William Dunavant's House

William Dunavant better known as Billy Dunavant is one of the leaders in the cotton industry. His maternal grandfather, T.J. White, was a cotton farmer from Tunica, Mississippi. His paternal grandfather, Colonel William P. Dunavant was in the railroad business and created one of the main cotton transporting railroads of the time. Billy’s father began working for T.J. White and Company at the age of 21. After T.J. retired, the company was passed to Billy’s father; however, because of the death of his father, Billy took over the company at the young age of 29.