Melvin B. Tolson

Melvin B. Tolson

male, deceased (1966)
African American, poet, Columbia University alumni, poet laureate, from Missouri, liberia…fromMarshall, Texas, Master's Degree from Columbia University, graduated from Lincoln College
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898-August 29, 1966) was an American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, and politician. His work...
Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers

male, 75 years old
journalist, George Polk Award recipient, reporter, newsday, PBS, DuPont-Columbia Award recipient…fromMarshall, Texas, Marshall News Messenger, from Oklahoma, University of Texas at Austin alumni, Baptist from the United States
Bill D. Moyers (born June 5, 1934 as Billy Don Moyers) is an American journalist and public commentator. Born in Hugo, Oklahoma, and raised in...
Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson

female, deceased (2007)
Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson, Scottish American, Congressional Gold Medal, presidential medal of freedom, English American, Second Ladies of the United States…University of Texas at Austin alumni, fromMarshall, Texas, from Texas
Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson was the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for...
James L. Farmer Jr.

James L. Farmer Jr.

male, deceased (1999)
American Civil Rights Movement, Southern Methodist Church, American, Big Three, nonviolence, south…fromMarshall, Texas
James Leonard Farmer Jr., a Black civil rights activist who was one of the "big three" leaders of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s...
George Foreman

George Foreman

male, 60 years old
boxer, World Heavyweight Champion, George Edward Foreman, grill maker, george foreman grill, heavyweight boxing champion…fromMarshall, Texas, From Houston
George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. He is the oldest man ever to win the...
Floyd Dixon

Floyd Dixon

male, deceased (2006)
Death from renal failure, blues, country music, jazz, American, gospel…fromMarshall, Texas
Floyd Dixon (8 February 1929 - July 26 2006) was an American rhythm and blues pianist. Dixon was born Jay Riggins Jr. in Marshall, Texas. He was...
Max Sandlin

Max Sandlin

male, 57 years old (Marshall, Texas, United States)
2003 Texas redistricting, Baylor University, United States Congress, From Texarkana, United States Democratic Party, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means…fromMarshall, Texas, from Texas, marshall, from Arkansas, Texas politician
Max A. Sandlin, Jr. (born September 29, 1952), American politician, is a former Democratic Congressman representing Texas's 1st congressional...
Y. A. Tittle

Y. A. Tittle

male, 83 years old (New Mexico, United States)
from the San Francisco Bay Area, from California, Western Conference Pro Bowl player, Eastern Conference Pro Bowl player, from Texas, AP NFL MVP Award winner…fromMarshall, Texas, From Baton Rouge
Yelberton Abraham Tittle (born October 24, 1926, in Marshall, Texas), better known as Y. A. Tittle, is a former American football quarterback who...
Pendleton Murrah

Pendleton Murrah

male, deceased (1865)
Brown University, from Texas, Brown University alumni, american civil war, marshall, Tuberculosis…governor of texas, fromMarshall, Texas, Texas Governor's Mansion
Pendleton Murrah (1824-1865) was a governor of Texas during the American Civil War. A native of South Carolina, Murrah graduated from Brown...

Edward Clark

male, deceased (1880)
brigadier general, mexican-american war, american civil war, governor of texas, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Texas State Senator…Texas Legislature, fromMarshall, Texas
Edward Clark (April 1, 1815 - May 4, 1880) was a Governor of Texas during the American Civil War. Born in New Orleans, Clark moved to Texas in 1842...