Ferriday, Louisiana

Ferriday is a town located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,723.

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Concordia Parish, Louisiana - 2000

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Ferriday is the site of the Delta Music Museum and the birthplace of three piano-playing cousins, rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, country music star Mickey Gilley and evangelist Jimmy Lee Swaggart, as well as Lewis's piano-playing sister, Linda Gail Lewis. Other Ferriday natives include journalist Howard K. Smith, Hollywood hostess Ann Rokar Warner, trombonist Peewee Whittaker and General Claire Chennault of Flying Tigers fame.

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Piano - Rock and roll - Jerry Lee Lewis - Country music - Mickey Gilley - Evangelist - Jimmy Lee Swaggart - Howard K. Smith - Claire Chennault - Flying Tigers

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Ferriday is also the birthplace of agribusiness entrepreneur Pete Vegas, who eventually earned an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. In 1998, when his employer went into bankruptcy, he spun out a subsidiary into his own company in Los Angeles, Sage V Foods (Vegas spelled backwards). Sage V Foods is now one of the largest suppliers of rice flour to American businesses (most non-McDonalds french fries contain Sage V rice flour), and one of the largest suppliers of frozen rice to American consumers.

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MBA - Harvard Business School - 1998

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Ferriday claims to have produced more famous people per square mile than any other small town. This curious fact intrigued author Elaine Dundy who wrote an entire book probing the phenomenon while profiling the celebrities and the townsfolk, Ferriday, Louisiana, published by E. P. Dutton in 1991.

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Elaine Dundy - E. P. Dutton

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