Meridian in Lauderdale County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 11, 2010

1. Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery Marker

Inscription. Buried just east of this site. “Sonny” Montgomery served in the Mississippi State Senate 1956-1966 and the U. S. House of Representatives 1967-1997. A retired Major General in the Mississippi National Guard, Montgomery championed military and veterans issues including the 1984 Montgomery G. I. Bill.

Erected 2007 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1984.

Location. 32° 23.141′ N, 88° 42.077′ W. Marker is in Meridian, Mississippi, in Lauderdale County. It is on 23rd Avenue 0.1 miles 25th Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is on the road outside the gates of Magnolia Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2636 23rd Avenue, Meridian MS 39305, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Mississippi. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Poplar Springs Road Historic District (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. Jeff Anderson House (approx. half a mile away); Lewis Edmund "Buck" Crook, Jr. (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. John Baptist Church (approx.

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0.6 miles away); St. Joseph Catholic Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); 10th Avenue Masonic Cemeteries (approx. 0.8 miles away); Site of Meridian College and Conservatory (approx. one mile away); Freedom School (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Meridian.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 11, 2010

2. Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 6, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 14, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 761 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on August 31, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 14, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.