July 2023

by Kennedy McDaniel, a resident of Toomsuba, and a member of East Mississippi EPA

hands playing blues electric guitar under blue light

From the Father of Country Music
to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll 

Music can run deep
in a Mississippi soul

It’s the Hospitality State
with its river rolling through

Home of the Natchez Trace,
and the Mississippi Blues

Its truth runs deep,
and its song runs wide 

I will never forget
my Mississippi pride.

Category: Mississippi Is...

Get The Latest Edition