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Cassi Davis was born on 31 July 1964 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for A Madea Family Funeral (2019), Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) and Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017). She has been married to Kerry Patton since 2017.- Elise Jordan was born on 24 September 1982 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. She has been married to Mike Hogan since 24 September 2017. She was previously married to Michael Hastings.
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Shepard Smith joined CNBC in July 2020. Smith is the Executive Editor of the nonpartisan "The News with Shepard Smith" on CNBC. Smith was named CNBC's Chief General News Anchor and CNBC's Chief Breaking General News Anchor.
Smith worked for Fox News for 23 years beginning in 1996. Smith anchored Fox News' signature evening newscast, Fox Report with Jon Scott (1996), and anchored the 3 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET portion of Fox News Live, Studio B (2002), the network's daytime hard news programming. Smith joined Fox News as a general assignment reporter for the New York bureau in 1996. He was later promoted to senior correspondent for the network. While at Fox News, Smith covered a number of breaking news stories, including the Columbine school shootings; President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial; the conflict in Kosovo; the Jonesboro, Ark. and Paducah, Ky. school shootings; the 1997 standoff between the U.N. and Iraq; Princess Diana's funeral; the murder of Gianni Versace and the O.J. Simpson civil trial.
Before joining the network, Smith was a Fox News Edge (1998) correspondent in Los Angeles, where he covered a range of stories for the affiliate news service, including the crash of TWA Flight 800, the Montana Freemen standoff, the 1996 presidential campaign, and the Oklahoma City bombing. He also worked as a news reporter for the Twentieth Century Television syndicated program, A Current Affair (1986). Smith began his journalism career at WJHG-TV (NBC) in Panama City, Fla.
Smith left Fox News in 2019 and joined CNBC in 2020.- Soundtrack
Mel Hardin was born on 30 November 1948 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.- Soundtrack
Syl Johnson was born on 1 July 1936 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. He died on 6 February 2022 in Mableton, Georgia, USA.- Ida B. Wells was born in 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. She was married to Ferdinand L. Barnett. She died on 25 March 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Tim McPherson was born on 9 December 1949 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. He is a director and writer, known for All the Wrong Places (2013), Thunder Over Reno (2008) and Wattstax (1973).- Lois Swaney was born on 23 February 1926 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. She was an actress, known for Heart of Dixie (1989). She died on 9 January 2019 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.
- Irving Vendig was born on 11 October 1902 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer, known for The Edge of Night (1956), Hidden Faces (1968) and Paradise Bay (1965). He died on 7 January 1995 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
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Blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson was born James Thompson in 1928 in Holly Springs, MS (his brother, Syl Johnson, is also a well-known blues musician). He grew up listening to and singing gospel music. As a young man he moved to Memphis, TN, then in 1950 he relocated to Chicago. Not long afterwards he was drafted into the army, but he wanted no part of military service and eventually received a dishonorable discharge. Returning to Chicago, he got a job as a welder while playing music on the side. In the early 1960s he formed an R&B band and played the Chicago club circuit. In addition, he worked as a sideman for such notables as Tyrone Davis, Albert King and Sunnyland Slim.
In 1974 he joined the Jimmy Dawkins Band and switched from playing R&B to Chicago blues. In 1976 he formed his own band, and later recorded four tracks for the legendary blues label Alligator Records, which led to a recording contract with Chicago's Delmark Records. His 1978 album for that label, "Johnson's Whacks", was a critical and financial success. His 1980 ballad "Ashes in My Ashtray" won the W.C. Handy Award for blues single that year.