Editing Edwards, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Carnella Barnes]], pioneering African American [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] minister
* [[Betty Currie]], personal secretary of [[Bill Clinton]], moved to [[Waukegan, Illinois]] as a child
* [[George Flaggs Jr.]], mayor of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Mississippi Official and Statistical Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0evHMi9WroYC|year=2004|publisher=State of Mississippi|location=Jackson, Mississippi|page=112}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Fuller (musician)|Johnny Fuller]], blues and rock 'n' roll musician
* [[Otis Harris]], [[track and field]] athlete who won gold and silver medals at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]
* [[George W. Lee]], vice-president of the [[Regional Council of Negro Leadership]]
* [[Fiddlin' Joe Martin]], blues musician<ref name="Komara2006">{{cite book|author=Edward M. Komara|title=Encyclopedia of the Blues: K-Z, index|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TURWt5WuQfEC&pg=PA659|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-92701-7|pages=659}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Patton]], blues musician and inductee in the [[Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame]]
* [[Melvin Powell]], [[Negro league baseball]] pitcher<ref name="Heaphy2006">{{cite book|author=Leslie A. Heaphy|title=Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues' Most Important City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jH043iKJlF8C&pg=PA111|date=5 July 2006|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-2674-4|page=111}}</ref>
* [[Aurelius Southall Scott]], educator and newspaper editor<ref>{{cite book|title=American Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dq9AAQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=American Journalism Historians Association|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|page=160}}</ref>
* [[Norman Francis Vandivier]], aviator