series North Shore and Windfall Harry D. Dixon — state representative; served in the Georgia House of Representatives for 38 years; served on the board of the Georgia Department of Transportation Drayton Florence — professional football player, cornerback who played 11 seasons in NFL, highest draft pick ever from Tuskegee University Ernest Jones - professional football player for the Los Angeles Rams Tim McCray — professional football player from 1985 to 1990 in the CFL with the Saskatchewan Roughriders Leodis McKelvin — former cornerback in the NFL (currently a free agent) Caroline Pafford Miller — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gram Parsons — country singer and musician; The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and solo artist Pernell Roberts — actor, star of TV series Bonanza and Trapper John, M.D., was born in Waycross Bill Shanks — Atlanta Braves sportscaster Joshua Rouse, retired actor, known for playing Jerry Ford in movie, The Sim Racer See also On the National Register of Historic Places: First African Baptist Church and Parsonage Lott Cemetery Phoenix Hotel United States Post Office and Courthouse References External links City of Waycross Waycross Local community website with community events calendar Waycross Tourism & Conference Bureau Historic Waycross South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive, Digital Library of Georgia Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area Cities in Ware County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)