Funeral Homes near Money

Facts about the city

Money is an unincorporated Mississippi Delta community in Leflore County, Mississippi, near Greenwood. It has a population of less than 100, down from 400 in the early 1950s when a cotton mill operated in the community. It is on a railroad line and located along the Tallahatchie River. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area and has the ZIP code 38945. It is notable for the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till by white men, an event that gained nationwide attention.

Money Obituaries

It was noted on June 17th, 2014 that Walter LeeDell Williams died in Money, Mississippi.  Williams was 58 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Walter LeeDell's life.

It was disclosed on May 22nd, 2013 that Mary Ann Rodgers (Holeman) died in Cabot, Arkansas.  Ms. Rodgers was 71 years old and was born in Money, MS.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mary Ann's life.

History

He reportedly made suggestive remarks or whistled at (accounts differ) Carolyn Bryant, a white woman working at her husband's store, Bryant's Grocery. Many southern historians suggest that the Emmett Till murder helped spark the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s by capturing national attention to injustice. It was only Till's second time in the South. The community is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area Statistical Area.

Money became infamous as a symbol in the US civil rights movement after Emmett Till, a 14-year-old native of Chicago, Illinois, was killed there while visiting relatives for the summer in 1955.