Sela Ward

female
film producer, actress, Executive Producer, Once and Again, Emerald Point N.A.S., My Fellow Americans actress…born in Meridian, Mississippi, Nothing in Common actress
Sela is the oldest of four children. Her parents were an electrical engineer and homemaker in Meridian, Mississppi. Her name is a word from...

James Lorenzo Wheaton

male
actor, THX 1138 actor, born in Meridian, Mississippi, James Lorenzo Wheaton, died from cardiac arrest, Guncrazy actor
The eldest son of the Reverend James D. Wheaton, a Methodist minister and Jessie O. Holmes, the daughter of a Methodist minister, James Lorenzo...

Frederick Waldron Phelps

male
writer, composer, born in Meridian, Mississippi, The Al Capone of Christianity, The Reverend Fred W. Phelps Sr.
Has thirteen children, fifty-two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Except for four of his children (Dorothea, Kathy, Mark, and Nate), all of...

George Cummings

male
episode, Musikladen, born in Meridian, Mississippi
Founding member of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. He came up with their name. His distinctive steel guitar and deep vocals can be heard on the...

Wilbur Higby Jones

male
actor, died from pneumonia, born in Meridian, Mississippi
Prior to acting on stage, Higby played professional baseball in Grand Rapids. Higby played stock with Otis Skinner, Wilton Lackaye and Marguerite...

Wheaton James

male
actor, Casting associate, born in Meridian, Mississippi
Staged original production of "Professor Lombooza Lomboo," which received its world premiere on Saturday, 31 March 2001 at the 4305 Theatre in Los...