Samuel Evans Wyly is an American businessman. He first appeared on Forbes's list of richest Americans in 2000 with a net worth of $750 million, and he remained on that list throughout 2010 with a net worth of $1 billion. His initial wealth was acquired following the public offering of University Computing Company.
Sam Wyly in 2022
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Lake Providence is a town in, and the parish seat of, East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. The population was 5,104 at the 2000 census and declined by 21.8 percent to 3,991 in 2010. The town's poverty rate is approximately 55 percent; the average median household income is $16,500, and the average age is 31.
Louisiana State Cotton Museum in 2013
Residence of African-American tenant farmer beside the Mississippi River levee near Lake Providence (June 1940)
Lake Providence City Hall is located across from the U.S. Post Office.
U.S. Post Office in Lake Providence contains a 1942 mural by Ethel Edwards titled Life on the Lake