Bill Minor

Wilson Floyd Minor (May 17, 1922 – March 28, 2017) was an American journalist and columnist who covered events in Mississippi.

Early life Wilson Floyd Minor was born on May 17, 1922, in Hammond, Louisiana, to Jacob Minor and Josie Clement Minor. His father worked as a newspaper typesetter but struggled to maintain a quality standard of living during the Great Depression, leading him to urge his son to choose a different line of work. After an English teacher at Bogalusa High School complemented Bill's writing, he got a summer job at The Bogalusa Enterprise. He moved to covering high school sports for The Times-Picayune and studied journalism at Tulane University, graduating in 1943. During his tenure at The Times-Picayune he also worked as a stringer for The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Newsweek and advised other traveling journalists on regional sources and information. He published a book, "Eyes on Mississippi: A Fifty-Year Chronicle of Change", in 2001.