Tag: Quitman County
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Mack Pride
Mack Pride was born December 28, 1907 in Panola County, Mississippi. Mack Pride registered for the draft during World War II on October 16, 1940. He listed his residence as Lambert, MS and A. Baker as his employer. Next of kin was Robert Pride. Article below is taken word for word from the “Clarion Ledger”…
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Charley Pride
Charley Frank Pride was born in Sledge, Mississippi on March 18, 1938. His parents were Mack Pride and Tessie B. Stewart. As a child he grew up picking cotton on a small farm outside town. Life wasn’t easy and he was part of a big family. He remembered being told “You’re so skinny, you ain’t…
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Fred Smith: Founder of Fed Ex
Frederick Wallace Smith was born August 11, 1944 in Marks, Mississippi. Soon after the family moved to Memphis. Smith’s father was a success himself who actually founded Dixie Greyhound Bus Lines. Fred was named after his father who dabbled in a number of different endeavors in addition to the bus line. Fred Smith Sr. and…