She was born in a little town about 8 miles from where I live. She certainly has come a long way since she left Louisiana...
Ferriday is a town located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,723.
Ferriday is the site of the Delta Music Museum and the birthplace of three piano-playing cousins, rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, country music star Mickey Gilley and evangelist Jimmy Lee Swaggart, as well as Lewis's piano-playing sister, Linda Gail Lewis. Other Ferriday natives include journalist Howard K. Smith, Hollywood hostess Ann Boyar Warner (Mrs. Jack Warner), trombonist Peewee Whittaker, General Claire Chennault of Flying Tigers fame and NBC Washington correspondent Campbell Brown, co-host of Weekend Today, and a daughter of former Louisiana secretary of state and insurance commissioner James H. Brown.