J. Kim Sessums | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joey Kim Sessums |
| Nationality | American |
Joey Kim Sessums [1] is an American artist and physician, best known for his sculptures. Sessums resides in Brookhaven, Mississippi. [2]
Sessums earned his medical degree at the University of Mississippi. [3] The University later installed his six-foot statue of University of Mississippi football coach Johnny Vaught on the campus. [4]
Andrew Wyeth offered to pose for Sessums. When the sculpture was finished, Wyeth remarked,
We've done it. I think we've really got something here. This is why I waited. The other works just didn't have the bite yours does. [5] [6]
Sessums' sculptures of Wyeth, Eudora Welty and Billy Graham were parts of those individuals' personal collections. [3]
Sessums was honored with a Mississippi Senate resolution in 2004 for his work on the then recently dedicated African-American Monument in the Vicksburg National Military Park, commissioned by the National Park Service. [3] [7]
Sessums sculpted the Cellular South Howell Trophy, which is given to the top four-year college men's basketball player in Mississippi. He also sculptured the Cellular South Gillom Trophy, which is given to the top four-year college women's basketball player in Mississippi. [8]
Sessums has four children with his wife, Kristy. [9] His daughter, also named Joey Sessums, is a pediatric dentist. [10] Though he is best known as an artist, he maintains his medical practice. [3] His brother is writer Kevin Sessums. [11]
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,907. Its county seat is Brookhaven. The county was created by the legislature on April 7, 1870, during the Reconstruction Era. It was formed from portions of Lawrence, Pike, Franklin, Copiah, and Amite counties. It was named for Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln County comprises the Brookhaven, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Jackson–Vicksburg–Brookhaven Combined Statistical Area. The county is southwest of the state capital of Jackson.
Brookhaven is a city in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States, 55 miles (89 km) south of the state capital of Jackson. The population was 11,674 people at the 2020 U.S. Census. It is the county seat of Lincoln County. It was named after the town of Brookhaven, New York, by founder Samuel Jayne in 1818.
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The Ole Miss Rebels, the football team of the University of Mississippi, was founded in 1893. The state's first football team, the Rebels currently play in the FBS Subdivision of NCAA Division 1 Football and in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
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