Woodville, Mississippi
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Woodville is one of the oldest towns in Mississippi and is the county seat of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States. Its population as of 2020 was 928.
Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville
Wilkinson County High School
Lester Young
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Lester Willis Young, nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.
Woodville, Mississippi
…George W. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1920–30) Lester Young (1909–1959), jazz musician and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville. William Henry Young, Wisconsin politician, born in…
Young (left) in 1944
Young at the Famous Door, New York, c. September 1946. Photo by William P. Gottlieb.