Originally facing the river, the Robinson/Marinelli house bears the mark of shelling from the Union Navy. Built ca. 1850 by Mr. and Mrs. James Dardis Robinson, it is the oldest structure in Friars Point. According to local historians, the house . . . — — Map (db m170392) HM
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Born in Friar’s Point as Harold Lloyd Jenkins, son of a ferryboat captain, Conway Twitty (1933-1993) first achieved stardom as a bluesy rockabilly singer. Beginning in the 1970s, he became one of country’s bestselling balladeers ever, with . . . — — Map (db m170382) HM
Known originally as Farrar's Point, this town was incorporated in 1852. Its name was later changed to Friars Point to honor an early settler and legislator, Robert Friar. Coahoma county seat 1850-1930. — — Map (db m170390) HM
The Friars Point Methodist Church congregation was organized in 1836 under a nearby brush arbor. The original log church, on this site, was burned by Union troops during the Civil War. A second structure was destroyed by a tornado. The present . . . — — Map (db m170394) HM
According to local tradition,
New Prospect M. B. Church was
established in the mid 1860s by
a former slave named Katherine
Armistead. New Prospect began as
Independence Church, in which
Methodists and Baptists shared
the sanctuary, each . . . — — Map (db m160395) HM
Robert Nighthawk (1909-1967) was one of the foremost blues guitarists of his era. Although he rarely stayed long in one town, he called Friars Point home at various times from the 1920s to the 1960s. In a 1940 recording, he sang of “going back to . . . — — Map (db m160406) HM
