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Delta Travel Diary
Memphis Minnie, blues performer
Memphis Minnie, who moved to Walls, Mississippi in 1904 around the age of 7, is considered by many to be the best female blues singer of all time. After receiving her first guitar for Christmas in 1905, Minnie (born Lizzie Douglas) fell in love with music and soon mastered the banjo and her voice. She was among the first twenty performers elected to the Hall of Fame in the inaugural W. C. Handy awards in 1980. Her grave is located at New Hope M.B. Church Cemetery in Walls.
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Jerry Lee Lewis, entertainer
With such hit singles as "Whole Lotta Shaking Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire", Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis was a pioneer of the rock and roll movement. He now resides in Nesbit, a small community in DeSoto County, Mississippi and, while his home is not currently open for tours, the "Killer's" legendary piano shaped pool is a popular tourist draw.
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John Grisham, writer
John Grisham, who graduated high school in Southaven and came back to his hometown to start a legal practice, drew inspiration from testimony he witnessed in the DeSoto County courthouse which helped him write his first novel A Time to Kill. Immediately after completing his first novel, he began writing The Firm, which would prove to be his first highly successful novel. www.desotocountytourism.com
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Mississippi Delta Tourism Association
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Toll Free: 877-DELTA MS
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