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- ↑ Williams, Tom (9 June 2021). "Jimmie Smith is Meridian's projected Mayor-Elect". WTOK-TV. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Mayor-Elect Smith served on the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors for 20 years. Smith previously ran for mayor of Meridian in 2005, but lost by 104 votes to John Robert Smith.
- ↑ Thaniel, Ron (March 4, 2002). "Meridian Mayor John Robert Smith Elected Chairman of Amtrak's Board of Directors". U.S. Mayor Newspaper. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
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