Former Governor William Winter dead at 97
Former Gov. William Winter (William Winter Center for Racial Reconciliation)
Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died.
Posted: Dec 19, 2020 10:09 AM
Updated: Dec 19, 2020 10:44 AM
Posted By: Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died.
He was 97.
Family spokesman Dick Molpus says Saturday that Winter died Friday night at home in Jackson.
Molpus is a former Mississippi secretary of state who had worked on Winter’s gubernatorial staff.