Famous & Notable People

Among the generations resting at LOFC are several figures whose lives shaped Lexington, Mississippi, and beyond.

William Nichols

Architect.

Edmund Favor Noel

Governor of Mississippi.

James Snedden

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.

The “Lady in Red”

An unidentified woman discovered in 1969 near Cruger, Mississippi — one of the state’s enduring mysteries.

John Stewart Watson

A prominent Holmes County citizen who served in both the State House of Representatives and the State Senate.

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