2024
Washington
Parish Fair
Honoree

Katie Jackson

The Washington Parish Free Fair Executive Committee and Committee Chairmen are pleased to declare that Katie Jackson is the Fair’s Honoree for 2024. Katie is the daughter of Anne Magee Jackson and the granddaughter of Jack M. and Doris Yates Magee, all of Franklinton. Katie resides in Isabel with her fiancé Bubba Welch. She is a graduate of Bowling Green School and attended the University of Southern Mississippi and Southeastern Louisiana University to pursue a degree in Interior Design. She then made a U-turn from interior to exterior design. Katie is the owner of a landscape maintenance company and is the fourth generation of her family in the wholesale nursery industry. During the fair, Katie and her mother Anne are vendors at the Country Market, where they sell plants grown from their nursery and provide a living souvenir of the fair.

Katie is the chairman of the Front Entrance Committee that focuses on the first sight many see when approaching the Washington Parish Fairgrounds. She maintains the flower beds, shrubs, and small trees that welcome visitors from all over to the fair with the picnic spirit. There are also many events held at the fairgrounds throughout the year. She adds in blooming plants depending on the season and event. Katie also enjoys participating in clean-up days and the other beautification projects around the fairgrounds.

When October comes and fall arrives, all of Washington Parish seems to be busy preparing for the fair. Excitement is in the air as everyone looks forward to favorite fair events. The parish has beautiful fairgrounds that are like no other in neighboring parishes and counties. As a community, everyone can take pride in this. It takes several hundred people working together to host the nation’s largest free fair. It is a very rewarding experience, and Katie encourages anyone, young or old, to get involved in some way with this outstanding event.