List of people from Marshall, Texas

This is a list of notable people associated with Marshall, Texas.

This article is part of the
Marshall series.

This list is incomplete.

Phillip Baldwin, jurist
Mike Barber, football player, evangelist
John Burke, lawyer, soldier, and spy
Robert Campbell (American artist), a painter, poet, and publisher
Edward Clark, Texas Governor
Mike Clark, NFL placekicker
Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Black Panther Party member
George Dawson, author
Floyd Dixon, R&B pianist
Mathew Ector, jurist and legislator
James Farmer, founder of CORE, organized freedom rides
James L. Farmer, Sr., first Black Texan to hold a doctorate
George Foreman, athlete and entrepreneur
Joseph C. Goulden, best-selling author and political reporter
Brea Grant, actress
Ben Z. Grant, playwright, Texas legislator, state judge
Homer Hailey, Church of Christ preacher and author, born in Marshall in 1903
Sam B. Hall, Jr., former congressman and federal jurist
Alexander Hawthorn, lawyer, minister, and C.S. Army general
James Pinckney Henderson, first governor of Texas
Susan Howard, actress, writer, activist
Alphonso Jackson, 13th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, appointed by President George W. Bush
Walter P. Lane, Confederate General
Ken Lattimore, member of the Western singing group Sons of the Pioneers (1998-current).
Opal Lee, Activist promoting the Juneteenth federal holiday
Fred T. Long, Wiley College football coach and athletic director
Robert W. Loughery, journalist, publisher, and diplomat
Ashley C. McKinley, aviator; explorer
Blanche L. McSmith, Alaska state representative, activist, and businesswoman
Leo Michelson, painter and sculptor
John T. Mills, Supreme Court Justice of the Republic of Texas
Robert Morris, former televangelist
Johnny Moss, champion poker player
Bill Moyers, journalist and government official
Pendleton Murrah, Texas Governor
Lucy Holcombe Pickens, 19th-century Southern socialite
William Henry Pope, politician, self-described "Jim Crow Senator"
Horace Randal, Confederate brigadier general
Wendy Russell Reves, fashion model, philanthropist
Henry Roquemore, 20th-century actor
Max Sandlin, former congressman and House Minority Whip
I. B. Scott, Methodist Episcopal cleric, newspaper editor, and educator
Franklin Barlow Sexton, Confederate Congressman
Terrance Shaw, NFL cornerback
Kendrick Starling, NFL wide receiver
James Harper Starr, politician
Y. A. Tittle, football Hall of Famer
Melvin B. Tolson, author, poet, and politician
Isaac Van Zandt, statesman of both Republic and State of Texas
James Wheaton, actor
Peter Whetstone, pioneer leader, city father
Louis T. Wigfall, U.S. Senator, later Confederate Senator
Kevin Williams, NFL running back
Romeo M. Williams, prominent civil rights attorney who played a pivotal role in the desegregation of Marshall, Texas.;^[1] also a U.S. Army Air Force officer and trained fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen^[2]
Andrew Wommack, conservative charismatic, tv evangelist and faith healer,
Bob Young, football player

References

^ Texas State Historical Association. "Williams, Romeo Marcus (1919–1960)." Peggy Hardman. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/williams-romeo-marcus
^ "Tuskegee Airmen Pilot Roster". CAF Rise Above. CAF Rise Above. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

[1] Texas State Historical Association. "Williams, Romeo Marcus (1919–1960)." Peggy Hardman. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/williams-romeo-marcus

[CAF2-2] "Tuskegee Airmen Pilot Roster". CAF Rise Above. CAF Rise Above. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

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