By Staff
PACKED HOUSE An estimated 2,000 people packed into the gym at Madison Central High School on Wednesday to hear and see President Bush in his first visit to Mississippi since the 2000 election. Photo by Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star
Betty Lou Jones
Chairman, Lauderdale County Republican Women
Bobbie Morgan
Meridian, co-chairman for U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering in Lauderdale County
Sally Brown
Meridian, secretary, Mississippi Republican Party Executive Committee and vice chairman of the Lauderdale Republican Executive Committee
Lt. Col. Antoine Bethel
Commander, U.S. Army
Recruiting Battalion Station, Jackson
Mayor John Robert Smith
Meridian
Carlie Chapman
Student, Madison Central High School
Mary Katherine Cauthen
Student, Madison Central High School
Willie Shoulders
Visual arts teacher, Madison Central High School