Have you heard of award winning actress Sela Ward or the father of country music Jimmie Rodgers? And let's not forget Hartley Peavey, the founder of Peavey Electronics. All of these and many more famous individuals have called Meridian and Lauderdale County "home." In 1864, General Sherman and his troops destroyed the railroad tracks and burned tons of freight, leaving the General to declare in a memo to Union Headquarters, "Meridian no longer exists!" Well, he was wrong. Take a peek inside and see what the Meridian-Lauderdale County Public Library has to offer.
