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==Notable people== * [[Carl Craig (politician)|Carl Craig]], [[state auditor of Mississippi|state auditor]] and tax collector in the 1930s to 1950s<ref name=profile>{{cite news |title=Craig stepping to new office |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73261703/clarion-ledger/ |access-date=September 5, 2022 |work=[[Clarion-Ledger]] |page=12 |date=January 16, 1940}}</ref> * [[Jennifer Gillom]], [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] player<ref name="mississippiencyclopedia.org">{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Ryan |title=Peggie Gillom-Granderson and Jennifer Gillom |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/jennifer-and-peggie-gillom/ |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref> * [[Peggie Gillom-Granderson]], former player in the [[Women's Professional Basketball League]]<ref name="mississippiencyclopedia.org"/> * [[L. C. Gordon]], first African-American basketball player for the [[Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball|Oklahoma State Cowboys]]<ref name=foster>{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=Earniece H. |title=Basketball legends L.C. Gordon and Jerry Johnson will be honored Sunday |url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/2018/07/13/l-c-gordon-jerry-johnson-living-basketball-legends/780946002/ |website=Commercial Appeal |access-date=September 5, 2022 |date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> * [[Stan Kesler]], musician, songwriter, producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Stan Kesler |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/387654-Stan-Kesler |website=Discogs |access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref> * [[Shelby McEwen]], [[track and field]] athlete who competed in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nicole |first1=Sharie |title=Abbeville native Shelby McEwen advances in Tokyo Olympics |url=https://www.wtok.com/2021/07/30/abbeville-native-shelby-mcewen-advances-tokyo-olympics/ |access-date=September 5, 2022 |work=WTOK |date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> 2024 Olympic Silver Medalist * [[Alexander Preston Shaw]], [[bishop]] of the Methodist Church<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sewell |first1=George |last2=Dwight |first2=Margaret |title=Mississippi Black History Makers |date=1984 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |location=Jackson, Mississippi |isbn=9781617034282 |page=336 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z74vTOrw5mYC}}</ref> * [[Gerald Vaughn]], former [[Canadian Football League]] [[defensive back]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald Vaughn CFL Stats |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerv/vaug01190.html |website=ProFootball Archives |access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref> * [[Henry Woods (judge)|Henry Woods]], [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the for the Eastern District of Arkansas from 1980 to 2002<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Woods |url=https://openjurist.org/judge/henry-woods |website=Open Jurist |access-date=September 5, 2002}}</ref>
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