Mississippi Joe Callicott

Birth Name:

Joe Callicott

Birth Date:

October 10, 1899

Birth Place:

Nesbit, Mississippi

Death Date:

May 1, 1969

Place of Death:

Nesbit, Mississippi

Age:

Cause of Death:

Unknown

Cemetery Name:

Mt. Olive CME Church

Claim to Fame:

Music

Bluesman Joe Calicott was born and lived his whole life in the small town of Nesbit, Mississippi, and is one of the most underrecorded legends of the Mississippi delta solo acoustic blues tradition

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Mt. Olive CME Church

1919 Getwell Road S

Hernando, Mississippi, 38632

USA

North America

Grave Location Description

Located about 300 feet from the church parking lot

Grave Location GPS

34.88905, -89.937317

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Mississippi Joe Callicott was born on October 10, 1899.

Mississippi Joe Callicott was born in Nesbit, Mississippi.

Mississippi Joe Callicott died on May 1, 1969.

Mississippi Joe Callicott died in Nesbit, Mississippi.

Mississippi Joe Callicott was 69.

The cause of death was Unknown.

Mississippi Joe Callicott's grave is in Mt. Olive CME Church

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popular name: Sergei Rachmaninoff

date_of_death: March 28, 1943

age: 69

cause_of_death: Melanoma

claim_to_fame: Music

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Mississippi Joe Callicott