
* [[Robert Johnson]], the [[Delta blues]] musician, was born in Hazlehurst. A monument to him was installed between the Copiah County courthouse and the [[Trustmark Bank]]. Johnson's birth home is located near the courthouse; the City of Hazlehurst is in litigation to determine its future.
* [[Rory Lee]], pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Hazlehurst from 1976 to 1994; president of two [[Southern Baptist]] colleges<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/MsKinfolk/Bufkin/AntiochChurch1824-1999-5.html|title=Pastors Serving Antioch Church|publisher=barlowgenealogy.com|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Print Matthews]], former sheriff of Copiah County<ref name="Cresswell1995">{{cite book|author=Stephen Cresswell|title=Multiparty Politics in Mississippi, 1877-1902|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Nl18ApV6p0C&pg=PA85|year=1995|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-61703-436-7|pages=85}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Morgan Palmer]], 19th-century [[Presbyterian]] minister, made Hazlehurst his family's home in the summer of 1862 as he served as chaplain with the Washington Artillery of New Orleans.
* [[Lawrence Pillers]], former professional football defensive end<ref name="Prato2011">{{cite book|author=Greg Prato|title=Sack Exchange: The Definitive Oral History of the 1980s New York Jets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrb_L6ZIntEC&pg=PA29|date=September 2011|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-061-5|pages=29}}</ref>
* [[Mary Tillman Smith]], [[outsider art]]ist<ref name="GundakerGundaker2005">{{cite book|author1=Grey Gundaker|author2=Professor Grey Gundaker|author3=Judith McWillie|title=No Space Hidden: The Spirit of African American Yard Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3FDzvUU_GAC&pg=PA13|year=2005|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-1-57233-356-7|pages=13}}</ref>
* [[Truett Smith]], former professional football [[blocking back]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Truett Smith Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitTr21.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Lewis Tillman (American football)|Lewis Tillman]], professional football player
* [[Walter Washington (educator)|Walter Washington]], former president of [[Alcorn State University]] and [[Alpha Phi Alpha]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=George A. Sewell|author2=Margaret L. Dwight|title=Mississippi Black History Makers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ve8QmE8kdjIC&pg=PA196|date=November 1984|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-390-7|pages=196}}</ref>
* [[H. Lynn Womack]], publisher<ref name="HaggertyZimmerman2003">{{cite book|author1=George Haggerty|author2=Bonnie Zimmerman|title=Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwB5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1473|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Garland Science|isbn=978-1-135-57871-8|pages=1473}}</ref>