Editing West Point, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
{{main category|People from West Point, Mississippi}}
* [[Jesse Anderson (American football)|Jesse Anderson]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ANDERJES01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901160833/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ANDERJES01 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |title=Fantasy News, Fantasy Leagues, Player Projections, Cheat Sheets, Player Rankings, Draft Guides - RotoWire.com |website=Databasefootball.com |access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref> 
* [[Tyrone Bell]], professional football player
* [[Orlando Bobo]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOBOORL01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208221945/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOBOORL01 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 8, 2007 |title=Fantasy News, Fantasy Leagues, Player Projections, Cheat Sheets, Player Rankings, Draft Guides - RotoWire.com |website=Databasefootball.com |access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref> 
* [[Wirt Bowman]], capitalist, entrepreneur, and one of the founders of the [[Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel]]<ref name="Vanderwood2010">{{cite book|author=Paul J Vanderwood|title=Satan's Playground: Mobsters and Movie Stars at America's Greatest Gaming Resort|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znhxImXG8e0C&pg=PA131|date=April 9, 2010|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-9166-1|page=124}}</ref>
* [[George W. Bryan]], local businessman, former CEO of Sara Lee Foods<ref>{{cite web | title = George W. Bryan | publisher = Soylent Communications | url = http://www.nndb.com/people/391/000170878/ | access-date = February 4, 2014
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* [[John H. Bryan]], local businessman and former chairman of Sara Lee Corporation<ref>{{cite web|title=John H. Bryan|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/986/000060806/|website=NNDb.com|access-date=February 4, 2014}}</ref> 
* [[Silas Chandler]] (1838-1919), co-founder of Mount Hermon Baptist Church
* [[Cleveland Crosby]], professional football player
* [[John Davidson (Illinois politician)|John Davidson]], former member of the [[Illinois Senate]]<ref name="Illinois1992">{{cite book|author=Illinois|title=Laws of the State of Illinois: Passed by the ... General Assembly at Their ... Session|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crcDICwmMHMC|year=1992|publisher=State Printers|page=4589}}</ref>
* [[Charles Dimino]], author, podcaster, and online personality
* [[Vontarrius Dora]], football [[outside linebacker]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vontarrius Dora |url=https://latechsports.com/sports/football/roster/vontarrius-dora/673 |website=LA Tech Sports |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Kevin Dotson (American football)|Kevin Dotson]], football [[offensive guard]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Partsch |first1=Raymond |title=After rough start, Kevin Dotson emerges as starter on Cajuns' offensive line |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_af34373a-7b92-11e6-9a9f-d7d69c7e0d13.html |access-date=May 26, 2020 |agency=The Acadiana Advocate |date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jesse Dukeminier]] (1925–2003), professor of law
* [[David Gibbs (politician)|David Gibbs]], legislator, businessman
* [[Karl Gibbs]], member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl Gibbs' Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/144426/karl-gibbs |website=Vote Smart |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Tom Goode (footballer)|Tom Goode]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GOODETOM01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205083329/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GOODETOM01 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 5, 2007 |title=Fantasy News, Fantasy Leagues, Player Projections, Cheat Sheets, Player Rankings, Draft Guides - RotoWire.com |website=Databasefootball.com |access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref> 
* [[Johnny Green (American football)|Johnny Green]], football player
* [[Toxey Haas]], founder and CEO of [[Haas Outdoors, Inc.]]
* [[Floyd Heard]], retired track and field sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Floyd Heard |url=https://uhcougars.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/coaches/floyd-heard/446 |website=University of Houston Cougars |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Carey Henley]], football player<ref name="nfl.com">{{cite web |title=Players: Carey Henley |url=http://www.nfl.com/player/careyhenley/2516329/careerstats |access-date=December 26, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Paul V. Hester]], Commander, [[Pacific Air Forces]]; Air Component Commander for the Commander, [[U.S. Pacific Command]], [[Hickam Air Force Base]], Hawaii, 2004–2007<ref>{{cite web |title=The West Point Hall of Fame |url=http://www.wpnet.org/index.php/community/west_point_hall_fame |website=West Point, Mississippi |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Don Hopkins (baseball)|Don Hopkins]], pinch runner for the [[Oakland Athletics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseballoddball.blogspot.com/2013/02/piez-and-herb-crowning-king-of-pinch.html |title=Oddballs! : Crowning the King of the Pinch Runners |website=Baseballoddball.blogspot.com |date=February 8, 2013 |access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref> 
* [[Dewayne Jefferson]], former professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dewayne Jefferson Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/3256/dewayne-jefferson |website=ESPN |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Lyndon Johnson (American football)|Lyndon Johnson]], football [[defensive end]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Groeschen |first1=Tom |title=Bearcats' LBJ standing out for more than name |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2015/08/28/bearcats-lbj-standing-out-more-than-name/71340180/ |website=cincinnati.com |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Reuben D. Jones]], retired [[United States Army]] [[major general (United States)|major general]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brouker |first1=Shayna |title=Maj. Gen. Reuben D. Jones honored at Veterans' Day events in Mississippi |url=https://www.army.mil/article/91107/maj_gen_reuben_d_jones_honored_at_veterans_day_events_in_mississippi |website=US Army |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Bubba Phillips]], baseball player
* [[Lenore L. Prather]], Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
* [[Dolph Pulliam]], former basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolph Pulliam named Iowa Juneteenth Observance "Citizen of the Year" |url=https://news.drake.edu/2011/06/17/dolph-pulliam-named-iowa-juneteenth-observance-citizen-of-the-year/ |website=Drake University |date=June 17, 2011 |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Earl T. Ricks]], U.S. Air Force major general, [[Chief of the National Guard Bureau]] and mayor of [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]]
* [[Larry Semon]], actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the [[silent film]] era<ref name="Slide2012">{{cite book|author=Anthony Slide|title=The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hu3nNSmRjZ0C&pg=PA462|date=March 12, 2012|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-61703-250-9|page=462}}</ref>
* Brad Smith (born 1968), guitarist for the band [[Blind Melon]]
* [[Rogers Stevens]] (born 1970), guitarist for the band [[Blind Melon]]
* [[Barrett Strong]], Motown singer who had Motown's first hit with "Money"
* [[William Townsend (politician)|William Townsend]] (1914–2005), Arkansas state legislator and optometrist
* [[Bennie Turner]], legislator, lawyer
* [[Angela Turner-Ford]], member of the Mississippi House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |title=Angela Turner-Ford's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/144220/angela-turner-ford |website=Vote Smart |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Michael Williams (film director)|Michael Williams]], film director, producer, screenwriter, [[cinematographer]] and Film editor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swoope |first1=Jan |title=Area filmmaker begins next feature film with MAC assist |url=https://www.cdispatch.com/lifestyles/article.asp?aid=72427 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |agency=The Dispatch |date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Howlin' Wolf]] (real name Chester Arthur Burnett), blues musician, born in West Point<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mississippibluesproject.org/tag/howlin-wolf/|title=Howlin' Wolf &#124; Mississippi Blues Project_}}</ref>
* [[Zora Young]], [[blues]] singer<ref name="BogdanovWoodstra2003">{{cite book|author1=Vladimir Bogdanov|author2=Chris Woodstra|author3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYtz7kEHegEC&pg=PA634|year=2003|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-736-3|page=634}}</ref>