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There are also exhibits on two well-known former Ferriday personalities not affiliated with the music industry: former [[CBS]] and [[ABC]] commentator Howard K. Smith (1914–2002) and Ann Boyar Warner (1908–1990), second wife of [[Warner Brothers]] studio mogul Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). There is a mural drawn in 1991 presented by Monterey High School in Concordia Parish.<ref>Exhibits, Delta Music Museum, Ferriday, Louisiana</ref>
There are also exhibits on two well-known former Ferriday personalities not affiliated with the music industry: former [[CBS]] and [[ABC]] commentator Howard K. Smith (1914–2002) and Ann Boyar Warner (1908–1990), second wife of [[Warner Brothers]] studio mogul Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). There is a mural drawn in 1991 presented by Monterey High School in Concordia Parish.<ref>Exhibits, Delta Music Museum, Ferriday, Louisiana</ref>
The first exhibit one encounters in the museum is a sculpture of the three Ferriday cousins at the piano: singers [[Mickey Gilley]] of [[Branson]], [[Missouri]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and [[Jimmy Swaggart]], the last an evangelist based in [[Baton Rouge]]. Other honorees are blues trombonist [[Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker]], a native of Newellton in northern Tensas Parish.<ref name=dmm>"Delta Music Museum Celebrities" brochure, Delta Music Museum, 6 pages.</ref>
The first exhibit one encounters in the museum is a sculpture of the three Ferriday cousins at the piano: singers Mickey Gilley of [[Branson]], [[Missouri]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and [[Jimmy Swaggart]], the last an evangelist based in [[Baton Rouge]]. Other honorees are blues trombonist [[Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker]], a native of Newellton in northern Tensas Parish.<ref name=dmm>"Delta Music Museum Celebrities" brochure, Delta Music Museum, 6 pages.</ref>
==Museum inductees==
==Other museum inductees==
*Former Louisiana [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]], Jackson Parish native, produced "You Are My Sunshine," formerly among the most recognized songs in the world.
*Former Louisiana [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]], Jackson Parish native, produced "You Are My Sunshine," formerly among the most recognized songs in the world.