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Line 72: As of 2006 there are five schools in Marianna, two of which are private. The public schools are Lee Senior High, Strong Middle, Strong Elementary, and Whitten Elementary. The private schools include Lee Academy and Friendship Academy. As of 2006 Lee Academy had about 325 students. It is in the MPSA, Mississippi Private School Association. Lee Academy's headmaster is Billy Fuerguson. Lee Academy caters to children from 3-year old kindergarten all the way to twelfth grade. Friendships is a small, Christian private school. They have roughly 70 students from kindergarten all the way to twelfth grade. ==Notable people born ~~here~~in Marietta== [[Carlos Hall]]-Football player who used to play defensive end for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]. [[Oliver Lake]]-[[Alto saxophone]] player and composer who received a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1993. [[Oscar Polk]]-Broadway actor who played a slave in ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)\|Gone With the Wind]]'' [[Rodney E. Slater]]-[[United States Secretary of Transportation]] from [[February 14]], [[1997]] to [[January 20]], [[2001]]. [[Robert McFerrin Sr.]] ([[March 19]], [[1921]] – [[November 24]], [[2006]]) was an American [[opera]] singer who was the first African American male to sing at the [[~~New York~~ Metropolitan Opera]]. Hein ~~was~~New York City ~~also~~and father of the Grammy Award-winning conductor-vocalist [[Bobby McFerrin]]. [[Dennis Winston]]- Football player for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers.]] ~~[[Chamber Brothers]] Famous Detroit Gang Leaders~~ ==Newly Discovered Earthquake Fault== On January 21, 2009, the director of the Arkansas Earthquake Center at the [[University of Arkansas]] announced the discovery of a major fault line near Marietta which could generate a 7.0 earthquake in the future. The fault is close to, but separate from, the nearby [[New Madrid Seismic Zone]].<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_re_us/arkansas_earthquakes "Scientist Says Ark. Fault Could Generate 7 Temblor", Associated Press via Yahoo News (January 22, 2009)]</ref> ==References==