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The Magnolia Flag 1861-94

 

"Go, Mississippi"
Official State Song
 
Words and Music by Houston Davis
 
Click HERE to listen
 
Verse:

States may sing their songs of praise
With waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,
Let cymbals crash and let bells ring
Cause here's one song I'm proud to sing.

Choruses:

Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along,
Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,
Go, Mississippi, we're singing your song,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, you're on the right track,
Go, Mississippi, and this is a fact,
Go, Mississippi, you'll never look back,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, straight down the line,
Go, Mississippi, ev'rything's fine,
Go, Mississippi, it's your state and mine,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, continue to roll,
Go, Mississippi, the top is the goal,
Go, Mississippi, you'll have and you'll hold,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, get up and go,
Go, Mississippi, let the world know,
That our Mississippi is leading the show,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

 

 

 

Katie joins her Dad at his Capitol desk
March, 2005

Greg's parents, Elton and Almeta Snowden
circa 1944

At Lake Union, Seattle, Washington
July 30, 2004

Bethany Campbell visits her uncle Greg's office
April 24, 2004

Cookie Snowden visits the Capitol
March 7, 2004

Katie Snowden as a freshman journalism major
The University of Alabama, fall 2003

Emily Snowden and her proud Dad, Rep. Greg Snowden,
at William Carey College on May 17, 2003, as Emily
receives her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude

Katie Snowden is a "Highest Honors" 2003 grad of Meridian High School

Katie Snowden ("Martha Cratchitt") and her Dad, Rep. Greg Snowden ("Fezziwig")
prepare backstage for a December, 2002 performance of "A Christmas Carol"
at the Meridian Little Theatre

Wally Wildcat a/k/a Katie Snowden (M.H.S. '03) and her dad,
Rep. Greg Snowden (M.H.S. '72), on a crisp Fall evening at Ray Stadium
Photo courtesy of Dana Covert

Stonewall Snowden and owner check out the precincts in the new
House District 83 -- which will include parts of the Town of "Stonewall"
in Clarke County. Photo courtesy of Carisa McCain of The Meridian Star.

Katie, Renee, and Emily Snowden
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, May, 2001

Katie and her Dad dancing

E. M. Snowden's Shell Service Station at 6th Street and 19th Avenue
was a downtown Meridian landmark for 49 years.  The proprietor, Elton Snowden, is pictured
second from the right, along with three employees.  Elton opened his station in December, 1937,
and remained in business until his retirement at age 76 in December, 1986.

Center Hill High School claimed the State Championship in girl's basketball
in 1934, and were State Runners-Up the following season.  The team's scoring leader
was two-time All State selection Almeta Covington, seated on the front row at the extreme left.
  Shortly after her graduation in 1935, Almeta became the bride of Elton Snowden (Greg's Parents!).

Greg's maternal grandparents, Thomas Linton Covington and
Ruby Mae Gibson Covington, married in 1913 and established
their home in the Bailey community of Lauderdale County

Greg's paternal grandparents, J. W. "Buddy" Snowden and
Emily "Bird" Snowden of the Center Hill community of Lauderdale County

Greg's great-uncle, Tom Snowden, served Lauderdale County
in the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1940's and 50's

Elton and Almeta Snowden welcome future
President George W. Bush to Meridian in May, 1988

Katie Snowden and her mom, Renee, enjoy the Inaugural Ball festivities.

House pages Katie Snowden and Mary Kathryn Covert with
Representative Snowden at the Musgrove Inaugural Ball.

Katie Snowden greets actor Morgan Freeman
at Governor Musgrove's Inaugural Ball.

Emily Snowden tries out her Dad's seat
 in the House of Representatives Chamber

House pages Mary Kathryn Covert and Katie Snowden
take turns wielding Speaker Tim Ford's gavel  

Pictured from left to right:  Rep. Snowden, Covert, 
Katie Snowden, and Speaker Ford

Elton and Almeta Snowden join son Greg in the House Chamber.  
Elton celebrated his 90th birthday on February 21, 2000.

Amber Hilliard of Calabasas, California visits her
uncle Greg in the House Chamber, April 11, 2000

Emily and Katie Snowden

Renee and Greg Snowden, 1990

Greg Snowden, 1974

Renee Campbell, 1972

Greg Snowden, 1957

 

 

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