Mississippi Code Title 65. Highways, Bridges and Ferries § 65-3-67

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 18, being situated between the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and the town of Raymond, Mississippi, shall be designated and henceforth known as the “John Bell Williams Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching said highway and further to erect a suitable memorial marker between the city of Jackson and the town of Raymond, at a site to be chosen with the approval of the survivors and family of John Bell Williams.