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Dean Faulkner Wells was born on March 22, 1936, [1] four months after her father, Dean Swift Faulkner, died in a plane crash. Dean Swift Faulkner, [2] a pilot, was the younger brother of novelist William Faulkner. Wells was adopted by her uncle, whom she knew as Pappy, after her father's death. [2]
Oxford is in central Lafayette County in northern Mississippi, about 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.7 square miles (69.2 km 2 ), of which 26.6 square miles (68.9 km 2) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 0.35%, is water. [11]
Connie Price-Smith (born 1962), track and field coach. Jim Poole (1915–1994) NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford. Culley Rikard (1914–2000), MLB outfielder, born in Oxford. Steve Sloan (born 1944), college football coach. Armegis Spearman (born 1978), NFL linebacker, born in Oxford. Jim Urbanek (born 1945), AFL defensive tackle, born in Oxford.
Battles/wars. Korean War. William Lowe Waller Sr. (October 21, 1926 – November 30, 2011) was an American politician and attorney. A Democrat, Waller served as the 56th governor of Mississippi from 1972 to 1976. Born near Oxford, Mississippi to a farming family, Waller went to law school and in 1950 established a law practice in Jackson.
Waller T. Patton was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, into a well-known family. He was named for the Governor of Virginia, Littleton Waller Tazewell. His father, John Mercer Patton, a member of the Council of State, served as Acting Governor in March 1841. An ancestor, Hugh Mercer, served as a general during the American Revolution.
Lyric Theater (Oxford, Mississippi) / 34.36596; -89.5201. The Lyric is a historical theater located in Oxford, Mississippi at 1006 Van Buren Avenue. It is one of North Mississippi's premier [peacock prose] live music venues, hosting a wide variety of acts. [specify]
William Lowe Waller Jr. (born February 9, 1952) is an American judge who served on the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1998 to 2019. [1] [2] A member of the Republican Party, he was chief justice for his last decade in office. Waller was a candidate for the Republican nomination of Governor of Mississippi in the 2019 election, [3] [4] but was ...
Oxford High School ( OHS) is a public high school in Oxford, Mississippi. It educates 1,210 students in grades nine through twelve. It is part of the Oxford School District. [2] Its boundary includes almost all of Oxford, the University census-designated place, and some unincorporated areas. [3]